The creators of the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmet will reimburse royalties to all Unreal Engine users whose games will be sold through the Oculus store. This became known at the Oculus Connect 3 VR developers conference held in San Jose.

What is the difference between Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 4 from the point of view of game design – Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor of the Pocket Gamer resource, told the video cycle Game Maker’s Toolkit. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a printed version of the material. We share.

Last week, the Russian company 1C announced the mobile game “Space Rangers: Legacy”. We talked about the new project with the company’s producer Denis Maltsev.

“Is the game design of a visual novel a myth or reality?Vera Velichko, founder and art director of the Moscow studio OWL-studio, answers this question in the fourth issue of the diaries of the game One Day in London.

About the most popular types of daily tasks, their features and goals, as well as how top developers make them, – App2Top.ru told the research company Playliner.

Half-Life Lead Screenwriter Marc Laidlaw He told me how many years ago he worked on one of the best stories in the gaming industry. We have translated the text and are sharing it with you.

On October 11, the White Nights business conference will open its doors in Moscow. One of her round tables will be devoted to analytics, or rather to what and how to track. App2Top.ru offers a contest on this topic.

Domestic developers who make “their Fallout” are often laughed at. Such teams are usually very young, very ambitious and have no idea what game development is. After a collision with reality, their ambitions instantly burn out, and with them the desire to finish the job.

Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor of the Pocket Gamer resource, told how exactly the Toki Tori 2 puzzle differs favorably from its own kind – within the framework of the Game Maker’s Toolkit video cycle. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a printed version of the material. We share.

There are more hardcore gamers who have played Pokémon GO than casual gamers. The analytical company Newzoo told about this and many other things in its research on the game.

Last Friday, September 30, the Minsk studio MintFrogs presented the trailer of its new project – League of Arosaurs. We talked about the studio and the project with the founder and CEO of the studio, Matvey Fedorenciko.

Maciej Biedrzycki, co-founder, producer and programmer of the Polish studio Thing Trunk, told about why it is so difficult to launch if you are not an AAA title and how the “Early Launch” affects sales using the example of the Book of Demons game.

How was Mushroom Wars 2 created, who came up with interfaces in Master of Orion, what does the purchase of AppLovin by the Chinese mean? We tell you in a selection of the most interesting materials of the week.

Russian studio Pixonic, known for mobile MMO War Robots, announced the sale of 100% of its shares Mail.Ru Group for $30 million.

The total revenue of the global digital games market in August amounted to $6.1 billion. This is 11% more than a year earlier. Among the drivers of sales were No Man’s Sky and Pokémon GO.

On the first day of the Moscow White Nights session – October 11 – a round table will be held on the topic “Children’s games – is there an opportunity to go to the plus?”. To the authors of the best questions App2Top.ru will award two premium tickets to the conference.

The Pokerist developer announced a complete transition to Unity Technologies technical solutions when developing new projects, as well as the transfer to Unity of those games that were previously made on the company’s own engine.

The Danish company Kiloo, known as the producer and publisher of Subway Surfers, is opening a separate division that will publish third-party projects.

Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor at Pocket Gamer, told what an adaptive soundtrack is and how exactly this technique is able to enrich the game – as part of the video cycle Game Maker’s Toolkit. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a printed version of the material and are sharing it with you.