We are trying a new format – developer diaries. As part of it, the ComonGames team will make its debut with a series of stories about the development of The Unknown quest, which, by the way, at White Nights St.Petersburg 2016 received the Grand Prix as the best project of the Indie Game Cup competition.

A new evening, a new selection of fresh news: The Hotline Miami series received another comic book series, Gamevil released another reading of Heroes Charge, and Square Enix helped indie developers collect $1 million.

The company-developer of one of the most popular game engines on the market – Unity – received at the new stage of financing the amount of $ 181 million.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights St.Petersburg 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Sabrina Carmona from King. In her speech, she talked about building a successful team using Agile methods.

The designer of ustwo game projects – Monument Valley and Land’s End – has launched his own game development studio, which, according to the studio’s LinkedIn page, “will remain in the hearts and minds.”

Monetization in Nonstop Knight is built with an eye to earning from advertising, and not from IAP, – says Eric Seufert and estimates how much the game can earn on this.

Pokémon GO is ahead of Facebook in terms of the amount of time the average user spends in it per day, but is inferior in the same parameter to box office hits like Game of War and Candy Crush Saga.

The total MAU of projects of the Swedish Paradox Development Studio recently reached 1 million. The studio employees explain their success with two points: a business model and a “formula”.

A British game developer was acquired by a Chinese poultry farm for $ 150 million, the creator of Batman: Arkham Underworld is cutting staff, and a remake of the classic game Day of the Tentacle has been launched on iOS.

MZ (formerly Machine Zone) spent $6 million on TV advertising in June. This became known from the research of the marketing company iSpot.tv .

In one week, Pokémon GO on iOS and Android platforms was downloaded more than 7.5 million times in the USA alone.

Kim Kardashian (Kim Kardashian) got on the cover of Forbes. Thanks to the success in the mobile business, the publication called the socialite a “magnate of mobile games.”

The most popular genres among men and women, the exact time of the prime-time game in mobile and much more, – said the social network Facebook. About the most interesting – in our material.

Mobile games and applications will be taxed in Belarus, the former CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures will create a film studio for the adaptation of games, and Tencent launches Clash Royale in China.

The authors of “Planet of Gems” and “Wizards” are looking for a programmer to join the development team of the server side of social and mobile games.

Retention rates of the first day, the thirtieth and the ninetieth say nothing about the long-term success of the game. It is necessary to measure the retention for years, according to Kabam.

In June, Nordeus introduced a new functionality – associations – into its Top Eleven football hit. We asked the developers how this affected the project’s performance.

What is a good localization of the game, why do translators need a guideline and what things can be left in the original language – in your diary on App2Top.ru told the company All Correct Games.

Small (up to 23%) discounts on IAP do not have a significant impact on users and revenue. Unlike large discounts on bundles. This became known according to the results of a study conducted by economists at the University of Chicago.