As part of White Nights Moscow 2016, Game Insight officially unveiled its new project – Guns of Boom mobile shooter, which is now being released in Russia on Android. About the game and its history App2Top.ru Maxim Donskikh, president of the company, told us.

One of our editors’ favorite projects, Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers, is about to appear on Steam. On this occasion, we have prepared a short interview with the authors of the game. The guys from Nerf Games told how the release on iOS went and what they expect from the upcoming release.

The position of art director in the Serbian studio Nordeus was taken by a native of Natural Motion Daryl Clewlow (Daryl Clewlow). The task of the new manager is to improve the visual quality of future games and expand the design team of the company.

Which daily tasks are the most popular, how the script for Half-Life was created, how early access to Steam helps the game – in a selection of the most interesting texts of the week.

The authors of Master of Orion, the Latin American team of NGD Studios, have acquired Red Katana. Two studios are merging into one to become the largest game development company in Latin America.

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.