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Industry September 5, 2016

Sony is “aggressively moving into mobile games”

Sony is planning an active offensive on the mobile games market. Going to do projects with AR. This was stated in an interview with the Financial Times resource Kaz Hirai, CEO of the company.

Eric Sefert's column September 5, 2016

Eric Sefert: how does the position in the top downloads affect the place in the box office top

Eric Seufert, former vice president of acquisition and user engagement at Rovio and partner at the consulting agency Heracles Media, spoke about how a place in the top downloads affects the cash register of the application.

Digests September 5, 2016

The main thing for the working week (29.08.2016 — 02.09.2016)

How to understand that the game turned out to be successful, what is a meta-game, why do the necessary daily tasks? The answers to these and other questions are in our selection of the main materials of the week.

Industry September 5, 2016

The thirteenth Unreal Engine 4 update has been released

A new iteration of the Unreal Engine has appeared. In version 4.13 – “hundreds of new updates”.

Industry September 3, 2016

Disney will “Kill” Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2

Disney is closing another project on the Marvel universe. This is Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2.

Developer Diaries September 2, 2016

Developer Diaries: Slash Arena

Its author, Alexander Simakhin, shared about all stages of the development of the minimalistic Slash Arena MMO in his blog. An expanded version of the material can now be read here.

Platforms September 2, 2016

Apple will remove low-quality applications from the App Store

Mobile apps for iOS that have not been updated for a long time, as well as those whose names are too long, will be removed from the App Store.

Conferences September 2, 2016

Supercell cancelled ClashCon 2016

The developer of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale – the Finnish company Supercell – canceled an upcoming event for fans of their games.

Development September 2, 2016

How to do daily tasks and not screw up?

What daily tasks are needed for and how to fit them into the game correctly, – said Alexander Collins, senior engineer at Mobile Games Company. We have translated the text and are sharing it with you.

Industry September 2, 2016

Wooga fires 10% of employees

The German publisher and developer of mobile games Wooga announced a 10% reduction in staff. The company decided to stop creating midcore projects and focus on a casual audience.

Industry September 1, 2016

Ratings: Top 10 most popular games GOG.com (01.09.2016)

With the support of GOG.com (entertainment platform and video game store, which is part of CD PROJEKT) website App2Top.ru continues to regularly analyze which PC games are in the greatest demand.

Platforms September 1, 2016

Google Play has opened the acceptance of applications for features in the “Early Access” collection

Android apps that are in the open beta stage can now receive a feature on Google Play. The app store has launched a selection of Early Access specially for them.

Industry September 1, 2016

Games of the Solitaire series from Microsoft have gained 100 million users

The number of unique users in Solitaire games has exceeded 100 million. A message about this appeared on the Microsoft website.

Industry September 1, 2016

Newzoo: the revenues of the esports market in 2016 will amount to $493 million

The analytical company Newzoo has published new forecasts about the esports competition market. Industry revenues will amount to $493 million by the end of 2016. This is 7% higher than the company predicted at the beginning of the year.

Industry September 1, 2016

Google is developing its own multiplayer game

Google’s division, engaged in the development of innovative projects, is going to take up the creation of a multiplayer game on the Unity engine.

Money September 1, 2016

The authors of the Worms series received $21.8 million in investments

In Team17, famous for the Worms series and the publication of The Escapists strategy, $21.8 million (£16.5 million) was invested by the investment company Lloyds Development Capital (LDC).

Industry September 1, 2016

“We treat the pixel like a Greek mosaic”: Pinokl Games about the development and support of Party Hard

On August 25, the game Party Hard turned one year old. In this regard, we talked with its developer – the Ukrainian team Pinokl Games – about the history of the project and how it was conducted after its launch on Steam.

Industry August 31, 2016

Mobile publisher Bulkypix went bankrupt

The French company Bulkypix, which was engaged in the publication of mobile games, is in the process of liquidation. Developers who have signed contracts with her cannot receive money from the company.

Development August 31, 2016

What is a Meta-game?

What is a meta-game in games, what it is responsible for and why both developers of fritupley and premium products should remember about it,” said Andrey Kosciusko, director and game designer of Creoteam in his blog. With the kind permission of the author, we publish the material on our pages.

Bungie natives raised $3.5 million for their own VR startup

Sony is “aggressively moving into mobile games”

Eric Sefert: how does the position in the top downloads affect the place in the box office top

The main thing for the working week (29.08.2016 — 02.09.2016)

The thirteenth Unreal Engine 4 update has been released

Disney will “Kill” Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2

Developer Diaries: Slash Arena

Apple will remove low-quality applications from the App Store

Supercell cancelled ClashCon 2016

How to do daily tasks and not screw up?

Wooga fires 10% of employees

Ratings: Top 10 most popular games GOG.com (01.09.2016)

Google Play has opened the acceptance of applications for features in the “Early Access” collection

Games of the Solitaire series from Microsoft have gained 100 million users

Newzoo: the revenues of the esports market in 2016 will amount to $493 million

Google is developing its own multiplayer game

The authors of the Worms series received $21.8 million in investments

“We treat the pixel like a Greek mosaic”: Pinokl Games about the development and support of Party Hard

Mobile publisher Bulkypix went bankrupt

What is a Meta-game?