The monthly active audience of the Facebook Messenger messaging service has reached 1.2 billion,” said the head of the project, David Marcus.

On April 12, a reissue of the cult RPG by Chris Avellone was released on Steam, GOG, as well as on the App Store and Google Play platforms.

Autodesk has released a new version of the editor for 3D modeling 3ds MAX 2018.

Downloads of VR games and apps from the App Store and Google Play in 2016 reached 226 million, which is 276% more than in 2015.

A report by Yulia Lebedeva from Nevosoft at White Nights Prague 2017. She talked about how the Digital Star tool works.

The VKontakte social network allowed all users to broadcast from desktop computers and mobile devices .

A round table on in-game economics and analytics, which was held at White Nights Prague 2017.

In 2016, the market volume of esports competitions in Sweden amounted to $40 million, while Russia earned $35.4 million.

The developer of three-in-a-row Smiley Cubes on the Facebook Instant Games platform received 1.2 million new users in the first 10 days. The game has a positive retension dynamics.

Nicalis Inc. has acquired two developer studios: California-based SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color, located in Eugene, Oregon.

Nintendo revealed details of new releases for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS platforms during the Nintendo Direct video presentation.

The manufacturer of slot machines and their components Scientific Games has acquired the mobile developer Spicerack, specializing in bingo and social casinos.

Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor of the Pocket Gamer resource, told why a too straightforward navigation system in games is evil, as part of the Game Maker’s Toolkit video cycle. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a text version of the material in Russian. We share.

Ben Causins, a former employee of Electronic Arts, believes that premium mobile games should be distributed according to the freeplay model.

Psyonix company announced the sale of 1 million boxes with the game Rocket League.

The revenues of the Finnish company Remedy Entertainment in 2016 reached €16.4 million, and operating profit amounted to €3.9 million.

Report by Rami Jawhar and Felipe Iregui from Google. They talk about building a “golden path” to monetize players using data on when they are happiest.

Virtual reality round table held at White Nights Prague 2017.

Snowbird Games studio, noted for a series of strategies “Eador” and Blood & Gold: Caribbean! lost most of the employees.