Half of the developers work more than 60 hours a week during the crunch. Experts of the IGDA Video Game Developers Association came to such conclusions based on the results of a two-year study.

What is the level of piracy in the Russian Google Play, why Smash Land was closed, how the Japanese catch “whales” – all this is in our selection of the main materials of the week.

Restrictions have been announced on projects for PlayStation VR. Sony will not accept games in which the number of frames per second (frames per second) will be less than 60. The company announced this at the GDC conference.

Dr. Serkan Toto, an analyst at Kantan Games studio, spoke about the varieties of gacha and how this mechanic helps Japanese developers hunt “whales”. We have translated the text, supplemented it – and we share it with you.

The Chinese corporation Tencent has published the financial results of 2015. During the reporting period, the company’s revenue reached $15.8 billion.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Next Games producer Sulka Haro. In his report, he talked about how the team transferred the TV series The Walking Dead to the format of a mobile game.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Alexander Lukin from Yandex.

Game lead Supercell told how the company closed Smash Land, the predecessor of Clash Royale.

Disney and Hipster Whale studio have announced a joint project. The companies will release a game in the spirit of Crossy Road with Disney characters. Hipster Whale representatives announced this at the GDC conference.

A year ago, the indie-KKI Card Crawl appeared in the stores. In honor of the anniversary of the release, the creators of the game shared figures and details about the project.

The Frankfurt company Crytek timed the announcement and launch of the fifth version of its engine to the San Francisco Game Developers Conference, and at the same time told how it plans to distribute it.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Jamie Laes from Futureplay. As part of his speech, he spoke about the need for monetization based on an advertising video.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Anh Nguyen from Rovio. As part of his speech, he talked about what UA is and how to implement it.

Prague studio Napoleon Games has released a first-person RPG 7 Mages. The game is based on the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s film “Seven Samurai”.

Publisher and developer InnoGames announced the acquisition of Funatics Studio. The team will join the company’s branch in Dusseldorf. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The authors of Candy Crush Saga have announced that they are going to present their own Defold game engine as part of GDC 2016.

Users of Android devices will be able to broadcast video in real time directly from the game without additional programs. Google representatives told about this during the GDC conference.

During the GDC, Google announced a new feature. Android device users will have the opportunity to play the game even before installation.

Twitch has launched a program to support developers interested in promoting through online broadcasts.