Microsoft has launched an Xbox Live Creators Program for developers, within which they can create and publish games on the Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms.

According to statistics, the expenses of mobile gamers in 2016 increased by $7 and reached $77.60.

Oculus has lowered the price of the Rift virtual reality helmet and Touch controllers.

The Unreal Engine (UE) game engine in 2016 brought Epic Games twice as much money as the year before. Thanks to UE, game developers earned over $10 billion last year.

In 2016, the number of Russian virtual and augmented reality companies increased from 60 to 183. The number of investments in this industry has increased from 200 to 500 million rubles.

Moscow-based Cats Who Play developers have reported that their “Syrian Warfare” strategy (Syria: Russian Storm) was removed from the Steam store without warning.

Nintendo has announced the release of over 60 games from independent developers on the new Switch platform.

In 2016, Unity games were installed 16 billion times on mobile devices. In comparison with 2015, the indicator increased by 31%.

Twitch has said it will sell the games. Users will be able to purchase digital versions of projects directly on the game broadcast pages. We interviewed industry experts about how this will affect the market.

Matteo Vallone, head of business development at Google Play, recommends developers of mobile games and applications to rely on the quality of the product and promote it through social services.

The record performance of the gaming division and the success of The Angry Birds Movie increased the company’s profit by a third compared to 2015.

As part of the Mobio Talks program, Alexey Pisarevsky, the founder of the Mobio agency, interviewed Maxim Donskikh, the president of Game Insight. We publish a transcript of the material.

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The online survival simulator in the Conan the Barbarian universe Conan Exiles took less than a month to sell 480 thousand copies.

76% of employees of game studios are forced to work beyond the established norm. And a third of them have no one paying for recycling.

Minecraft’s circulation on all platforms has exceeded 121 million copies since its release in 2011.

The Icelandic company CCP reported a 30% increase in revenue in 2016 — from $65.7 million to $86.1 million.

Finnish mobile game developer Next Games has announced plans to place $30 million worth of shares on the market.

Video streaming service Twitch will start selling games and game content this spring. Viewers will be able to buy games directly during the broadcasts of their gameplay.