Startup 1APP is developing OneOS, a cloud–based operating system that runs any application, including games, without installation.

One of the guests of White Nights Prague 2017 will be Philipp Karstaedt from GREE. He will talk about the conflicts that arise between publishers and developers, as well as how they can be avoided. For the best questions to Philip, we give two premium tickets to the conference.

Russian players spent 4% more in online games in 2016 compared to the results of the previous year. The largest growth occurred in November-December.

Mark Brown, an indie developer and editor for Pocket Gamer, discussed the unique aspects of level design in the Super Mario series within the Game Maker’s Toolkit video series. With the author’s permission, we have prepared a text version of the material in Russian. Enjoy.

Why are there two producers on the project, what is wrong with product marketing and why a Wiki is needed during development, – App2Top.ru Olga Abashova, head of the Kaliningrad office of G5 Entertainment, told.

In Russia, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) announced the registration of 18 companies. Including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Wargaming, Valve and Nintendo.

On January 23, an HD edition of the classic Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter was released on Steam on Greenlight. On this occasion, we talked about the history of the game with Igor Karev, responsible for its creation and reissue.

In the gaming industry, $30.3 billion worth of transactions were carried out in 2016. Most of them came from mergers and acquisitions, and the smaller part came from investments.

As part of a major Windows 10 update, Microsoft will introduce a number of new features aimed at gamers: a gaming section in the settings, streaming from the system, a game panel and a game mode that increases the performance of games.

The company has released the Lumberyard Beta 1.7 beta, which includes 403 improvements and fixes. The main focus in the updated version is on the UI and UX of the engine.

The developer of Candy Crush Saga bought the analytical and marketing service Omniata for an undisclosed amount.

The authors of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale admitted that they underestimated the competition in the freeplay games market and worked incorrectly with the players.

On February 14, White Nights will host a session with Chet Faliszek, one of Valve’s leading screenwriters and a VR specialist on the Steam platform. We invite him to ask interesting questions so that he can answer them publicly at the conference.

With the release of iOS 10.3, developers will be allowed to respond to user comments in the App Store. How this will affect the work with the audience, App2Top was told by representatives of ZeptoLab, Mail.Ru Games, IGG, devtodev and Publisher Wanted.

In Russia, the latest generation of Sony consoles is the leader in sales. But the Xbox One game console has recently been showing great growth rates.

Hamburg-based company Goodgame Studios will lay off 200 people. The company explains the decision by increasing competition in the market of free-play games.

The authors of Pillars of Eternity published The Road To Eternity movie on YouTube, in which they told how the studio came to develop a retro project on Unity and what problems it encountered during its creation.

Melsoft founder Alexey Meleshkevich told Pavel Ryakkonen in an interview about the history of the studio, its best projects and internal processes.

How users of Russia and China relate to game abbreviations, mat and small print in localizations, the company All Correct Games told.