The Russian Federation is the leader of the esports market among European countries both in terms of money and the number of participants.

Lionhead may still release Fable Legends, Pokemon Go is about to appear on the Western market, and GungHo suddenly turned out to be the owner of the rights to the turn-based mobile strategy Super Senso, which Nexon previously owned.

From a moral point of view, cloning games is a dubious event. In some countries, plagiarists are also prosecuted by law. Nevertheless, developers around the world still continue to stamp copies of successful projects. The Chartboost resource tried to figure out what the pros and cons of cloning games are.

Rewarded videos are the most favorite advertising option among freeplay players. DeltaDNA experts told how to work most effectively with this format.

For the current year, virtual reality helmets will bring a total of $895 million in revenue to their creators. In terms of sales, mobile headsets will surpass devices for PCs and consoles. The figures were announced by the analytical firm Strategy Analytics.

Vinayak Sathyamoorthy, Senior Product Manager at Zynga, analyzed in detail the reasons why Kabam’s Contest of Champions game has gained popularity. We share the translation.

Mobile company BlueStacks has launched BlueStacks TV. Through the Android emulator, users will be able to watch mobile streams from a PC or stream themselves.

In the freeplay, the retention rates of the game, ARPU and the conversion rate partly depend on the length of the first session, experts of the mobile marketing company DeltaDNA believe.

Two-thirds of users will prefer to “pay” for the game by watching video clips. And the most unloved format is IAP. Unity came to such conclusions based on the results of its own research.

Today’s issue: in the lead in views with Twitch — League of Legends and Starcraft 2, Disney has released a clone of Crossy Road (when will it end?), and the young stream service Plays.tv reached a MAU of 10 million.

The US Federal Election Commission has sent a request to Congressman Duncan Hunter in connection with the misuse of sums of money from election funds for video games.

Last year, the authors of Angry Birds earned €142 million. This is €16.3 million less than in 2014.

The monthly audience of players in Russia is 43 million people,” the company said in its latest research Mail.Ru Group.

Today’s issue: the leading game designer Gears of War makes a clone of Crossy Road, the release date of the game about the adventures of Gregory Eisenhorn has been announced, Kingdom Hearts will appear on mobile.

Machine Zone reported about the upcoming launch of a cloud platform for third-party teams. The solution will allow companies to process a large amount of distributed data in real time.

The Finnish company is no longer going to rush between markets and projects. The main course is the development of existing games as services and their support by advertising.

Unity Technologies has launched a certification program for Unity developers. As part of the program, the authors of the engine will conduct exams among developers and make assessments based on its results.

The studio Splendy Games in collaboration with Wales interactive and the Last Chance Films studio will release an interactive cross-platform horror quest The Bunker. The game will star the stars of “Game of Thrones” and “The Hobbit”.

Today’s release includes another clone of Clash Royale, a fan remake of The Legend of Zeld, as well as the news that Kevin Hart will receive his mobile game.