Today’s issue: the authors of DarkOrbit were bought by the Chinese, Kingdom will appear on mobile, and the authors of Scribblenauts are parting with part of the team.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is Maxim Babichev ‘s report from VK.com . In his speech, he shared a couple of interesting figures concerning both the web version of the social network and its mobile gaming platform.

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Arthur Shakalis, who heads the gaming platform of the Odnoklassniki social network. In the presentation, he positions the network as one of the ways for a foreign company to enter the Russian market.

The Punch Club game was “spiraled” 1.6 million times, and only 300 thousand were bought. The numbers were shared by the publisher of the tinyBuild project.

Adam Telfer, product lead of Wooga, shared his experience of “soft launch” of his projects within the framework of the latest GDC. The Russian version of the report is on our pages.

Too much is expected from virtual reality. This segment of the industry will develop, but not as rapidly as predicted, – says the expert of the analytical company Robert W. Baird & Co.

Apple continues to be the only company in the mobile technology market whose presentations are waiting with bated breath. People believe in miracles. Only now more out of habit.

A bird from Angry Birds became an honorary UN ambassador, Telltale shared details on a new project about Batman, and Nintendo is launching its first mobile project — the social application Miitomo.

An affiliate program for developers who use the Unity asset store is being prepared for launch. This became known from the official blog of the company.

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.