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Conferences February 29, 2016

White Nights Helsinki 2016: FGL Report on Flash Games and Mobile market

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is a report by Alexey Izvalov from FGL. In his presentation, he compares the flash games and mobile games market.

Industry February 29, 2016

Awem about Cradle Of Empires: without a “body kit” the game would have no chance

The pros and cons of a large field in match3 games, how the casual audience has changed in recent years, how to launch the game correctly on the mobile market – we talked about this and much more with Oleg Rogovenko, producer of Awem Games.

Industry February 29, 2016

Microsoft closes Project Astoria

Microsoft refuses to develop Project Astoria. This project for porting Android applications to Windows is being closed, but the company will continue to develop other similar technologies.

Digests February 29, 2016

The main thing for the last working week (23.02 – 26.02)

The analysis of Clash Royale from Wooga, the news about the new milestone Punch Club, an article about VIP statuses in games – this is not only in our traditional digest for the past week.

Development February 26, 2016

How Firewatch reveals the main character with the help of a game card design

Why in a recently released Steam game Firewatch game designers should pay attention to the in-game map, the editor of the publication Alex Wawro told in his post on Gamasutra, and we translated the material into Russian.

Games February 26, 2016

Release of the Day: Epic of Kings

Not so long ago, a new game by the Austin studio Dead Mage was released in the App Store – the premium Epic of Kings project.

Other February 26, 2016

Jobs: Nevosoft is looking for programmers and game designers

The St. Petersburg company Nevosoft is looking for employees to work on its mobile and social projects.

Conferences February 26, 2016

White Nights Helsinki 2016: Zenna Apps Report on Conversion Increase

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is the report of Zenna Apps CEO Inna Ushakova. She talks about how to increase the conversion of ads to downloads.

Marketing February 26, 2016

mNectar launches grid with playable ads

mNectar marketing company announced the launch of Spectra. This cross-platform grid will distribute ads that you can play.

Money February 26, 2016

Sales of MMO games Mail.Ru Group last year amounted to 8.9 billion rubles

The revenue of the Russian Internet giant from multiplayer online games in 2015 increased by 6.3% compared to 2014.

Conferences February 26, 2016

White Nights Helsinki 2016: The Specialist Works report on TV Advertising

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is the report of the Director of Business Development The Specialist Works by Richard Downey. He talks about advertising mobile products on TV.

Industry February 26, 2016

Newzoo: More than 470 million gamers regularly watch videos about games online

More than half of the gamers of the world’s largest gaming markets – 56% of the total – watch online video dedicated to games, – the analytical company Newzoo reports in its latest infographic.

Platforms February 26, 2016

Android developers can now track rating changes via the console

The Google Play Developer Console has received an update. With the new option, developers will see changes in the rating of an application or game in dynamics and will be able to sort reviews by keywords.

Digests February 25, 2016

One line (Thursday – February 25)

The release of the long-suffering Assassin’s Creed Identity took place, a Futurama game was released, and the creators of the second part of The Sandbox asked users to help with the name of the game.

Money February 25, 2016

Viktor Kislyi became a dollar billionaire

The founder of the Wargaming company joined the “club” of dollar billionaires. Bloomberg estimated Sour’s net worth at $1 billion.

Industry February 25, 2016

Wargaming: We spent $32 million and still don’t understand what esports is

Wargaming does not fully understand what esports is, although it has spent $32 million on this industry. This was told at Casual Connect Europe by the head of the company’s esports direction, Mohamed Fadl.

Games February 25, 2016

Release of the Day: Robocide

The release of the Robocide game from the Finnish PlayRaven team, previously noted for the spy strategy Spymaster, took place.

Conferences February 25, 2016

White Nights Helsinki 2016: Amazon Report on Amazon Appstore

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is the Amazon Evangelist’s report Mike Hines. He talks about what you can expect from one of the most popular Android stores in the world today.

Industry February 25, 2016

Farmville author: India will become one of the centers of the mobile gaming industry

Mark Skaggs, author of Farmville and Empires & Allies, now works for the Indian studio Moonfrog Labs. The game designer is convinced that this country is waiting for a big boom in the mobile gaming industry.

Conferences February 25, 2016

White Nights Helsinki 2016: Rovio report on the mobile games market

We continue to post videos from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. Next up is the report of the Executive Vice President for Games at Rovio, William Tata (Wilhelm Taht). He talks about the current mobile games market, as well as about the Finnish company’s immediate plans.