The series about the development and clash of civilizations, which debuted in 1991, has been purchased about 33 million times in a quarter of a century.

Director Guillermo del Toro (Guillermo del Toro) told how he sees the modern game industry, and that he may return to game development. But only together with Hideo Kojima (Hideo Kojima).

Starting next week, Android users will no longer need a Google+ social network account to play on their mobile device.

Two more games a la Kim Kardashian are coming out: Hollywood (pot, don’t cook!), Ubisoft, as promised, is releasing a classic Rayman for mobile, and the creators of AdVenture Capitalist are developing a clicker based on the MMORPG RuneScape.

The game Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers, which has been in development for more than three years from the St. Petersburg Nerf Game studio, has got a release date and a fresh trailer.

FunPlus has created a $50 million investment fund. The purpose of this foundation is to “promote outstanding independent developers and artists of the gaming industry.”

Microsoft has prepared a set of video lectures in Russian for those who plan to create VR applications, but do not know where to start. You can get acquainted with the video in our publication.

The German studio InnoGames earned 25% more in 2015 than in 2014.

Tom van Dam, head of business development at NetEase, explained that investors who are willing to invest in mobile games are looking for.

Senator of the Parliament of the Russian Federation Elena Mizulina stated the need to regulate computer games. According to her, certain projects should be labeled “16+” and “18+”.

Sales of the GS Gamekit game console from the domestic GS Group company have begun. All console games will be available by subscription.

The authors of Kingdom Rush have published a trailer for a new project, and flaregames, together with a Finnish startup, is making an “endless RPG”. And our favorite news for today: a mobile toy will be released for the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Markus “Notch” Persson (Markus ‘Notch’ Persson) will get a new award. At the GDC Awards ceremony, the creator of Minecraft will be awarded the Pioneer Award.

Rovio sent a new project about its feathered heroes to the soft lunch. The new product is called Angry Birds Action!.

ARM introduced new developments. By 2017, with the help of these technologies, mobile devices will be able to reproduce console-level graphics.

On February 12, the ninth conference for developers and publishers of White Nights games ended. This time it was held in the capital of Finland – the city of Helsinki. About how it went – read in the latest material App2Top.ru .

A few days ago, a former employee of Rodeo Games said that the Warhammer 40K: Deathwatch project is no longer supported, and the studio itself has been disbanded or is close to it. The information turned out to be false.

Today in our issue: 35% of monthly Twitch views are on mobile, GSN Games acquired slot developers, and Newzoo sold part of its company to the Chinese.

Israeli startup SOOMLA has published a report on the situation with IAP in the mobile games market. Its abbreviated version in Russian can be found at App2Top.ru .