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Conferences June 11, 2015

The seventh Web&Tech Ready 2015 has been announced

In October, with the support of Skolkovo, the 7th open competition and investment forum for projects in the field of IT – Web&Tech Ready will be held. Among the declared directions are gaming technologies.

Industry June 11, 2015

EA Vice President: It’s not worth paying for a Paris Hilton license

Bill Mooney, Vice President of Electronic Arts, shared with the resource Pocketgamer.biz with your thoughts on why The Simpsons: Tapped Out is better than the “pro stars” games.

Games June 11, 2015

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons will appear on mobile platforms

One of the main releases of 2013 – the sad Nordic platformer Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Starbreeze Studios – will appear on iOS, Android and Windows Phone for Catholic Christmas.

Industry June 11, 2015

The film about Am Nyama: details

A couple of days ago it became known that the green monster Am Yum will be the main character of the feature film. We asked representatives of ZeptoLab to comment on the news.

Development June 11, 2015

Unreal Engine has been updated to 4.8

Americans from Epic Games announced the release of a new “decimal” version of the Unreal Engine. Among the new features are grass rendering for open spaces and the ability to buy plugins in the Marketplace.

Games June 11, 2015

Rovio has released a PvP-centric “three-in-a-row” with role-playing elements

The world release of the new Rovio game – the Angry Birds Fight! project, which was developed by the Japanese studio KITERETSU, took place.

Industry June 11, 2015

Playphone store will be pre-installed on devices with Cyanogen OS

Cyanogen, the author of the firmware for Android OS devices called CyanogenMod, has entered into a partnership agreement with the social gaming network Playphone.

Industry June 11, 2015

Beeline announced the All-Russian festival of mobile games

As part of the popularization of its mobile Internet, VimpelCom decided to hold a mobile games festival in 19 cities of Russia, the main feature of which will be the Asphalt 8 and World of Tanks Blitz tournaments.

Industry June 11, 2015

Who’s Who: topkun games

We continue to publish materials in our “Who’s Who” series (recall, instead of posting game announcements from young and not only studios, we invite them to tell about themselves). This time we talked to the studio topkun games, which is developing a mobile book-game.

Industry June 11, 2015

Jeff Vogel returns his Avernum 2 game to iOS

Founder of the indie studio Spiderweb Software Jeff Vogel (Jeff Vogel) returns to work with iOS after a high-profile departure. He announced this in his own blog.

Money June 10, 2015

Eurotechnology Japan: the market value of the five leaders of the Japanese box office chart is $14 billion

The total market value of the most successful companies in the Japanese mobile gaming industry is $14 billion. This is written by the marketing firm Eurotechnology from Japan with reference to the materials of the analytical company App Annie.

Industry June 10, 2015

In less than two months, the number of games for Apple Watch has grown by 94%

Of the more than six thousand applications that are now available to owners of smartwatches from the Apple company, six hundred and seven are games,” the analytical company App Annie reported.

Industry June 10, 2015

Photos of posters for the Angry Birds movie appeared on the web

Peter Vesterbacka posted photos of posters for the film about “angry birds” on his Twitter account.

Games June 10, 2015

The authors of Boom Dots will release the game Down the Mountain

This month, the title Down the Mountain from the indie team Umbrella is being prepared for release. The game will be released on iOS and Android this month.

Industry June 10, 2015

Jade Raymond: “Treat your team the same as the players”

To successfully manage a studio, you need to apply the same techniques to your employees as to MMO users. This was stated in an interview with the resource Develop Online by the former executive producer of Ubisoft Jade Raymond (Jade Raymond).

Games June 10, 2015

The Age of Wushu game will appear on iOS

A browser-based MMORPG called Age of Wushu is being ported to iOS. The game will appear on mobile devices “in the near future,” according to the developers, the Chinese studio Snail Games.

Games June 9, 2015

A new game mode may appear in Hearthstone

Blizzard has posted a short video on the Hearthstone Twitter page hinting at the appearance of a new game mode in the collectible card game.

Industry June 9, 2015

Apple Design Awards 2015 received four games

As part of WWDC 2015, the Apple Corporation distributed awards for the best design at the Apple Design Awards. Of the ten applications awarded them, four are gaming.

Industry June 9, 2015

The authors of Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions have become publishers

Gigataur studio, known for developing platformers with long titles (He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe, The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past and Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions) has announced the opening of a publishing division.

Industry June 9, 2015

Who’s Who: Superium

We continue to publish materials in our “Who’s Who” series (recall, instead of posting game announcements from young and not only studios, we invite them to tell about themselves). This time we talked to Superium Studio, which recently released the Expedition game on social networks.