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Industry September 11, 2014

The Queen of Code: Creative England will pay female developers for £5,000

Creative England studio and Crowdfunder website are launching a contest called “Queen of Code”. The goal is to help female developers realize themselves in the gaming industry.

Money September 11, 2014

Unity could be sold for $1 – $2 billion

The company-developer of one of the most popular game engines – Unity Technologies – is considering the possibility of its own sale, – says GamesBeat.

Games September 10, 2014

A word can kill: preparing for the release of World Wide Words from Square Enix

Square Enix is releasing another spin-off of Final Fantasy. In the new project, the characters will fight with the power of words.

Industry September 10, 2014

Warner Brothers will launch its Steam counterpart

Warner Bros is developing its own digital distribution service. It is supposed to be possible to buy games and related “staff” through it.

Blogs September 10, 2014

How to hire game designers?

Ilya Eremeev, Creative Director of A-Steroids, shared with App2Top.ru experience in hiring employees in game development.

Games September 10, 2014

Without farms: SimCity will appear on mobile devices

EA has introduced a mobile version of its urban planning simulator – SimCity BuildIt.

Money September 10, 2014

Three Reasons Why We Don’t Believe Microsoft Is Going To Buy Minecraft Authors for $2 Billion

Microsoft is currently discussing the possibility of acquiring Mojang Studio, which is behind the creation, distribution and promotion of Minecraft, Bloomberg claims, citing as many as three sources close to the deal.

Industry September 10, 2014

Square Enix to launch DiveIn stream app

Square Enix announced the launch of a new application. It will be called Dive In and will be released on iOS and Androd. The application will give users the opportunity to play certain titles in the “cloud”.

Platforms September 9, 2014

Apple unveils iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and watches

We have collected in one material everything that was at the Apple presentation on September 9.

Games September 9, 2014

Game Insight has started the closed beta testing of “Dragon Towers”

“Dragon Towers” (aka Dragon Warlords), a tug-of-war game in the universe of the popular role-playing game “Dragons of Eternity”, has entered the closed beta testing stage, Game Insight reports.

Conferences September 9, 2014

White Nights 2014: G5 Entertainment Report

At the Whie Nights 2014 conference, Tatiana Tymoshenko and Yulia Palatovskaya from G5 Entertainment made a report.

Games September 9, 2014

Petka and Vasily Ivanovich will appear on Android

The Russian company Buka announced that on September 11, a mobile version of the quest “Petka and Vasily Ivanovich save the galaxy” will appear on Google Play.

Games September 9, 2014

Warm Lamp: Goblin Sword game is released on Thursday

Games September 9, 2014

Own studio with blackjack: former Zynga employees launch their first project

Indie studio SuperMoon Games, which was created by natives of Zynga, is preparing to leave the monster corporation with a nose.

Platforms September 9, 2014

Microsoft is going to rename Windows Phone

It is quite possible that there will be no more Windows Phone mobile operating system. The management of Microsoft Corporation is going to shorten its name to Windows, reports The Verge.

Marketing September 9, 2014

What will the new iTunes Connect be able to do?

iTunes Connect was updated last week, but, unfortunately, has not yet received all the chips that Apple promised developers at WWDC. What kind of opportunities will developers get very soon?

Industry September 9, 2014

The most popular model of Apple smartphones remains the iPhone 5, and the iPad 2 is the leader among tablets

On Wednesday, Apple will unveil its new iPhone 6. In anticipation of the news, Localytics analyzed the statistical data.

Marketing September 9, 2014

Why is Apple implementing its own analytics?

Eric Benjamin Seufert, a leading Wooga marketer, shared his thoughts on what is the main innovation of the new iOS 8, the final version of which is likely to be available today.

Analytics September 9, 2014

New Klondike: spending on mobile video advertising will reach $1.5 billion by the end of 2014

American developers and market manufacturers will spend $1.5 billion on video advertising for mobile devices by the end of 2014.

Games September 9, 2014

It’s all about cats: two mobile games of the Japanese company Colopl have become hits at once

Recently, Colopl announced that the number of downloads of its flagship game Quiz RPG: World Of Mystic Wiz has reached 29 million.This success puts Quiz RPG: World Of Mystic Wiz on a par with another top Japanese game – Puzzle & Dragons from GungHo Online Entertainment.