Oleg Nesterenko | Game World Observer

Industry News May 8, 2019

Germany to Protect Youth from Aggressive Mobile Monetization

The State of Bavaria proposed the new youth protection guidelines. This draft legislation targets aggressive monetization models that take advantage of minors’ “inexperience and credulity.”

Industry News May 8, 2019

PUBG Shut Down in China. Kind of

Tencent pulled the mobile test version of PUBG in China. The online blockbuster never received the monetization approval from the government.

Marketing May 7, 2019

Asia-Pacific Top Mobile Game Markets

Game analytics provider Newzoo and one of Asia’s leading mobile advertising platforms Mintegral published a report on mobile markets of China, Japan and Korea.

Industry News May 7, 2019

Over 150 Riot Workers Walk Out to Challenge Sexism and Forced Arbitration

Over 150 Riot Games employees held a walk-out at the company’s studio in Los Angeles. This came in response to the company’s forced arbitration policy.

Dev Interviews May 6, 2019

Digital Sun CEO Javier Giménez on Making Moonlighter

Moonlighter, developed by Spanish studio Digital Sun, has become an indie hit on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, with over 500.000 installs and counting.

Industry News May 6, 2019

GameClub to Update Classic Games for Modern iOS Versions

“In with the old,” says mobile games startup GameClub. The company has raised $2.5 million to rerelease old premium iOS games that are no longer playable at Apple gadgets.

Marketing April 30, 2019

Google Play Awards 2019 Nominees Announced

Google has announced the nominees for this year’s Google Play Awards.

Marketing April 29, 2019

Julia Lebedeva: “If everything falls apart without you, start working on your project management skills”

With just slightly over two weeks before the CEO Summit, we catch up with Julia Lebedeva. Julia is the head of the White Nights Conference organizing committee and VP Business Development at Nevosoft.

Marketing April 29, 2019

10 Facts Developers Should Know about South Korean Game Market

As of 2018, South Korean game market is estimated at $5,764M, which makes it the 4th biggest country by game revenue after China, the U.S., and Japan

Industry News April 26, 2019

Epic Games CEO: Epic Would Retreat from Exclusives, if Steam Improved its Revenue Share

This week saw a heated debate unfold on Twitter after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted about PC exclusives on EGS and the store’s revenue share model.

Industry News April 26, 2019

Cyber Hunter: Sci-Fi Take on Battle Royale with Parkour Elements

There can’t be too many battle royale games. Or so they thought at NetEase.

Industry News April 25, 2019

Let’s Be Adult About It: Nutaku Dedicated Storefront Comes to Android

Adult gaming portal Nutaku has released Nutaku Android Store. It allows users to download adult games, bypassing restrictions on Google Play.

Industry News April 25, 2019

Respawn CEO on Efficient Content Production for Apex Legends

Respawn CEO Vince Zampella announced that the studio would not be shipping new Apex Legends content on a weekly basis, per Gamasutra. Instead, the game will receive season-by-season updates

Featured April 24, 2019

SuperData: Digital Games Market Ends Q1 2019 on a “Soft Note”

In March, users spent $ 8.7 billion on digital copies of games. This is a 3% drop from the spending in March 2018.

Featured April 24, 2019

Crunch Culture Behind Games as a Service

Polygon interviewed Epic Games staff about the success of Fortnite and the stress it brought on the team.

Featured April 23, 2019

What’s New in Streaming

StreamElements and Stream Hatchet released the State of the Stream report for Q1 2019. The report analyzes viewership data by streaming platform, by streamer, and by game.

Industry News April 22, 2019

Google’s Indie Games Accelerator Returns

Launched last year, Indie Games Accelerator program is now accepting applications for class 2019.

Industry News April 19, 2019

Tencent Will Sell Switch in China

Tencent has secured the necessary approval to sell Nintendo’s portable console in China. The console will be distributed with a test version of the “New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.”

Industry News April 19, 2019

Iraq Bans PUBG and Fortnite Citing Negative Effects

Iraq’s parliament voted this week to ban PUBG and Fortnite, popular online battle royale games, Reuters reports.

Marketing April 18, 2019

Combined 2018 Revenue of Top 25 Game Companies in Excess of $100 Billion

The latest Newzoo report looks at the strongest players of the games market in 2018. Last year, the top 25 companies by game revenue earned a record-breaking $107.3 billion, which signifies 16% growth over 2017.

All publications of the author Oleg Nesterenko

Germany to Protect Youth from Aggressive Mobile Monetization

PUBG Shut Down in China. Kind of

Asia-Pacific Top Mobile Game Markets

Over 150 Riot Workers Walk Out to Challenge Sexism and Forced Arbitration

Digital Sun CEO Javier Giménez on Making Moonlighter

GameClub to Update Classic Games for Modern iOS Versions

Google Play Awards 2019 Nominees Announced

Julia Lebedeva: “If everything falls apart without you, start working on your project management skills”

10 Facts Developers Should Know about South Korean Game Market

Epic Games CEO: Epic Would Retreat from Exclusives, if Steam Improved its Revenue Share

Cyber Hunter: Sci-Fi Take on Battle Royale with Parkour Elements

Let’s Be Adult About It: Nutaku Dedicated Storefront Comes to Android

Respawn CEO on Efficient Content Production for Apex Legends

SuperData: Digital Games Market Ends Q1 2019 on a “Soft Note”

Crunch Culture Behind Games as a Service

What’s New in Streaming

Google’s Indie Games Accelerator Returns

Tencent Will Sell Switch in China

Iraq Bans PUBG and Fortnite Citing Negative Effects

Combined 2018 Revenue of Top 25 Game Companies in Excess of $100 Billion