News December 16, 2019 Voodoo’s Alex Willink on hyper-casual games, importance of ideation and ways to motivate your team Julia Lebedeva, CBDO and partner at WN Media Group, caught up with Alex Willink, General Manager of Berlin studio, Voodoo.
News December 16, 2019 In China, publisher fined $99 thousand for launching unlicensed game A Beijing-based mobile gaming company was fined $99,000 for publishing a game without government approval. This is the first penalty of this kind after the licensing freeze was lifted.
News December 13, 2019 In 2020, publishers will have to redefine themselves, according to Newzoo According to analyst firm Newzoo, games will generate over $160 billion next year. The market will grow 7.3% from 2019, but the growth continues to slow down after the explosive 2018.
News December 13, 2019 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice becomes game of year The Game Awards 2019 ceremony wrapped up last night. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was named Game of the Year. Call of Duty: Mobile claimed the victory on mobile.
News December 13, 2019 Microsoft reveals Xbox Series X Microsoft revealed its next-gen console. What has previously been known under the codename Project Scarlett is now officially called Xbox Series X.
News December 13, 2019 The Wolf Among Us 2 co-developed by former Telltale devs Remember how back in August LCG Entertainment resurrected Telltale Games? The new studio is now bringing back one of Telltale’ most beloved titles. The Wolf Among Us 2 is officially in development, as announced at The Game Awards.
News December 12, 2019 Wargaming alumni release coop shooter built on in-house engine Minsk-based BlitzTeam founded by former World of Tanks Blitz devs launched their first project. It’s a mobile shooter created on the original engine and published without Wargaming’s involvement.
News December 12, 2019 SuperData XR Dimensions: first business intelligence platform an all things XR In 2020, XR market will be worth $8.5B. With that in mind, SuperData launched the first business intelligence platform that covers global and regional virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) segments.
News December 11, 2019 White Nights Amsterdam 2020 preliminary program published White Nights organizers published the program of the winter session. EA DICE, Square Enix, SEGA, Paradox Interactive, Super Evil Megacorp and many others will speak at the conference, which is only a month and a half away.
News December 10, 2019 Tim Sweeney calls Google’s IAP policy illegal Epic Games and Google had another opportunity to disagree over the predominant revenue share model. Epic wants to release Fortnite on Google Play, but is not prepared to give the store 30% of the game’s revenue. The developer called this kind of revenue split “illegal.”