Game Industry Digest: January

Articles for beginners and old-timers in game development, gamedev news and release dates for long-awaited games. We just leave it here.



Mobile direction

Apple opens the first European iOS application development center in Italy.
App Annie: The life cycle of mobile games has become shorter.
6 predictions for mobile games in 2016.
10 reasons not to create a mobile application.
User testing of the game: why it is needed and how to conduct it on your own.
The best tools of 2015 for mobile application developers.
Events for mobile developers for 2016.
7 key mistakes in UX-design.
Retrospective App Annie 2015 Report.
Deloitte forecast for 2016: technology, media and telecommunications.
GameAnalytics: Chinese players pay less and play longer.
How and how much to promote the game in South Korea after the release?
How do app store ratings affect downloads?
Playliner: what mechanics get into the cash top?
Interview with Jesse Wilson (Square): "... No magic, just code."
Google launched an AdWords app for iOS.
What is more profitable in the App Store: applications or games?
5 predictions for 2016 for mobile games.
ZeptoLab will select the best game designer and send it to GDC 2016.
Superdata published the earnings of the best mobile games.
The dizdok of the very first game Dragon Quest appeared on the Net
Donald Rumsfeld, the creator of Churchill Solitaire: "At 83, I decided to create a mobile application."
How to make the perfect description of the application for the App Store and Google Play.
New features for analyzing user behavior in Player Analytics.
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Developments

Announcement of Mobile World Congress 2016 .
Rewarding the best games of the past year.

news

Glu announced a collaboration with Gordon Ramsay.
EA will not be represented at E3.
Senior writer leaves Bioware.
Ubisoft entered into a partnership with the company SpectreVision, one of the owners of which is Elijah Wood.
Brian Horton left Crystal Dynamics and joined Infinity Ward.
"The Witcher 3" became the most mentioned game of 2015.
Gameloft closed a studio in New Zealand, but opened an office in Nigeria.
Goodbye, Sony Computer Entertainment, hello, Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Harold Ryan leaves the presidency at Bungie.
The blind player passed Ocarina of Time 5 years later. Here is the translation of the article.
Sony are trying to make the phrase Let's Play their slogan.
Square Enix lost $ 16.8 million in cloud gaming.
PS4 designed in Street Fighter V style will be on sale .
The stock price of Electronic Arts has dropped.
Gunscape shooter designer will be released in February.
Analysts are increasingly publishing reports on Nintendo NX.
Gamer has collected a collection of all games for the Wii.
Most of all money brings games for the PC.
NVIDIA will complete the card game Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Developers do not like Nintendo and prefer PC.
The creator of the world Dragon Age has left BioWare.
Plarium opens an office in London.
The Monument Valley soundtrack comes out on vinyl.
The company ustwo expands and breaks up with the main artist.

Video Game News

John Romero will create an "unprecedented" shooter.
Restart beta Overwatch is delayed.
Two new heroes for Heroes of the Storm will come from the universe of Diablo.
Primal trailer reminds that it is still Far Cry.
Fan sequel Half-Life: Opposing Force is released in February.
The forgotten Finnish game Sanxion came out 30 years later.
Rumor: a new game about Ghostbusters will be released in the summer .
The game Quantum Break received an age rating for the PC.
The approximate release date for Umbrella Corps is named .
Destiny 2 will not be released this September.
New final level for Doom by John Romero.
Funcom hit in survivali - announced by Conan Exiles.
The release of Mighty No 9 is postponed again .
For the first time, LEGO Marvel's Avengers will provide an equally open LEGO world to both home and portable consoles.
Officially announced TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan.
Studio Insomniac presented the project Song of the Deep.
On the bright and partly free future Star Wars: Battlefront.
Announced by Galactic Civilizations 3: Mercenaries.
According to rumors, Bandai Namco is preparing a new Super Smash Bros.
Introduced a new character Final Fantasy XV.
Dangerous Golf want to make golf fun.
Announced by Conan Exiles - a game about survival in an open world.
Dirt Rally will appear on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in April.
Windows 10 users will be able to play ReCore .
Homefront The Revolution is out May 17th .
Ubisoft make the absurd fencing simulator For Honor.
In the racing simulator Forza 6 appeared the ugliest car of the XXI century.
Five Nights at Freddy's World removed from Steam.

Press

February issue of Render Magazine.

Crowdfunding

Pixelmage canceled the game Hero's Song on Kickstarter.
Kickstarter: $ 46 million was raised for the video game segment.
The game Psychonauts 2 raised the necessary funds for the Fig service.
How to conduct a successful campaign on Kickstarter - Kickstarter tips.
Shenmue 3 Paypal donors will not receive the first kickstarter bonus of the game.