The main thing for the week (02.03.2015 - 08.03.2015)
All the main news materials and the most resonant articles over the past week are in our traditional selection.
Photo: Viktor HanáčekEverything is bad — and it’s good
Rami Ismail, co—founder and head of strategic development at the independent Dutch studio Vlambeer, spoke about what is wrong with the gaming industry – and why it is normal.
Viber has brought two games to the gaming Top 6 in Russia
At the end of February, the world release of the Viber gaming platform took place. The results were not long in coming: two of the three games presented within the framework of the platform entered the gaming Top-6 App Store in Russia.
Unreal Engine 4 has become free
The Unreal Engine 4 game engine can now be used absolutely free of charge, without paying its developers a cent if the project made on it does not bring money, Epic Games announced the other day.
App2Top.ru begins a new cycle of materials devoted to developments that have not yet been released, but have already reached the playable phase. The first project to hit our desktop was — Beat the Beat.
Unity 5 was released: all functionality is free
Unity Technologies has officially released the fifth version of its engine. One of the main innovations, apart from, of course, new technologies and tools, is the expansion of the list of free functions.
The government is considering the possibility of prohibiting direct payment of applications from Russian bank cards and charging VAT at the place of purchase. Market experts shared with App2Top.ru with their predictions of what this could lead to.