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From a Two-Week Prototype to a Seven-Person Studio: The Case of the Mobile Strategy Game Ant Colony
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (1266+ words) 4 million downloads, with 2. 8 million being organic. Evgeny Antipov, the CEO of Pixel Cells studio, shared about the project in his column for App2 Top. The project began as a prototype created in two weeks, without monetization or future plans. Today, six…...
The creators of Slay the Princess will publish third-party games
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (139+ words) New indie publishers continue to emerge in the market. Just a few days ago, the co-authors of Peak announced the launch of their publishing house, and now the creators of Slay the Princess from Black Tabby Games have shared similar…...
Google has taken down Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (147+ words) The removal happened on Wednesday, April 8. After its initial release on PC in 2017, the game became available on i OS, Nintendo Switch, and Play Station in December. In a joint statement, Dan Salvato, the game's creator, alongside publisher Serenity Forge,…...
Khazan studio Neople reveals plans to reorganize development teams in "The First Berserker" project
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (200+ words) The team at Neople, under Nexon's guidance, has experienced a reorganization as the project for The First Berserker: Khazan approaches its final phase. This change did not involve any layoffs. A Nexon spokesperson explained to PC Gamer that the company…...
Media: Development of Marathon cost over $200 million
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (143+ words) WN Hub The budget for Marathon was comparable to the budgets of The Last of Us Part II, Horizon Forbidden West, and Concord. The cost of developing the extraction shooter Bungie, was discovered by Forbes journalist Paul Tassi. According to…...
Five development studios have joined forces to establish the developer-led holding Nova Assembly
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (179+ words) Five independent gaming studios have come together to form Nova Assembly, an alliance driven by developers to exchange resources and knowledge. The coalition includes Unfrozen, known for "Iratus: Lord of the Dead," Sad Cat Studios, the creators behind "Replaced," VEA…...
GFA Games acknowledged difficulties with payments but called them temporary
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (204+ words) GFA Games representatives did not respond to App2 Top's inquiry about the situation within the studio. However, they did provide comments to our colleagues at Go Ha. According to them, there are delays in salary payments. Meanwhile, GFA Games disagreed with…...
Media: The First Berserker: Khazan did not meet Nexon's expectations " the game's team will be downsized
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (139+ words) The company Nexon was dissatisfied with the sales of The First Berserker: Khazan " an action RPG developed by its subsidiary studio Neople. This is reported by the Korean publication Yonhap citing sources. The First Berserker: Khazan According to Yonhap, Neople's…...
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has achieved the highest-grossing debut in the United States for 2026
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (216+ words) The film "Super Mario Galaxy" has set a new milestone by becoming the top-grossing US release for the year 2026. Created through a collaboration between Universal's Illumination and Nintendo, the movie amassed $372. 6 million globally and earned $190. 8 million domestically within its first…...