A benchmark of mobile games, a list of the highest—grossing games in the history of iOS, as well as a selection of the most earning domestic games – this and much more in our collection of publications for the past week.

Last week passed under the sign of White Nights, but we will tell you about it in detail only next week. In the meantime, let’s focus on the materials that were published before the conference. Among the central ones: a guide to the gaming industry of Ukraine; a detailed story about creating a template for bugs; and an exciting story by HyperTrain Digital about how to properly launch projects on Kickstarter.

The World Health Organization has recognized gaming addiction as a mental disorder; Valve has started an open beta test of publishers’ pages on Steam; the development of a 16-year-old designer has become the game of the day in the App Store; — this and not only in the digest of the main events of the gaming industry from App2Top.ru .

About the central materials for the past week in our traditional digest.

About the central materials and news for the past week in our digest, which has returned to service.

Sony has announced the release of Playstation 4 games in the Playstation Now cloud gaming service. Gamers will be able to pay for a subscription and play on their console or PC.

Moscow-based Cats Who Play developers have reported that their “Syrian Warfare” strategy (Syria: Russian Storm) was removed from the Steam store without warning.

Nintendo has announced the release of over 60 games from independent developers on the new Switch platform.

In 2016, Unity games were installed 16 billion times on mobile devices. In comparison with 2015, the indicator increased by 31%.

The record performance of the gaming division and the success of The Angry Birds Movie increased the company’s profit by a third compared to 2015.

The Icelandic company CCP reported a 30% increase in revenue in 2016 — from $65.7 million to $86.1 million.

Finnish mobile game developer Next Games has announced plans to place $30 million worth of shares on the market.

Video streaming service Twitch will start selling games and game content this spring. Viewers will be able to buy games directly during the broadcasts of their gameplay.

Irrational Games studio changed its name to Ghost Story Games. After the rebranding, the developers promise to work on “exciting stories with a deep plot.”

Analysts predict explosive revenue growth of virtual reality projects in the near future.

Sony has sold 915 thousand Playstation VR kits since the start of sales in October last year and has come close to fulfilling its own plan of 1 million devices sold within six months.

The German publisher of mobile games Flaregames announced the creation of a new incubator program Flare Accelerator.

Swedish indie developer Coffee Stain Studio has launched its own publishing house.

The Swedish company King has stopped operating its South Korean branch.