The messenger from former losers attracted $20 million in investments, the Unity evangelist tells how an indie developer can create a business, and also – investments in games have halved over the past year.

Games again turned out to be the most downloaded and most profitable “apple” applications. The analytical company Sensor Tower came to this conclusion after studying the company’s quarterly report.

At the upcoming White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference, several sessions will be held in the format of a “heart-to-heart conversation” (fireside chat). One of these conversations will be held with the authors of Clash of Clans.

The highest paid game dev profession is a manager. And the average salary for the industry is $1100. Such preliminary results were given by a survey of a leading analyst Wargaming.net and SteamSpy author Sergey Galenkin.

Last year was a record year for the gaming industry. The total volume of the digital gaming market grew by 8% and reached $61 billion for the first time. This is reported in the report of the analytical company SuperData Research.

ZeptoLab company holds an international competition for the best game designer. The winner will go to GDC 2016.

The organizers of White Nights have announced the expansion of borders: now it is a conference on the development and promotion of games on all platforms, including PC. Speakers on this topic will appear at the event in Helsinki.

The Israeli SOOMLA team has published a blog list of the most popular advertising grids for the beginning of 2016. Here are 10 of them – in descending order of popularity.

After 16 months of softlonch, the Assassin’s Creed Identity game was removed from the App Store.

Women in game design (maybe) Soon there will be more than men, GetSocial is going to solve the problem of app visibility, as well as a bonus expert opinion on whether Clash Royale will become a mobile esports sensation.

The volume of the mobile gaming market will increase from $39 billion to $48 billion over the next four years, Digi-Capital is confident.

Seven key mistakes in the design of the user interface, which you need to remember when working on a children’s game, how Punch Club was created, as well as many other things – in our weekly digest.

Apple will open a “school” for developers in Italy, Glu Mobile will invest in the authors of the mobile quiz, and also – a battler based on the Pathfinder Adventure board game will be released on mobile.

Over the seven years of its existence, Android OS has brought Google $31 billion in revenue and $22 billion in profit. The data was declassified by Oracle during the trial.

Fuel company announced the launch of the Fuel Ignite engine. The technology will help simplify the management of gaming promotions and events.

The company behind Candy Crush Saga is preparing a midcore project for release.

A living legend of the gaming industry, John Van Caneghem, thanks to whom such brands as King’s Bounty, Might & Magic and Heroes of Might & Magic were born, also decided to try his hand at the mobile games market.

Marmalade Technologie, the creators of the Marmalade cross-platform engine, received investments in the amount of $ 5 million.

Chinese users are less likely to convert into paying players, but also spend longer gaming sessions. The analytical company GameAnalytics came to such conclusions based on the results of comparing Chinese and all other players.