The authors of Monument Valley published an infographic in which they told how much they spent on the development of the game and how much they earned on it. There were some curious figures. 

In the current selection for Thursday, we have the following projects: Raids of Glory, WWE Immortals, SineWave and World War II: D-Day. 

Joe Traverso, Activision’s lead project manager, analyzed in detail the pros and cons of the gameplay of the popular Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game. We have translated his text and are sharing it with you.

From November 2013 to November 2014, user spending on mobile casinos on iOS increased by 55%, App Annie reports.

The number of active users of Subway Surfers runner on January 3, 2014 amounted to more than 35 million people.

Shareware games from a legal point of view raise a lot of questions, – the owner of the law firm Jas Purewal said from the stage of Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015.

TinyCo, developer of Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, published a presentation from her speech at the GDC Next conference, which took place in November 2014 in Los Angeles. In it, the company revealed why it is important for mobile developers to work with the gaming community.

In the US, the annual revenue of mobile entertainment has almost equaled the local box office, reaching $9.14 billion, – the analytical and consulting firm SNL Kagan has calculated.

Photos from a party at the estate of perhaps one of the richest game developers in the world, Markus Notch Persson, have appeared on the web. Where the icon of the indie movement lives, who sold her creation to Microsoft for $ 2.5 billion, was photographed by photographer Drew Ressler.

Today there are only two projects in the selection: “The Battle for Dunwich” and “1+2=3″.

45% of English women working in the gaming industry had difficulties in career growth due to gender, – according to a study conducted by the Next Gen Skills Academy.

The organizers of the Winter Nights 2015 conference said that one of the three streams of the event will be entirely devoted to the technical aspects of game development: no marketing and business development.

The Brainwars PvP puzzle from the Japanese company Translimit has been downloaded 10 million times.

The American company Kabam has acquired TapZen and Magic Pixel Games, two mobile game studios in Los Angeles. 

Hipster Whale studio, which developed Crossy Road, announced that the iOS version of the game with Unity Ads raised a significant amount – $ 1 million.

We bring to your attention a list of the most important January events dedicated to the gaming industry.

In the game selection for Tuesday, we have three projects: Veloz, Hadron Wars and Instant Hero.

Canadian gaming company Behavior Interactive has announced the purchase of a “significant number of mobile projects” from the owners of Zombie Farm. 

The original version of Heroes Charge turned out to be a real box office blockbuster in the Middle Kingdom last November. The game has overtaken both the Asian hit Pop Star and all the products of the giant Tencent in financial terms.