Game dev workers in the USA deserve more than crunches and meager salaries. The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL—CIO) recall this in an open letter published by Kotaku.

AppLovin analysts assessed the demographics of mobile gamers in the US and the UK.

It was named Ganymede Games.

Sony has published January tops of the most downloaded games on the PlayStation Store. Some places in them were distributed in an unexpected way. But first about the leaders.

How much mobile role-playing games earn in the USA, China and Japan, and which subgenres are the most successful, GameRefinery experts tell. App2Top offers a brief squeeze of their mobile RPG market research.

The last numbered part of Battlefield in the United States was not included in the top ten best-selling games of the year. Before that, over the past ten years, only Battlefield: Hardline and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 were not included in the top.

This is 18% more than a year earlier.

According to Sensor Tower and NPD Group, there are 210.9 million mobile gamers in the USA and Canada. Over the past year, their number has increased by 5%.

A number of children’s and family apps are bothering parents of underage players.

NPD summed up the sales of consoles, games and accessories in the USA for November 2018. The data of the analytical firm leads Gameindustry.biz .

In the first days after the release, the game breaks sales records in the United States.

Korean developer Pearl Abyss has opened its first North American office. His task is to develop the Western market.

The US authorities have drawn attention to the problem of loot boxes. The head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Joseph Simons, announced that his department will study the mechanics of loot boxes and assess the extent of its impact on underage players. It is unknown how long the FTC investigation will last.

In October, sales of hardware, games and accessories in the United States are showing record levels, according to NPD analysts. This was influenced by the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII and Red Dead Redemption 2.

The main game on the US market in August was Madden NFL 19. The simulator of American football, released on the eve of the start of the real season of this sport, has overtaken all other blockbusters in sales.

67% of Americans play video games. The research company EEDAR came to these conclusions after conducting a survey on the gaming preferences of US residents.

The analytical firm NPD Group has prepared a review of the gaming market of the United States of America in July 2018. According to the company, the highest-grossing game last month was the Switch-exclusive Octopath Traveler from Square Enix.

Mobile games may be despised by a certain group of players. At the same time, it would be a mistake to assume that only a casual audience plays in them. As the analytical company EEDAR insists in its research, the most avid gamers also do not deny themselves this pleasure.

According to Newzoo, in two years, the revenue of the American gaming market has increased by $6.8 billion and now stands at $30.4 billion.