The Gamasutra resource regularly publishes articles by developers, art directors and game designers about the industry. We choose the most interesting ones and share them with you.

The main game of January-February was Flappy Bird. Everyone is discussing it. Some try to explain the success, others try to repeat it. But now, after deleting the application, it’s time to take stock. Forbes journalist Lan An Nguyen did it best. 

About the level of penetration of mobile devices in China, the largest markets in China and the reasons why it is necessary to work with them directly, App2Top.ru Sergey Korneev, marketing manager of Clickky, told us. 

The success of The Walking Dead has returned the interest of developers of mobile and not only games to the episodic model of content distribution. But is everything so good in the “Danish Kingdom”?

At the beginning of 2013, one of the most obvious trends was the growth of Asian markets. Today, this is no longer a trend, but a given. Distimo told about the dynamics of Asian dragons over the past year.

How much does it cost to develop a console game, why they don’t pay off, and also once again about why free-to-play (whether we want it or not) is the future, in our material.

In November, we started publishing a series of translations of articles by Mikhail Katkoff, product director at Scopely, about the mechanics of midcore games. Today is the fourth part dedicated to monetization.

How much have Americans spent on mobile games this year, which games have become the best according to Apple, how much has the Russian market grown? The answers to these and many other questions are in our traditional digest for the past week.  

The Japanese mobile games market has overtaken the American one in terms of revenue, and the Chinese one earned more than $500 million in the quarter, Facebook told about the best games of 2013 – about this and much more in our traditional digest for the past week.   

What are mobile game developers afraid of, how many downloads are needed to get into the top 10 in Russia, for how long does a blockbuster game distributed under the paid model fight off on the App Store? About this and much more – in our traditional digest. 

App Annie company together with IDC presented the next quarterly report on the situation on the market of mobile and portable games. We suggest you to get acquainted with its version in Russian. 

The founder of the Tallinn gaming accelerator GameFounders told Pocket Gamer exactly what game developers who dream of an investor and his money should pay attention to. 

Romantic games for girls (otome sim) are growing in popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun, EDGE reports.

What is the secret of retaining midcore games, why Clash of Clans does not earn anything in China, how much did a loyal user cost in the USA a month ago – the answers to these and many other questions are in our traditional digest for the past week.

How many MAU millionaires there are among mobile developers, what is needed to create a successful mobile game, why steampunk is not so popular – about this and much more in our traditional digest for last week. 

What publishers want from developers, how much the casual market has changed in recent years, what Yandex offers in its new service, how big the mobile app market in Russia is according to Game Insight – read about all this in our traditional digest for last week. 

The key features of midcore games, why Fishlabs went bankrupt, when Line is going to the stock exchange, what are the volumes of the mobile games market – about this and much more in our weekly digest. 

Last week, Mikhail Katkoff launched a series of articles on midcore. Today we are publishing a slightly revised version of the first material, it is dedicated to game cycles in midcore projects.

Mikhail Katkoff, who recently left Supercell, shared his thoughts on why Plants vs. Zombies 2 is an unsuccessful project for PopCap and EA in his blog.