A selection of the most profitable publishers of applications on the mobile market for 2017 has appeared on the web. The most interesting thing about it: the emergence of new names and the high position of the casual colossus Playrix, based in Russia.

The South Korean media company Kakao has raised $130 million to develop its gaming division Kakao Games. About $100 million of this amount was invested by the Chinese corporation Tencent and the Korean mobile publisher Netmarble.

Atari shares rose by 60% after the announcement of the company’s plans to create an entertainment blockchain platform and issue the Atari Token cryptocurrency.

Half of the employees of the French studio Eugen Systems went on strike. The developers accused the company’s managers of violating labor laws. 21 out of 44 Eugen Systems employees joined the campaign.

In the Hangar 13 studio owned by the 2K publishing house, cuts have been made. According to Kotaku, the owners laid off “a significant part” of the workers. The first and so far the only Hangar 13 game remains the Mafia III action adventure.

The term “advertising inventory” is widely used in mobile marketing. What is meant by this term, as well as what it is characterized by, – said Herman Kapnin, head of the traffic purchase department at Mobio.

Swedish developer and publisher Starbreeze suffered losses of $22.2 million in EBITDA in 2017.

Finnish mobile developer Supercell reported a 20.5% decrease in profit in 2017. The main reason for the decline was the slowdown in sales of the flagship title Supercell — the Clash of Clans strategy, which was released 5 years ago.

Hawaii became the first US state to propose bills to restrict video games with the mechanics of loot boxes. Such ideas have been voiced before, but it was the Hawaiian administration that first formulated these requirements in the form of legal documents.

The Austrian corporation THQ Nordic has acquired the German media publisher Koch Media, which owns the game publisher Deep Silver. The transaction amount amounted to €121 million, according to the company’s press release.

Projects in the farm and citybuilder genre are now difficult to achieve significant commercial success. Their audience is gradually being taken away by multi—genre projects,” said Alexey Vstavsky from App Annie at White Nights in Prague.

Apple has denied some developers the placement of games and applications in the App Store due to the use of Apple branded emojis in the interface of their products. The reason for the refusal was also the emoji on the demo screenshots of the application page in the store.

We are looking for: a game designer at Social Quantum, a technical artist at Cubic Games, a UE4 graphics programmer at Kefir! studio, as well as an editor at App2Top.

In the management of the Swedish game publisher Paradox Interactive, there has been a castling. Paradox CEO Frederic Wester will head the company’s board of directors, and his post will be taken by board member Ebba Ljugerud. Wester has been the head of Paradox since 2009.

Nexon Gaming Corporation reported earnings for the 4th quarter of 2017 and the whole year. The company’s revenue and profit increased in comparison with 2016, and the 4th quarter turned out to be a record successful financial performance.

Nintendo has expressed uncertainty about the future of the Nintendo 3DS handheld console. Nintendo Switch is selling well and is enjoying success as a platform for indie titles. Against this background, 3DS support may no longer be appropriate.

The independent studio Beamdog was left by the creative director — David Gaider (David Gaider). Geider is known as the author of the scripts of classic role-playing games by BioWare, where he worked for 17 years. He has created stories for Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age and other games.

On February 8, Japanese game developer and publisher DeNA announced its financial results for October-December last year. The company earned more money in the quarter than in the same period a year earlier. The growth happened, among other things, thanks to the release of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

Glu Mobile will release a free-to-play mobile game in collaboration with Disney. The project was headed by Glu Vice President Mike Olsen. The new title will feature characters from the Disney and Pixar animation franchises.