One of the largest mobile advertising platforms, AdColony, laid off 125 employees and closed the AdMarvel division due to the automation of advertising sales.

The mobile version of the popular three-in-a-row puzzle Candy Crush Saga from King has turned 5 years old. In honor of this, the creators shared the game statistics of the mobile hit.

The daily audience of games from Ubisoft’s Ketchapp and Growtopia mobile divisions has increased by 234% over the past 6 months.

A report by Andrey Korotkov from Zillion Whales. The speaker spoke about the challenges and opportunities that open up for multiplayer indie games, as well as about the experience of Mushroom Wars 2.

The total number of downloads of the Monster Strike mobile battler by the Japanese Internet company mixi exceeded 40 million shortly after the title was launched in China.

The developers of games for the VKontakte social network have a new way of monetization – rewarded video.

South Korean mobile developer and publisher Com2uS earned $112.8 million in Q3 2017. The company’s main source of revenue remained the Summoners War buttler, as well as MLB 9 Innings 17 and Golf Star sports games.

Electronic Arts Corporation is thinking about transferring the largest FIFA and Madden NFL sports franchises from annual releases to a subscription system, and maybe even about transferring the games themselves to the cloud.

Report by Ivan Wozniak from Mail.Ru Group. In his report, the speaker spoke in detail about the features of the elements that make the game esports.

In October, the Homescapes game helped Playrix overtake Electronic Arts and Konami in monthly revenue from the App Store. This became known from the updated list of the most profitable gaming companies in the world according to App Annie.

Those developers who don’t have money for voice acting or even a microphone may need to take a closer look at Amazon’s new solution. The company has introduced a speech synthesizer for voicing video games.

The Chinese Internet corporation Tencent is thinking about the prospect of publishing mobile games in the Snapchat messenger. This became known a week after Tencent bought a 12% stake in Snapchat-owned company Snap Inc.

The first session is the most important for any game and for any application. It is within its framework that the answer to the question is formed: is it worth it? What is important to remember when working on the first session, – says devtodev analyst Vera Karpova in a new article in our series of materials “Performance indicators of games”.

The revenues of Nexon gaming corporation in the 3rd quarter of 2017 increased by 36% to $532 million, of which mobile games earned $120 million – 39% more than a year ago.

Website about GameGuru games.Ru has launched a division for localization and publication of browser-based MMOs developed in Asia.

Nexon International Gaming Corporation has acquired the California mobile studio Pixelberry Studios, known for games in the genre of interactive stories Choices and High School Story.

Sony Corporation is increasing production of PlayStation Move motion controllers to promote the PlayStation VR virtual reality helmet. Its closest competitor in the person of Microsoft’s Kinect system dropped out of the race the day before.

A round table about the promotion of games with the help of bloggers. Gaming companies, agencies and bloggers gathered on one stage to discuss issues of concern to everyone. Does it make sense to promote the game with the help of bloggers? Is it effective? Which games are suitable for? How much is it?

Electronic Arts Corporation has bought Respawn Entertainment studio, known for the Titanfall multiplayer shooter franchise. EA has already paid $151 million in cash, $164 million in securities for it and is ready to pay up to $140 million, depending on the future results of the studio.