The developers of Shovel Knight, Stellaris and the Braveland series talked about how effective sales on Steam are, and also gave advice on how to put discounts on games.

The British company Firefly Studios, famous for a series of Stronghold strategy games, has published its first mobile title, Wonky Tower, in the App Store and Google Play.

In the first half of 2016, 7.5% more smartphones were sold in Russia in unit terms than in the same period a year earlier.

The marketing and analytical company AppsFlyer conducted a large-scale study to find out what trends exist in the field of microtransactions in the global mobile market. We share a brief version.

Tencent is in search of companies that will help it acquire Supercell, and a game in the Iron Maiden universe and a new MMO from Snail Games – Kingdom Warriors are coming out in stores.

The new title Seriously – the Best Fiends Forever clicker – has reappeared in the App Store. The project is back in the softlonch.

Finnish studio TicBits, consisting of 9 employees, was acquired by Hong Kong publisher Animoca Brands for $ 3.5 million.

The publisher of Royal Revolt and Nonstop Knight stated that the only way to make good money today is to have a portfolio of related projects.

King company withdraws the midcore RPG Hero from the stores at the softlonch stage. For the second time.

Kakao opens an office in the USA. Plus two announcements: we talk about the free-play adaptation of Skullgirls and the interactive graphic novel Out There Chronicles.

Last week, a new “Saga” from King was released in the App Store and Google Play. What you should pay attention to in it is in our little material.

Mobile industry experts are increasingly talking about the prospects of the Indian market. The analytical company App Annie was no exception and published a study of the local market. It turned out that India took the first place in terms of the growth rate of the mobile market.

About the new Russian battler Heroes and Puzzles, which was promoted by Apple in the Russian and Canadian iTunes in early June, we talked with its developers from Ufa – the LingPlay team.

In the first half of 2016, games on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform raised only $8.2 million. For the same period last year, the amount amounted to $20 million. The figures were published by the consulting firm ICO Partners.

In dollar terms, the Russian online gaming market fell by 5% in 2015 compared to the results of 2012.

Why indie developers have nothing to do on iOS, what mistakes should be avoided when creating mobile game interfaces, how the top 50 box office games differ from all other projects – we tell you in our selection of the main materials of the week.

The other day, The Little Fox game from the Ukrainian h8games team was released in the App Store. Yesterday she received a big banner on the iTunes homepage in 86 regions. Read about the project and developers in our publication.

King launched a midcore strategy, Nekki had a new release, and Tencent got almost half of the revenue from the 100 highest-grossing Chinese games.

Josh Bycer, the owner and editor-in-chief of the Game-Wisdom resource, told about what is wrong with Path of Exile and how to distribute content in the game.