Why is traffic so expensive today, and how do intermediary networks wind up CPI (and by how much), – App2Top.ru Nadezhda Matukhno, head of marketing at ComboApp, told.

Users spend more on mobile games than on PC and console games; spending on console games is falling; the largest audience of PC players in the United States is those over 45 – App Annie shared this and much more with IDC.

Shanghai studio Spicy Horse, founded by the creative director of the iconic American McGee’s Alice, has reduced staff and is going to abandon further development of F2P projects.

Square Enix can take up the creation of logical GO puzzles for all its major franchises, Miitomo will be released in the US on March 31, and the Contra series will receive another mobile game.

Last February, three-in-a-row Fishdom from the Russian studio Playrix reached the figure of 1 million DAU on Google Play just a week after the release. We have prepared an analysis of the game.

The Next Web resource tried to figure out which engines dominate the gaming market. The result was predictable.

Yesterday it became known that the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia asked Mail.Ru Group explain the mention of the Great Patriotic War in a video game advertisement. We have contacted the lawyers for comment.

Australian studio Atlas Gaming Pty Ltd has released its first project – AtLas Vegas casino. Following the launch, the team shared tips with Reddit readers.

The announcement of another heir to Advance Wars took place, a cute Buildroute puzzle appeared in the stores, and Armored Warfare was at the center of a double scandal.

On average, an iPhone owner in the US spends $35 a year on games and apps. Such data for 2015 was shared by the analytical company Sensor Tower.

The Kotaku resource talked about the difficulties Darkest Dungeon faced after it got into Steam Early Access. We share the translation of the article.

How to properly soft lunch, what is a casual midcore, how to promote games in Asia – we wrote about this and much more last week. A list of the most interesting materials in our traditional Monday collection.

Finnish studio Supercell has announced a cyber-tournament on Clash Royale. The competition will be the first official event of the game.

How to create multiplayer maps for mobile shooters correctly, where to start, what tricks to resort to, and what to remember — App2Top.ru told Pixonic game designer Alexander Linchik.

The analytical company App Annie told about the alignment of forces in the world gaming tops for the previous month. In February, the Color Switch game hit the tops of downloads on Android and iOS, Activision Blizzard got the first place in downloads and revenue on Android, and the first place in the iOS box office top traditionally remained for Clash of Clans.

More than six billion dollars a month are earned in the world of digital games. This is 10% more than a year earlier, — the research company Superdata reports in its latest report.

What to keep in mind when promoting games in China, Korea and Japan, — App2Top.ru Egor Karpov, a consultant for the promotion of mobile applications, told us.

The past year has become a landmark for mobile marketing. Advertising spending in the United States increased by 174%, mobile overtook PC for the first time in terms of marketing costs, – such information was published by the analytical company Smaato.

We are finishing posting a video from the White Nights Helsinki 2016 conference. The latest video is a report by Flaregames lead producer Miikka Luotio on working with small teams.