EA has published the results of the 2015 financial year. Its revenue for this period amounted to $4.4 billion. EA Mobile accounts for $524 million of them (non-GAAP).

Before releasing a game, you need to think carefully about its monetization. First of all, this concerns advertising, the creators of the Mad Skills Motocross 2 mobile game are sure.

Blizzard has announced that the number of players in the collectible card game Hearthstone is now more than 30 million people.

The mobile market will reach the size of $45 billion by 2018 and will overtake the rest of the segments of the gaming industry. This is reported by the Venturebeat resource with reference to the forecast of the analytical company Digi-Capital.

The author of World of Goo, Ron Carmel, together with two other veterans of the game dev, is making a team strategy game for mobile devices. It is called Subterfuge and the main focus is on diplomacy.

The British studio Fireproof Games decided to invest part of the funds earned from The Room series in a new title developed by another team.

In early April, Microsoft Corporation began distributing Xbox 360 controllers in Russia in a package branded with the Shadow Fight 2 mobile game from the Moscow studio Nekki. About this event in detail App2Top.ru Sergey Babaev, Business Development Director of Nekki, told us.

Finnish publisher and developer Rovio is launching its new Nibblers game in Canada.

Last week was extremely rich in news and good (voluminous and exclusive) materials. Make sure you haven’t missed anything interesting for sure!

The other day – as part of the report on the financial results of the first quarter – Gameloft described Dungeon Hunter 5 as “the most successful release in the history of the company in terms of box office results at the start.”

Dungelot 3 lost the top three in the title, acquired text quests and abandoned some of the chips of the second part.

We bring to your attention a list of the most important May events dedicated to the gaming industry.

The development of This War of Mine for iPad is coming to an end, – its creators from 11 bit Studios report.

Last night (April 30), Apple Corporation allowed developers to send applications for access to the beta version of its own analytical service App Analytics.

Representatives of the Japanese publishing house GREE and the French gaming company Gameloft will appear among the speakers of White Nights 2015.

Alexey Sazonov, who was responsible for sales and marketing at Herocraft for more than eight years, left the Kaliningrad company to found his own game studio — Krabwerk.

The American publisher and developer Glu Mobile reported for the first fiscal quarter of 2015. The company’s revenue reached $69.5 million and increased by 56% compared to the beginning of 2014.

According to the results of GamesJam Kanobu, the main prize — financing of the development by Nekki and PinkApp — was awarded to the project 12 is Better Than 6 from the independent studio Ink Stains Games. We talked to developers and investors about the project and its future.

Tencent has entered into a “strategic partnership” with Glu Mobile.