Hot Five: Fire Emblem Shadows’ first year, Google Playground, and Minecraft Blast’s testing phase

To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days. 1) Fire Emblem Shadows makes $892,000 in first year, just 0.3% of Heroes’ initial success Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Shadows generated $892,000 in its first year on iOS and Android, just 0.3% of the revenue Fire Emblem Heroes made in its first year. AppMagic estimates suggest revenue peaked early at $230,000 in Shadows’ first month, equating to 37% of its full year-one earnings.