Quietly and imperceptibly, a new trend has emerged in the mobile entertainment industry: porting games from current-generation consoles. The release of Pocker Smash is proof of that.

According to the results of the third quarter, the iPad accounts for only 55% of global tablet shipments. Android tablets are eating away an increasing share of the market, analysts at ABI Research found out.

Microsoft and Amazon are planning to launch smartphones under their own brands by mid-2013, according to the DigiTimes resource.

Being aware that pushy projects often repel as many users as they attract, the authors of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride decided to study them carefully.

The authors of Clash of the Clans are confident that in a few years tablets and games for them will become the center of the gaming industry. 

The Chinese tablet market grew by 63% in the third quarter. Apple dominates it. In second place are “tablets” from Lenovo.  

Apple is once again the leader in smartphone sales in the US, but the company’s share in Europe continues to decline under the pressure of Android devices and, attention, Windows Phone.

The former head of games at Disney became the executive director of the advertising mobile platform Tapjoy. Mihir Shah was told “bye”.