Statistics May 17, 2013 Mobile games started earning more than console games App Annie and IDC claim that mobile games have overtaken portable console games in terms of user spending in the first quarter. It also turned out that there are 1.1 billion smartphone users and 160 million tablet users in the world.
Other May 17, 2013 “Milking” the brand as a necessity The company of one game is a statement of a clearly negative nature. So they scold those studios that have been living on earnings from a single title for many years now. But is it really that bad (to live thanks to the brand)?
Industry May 17, 2013 The third mobile game King will be released in June The British casual monster King announced that in early summer a mobile version of Pet Rescue Saga, the third part of the “royal saga”, will appear on iOS and Android.
Other May 17, 2013 ARPPU in the USA exceeded $12 Paying players in the US spend more every month on mobile games than ever before in history, reports PocketGamer.biz with a link to SuperData.
Industry May 17, 2013 Android dominates the Russian smartphone market Expert project Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru and IDC conducted a study of the Russian smartphone market in the first quarter of 2013. According to its results, the share of Android-based devices in shipments for the year increased from 39.7% to 70.9%.
Conferences May 17, 2013 Report from KRI #4: Mobilization from Game Insight The second day of KRI was held under the banner of Game Insight. As part of the game developers conference, the authors of “Natives” and “Dragons of Eternity” held their own mini-event – a four-hour seminar “Mobilization”.
Industry May 17, 2013 The first games with Google Play Game Services support Google has published in the official developer blog some details about the Google Play Game Services service, and also talked about the launch line of games.