Industry May 23, 2013 App Store Game Releases #1 The most interesting iOS game releases of this week in one material. In the first issue, read about Poker Night 2, Bam fu, Call of Mini: DinoHunter, Dead Ahead, Epic and Zombie Fish Tank.
Industry May 23, 2013 Marmalade has enabled support for Google Play Game Services Marmalade recently announced that their cross-platform SDK already supports the new Google Play game service. However, not yet in full.
Other May 23, 2013 Microsoft about Casual Games On the pages of Fierce Developer, Microsoft evangelist Jesse Freeman talked about what the game needs to succeed in the casual market.
Industry May 23, 2013 Virtual currency spending will reach $3.2 billion by 2017 A study conducted by Tapjoy and the Yankee Group showed that consumer spending on virtual currency in applications will grow in the coming years. By 2017, they will reach $3.2 billion, three times higher than last year.
Other May 23, 2013 Mobile games market to earn $12.3 billion in 2013 The global mobile games market will grow to $12.3 billion by the end of this year, Newzoo reports in its latest report. Analysts say that this is 35% more than last year.
Other May 23, 2013 SlotoQuest: Gambling Adventure game has received a record increase in active players on Facebook According to Insidesocialgames, SlotoQuest: Gambling Adventure from the game publisher Renatus holds the first place in the top of actively growing games on Facebook, increasing its audience by 19,901 monthly active users and thus ensuring a 24% increase in the gaming audience.
Industry May 23, 2013 Capcom notes a slowdown in the development of the mobile market Another Japanese company noted the fact of a slowdown in the growth of the mobile games market. Following Konami, this was announced by the publisher Capcom, which noted a similar trend in its latest quarterly financial report.