At the Winter Nights 2014 conference Pavel Ryakkonen, Distribution Director of Nevosoft, answered several questions to our editorial staff.

The main game of January-February was Flappy Bird. Everyone is discussing it. Some try to explain the success, others try to repeat it. But now, after deleting the application, it’s time to take stock. Forbes journalist Lan An Nguyen did it best. 

Flappy Bird and its numerous clones captured the free chart of the American App Store last week, on the paid one – one of the most delicious places turned out to be playing three-dimensional hide-and-seek. 

“If you want your game to be visited more often, launch it on Android,” you might think if you read the latest report from analysts from Mobidia, who have been tracking engagement in leading mobile projects over the past year. 

About the level of penetration of mobile devices in China, the largest markets in China and the reasons why it is necessary to work with them directly, App2Top.ru Sergey Korneev, marketing manager of Clickky, told us. 

Revenue from digital games in Russia in 2013 amounted to $1.1 billion, according to Superdata in its latest research. The main driver of the market, according to her version, is not mobile games at all.

Most mobile app developers earn less than $500 a month, according to the latest report from Mobile Vision.

The organizers of Europe’s largest conference for developers and publishers of mobile games shared the first results of the event: Winter Nights 2014 was attended by more than 700 representatives of mobile companies.

February 7, Saint Petersburg, Park Inn Pulkovskaya Hotel. The largest conference in Eastern Europe dedicated to the development of mobile games, Winter Nights 2014 has opened its doors.

Officially, Winter Nights 2014 will open only tomorrow, but today the conference participants are going to a pre-party at the Park Inn Pulkovskaya, which is organized by Distimo and Nevosoft.

Video games have been considered art for a couple of years. But is it possible to extend this term to mobile games?

A simple game about a yellow bird occupied the download charts in the leading Western markets. Behind her, the first places in the American, British, Canadian App Store and Google Play. But how much is it in dollars?

The success of The Walking Dead has returned the interest of developers of mobile and not only games to the episodic model of content distribution. But is everything so good in the “Danish Kingdom”?

Yesterday, Game Insight announced a new game – Cloud Raiders: Sky Conquest. It’s about pirates and giant flying islands. 

Microsoft has named a new executive director. Steve Ballmer was replaced by Satya Nadella. He is a veteran who has worked in the company for more than 20 years. The new head of the largest IT corporation in the world wears glasses, enjoys cricket and loves innovation.

Yesterday, an article by Eric Sefert, head of marketing at Wooga, appeared on the pages of Mobile Dev Memo. In it, Eric talked about the art of “soft” launching mobile applications and the importance of traffic sources. We offer you the Russian version of the material. 

According to Sergey Galenkin, one of the leading industrial bloggers of the Runet, everyone is tired of mobile games, it’s time to write that the market is “in the dark.” Is it so?

The first mobile game that officially overcame the bar of one billion dollars earned was a card butler with elements of Match-3 – Puzzle & Dragons.

The release of the mobile version of Dungeon Keeper caused a wave of criticism. Fans of the original game were not ready for the mobile continuation of the cult series.