Apple has announced the closure of the independent version of the mobile app testing service TestFlight. The company integrates it with iTunes Connect for developers. Website TestFilghtApp.com it will be unavailable from February 26, – Apple has notified users of the service in writing.

Today our selection is sparse – Hammy Go Round and Crevice Hero. 

As it traditionally happens at the end of the month, App Annie analysts summed up the results of the mobile games market of the previous month. We have an analysis of the report in Russian.

The German marketing agency Quaid Media offers mobile developers to advertise projects using television.

The authors of The Tower and Skyward, Artem Merenfeld and Yaroslav Rudakov, told us about the work on minimalistic games, cooperation with Ketchapp and what you can count on at the same time.

How to develop games in the match-3 genre correctly, why publishers are coming back into fashion, what can go wrong when working on a game – about this and much more in our digest for last week.

Rovio Entertainmen has announced the release of a series of books Storm Sisters for teenagers.

On Saturday, it was possible to watch a live broadcast from Dnepropetrovsk DevNight on our website. Actually, we have re-uploaded the publication today so that we can also now see how it was.

Billing provider Fortumo is launching a new development kit that allows you to make purchases inside an app or game without an Internet connection.

Of the 14 best WP applications of 2014 (according to Microsoft), ten are games. 

As part of the King of Thieves announcement, ZeptoLab announced its publishing ambitions.

Video advertising in games should be used dosed,” warns Nick Hatter, creator of the giftgaming marketing platform, in his blog.

The authors of Cut the Rope announced work on a new project – King of Thieves. The novelty is announced as a “multiplayer project for iOS with platformer elements and tower defense”.

The vice president of Appsee believes that the developers of mobile applications will be better able to draw any conclusions about the behavior of users – heat maps. 

Com2us invited the stars of the Vine video network and a street artist to advertise the Summoners War game.

Applications for participation in the Stugan initiative are open, the purpose of which is to help talented developers from all over the world to declare themselves. The event will be held from July 1 to August 31. You need to submit an application before March 31.

Three amazing games have been released today: Skyward, Rocket Cars and Blood Brothers 2. We will tell you about them in our today’s issue.

Ben Serviss, a programmer, game designer and game producer from New York, described the stages of creating a text game in his blog. We have translated the text with his permission and are sharing it with you.