Industry July 3, 2013 Kongregate has opened a $10 million fund for mobile developers With the furious success of Angry Birds, Clash of Clans and Puzzle & Dragons, investors are growing faith in the gaming segment of the mobile market. They are in a hurry to open funds. And they are looking for developers.
Industry July 3, 2013 A third-party GREE project earns $1 million a month A Japanese publisher has announced that the revenue of Knights & Dragons, a third-party studio project, has crossed the $1 million mark per month. About the developers’ dislike of publishers and about the success of the Canadian game – in our material.
Industry July 3, 2013 Limbo is out on the App Store The critically acclaimed Limbo platformer from the Danish independent Playdead team has appeared on the App Store today.
Other July 3, 2013 KakaoTalk has 100 million users The South Korean social application KakaoTalk celebrated a significant event – the registration of a hundred millionth user.
Statistics July 2, 2013 Developers believe that advertisers are “fooling” them Most developers and publishers of mobile applications believe that advertising companies inflate the prices of their services, employees of the cross-advertising platform AppFlood claim in their research.
Industry July 2, 2013 Codemasters will release Cannon Feeder on Mobile Platforms The British publishing house plans to transfer one of the central titles of the ancient Amiga to mobile rails – the cheerful arcade strategy Cannon Fodder.
Other July 2, 2013 Mobile Developer Day#UA will take place on August 8 There was information about the date and venue of the third Ukrainian Mobile Developer Day.
Other July 2, 2013 Mark Pincus resigned from Zynga Personnel sensation: the chair of Zynga executive director Mark Pincus (Mark Pincus) gave way to the former head of Microsoft’s entertainment division Don Mattrick (Don Mattrick).
Industry July 2, 2013 Xbox SmartGlass downloads have reached 17 million At the Build 2013 conference, Microsoft representative Rosa Thomas said that since the launch of the Xbox SmartGlass client application in October 2012, it has been downloaded 17 million times.
Industry July 2, 2013 Samsung’s two flagships account for 40% of GREE’s revenue The Japanese giant of the social mobile games industry GREE reports that 40.3% of the profits received by the company from Android devices are brought by users of only two devices.
Other July 2, 2013 Cloning question: Interview with the authors of Jungle Heat We talked to the creators of Jungle Heat from Mail.ru Group about their project, the search for style, as well as whether they are not afraid of a lawsuit from Supercell.
Industry July 1, 2013 Apple raises the minimum price tag for games and apps Apple has given the go-ahead to developers, and now the cheapest games and apps in the App Store will cost at least £0.99 in the United Kingdom and €0.99 in the rest of the Eurozone.
Other July 1, 2013 Big Fish: monetization should be based on emotions The game will not help to become successful 2-3 weeks of testing, virtual currency and rare pushy, you need to do the opposite, says Chris Williams from Big Fish.
Other July 1, 2013 During the month, the mobile “Fast and Furious” earned $1.84 million in the USA The other day Kabam happily announced that its game Fast & Furious 6: The Game has become the champion in download speed among mobile applications. The game has gained 17 million downloads in a month. About how it was – read the material.
Other July 1, 2013 Kabam cuts to the quick Kabam is gaining a foothold in the mobile market, and at the same time carries out serious permutations. The company has already laid off a “small” number of employees. To strengthen the mobile division, they promise to hire about two hundred new ones.
Statistics July 1, 2013 To get into the top 10 iPhone needs 72 thousand downloads Distimo has published statistics on revenue and downloads of the most popular applications. Thanks to this data, it became clear exactly how many downloads are required to get into the tops of the App Store.
Other July 1, 2013 The main thing for the week (24.06 – 30.06) Is it possible to make money on the console port, the whole truth about the first days of White Nights, details about the new mobile version – CPE, as well as much more in our traditional weekly digest.
Industry July 1, 2013 Colin McRae Rally 2.0 has appeared in the App Store While we are arguing whether it makes sense to port console titles to mobile platforms, publishers continue to regale us with classics. Next up is Colin McRae Rally 2.0.
Other July 1, 2013 Facebook is testing an Android app Zuckerberg’s social network is launching a beta version of its next update to the Android application. The idea is simple: to polish the project with the help of users.