The latest Rovio game turned out to be a real spring blockbuster of the mobile gaming industry, gaining 50 million downloads in record time. 

In March, the number of downloads of free apps in the United States decreased for the first time in six months. And solidly – by 30%. Following this, the cost of attracting users also dropped a little. Perhaps it’s all about the war that Apple has declared on bots. 

Thanks to just one game released “at the right time and in the right place”, a small Finnish studio is now turning into a full-fledged entertainment corporation with its plush toys, animated series and key chains. And, apparently, not everyone in the company is satisfied with this. 

There is such a belief: if swallows fly low above the ground, it will rain. There is something similar in the gaming industry too. If there is a sea and a small ocean of hack & slash on the market, this is for the next Diablo.

In just three months, the Amazon tablet has become the absolute leader in the American Android tablet market, snatching a share of 54%.

MoPub experts have estimated that in the event of a ban on UDID, Apple will cut developers’ advertising revenue by about 24%.

FDG Entertainment’s sniper project under the intriguing name Clear Vision, despite the age restrictions (17+), brought the creators about $ 800 thousand.

The top ten highest-grossing games on the leading mobile platforms iPhone, iPad and Android.

Analysts are lowering their forecasts regarding the bright future of the Windows Phone mobile platform. So far, however, it is not very significant.

CrowdStar was one of the first studios to gain success on Facebook back in 2009. But, as you know, times are changing. Yesterday, the company announced that it was leaving Zuckerberg’s social network in order to focus its attention on developing games for mobile devices. 

The third part of the mobile blockbuster from the French gaming giant Gameloft will soon appear on iOS and Android. 

During a survey of the audience, a well-known marketing company found out that advertising inside applications and games is much more popular than is commonly believed. 

The leading publishers of mobile games are on the air: Big Fish Games, Nevosoft and Alawar. Experts from these companies gathered to tell who specializes in what genres, how publishers choose projects, and what kind of games young teams need to create.

Having released the Android version of the popular Football Manager game this month, its developers from Sports Interactive said they were faced with the highest level of piracy in the history of the franchise. 

Microsoft and Intel are going to seriously shrink Apple’s share in the tablet market by releasing more than 30 devices on the “eight” to the shelves by the end of the year. 

Kupertinovtsy reported for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012. At the same time, they reported exactly how many Apple devices were sold over the past three months.

Google’s platform took 61% of the smartphone market of the land of the Rising Sun, iOS in second place. 

During the renewal of the IPO application, it became known that in the first quarter of this year, Zuckerberg’s social network earned more than $ 1 billion. 

Autumn is still very, very far away, and the network is already agitated by numerous rumors and speculation about the new, sorry, just about the iPhone 5. According to them, it will be small and thin.