Yesterday on Google Play, a year and a half after the release on the App Store, one of the main gaming phenomena of last year appeared – the Finnish PvP builder Clash of Clans.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, we interviewed the producer of Rovio Stars, the publishing division of Rovio, Anastasios Katapodis

Dan Taylor, who participated in the development of Killzone, Medal of Honor and Max Payne 3, on the pages of Gamasutra spoke about the main ten principles of game design. 

The first mobile game made on the Project Anarchy engine from Havok has been released on Google Play.

The first details about Cut the Rope 2, the introduction of deep links and new DeNA credit cards are in our digest for last week.  

Kabam is going to close its browser title Imperium: Galactic Wars, which will lead to the dismissal of 23 employees of the studio located in Austin, Texas. The company intends to focus on mobile applications.

Gamevil has announced its intention to acquire Korean publisher and developer Com2us. This deal has already been dubbed the most important step towards the consolidation of the region.

What is PuzDra Shock, why did the Japanese start developing native applications, and DeNA and GREE are no longer the main ones in the market of games of the Land of the Rising Sun? 

Last Friday, Disney announced that Star Wars: Tiny Death Star is in development. Its creation is being done by the authors of Tiny Tower and Pocket Trains – the NimbleBit studio.

On October 10, the App movie is released, which we are recommended to watch with a phone, having previously downloaded a special application there. The idea is interesting, let’s look at the implementation.

Just a couple of days after EA was accused of receiving a reward from Apple for delaying the release of the Android version of Plans vs. Zombies 2, the company launched the game on the Google mobile platform.

The company Applicier Ltd. has launched the Everyplay GameAds platform, which allows mobile developers to embed video ads in their games. The beta version of GameAds has already brought one of the companies $1 million in just 45 days.

On October 11, Moscow will host the IV International Mobile Developers Forum Apps4All. The event is held by Apps4All together with the Polylog agency. 

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, we interviewed Wooga Executive Director Jan Miczaika.

The American company Stardock, known for a series of turn-based strategies Galactic Civilizations and Sins of a Solar Empire, has released its first iOS game Dead Man’s Draw. 

The largest Japanese studio GREE, engaged in mobile and social games, laid off 11% of its employees. This is reported by the blog Dr. Serkan Toto, which is led by a German analyst living in Tokyo.