Continuation of the first part of the “Davinci Riddles”, an exciting game where you need to solve puzzles and solve non-standard puzzles.“The Mysteries of DaVinci: Renaissance” (“Renaissance”) continues the idea of the first part, but on a new level.

Rapala, the world’s largest manufacturer of baits, has released a new line of fishing gear under the Angry Birds brand.

According to Venturebeat, the venture firm Signia Venture Partners has organized a fund totaling $100 million, focused on supporting startups in the fields of mobile applications, games, online video and educational technologies.

To get to the first place in the Russian top of free iPhone apps, 45.5 thousand downloads per day are needed. It is much easier to get into the free Canadian top, – the developers from Reddle claim.

At the end of May, Unity announced that basic mobile licenses for the mobile engine began to be distributed for free. We contacted the Unity team and asked about this innovation.

The Munich–based company Metaio, which develops software related to augmented reality (augmented reality – AR), announced that 50 thousand developers are already using its platform, and the number of applications based on it has exceeded 1,000.

The latest information on the leaders of the American Google Play games market for the week (20.05 – 26.05) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Microsoft has announced the Halo: Spartan Assault project, which will be released only on Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms.

Marmalade SDK 6.3 adds support for Android smartphones running on Intel chipsets, Roku streaming players, plus Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 platforms are coming out of beta.

The Trademob company calculated the average price for installing the application in the leading mobile markets and told why boosters are needed.

Last April, the number of downloads increased significantly, according to Fiksu. Along with the downloads, the price of a loyal user has also grown.

Following the previous news: as part of the massive cuts, Zynga is going to close the studio of OMGPOP, the developer of the acclaimed mobile game Draw Something. 

Yesterday it became known that Zynga intends to reduce its staff by 18%. Thus, at least 520 people will be laid off.

The exclusive release of the game Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS devices will take place on July 18, according to the developer company Popcap Games.

Like many of the “pioneers” of the social gaming industry, Crowdstar has long been reoriented to the mobile market, but has not been able to make money on it. An investment of $12 million may fix the situation.

The latest information on the leaders of the American iPhone games market for the week (May 20-26) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Last week the company Mail.Ru Group has announced a new mobile strategy game – “Evolution”. We contacted the general producer of IT Territory Alexander Enin and asked him about the project. 

According to 505 Games, the two-dimensional sandbox platformer Terraria, which was released on PC in 2011, will be available for mobile devices this summer.

According to a study conducted by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the world leader in telecommunications market analysis, more than 50% of all smartphones in China run on Google’s operating system.