What are mobile game developers afraid of, how many downloads are needed to get into the top 10 in Russia, for how long does a blockbuster game distributed under the paid model fight off on the App Store? About this and much more – in our traditional digest. 

The second day of the DevGAMM Kiev 2013 (formerly FlashGamm) gaming conference for developers and publishers is taking place in Kiev at the Rus Hotel today (December 8, Sunday). We have a schedule and a live broadcast from the venue.

The Russian gaming market is ranked 12th in the world in terms of box office indicators. Its iPad segment is larger in volume than the similar one in Germany, – the Newzoo company claims in the latest report.

On our website, you can now follow live what is happening today in Kiev at the DevGAMM Kiev 2013 conference for developers and publishers of games!

Right now (on Saturday morning, December 7), a game conference for developers and publishers DevGAMM Kiev 2013 (formerly FlashGamm) is opening in Kiev at the Rus Hotel.

Along with the release date, the first details about the full-fledged continuation of one of the most popular mobile gaming IP appeared. 

This was stated by the Head of Facebook’s partnership division, Julien Codorgnu, to The Wall Street Journal.

NativeX has announced a partnership with Sega of America and Sega of Europe. Now NativeX ads will appear in Sega’s free mobile games.

Previously, King had already advertised his hit on American channels. Now the mobile giant is conquering Japanese television.

Rob Weber, Vice President and co-founder of NativeX, spoke on the pages of Games Brief about five strategies for promoting the game and increasing its findability on the App Store. 

Korean Samsung, together with Fingerprint, is working on a mobile platform for children from Southeast Asia.

Tapjoy analysts claim that the average user receipt on Gingerbread devices is higher than on gadgets with Jelly Bean on board.

App Annie company together with IDC presented the next quarterly report on the situation on the market of mobile and portable games. We suggest you to get acquainted with its version in Russian. 

The founder of the Tallinn gaming accelerator GameFounders told Pocket Gamer exactly what game developers who dream of an investor and his money should pay attention to. 

According to the German Wooga, the App Store has earned about $12 billion over the past year. The problem is that the money only comes from hit projects.

Superdata analysts believe that game developers underestimate the genre of card collectible games. Real card projects earn 2 times more than digital ones.

The new project from the authors of CSR and My Horse is already called by Western publications one of the most successful titles on the App Store. 

We continue a series of interviews with companies selling traffic. This time we talked to the guys from the Ukrainian Clinic.