Other April 9, 2013

Crowdfunding for marketing and advertising

The Israeli Golden Fingers team, with the help of the Indiegogo crowdfunding service, has started raising funds necessary for marketing and advertising its WriteOn mobile game!

Industry April 9, 2013

DUALSHOCK 3 connected to Xperia

Sony Corporation allowed to connect the DUALSHOCK 3 from the PlayStation 3 to its own Android smartphones of the Xperia series.

Other April 9, 2013

Video interview with Rovio

In his interview, Ville Heijari, senior vice president of brand marketing at Rovio, told us about the merger of franchises. The conversation was held in English as part of the Winter Nights conference.

Other April 9, 2013

Heyzap introduced calculations in Bitcoins

The mobile social gaming platform Heyzap has announced that it has added an option to its payment system that allows accepting payments and making payments in the virtual currency Bitcoins.

Other April 8, 2013

Kabam invests $50 million in Japanese developers

Kabam has created a $50 million fund designed to help Japanese developers enter the Western market. Why is it an American company and Japanese developers, the editors of App2Top understood.

Other April 8, 2013

China to bring $1.3 billion to mobile developers in 2013

The revenue of the mobile gaming industry in China by the end of 2013 will be about $ 1.3 billion, according to CocoaChina. However, this will not make it easier for Western companies to work on it.

Other April 8, 2013

Jolla has released the Sailfish SDK installer

The Finnish company Jolla, which develops the mobile OC Sailfish, the heiress of MeeGo, has announced the release of its SDK installers for Windows, OS X and Linux.

Other April 8, 2013

Video interview with Flurry

Richard Firminger, Managing Director of Flurry, Europe, told the editorial board of App2Top about marketing in the mobile gaming industry. The interview was conducted in English as part of the Winter Nights conference.

Other April 8, 2013

The main news and materials of the last week (01.04 – 05.04)

Rovio talked about how much she earns per year; Facebook presented its own firmware and smartphone; DeNA shared the secrets of competent PvP; and we interviewed Marmalade and Herocraft.

Industry April 8, 2013

AppGratis app has been removed from the App Store

Apple has withdrawn the AppGratis app from the App Store, which informs about free programs and iTunes sales.

Other April 6, 2013

Brain Trainer – it is easy to develop memory

Other April 5, 2013

comScore counts iPhone users in the US

comScore reported that about 133.7 million Americans have smartphones, of which 38.9% prefer the iPhone.

Other April 5, 2013

A game developer in the USA receives $84,000 a year

The average annual salary of an American game developer at the end of 2012 was $84 thousand, Game Developer reports in the April issue based on the results of its own survey. This is almost $3 thousand more than in 2011.

Industry April 5, 2013

Brainbow Games invested $1.2 million

London-based startup Brainbow Games has received investments worth $ 1.2 million, which will be directed to the development of mobile educational games of the new generation.

Games April 5, 2013

Puzzle & Dragons Gameplay Analysis

Mikhail Katkoff analyzed in detail the mechanics of Puzzle & Dragons, the highest-grossing game in the world, earning up to $86 million per month in the Japanese market alone.

Other April 5, 2013

Video interview with Wooga

Sebastian Kriese, Wooga’s Strategic Partnership manager, told us how to port the game from Facebook to the mobile platform and which monetization scheme to choose. The interview was conducted in English as part of the Winter Nights conference.

Other April 5, 2013

Mobile Apps & Technology Expo (MATE)

Industry April 5, 2013

Frozen Synapse will appear on iPad

Mode 7 studio has announced that in May it will release the popular turn-based tactical game Frozen Synapse on the iPad.

Industry April 4, 2013

Facebook focuses on Android

Facebook Home Android firmware is about to be launched, which will allow the Facebook social network to be integrated as deeply as possible into Google’s operating system. Mark Zuckerberg has announced the imminent launch of the Facebook Home Android firmware.

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Surface is gathering dust on the shelves of Russian stores

Crowdfunding for marketing and advertising

DUALSHOCK 3 connected to Xperia

Video interview with Rovio

Heyzap introduced calculations in Bitcoins

Kabam invests $50 million in Japanese developers

China to bring $1.3 billion to mobile developers in 2013

Jolla has released the Sailfish SDK installer

Video interview with Flurry

The main news and materials of the last week (01.04 – 05.04)

AppGratis app has been removed from the App Store

Brain Trainer – it is easy to develop memory

comScore counts iPhone users in the US

A game developer in the USA receives $84,000 a year

Brainbow Games invested $1.2 million

Puzzle & Dragons Gameplay Analysis

Video interview with Wooga

Mobile Apps & Technology Expo (MATE)

Frozen Synapse will appear on iPad

Facebook focuses on Android