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.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, we interviewed Richard Pidgion from Distimo.

The application “We say R, R correctly” is a continuation of the series “Mama will teach” by the publishing house “Tarkos”. It is based on the idea that without the help of a speech therapist, a mother or another close person can help a child learn to speak correctly. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/govorim-r-r-pravil-no/id637873483?l=ru&ls=1&mt=8The topic was not chosen by chance.

Facebook has expanded its advertising tools for mobile app developers. The new product will increase user retention and conversion.

The first screenshots of the Logitech controller for iPhone have leaked to the network. There were no surprises. 

A credit card linked to the Mobage gaming platform has appeared in Japan. 

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, we interviewed Simon Podd, Sales Director of Flurry.

The OpenKit open platform has become widely available, which has become a replacement for a similar OpenFeint product for iOS and Android developers. This service allows you to work with high score tables, achievements and social channels. The release is announced by PocketGamer.

Microsoft Corporation is working on a new cloud gaming service for mobile devices. This service will allow you to stream Xbox games to smartphones and tablets. This is reported by the authoritative portal The Verge.

The latest console game by Ron Gilbert, author of Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, will be released on iOS this Thursday. 

#hack4good is a unique global hackathon that focuses on bringing together the coolest programmers, designers, developers and entrepreneurs.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, we interviewed Chris Williams, Vice President and CEO of Big Fish for Free-to-play.

After the announcement of Cut the Rope 2, we contacted Semyon Voynov, creative director of ZeptoLab, and asked a couple of questions regarding the future release.

  

Teemu Huuhtanen left Rovio to create his own studio – Next Games.

Interviews about the first indicators of Jungle Heat, secrets of advertising effectiveness by ROI, key features of the new OS from Amazon – this and much more in our traditional digest for the week.