Backflip has taken up publishing games; Little Big Adventure will appear on mobile platforms in March; what spoils the App Store according to Edge magazine – about this and much more in our digest of the industrial press for Wednesday, March 12.
Business
The Omniata service, which processes up to 23 billion gaming events per month, raised $5.2 million per month.
Industry
How clones, fear, sanitation and free-to-play spoil the iOS revolution, the Edge edition told on its pages.
Backflip will publish games.
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Backflip+Studios+news/news.asp?c=58059
Marketing
The 5 most popular products in mobile games. Another cool column on SOOMLA.
http://blog.soom.la/2014/03/5-most-popular-consumable-goods-in-mobile-games.html
DeNA is going to increase the number of its players using the Zedge service application.
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/dena-goes-with-customization-app-zedge-to-drive-user-acquisition/
Games
Puzzle & Dragons has 3 million downloads in the USA. Success?
Let’s look at Tengami.
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Tengami/feature.asp?c=58070
Little Big Adventure will be released on iOS and Android on March 27.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Little+Big+Adventure/news.asp?c=58087