News of the day (17.03.2014)

Industry

An article by Sergei Orlovsky appeared on Kanobu with the telling title “The state is worried in vain that there will be no patriotic games.” 

http://kanobu.ru/articles/gosudarstvo-zrya-volnuetsya-chto-ne-budet-patrioticheskih-igr-368021/Marketing

Kontagent+PlayHaven is now called Upsight.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Upsight+news/news.asp?c=58145Twitch has started.

The first game supporting it was Asphalt 8.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/twitchs-mobile-broadcasting-coming-to-gamelofts-asphalt-8-racer-on-ios/Tapjoy has launched a new application monetization platform – nGen.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/tapjoy-unveils-one-stop-shop-ngen-platform-for-mobile-app-monetization/Development

Tutorial: how to make a simple multiplayer game with Sprite Kit (a complete guide with code in two parts).

Part 1: http://www.raywenderlich.com/60980/game-center-tutorial-how-to-make-a-simple-multiplayer-game-with-sprite-kit-part-1Part 2: http://www.raywenderlich.com/60998/game-center-tutorial-how-to-make-a-simple-multiplayer-game-with-sprite-kit-part-2

Games

About the launch of Royal Revolt 2 on world markets in the Pocket Gamer material.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/The+Charticle/feature.asp?c=58199Platforms

Google is launching a number of new features in Google Play Games.

http://android-developers.blogspot.ru/2014/03/unlocking-power-of-google-for-your_17.html