Apple will open a “school” for developers in Italy, Glu Mobile will invest in the authors of the mobile quiz, and also – a battler based on the Pathfinder Adventure board game will be released on mobile.
1. Apple will open a training center for developers. The European iOS Development Centre will be located in Naples. Of course, developers on iOS will be released. Apple has already stated that “thousands of developers” will want to participate. There are no other details yet.
2. Icelanders from Plain Vanilla (known for making the mobile quiz QuizUp) received $7.5 million from Glu Mobile. Moreover, the amount is not in money, but in bills. Part – now, the second later. In exchange for the papers, the Icelanders agreed to take over the leadership of the general from Glu Mobile, Niccolo de Masi (Niccolo de Masi). He has already reported that he may buy a team in the future. It’s just unclear why Plain Vanilla does all this if QuizUp has an audience of 40 million, and an asset is a contract with Tencent and, possibly, a TV show.
3. A card buttler based on the Pathfinder Adventure board game will appear on iOS and Android. The developers are Obsidian, who made Pillars of Eternity. In Russia, the board game is not particularly popular, but English-language resources call the title “legendary”. The game will be released on mobile on March 29.
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