One line (Thursday – December 14)

1. App Annie raised $63 million in the latest funding round. Most of the amount was invested by the investment company Greenspring Associates. The money, according to representatives of the “Red Anya”, will be used to further improve services. Plus, the company has introduced Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite, to its board of directors. Zack brought NetSuite to the stock market in 2007. It is logical to assume that App Annie is also planning to launch an IPO.

2. The English company 360 Studios, which has just released a PvP-battler about mixed martial arts MMA Federation in English-speaking countries (by the way, cute), announced that it raised $1.5 million for the development of the project. The studio plans to raise another $1 million in the first quarter of this year.

3. Ubisoft has finally decided that mobile platformers can be released not only about Reiman. The French company has launched the Smurfs Epic Run classic runner in stores. The game was made on the famous two-dimensional engine from Rayman Origins (and all subsequent games in this series) and looks great.

4. And, of course, the picture of the day would be incomplete if we hadn’t mentioned the mobile release already in order (in a couple of days!) sensational on Steam (and before that on Twitch) Punch Club from the St. Petersburg studio Lazy Bear Games.