The best materials of the last week (08.12.2014 – 12.12.2014)

Shake gently: it’s time to change the usual free-2-play modelSeppo Helava, co-founder of Self Aware Games and creator of the games Taxiball, Word Ace, Fleck and Card Ace: Casino (now Big Fish Casino), explains why shareware games in the form in which they exist now should become a thing of the past.

Amazon is going to release premium mobile games The American retailer plans to release a number of paid high—budget games for Fire OS.

We understand why paid when talking about the mobile market is perhaps not so bad, in contrast to the greedy look towards console games.

How do I make the right screenshot for the app?Journalist Simon Hill talked about how to make the right screenshot for the application.

A virtual reality helmet has appeared on saleA virtual reality helmet has appeared on sale, which Samsung, together with Oculus Rift, introduced back in September.

Gear VR Innovator Edition can be purchased from Samsung’s online store for $199.99. To use the helmet, you will need a Galaxy Note 4 phablet that plays the role of a display.

The games of the year on the iTunes Store were Threes! and Monument ValleyApple summed up the results of the year: the company presented its favorites this year, and also told which games were the most successful in terms of downloads and revenue.

Facebook has introduced its own version of the best games of 2014Cookie Jam became the game of the year according to Facebook.

The social network has also published its selection of the best mobile and social projects of 2014.

Superdata: Clash of Clans will earn $1.8 billion by the end of 2014How much the digital games market, the Asian mobile games market, as well as the three leading box office games on iOS/Android have earned, experts from Superdata told.

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