The best materials of the week (22.12.2014 – 26.12.2014)

How to promote an app in the top App Store?The head of the development department of the Venturebeat Insight online resource, Michia Rohrssen, advises exactly how to promote the application so that it gets into the top App Store.

App Store: Which genres were the most popular in 2014?The New Year is getting closer, which means it’s time to sum up.

The Gamasutra resource shared with readers exactly which genres were leading in the App Store in the outgoing year.

Temple Run VR: the first lessons of virtual game designAs we have already mentioned, the Temple Run VR game for a virtual reality helmet has recently been released.

Using her example, the Gamasutra resource briefly analyzed some of the problems that are inevitable in this new area for the gaming industry.

Newzoo: Amazon has the most generous usersUsers of Amazon’s mobile devices tend to spend more on games than owners of iOS or Android smartphones, according to a study conducted by the analytical firm Newzoo.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft to Earn $200 millionThe Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft card battler, which recently appeared on Android tablets, has entered the top 100 most profitable games in 19 countries.

The game will bring Blizzard about $ 200 million for the fiscal year, predicts the analytical company Cowen & Company.

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