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Industry June 5, 2013

App Annie announced new tools

App Annie has launched a couple of new market monitoring tools: Intelligence Web and Intelligence Visualization. Both are designed to help developers in researching the data offered by the service.

Industry June 5, 2013

Green Throttle Games sells its Gamepads with the help of developers

The publisher of Green Throttle Games, also responsible for the creation of the Atlas Bluetooth Controller, yesterday presented its partner program for mobile game developers.

Industry June 5, 2013

For #1 in the Top Free in the App Store in Russia, 45.5 thousand downloads are needed: UPDATE

To get to the first place in the Russian top of free iPhone apps, 45.5 thousand downloads per day are needed. It is much easier to get into the free Canadian top, – the developers from Reddle claim.

Industry June 4, 2013

The new Halo will appear on smartphones

Microsoft has announced the Halo: Spartan Assault project, which will be released only on Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms.

Industry June 4, 2013

Fiksu: there has been growth in the American App Store

Last April, the number of downloads increased significantly, according to Fiksu. Along with the downloads, the price of a loyal user has also grown.

Industry June 4, 2013

Announced the release date of Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS

The exclusive release of the game Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS devices will take place on July 18, according to the developer company Popcap Games.

Industry June 4, 2013

$12 million invested in Crowdstar

Like many of the “pioneers” of the social gaming industry, Crowdstar has long been reoriented to the mobile market, but has not been able to make money on it. An investment of $12 million may fix the situation.

Industry June 3, 2013

Terraria will be released on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8

According to 505 Games, the two-dimensional sandbox platformer Terraria, which was released on PC in 2011, will be available for mobile devices this summer.

Industry June 3, 2013

Most smartphones in China run on Android

According to a study conducted by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the world leader in telecommunications market analysis, more than 50% of all smartphones in China run on Google’s operating system.

Industry June 3, 2013

AppLift received an investment of $13 million

The German startup AppLift, which provides services to attract users, received investments of $13 million from the Dutch venture capital firm Prime Ventures.

Industry May 31, 2013

Has Yandex solved the problem of fragmentation of Android stores?

The open source project One Platform Foundation (OPF) together with Yandex, whose developers are involved in its creation, announced the AppDF format, designed to seriously facilitate the publication of Android applications.

Industry May 31, 2013

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic hit the jackpot

The game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic took third place in the box office top of iPad US in a few hours, overtaking Hay Day, Big Fish Casino, Injustice: Gods Among Us and many other titles.

Industry May 31, 2013

Glu Mobile introduces Skillz into its Games

Glu Mobile will enable American users to win real money in their non-gambling games. Yesterday, the company announced the beginning of cooperation with the Californian startup Skillz, whose service allows you to do this.

Industry May 31, 2013

AppData will track the revenue of iOS apps

AppData, a well-known provider of social and mobile application analytics, announced that now it will also regularly post data on the approximate profitability of applications and developers.

Industry May 30, 2013

Amazon’s end-to-end authorization system has been launched

Amazon continues its global expansion. Yesterday, she launched the end-to-end authorization service in Android and iOS apps.

Industry May 30, 2013

The Dots version for iPad has a multiplayer mode

The Dots game was released about a month ago and, as we have already reported, almost instantly became popular. Its creators from Betaworks decided not to stop there and prepared a version optimized for iPad and including multiplayer.

Industry May 29, 2013

TestFairy is a new platform for testing applications for Android

The Israeli company TestFairy has launched a platform for testing applications for Android.

Industry May 29, 2013

The sequel to Kingdom Rush will be released on June 6

The release date of the second part of one of the main games in the tower defense genre – Kingdom Rush from Ironhide Game Studio became known.

Industry May 28, 2013

Supercell is hosting a free conference for developers

On June 19, Helsinki will host the Free Your Play 13 event for the first time, which will bring together the leaders of the free games market – Supercell, King, GungHo and Wargaming.

Industry May 28, 2013

Mini Golf Matchup has been downloaded more than 10 million times in a month

In March of this year, a small company from New Zealand, Rocket Jump Games, released a Mini Golf Matchup game. On the first day of downloading the game amounted to 1 million. The authors of the project are sure that they owe their success to working with the publisher.