Our portal in an exclusive interview discussed the situation on the Japanese mobile games market with Jun Sasaki, creative director of Dango Inc.

Yesterday, in connection with the deal between Baidu and Netdragon Websoft, we contacted Evgeny Kosolapov, Executive director of i-Free Asia, and asked him about the situation in the Chinese market. 

MBT, a company specializing in mobile app advertising, in an interview with us told about a new way of advertising – using Instagram.

Last week it became known that the domestic company LingPlay has become one of the studios funded by the Kongregate investment fund. In this regard, we contacted Elena Stolbova, who is responsible for marketing in the team, and asked about the project.

We talked to the creators of Jungle Heat from Mail.ru Group about their project, the search for style, as well as whether they are not afraid of a lawsuit from Supercell.

Two weeks ago, the domestic KamaGames team, well-known for the Texas Poker project, announced the opening of a publishing division. In this regard, we contacted the developers and found out the details. 

The rogue project Gloomy Hollow from Finnish developers from Skyrocks Games has appeared in the App Store today. We contacted the team and asked them about the game development in Suomi and about their new game.

Finnish studio Supercell has announced the full localization of Clash of Clans into Japanese. About this, as well as about whether the cross-promo with GungHo will help the game to rise in the box office top of Japan – in our material.

Last week, among other news about the upcoming release of iOS 7, Apple announced the launch of a new category in the App Store, specifically designed for children. 

Last week it became known that Gameloft is launching a number of casual projects on the social platform Tango. We contacted Tango and asked why the developers needed such cooperation.

Recently, a runner about zombies Dead Ahead from the domestic team Mobirate was released. On the very first day, Apple began to actively promote it. We contacted the developers and asked them about the project.

At the end of May, Unity announced that basic mobile licenses for the mobile engine began to be distributed for free. We contacted the Unity team and asked about this innovation.

Last week the company Mail.Ru Group has announced a new mobile strategy game – “Evolution”. We contacted the general producer of IT Territory Alexander Enin and asked him about the project. 

Warner Bros. announced the creation of a new game studio in San Francisco. It was headed by former Glu Mobile boss Greg Ballard. The studio will create mobile free-to-play projects. In his interview with GamesIndustry International, Ballard talked about her plans.

Recently, the Japanese company GungHo and its mega-hit Puzzle & Dragons have been constantly appearing in the headlines of news feeds. Yesterday Gamesindustry.biz published an interview with Kazuki Morishita, president of the company, in which he shared some secrets of success. 

Gaijin Entertainmetn CEO Anton Yudintsev in an interview App2Top.ru he told about the company’s new project – a multiplatform MMO game War Thunder, in which users of mobile devices will be able to fight PC players in real time. 

How often users launch the application correlates with the level of retention and engagement of the project audience, says Pocket Gems executive director Ben Liu in an interview with Pocket Gamer.

“Live events are an integral part of the entertainment service,” Chris Plummer, CEO of DeNA’s American division, said in an interview with Inside Mobile Apps. 

Amazon recently announced that it is going to open its own store of applications in 200 new countries. One of them will be Russia. In connection with this announcement, we talked about the fate of Amazon with Opera.