The vice president of GREE, in his somewhat arrogant manner, told why social games are so successful in Japan, how a similar result can be achieved in the American market and what the mobile games market will be in three years. 

According to Amazon, the revenue from IAP (In-App Purchases) in its Amazon Appstore is more than twice the average earnings from premium applications.

29% of Android devices sold in Europe in the last 12 weeks have a screen diagonal equal to or greater than 4.5 inches. And on these devices, users do very different things compared to those whose displays are much smaller.

According to a study by the analytical company IHS iSuppli, by 2016 the share of smartphones in the handset market will be 67.4%.

Microsoft and Nokia have announced that as part of their joint program s AppCampus, 36 (!) studios received funds totaling $1 million.This program was launched in March of this year.

Rumors that the Finnish company Rovio is preparing to present a new game dedicated to the fate of pigs from Angry Birds, confirmed a new teaser of Finnish developers. 

The Russian company “M.Video” has published statistics on smartphone sales of its retail network. Android accounts for more than half of all mobile devices sold.

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live service in the Windows 8 version, as well as the launch line of games for it. Each of these games can be played on any device with the new Microsoft platform on board – be it a PC, laptop or, what is relevant in our case, a tablet. 

Apple’s struggle with low-quality content in the App Store continues. Now it is possible for iOS developers to complain directly about the duplication of their application by fans of “easy money”.

Registration for the only international conference in Russia dedicated to the development and promotion of games for mobile platforms has opened. It will take place on February 8-9, 2013 in St. Petersburg.

Due to the marketing policy of the big players, the cost of loyal users in the market is growing rapidly, at the same time the number of downloads is experiencing a seasonal decline. This is described in detail in a new report by Fiksu. 

Big Fish Games has announced the launch of the Big Fish Unlimited game streaming service for Android tablets.

Hi, I would really like to receive comments from experienced developers and marketers on the mechanics of promotion in American and other English-speaking storrs. What is there? Game, f2p, currently top-1 free overall Russia – itunes.apple.com/us/app/ginger-run/id543489660 .Press releases have been sent out, there are some publications on English-language websites and there are requests for reviews to all major world reviewers, while there are practically no positions in other storrs.

Last Wednesday in St. Petersburg in the business incubator “Ingria” a small seminar for developers of mobile games “Get into the TOP” was held. At it, Gamexy, e-legion and JoyBits employees shared their own experience in developing mobile games and applications with less experienced colleagues. 

The Double Fine studio, which recently released the Iron Brigade action game, now plans to enter the mobile platform market.

The giant of the mobile games industry, GREE, has announced the conclusion of distribution agreements with four independent developer studios – Gamenauts, InfiniDy, Oceanside Interactive and SkyVu Entertainment.

For almost a day now, many iOS developers have been unable to upload their apps to the App Store. 

The analytical company comScore found that about half of smartphone owners make digital purchases.

DICE producer Patrick Liu joined the Swedish division of the company, where he worked on one of the main shooters of the last two or three years.