On September 25, Mario Kart Tour will be launched on mobile devices. Pre-registration for the game is already available in both the App Store and Google Play.

The Google Play store tried on a new design. With it, the findability of games and applications is simplified.

The search giant is adopting Apple’s practice. Google Play also has a preliminary review of new applications. That’s just it doesn’t work well yet.

Google Play has updated its Developer Console, including adding a new metric. Now developers will be able to see how many users have returned to their games.

Google has notified developers about changes in the Google Play rules. They are aimed at protecting children from content that is not intended for them.

As part of Google Mobile Developer Day, the search giant has introduced two new sites for Android game developers.

In March, Microsoft will introduce a new SDK for cross-platform support of the service.

Fortnite remains the most prolific newsmaker. This time, however, with a minus sign. The Android installer of the game, distributed by Epic Games outside Google Play, turned out to be at launch with a major vulnerability.

Facebook intends to cancel a 30% commission on revenue from in-game purchases in games of the Instant Games service on the Android platform. This is reported

The App Annie analytical platform has a new post. He sums up the results of the second quarter of 2018 in mobile. Briefly about the most important of it — in our material.

More than 72% of all Android apps are potential violators of the new law on the protection of user data (GDPR), which will enter into force on the territory of the European Union in a few days. This was announced by the creators of the platform for mobile developers SafeDK.

The analytical platform Priori Data claims that iOS users are more loyal to mobile games than Android owners.

Google has updated a selection of games that it considers exemplary for its mobile platform. The new titles include the word game CodyCross: Crossword Puzzles from Fanatee Games and the Orbital 1 card strategy from Ethermax studio.

The creators of the mobile indie platformer Alto’s Adventure named the reason why the game was released on Android using the frituplay model, and the iOS version is sold for $ 5. According to creative director Ryan Cash, Android smartphones are much more affordable than Apple devices, and their users often do not have money for games.

Sega has introduced its own social casino — Sega Slots. It contains 8 virtual machines in the theme of the company’s popular gaming franchises: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sinobi, Golden Axe and others.

Social simulator Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp from Nintendo topped the ranking of iOS app downloads in the United States seven hours after its release on November 21.

Razer, the manufacturer of professional accessories for gamers, announced the imminent release of the Razer Phone gaming smartphone. The $700 device will run on the Android platform.

Google has opened the acceptance of works for the competition for developers of Android games Google Play Indie Games Contest. This year, for the first time, game creators from Russia and 27 other European countries will be able to participate in it.

The creator of the Candy Crush Saga mobile series — King Company has held a softlonch of its new role—playing puzzle Legend of Solgard in the Google Play store.