How important are user ratings, what trends are observed in the Russian mobile device market, how much money top developers earn on the App Store in the USA – the answers to this and many other questions are in our traditional digest for the past week. 

The best games of August, the secrets of monetization from Gamesbrief, data on the number of smartphones sold on Windows Phone – read about this and much more in our digest for the week!

When Russian users spend on mobile applications, what exactly Google has banned in the new rules for publishing apps, why it is necessary to focus on American moms in development – about this and much more in our weekly digest.

Last week – the first information about Winter Nights 2014 appeared; the volumes of the US mobile gaming market for July became known; Japanese studios opposed the monopoly of GREE and DeNA; Big Fish closed a studio in Vancouver, as well as much more.  

How to write an ideal description for an application, what is happening in the Japanese mobile games market, what functionality do App Annie and Distimo offer their customers? The answers to these and not only questions are in our digest for the past week.

The first mobile results of Pet Rescue Saga, about the success of Google Play gaming services, a story about how Wooga conducts prototyping – this and much more in our traditional digest for the week.

Last week “passed” under the Chinese flag largely thanks to ChinaJoy. Figures about the Chinese market were pouring out of a cornucopia. Plus, it’s time for quarterly reports. EA, Gameloft and Zynga were the first to “speak out”.

Rovio announced Angry Birds Star Wars 2, Kabam was valued at $700 million, Clash of Clans got into the top 3 of Japanese grossing, I-Free talked about the Chinese market – about this and much more in our traditional digest for the week.

Is it possible to make money on the console port, the whole truth about the first days of White Nights, details about the new mobile version – CPE, as well as much more in our traditional weekly digest.

Will Clash of Clans advertising in Puzzle & Dragons help, what should you test your Android apps on in Russia, why do you need a children’s category of apps in the App Store? Read about this and much more in our traditional digest.

The turnovers of the Russian and global mobile gaming markets; iOS 7 innovations that will affect developers; Distimo about the profitability of iOS and Google Play; App Annie about the highest-grossing mobile genres – read about all this in our digest.

Pajitnov presented his new game, the release date of Plants vs Zombies 2 became known, Zynga closed OMGPOP, PlayHaven learned to monitor data in real time, Supercell and GungHo announced a joint advertising company – about this and much more in our digest.

Applicier proved that the main source of information about games is word of mouth; Playnomics discovered how few people spend money on free-to-play; Millennial Media told in detail about the American OS market. About this and much more in our digest.

Google Play’s revenue from IAP has grown by 700%; Unity has become free for mobile developers; Amazon tablets will be sold in 170 countries – read about this and more in our traditional digest for a week.

All our reports from Flashgamm Moscow 2013 and KRI 2013, as well as a detailed review of the gaming market for March from App Annie, details about Google I/O from San Francisco and the most important news from last week, read our digest for last week.

How much Minecraft developers have earned on the mobile version of the game, which applications are the most popular on the App Store, data from the latest Fiksu report and why testing is so necessary for the “game as a service” – read our news digest for the holidays.

Read about the main success criteria according to Pocket Gems, the Amazon market through the eyes of App Annie and Distimo, as well as achievements in games, live events and much more in our weekly digest. 

How much will games earn in China by the end of the year? Who topped the box office tops of the App Store and Google Play in March? How did Twitter become a gaming platform? About this and much more in our weekly digest. 

Rovio talked about how much she earns per year; Facebook presented its own firmware and smartphone; DeNA shared the secrets of competent PvP; and we interviewed Marmalade and Herocraft.