Google has determined the winners of the next competition for independent mobile game developers.

The editorial selection of Indie Corner with games from independent developers in the Google Play mobile app store has generated over 380 indie projects in 1.5 years of existence.

According to unconfirmed information, Google intends to lift the ban on the presentation of gambling games with real money bets in the Android store.

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.

The casual puzzle platformer Snail Bob 2 by Russian developer Andrey Kovalishin has been downloaded more than 5 million times on Google Play.

Developers should not try to manipulate the position of their apps on Google Play by encouraging users for downloads and good reviews.

The average American Android user spent about $30 on apps in 2016. $27 of them fell on mobile games, according to the analytical firm Sensor Tower.

66 companies earned the first million dollars on mobile apps in 2016 in the American App Store. This is almost twice as much as Google Play, where there were 39 of them.

In the first quarter of 2017, users worldwide spent $15 billion on the App Store and Google Play. This is 45% more than a year earlier.

On games and in–game content implemented from the Russian App Store and Google Play over the past year, developers earned $ 215 million, – said App2Top.ru a representative of App Annie.

Google Play Games Service (GPGS) plans to abandon Gifts, Requests and Quests in Google Play games by March 31, 2018.

Google has added a new feature to its app store. It’s called Free App of the Week.

Electronic Arts (EA), Hutch Games, Nix Hydra, Space Ape Games and Omnidrone shared recommendations for the successful launch of applications on Google Play.

Matteo Vallone, head of business development at Google Play, recommends developers of mobile games and applications to rely on the quality of the product and promote it through social services.

Live testing of applications that do not require downloading a distribution kit and installation to work has started on Android.

Android developers have been able to track payments through the Google Play Developer Console.

The Google Play app store has published international and local lists of games that it considered the most popular in the outgoing 2016. In Russia, the main award went to Clash Royale.

From January 1, Google Play pays value added tax (VAT) from payments in Russia. In this regard, prices for end users will increase.

The policy regarding marketing companies and developers encouraging users to leave “false ratings and reviews” is being tightened.