Alex Patsay, Head of the mobile direction Mail.Ru Group, after his speech at the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, talked about how often updates should be released, which channels of promotion of mobile games are most important, how much you need to spend to earn a million, etc.

At the end of last week, information appeared in the online media that the Activison internal studio, founded in November 2011 in Leeds (UK), will join the family of teams working on one of the “most important” franchises of this largest publisher – Call of Duty.According to the chairman of the British Association of manufacturers of entertainment software UKIE (UK Interactive Entertainment)

Last week, three star companies immediately pleased the industry with their fresh releases. So it is possible that very soon we are waiting for news about the next records of NimbleBit, Rovio and Imangi. 

Peter Molyneux, the former head of Lionhead and Bullfrog, the creator and ideologue of games such as Fable, Black& White and Dungeon Keeper, announced a mobile experimental application Curiosity.

As part of the E3 gaming exhibition taking place in Los Angeles, the creators of Shadowgun announced a new game – Dead Trigger, and also demonstrated the power of the latest version of the Unity engine by its example.

Revenue from content on mobile devices is growing, but there is still little investment in advertising in this segment. ARPU and eCPM in mobile games also lag behind the indicators of desktop systems. 

The other day we wrote that Angry Birds and PES do not work on new budget smartphones from Nokia (namely Lumia 610). Just last night it turned out that the problems are not only with the gadgets of the Finnish manufacturer. It turns out that in addition to the mentioned applications on budget devices, about 25% of mobile Xbox Live games will not work on Windows Phone. 

The expected shooter N.O.V.A. 3, despite the high price and a relatively small target audience for this platform, turned out to be at the top of the world charts the very next day after the release.  

There is such a belief: if swallows fly low above the ground, it will rain. There is something similar in the gaming industry too. If there is a sea and a small ocean of hack & slash on the market, this is for the next Diablo.

The top ten highest-grossing games on the leading mobile platforms iPhone, iPad and Android.

The third part of the mobile blockbuster from the French gaming giant Gameloft will soon appear on iOS and Android. 

The top five highest-grossing games of this week in the US version of iTunes Apple Store and Google Play. From now on, on Thursdays on App2Top.ru .

Fibble is a game from the category of those in which everything is good. In addition, without jokes and bribes from developers, magnificent three—dimensional graphics, there are cute main characters (and I want to write – kawaii, they are so charming), well-tailored levels and moderately original gameplay. There is something here from the usual pinball, something from “angry birds” and a dozen more similar games. In other words — cute, though not revolutionary.

A turn—based role-playing game on an iPad is something like a fix idea for old hardcore guys who are lucky enough to get an iPad. And many of them sincerely do not understand why there is nothing useful, not counting the strong Hunters and the ugly Avadon: The Black Fortress, as well as a whole brood of Final Fantasy ports from Square Enix at crazy prices of $ 16-20 on the platform is not. More…

While the hot Finnish guys from Rovio are watching the successful launch of Angry Birds Space, a game that currently tops the tops in 99 countries, their neighbors from Mountain Sheep also decided to show off the results. 

The game, thanks to which Bioware became famous, will appear in the Apple App Store in the summer in a version for the new iPad. 

This working week promises to be long. To make it go faster, we have prepared an overview of four small projects that will definitely brighten up your working days. So, meet: Requiem: Unleashed, Mafia Rush, Nose Invaders and Rocket Weasel.

Saturday is a rest time. According to the Jewish canons, it is impossible to work on this day at all. We don’t insist. Conversely. We offer you to get acquainted with three wonderful games: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Pizza Vs. Skeletons and Spice Bandits.

There are a little less than two days left before the onset of 2012. In the new year there will be new games, new tops, new hits, so it seems to us that now is the time to get acquainted with the best games of the year 2011 according to our portal.