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Statistics May 29, 2013

The Japanese tablet market has doubled in a year

A well-known expert on the Far Eastern markets, Serkan Toto, in his personal blog, cited some data from a study by the Tokyo MM Research Institute concerning the development of the tablet market in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Statistics May 28, 2013

The American Google Play gaming market for the week (13.05 – 19.05)

The latest information on the leaders of the American Google Play games market for the week (13.05 – 19.05) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Industry May 28, 2013

Supercell is hosting a free conference for developers

On June 19, Helsinki will host the Free Your Play 13 event for the first time, which will bring together the leaders of the free games market – Supercell, King, GungHo and Wargaming.

Industry May 28, 2013

Mini Golf Matchup has been downloaded more than 10 million times in a month

In March of this year, a small company from New Zealand, Rocket Jump Games, released a Mini Golf Matchup game. On the first day of downloading the game amounted to 1 million. The authors of the project are sure that they owe their success to working with the publisher.

Other May 28, 2013

HopHop: An app created by party people for party people

Novosibirsk IT company Azoft has released an application that unites party-goers around the world.

Statistics May 28, 2013

0.0077% of players are responsible for 33% of revenue

Playnomics has revealed the brutal truth of free-to-play: the difference between the number of paying and non-paying players in mobile games reaches more than 100 times orders of magnitude.

Industry May 28, 2013

Yandex comments on the link “Yandex.Money – iTunes”

Yesterday we wrote that iTunes has learned to understand Yandex.Money. And we tried to understand whether the revenue of the Russian App Store will increase after that. Today we received an official comment from Yandex on this issue.

Industry May 28, 2013

New multiplayer solution for Android

Nextpeer has launched a closed beta testing of its solution that adds multiplayer mode to Android games.

Other May 28, 2013

Marmalade Offers Indie Developers Free SDK Licenses for BlackBerry 10

Marmalade, the winner of many awards in the field of cross–platform development, announced today the launch of a new offer, thanks to which indie game and application developers can apply for a free Marmalade SDK license.

Industry May 28, 2013

Square Enix will create original mobile IP

After the recent announcement of the not too successful results of the 2012 financial year, Square Enix thought about how to fix the situation. According to the latest information, one of the “lifebuoys” for the company may well be the development of the mobile direction.

Industry May 27, 2013

iTunes has learned to understand Yandex.Money

Russian iOS users have the opportunity to pay for purchases in iTunes using Yandex.Moneys’. Read about whether this will lead to an increase in App Store revenue in Russia in our material.

Industry May 27, 2013

Word of Mouth – the main source of information about games

The good old “Word of Mouth” (Word of Mouth – WOM) is the most important source of information about new applications. This conclusion was made by the analysts of the company Applicier as a result of a survey of 1800 mobile gamers.

Statistics May 27, 2013

The American iOS gaming market for the week (13.05 – 19.05)

The latest information on the leaders of the American iPhone games market for the week (May 13-19) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Industry May 27, 2013

Ninja Theory enters the mobile market

The authors of the last part of Devil May Cry and Enslaved from the British studio Ninja Theory are entering the mobile market. Last Friday, they announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Chillingo to publish their first mobile game for iOS and Android.

Industry May 27, 2013

The main thing for the week (20.05 – 24.05)

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.

Other May 27, 2013

“Cosmo battles” mobile adventure in space

Load.Me presents a mobile three-dimensional turn-based strategy “Cosmo battles”. The game has been released for Android devices and is already available on Google Play, Amazon mobile app distribution, Samsung Apps, Opera Apps, SlideMe, GetJar, AppChina and Yandex store.

Industry May 27, 2013

Amazon has launched the analytical service App Engagement Reports

Last Friday, Amazon announced the launch of a new analytical service, App Engagement Reports, through which developers will be able to learn more about the lifecycle of their application.

Other May 24, 2013

Hooked Media is coming to iOS

“Apple removes recommendation apps from the App Store because they suck,” writes Venture Beat, according to a new player in this market, Hooked Media.

Industry May 24, 2013

DeNA will publish a mobile Dungeons & Dragons

DeNA announced that she was working with two “desktop” companies at once: Wizards of the Coast, which helps her create Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War, and Hasbro, which sold the rights of the game based on G.I. Joe to the Japanese. Read our material about the expansion of DeNA and its new games.

The sequel to Kingdom Rush will be released on June 6

The Japanese tablet market has doubled in a year

The American Google Play gaming market for the week (13.05 – 19.05)

Supercell is hosting a free conference for developers

Mini Golf Matchup has been downloaded more than 10 million times in a month

HopHop: An app created by party people for party people

0.0077% of players are responsible for 33% of revenue

Yandex comments on the link “Yandex.Money – iTunes”

New multiplayer solution for Android

Marmalade Offers Indie Developers Free SDK Licenses for BlackBerry 10

Square Enix will create original mobile IP

iTunes has learned to understand Yandex.Money

Word of Mouth – the main source of information about games

The American iOS gaming market for the week (13.05 – 19.05)

Ninja Theory enters the mobile market

The main thing for the week (20.05 – 24.05)

“Cosmo battles” mobile adventure in space

Amazon has launched the analytical service App Engagement Reports

Hooked Media is coming to iOS

DeNA will publish a mobile Dungeons & Dragons