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.  

According to Nikkei, a Japanese daily publication devoted to business issues, Kabam has become a partner of KLab, the developer of the Lord of the Dragons card butler.

Riot has not yet made an official statement, but it is likely that smartphone and tablet owners will be able to try out LoL on their devices.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will leave his post within the next 12 months. 

Microsoft’s mobile platform was the second most common in Latin America, according to IDC.

The domestic company Alawar recently announced the imminent release of its Shake Spears game! as part of the Japanese social platform LINE.

At the White Nights: Mobile Games Conference, a round table dedicated to local mobile game markets was held, which was attended by representatives of App Annie, Gamevil, Renren Games, FDG and Nevosoft.

The library of games for the Gamepop console will be replenished with titles TinyCo, Animoca, Game Circus, Creative Mobile and the domestic company Nevosoft.

“Whales” are young men who spend a lot of time playing console games. Unexpectedly, yes. 

San Francisco-based startup Kamcord has already raised over $1.5 million to develop an SDK that allows users to record and upload videos of their gaming exploits.

Ben Sipe from the marketing company NativX (formerly W3i) told on the pages of his blog what needs to be done to increase retention and improve monetization in a mobile free-to-play project. 

NHN reports: the number of registered LINE users has exceeded 230 million. In Spain alone, the messenger has 15 million users. 

Yesterday, the Japanese publisher Konami announced a card collectible game Star Wars: Force Collection for iOS and Android devices. It will appear on both platforms simultaneously – on September 4.

49 people will be fired from the company, another 70 will be transferred to Seattle, said Big Fish executive director and founder Paul Thelen in a letter to colleagues.

App Annie company together with IDC presented the next quarterly report on the situation on the market of mobile and portable games.

15 Japanese companies They are creating a single platform for cross-promotion, The Nikkei business newspaper reports.

Anomaly Warzone Earth producer Stan Just from 11 bit Studios spoke at GDC about popular types of game studio management, as well as which one works best.

Venture capitalist Kai Hed, who owns 70% of Rovio, invested in the Swedish company Goo Technologies.

The classics are coming back. EA has announced that this winter, the cult series of the late 90s Dungeon Keeper will be relaunched on iOS and Android.