Magic Crystals is a classic puzzle game with a lot of exciting new elements.

How Cyto was developed, where its authors were looking for inspiration, why a publisher is needed, and much more, in an exclusive interview with App2Top, the executive director of the studio Room 8 Svyatoslav Pogrebnoy told.

Amazon has introduced its own advertising network for developers of mobile applications for devices of the Kindle Fire line and not only.

Role-playing game developers solve UI problems on mobile platforms in different ways. Some put touch sticks, others reduce any interaction with the world to a single click, others combine hardcore mechanics with seemingly incompatible game genres.

Chillingo, together with Samsung, has finally launched the 100% Indie project, designed not only to bring independent developers together, but also to help them with advice in promoting their own games. 

A survey conducted by the organizers of the largest conference among game developers GDC showed that more than half of them are currently engaged in mobile projects for smartphones and tablets.

Tomasz Kolinko, founder of AppCodes, presented a report on search engine optimization in the App Store at the Winter Nights conference.

iPad mini sales are hitting the iPad’s market position, the NPD analytical company reports in its January study. This is bad or good for developers, the App2Top editorial team was looking into it.

Kabam talks in detail about the midcorn user, a Supercell employee reveals the secrets of successful monetization of runners, and SessionM specialists share tips on user retention.

The indefatigable Finnish team Rovio has announced another project being created together with filmmakers. This time in the role of partners – DreamWorks.

During the presentation at Winter Nights, Richard Firminger, Managing Director of Flurry, Europe, presented the latest data on the behavior of players in the market, forecasts for the future, as well as tips for developers and publishers on the use of analytical data.

Today, many people dream that their application will be noticed. But this is not enough for success. The user can download the program, but immediately delete it after the first launch. How to avoid this, says the founder of SessionM.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG demonstrated a new wireless technology that allows you to use a TV as a display in mobile games.

I, Gladiator is a gladiator-style fighting game that reveals the fate of the ancient Roman gladiator hero Rufus, the most famous in the history of the Roman Empire, from its creation to its inglorious demise under the onslaught of barbarian hordes. 

The Apple company promises to compensate those parents whose children made in-game purchases without permission. $100 million has already been allocated for this.  

Mikhail Katkoff in his blog told what the developers of endless runners should pay attention to first of all. We have translated and supplemented his text a little.

At the Mobile World Congress 2013 currently taking place in Barcelona, Microsoft shared the latest figures about its Windows Phone Store. Among the main ones is overcoming the mark of 1 billion downloads. 

At the Winter Nights conference, Ivan Bely, team leader of Marmalade, presented a report on a cross-platform high–performance toolkit for creating AAA class mobile games – Marmalade SDK.

The cost of acquiring a loyal user in January fell as expected, and the number of downloads increased, according to Fiksu in its monthly report.