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Other February 7, 2013

GREE has created an investment fund for game developers

Just the other day we wrote about the opening of an investment program for mobile developers by GameStop with a budget of $ 10 million. And here is the news about the opening of another fund with a similar budget. This time, GREE acts as a kind uncle.

Other February 7, 2013

Smartphones on Ubuntu – already in October

The first mobile devices running on Canonical OS will be available in October this year, and not in 2014, as previously reported. The platform itself will be available to developers at the end of February.

Statistics February 7, 2013

iOS in the US is growing faster than Android

The latest study of the American smartphone market demonstrates the weak growth dynamics of the Android platform and the good pace of the “Apple” OS.

Other February 7, 2013

Zynga summed up the results of the year

The affairs of Mark Pincus’ company are on the mend. Zynga is still not in the black, but hopes to improve its affairs soon with the help of mobile projects and gambling.

Other February 7, 2013

Eastlabs Announces Recruitment of Startups in the Gaming Segment

Other February 7, 2013

Chillingo and Samsung are looking for independent

Chillingo, together with Samsung, will soon launch a new program aimed at indie developers – 100% Indie. Its main task is to promote small mobile projects.

Industry February 6, 2013

Will Age of Wonders 3 appear on tablets?

Simultaneously with the unexpected announcement of Age of Wonders 3, the continuation of the cult series of turn-based fantasy strategies, it became known that the developers plan to create a portable version of it.

Other February 6, 2013

KRI will be in May

The dates of the eleventh Game Developers Conference (CRI) have become known. The event will take place at the very end of spring, right after the May holidays.

Industry February 6, 2013

Amazon Launches Its Own Virtual Currency

Amazon is going to launch a virtual currency on the Kindle Fire line of devices this May, for which it will be possible to purchase applications and content inside them in the Amazon Appstore.

Other February 6, 2013

Com2uS revenues fell at Christmas

The “festive” quarter (October-December) is considered the most profitable, however, for Koreans from Com2uS, it turned out, as for Glu, to be far from the most successful in 2012.

Other February 6, 2013

Glu Mobile’s revenue in the 4th quarter remained at the same level

The American company shared its results for the last quarter of 2012. Despite the “hot” season, Glu Mobile’s revenue increased slightly, and the number of users fell seriously.

Industry February 6, 2013

Unity will support Black Berry 10

Unity Technologies has announced that support for Black Berry 10 OS will be added to its engine SDK very soon.

Other February 5, 2013

Who is better monetized: Rage of Bahamut or Clash of Clans?

Kwalee conducted a study of 13 of the most successful iOS games and found out whose approach to monetization is better. Looking ahead: the conclusions were, to put it mildly, unexpected.

Industry February 5, 2013

There will be asynchronous multiplayer in Real Racing 3

FireMonkeys has announced the introduction of an improved “ghost mode” in its yet-to-be-released project. Now it will be possible to compete on the track independently with record results of the standings.

Other February 5, 2013

Kabam will release a game based on “Fast and Furious 6”

The authors of Kingdoms of Camelot “stay” with Hollywood. Following the creation of a mobile game based on “The Hobbit”, they took up the publication of a game adaptation of the upcoming “Fast and Furious” (well, you know, cars, guns, Vin Diesel).

Industry February 5, 2013

Temple Run in Oz

Imangi Studio continues to cooperate with Disney. On February 27, the release of a special version of the runner Temple Run: Oz the Great and Powerful, timed to coincide with the premiere of a feature film based on the famous book by Frank Baum, is scheduled.

Industry February 5, 2013

Google changes the payment scheme

Now you will have to wait longer for the money earned on Google Play. The search giant announced an increase in the payout window from two days after the end of the month to fifteen.

Other February 5, 2013

Kongregate has created an investment fund for mobile developers

While Mark Pincus’ company is losing employees, other companies are picking them up. The gaming portal Kongregate has invited the former CEO of Zynga to head an investment fund for mobile developers.

Other February 4, 2013

In mobile games, quantity is more important than quality

Why the amount of content in mobile games is much more important than its quality, using the example of Rage of Bahamut, the editor of Inside Mobile Apps Kathleen De Vere (Kathleen De Vere) argues.

Other February 4, 2013

The main news of the past week (28.01 – 01.02)

The most significant events of the mobile market last week: advertising on the App Store seriously rose in price in December, Google Play revenue doubled in the fourth quarter, the creators of Kingdoms of Camelot earned $180 million last year. Read about this and much more below.