“Apple” tablets have overtaken the iPhone in popularity among advertisers: the latter are increasingly being “put” on the iPad, analysts at MoPub say in their new study. About the reasons – in the material.  

The worldwide release of the iPad version of Riven: The Sequel to Myst, the second game from the legendary series of graphic quests Myst, will soon take place.

Yesterday, January 16, the iOS version of the sequel to one of the most popular games of 2012 appeared in the App Store bins. Meet Temple Run 2.

The Odnoklassniki social network has launched its own platform for mobile game developers. What is meant by this, the journalists of App2Top understood. 

At Christmas, the pocket version of Minecraft earned almost $ 2 million, the creators of the project from the Mojang indie studio said and shared new information about sales of the entire line of their franchise.  

Managers of one of the most successful mobile gaming companies decided to start from scratch by founding a small indie studio called Wormhole Games.

With the growth of the mobile app market, not only the leaders of iOS and Android, but also the middle-class studios are beginning to brag about numbers. Future Games of London is one of them. 

Kabam, a company specializing in hardcore mobile strategies, has announced the acquisition of Exploding Barrel Games, a Canadian studio from Vancouver.

The British company Probability PLC, specializing in mobile gambling, announced that its Playyoo SA division will support products manufactured under the Vegas Club brand, owned by the Italian operator Lottomatica Italia Scommesse.

One of the best indie games of last year may be ported to mobile platforms in 2013.

Briefly about the main “iron” events of today: a new line of Apple tablets will appear this spring, Surface sales in the fourth quarter of last year, according to preliminary estimates, do not stand up to criticism. 

Yesterday, the Japanese company posted a teaser page previewing the official announcement of the mobile version of Final Fantasy V and, presumably, Final Fantasy VI.

In 37.5 hours, developers have placed about 15 thousand applications for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 in the RIM app store.

Google has launched a mini-service that allows developers to create a branded promo “badge” of any application in the Google Play store in a matter of moments. 

Briefly about the main announcements of recent days in one article: Apple is forced to reduce orders for components due to low demand for the iPhone 5, Samsung has reported on the success of the Galaxy S, Asus has finally introduced an ultra-tablet for emerging markets.

Games are one of the most profitable segments of the mobile app industry. It’s not a secret for anyone for a long time. This is stated in numbers by many, including companies such as Distimo and App Annie. The other day, Taptica also shared its opinion on this issue.

The biggest and most significant events of the mobile market over the past week: CES was held in Los Angeles, Google allowed developers to promise with users, Supercell’s daily revenues exceeded $ 1 million. 

Rovio announced that in December 2012, the total MAU of all the company’s projects exceeded a record value of 263 million (in September, this figure was 200 million).