Developers prefer to use advertising when it comes to monetization of applications, but subscription brings in the most money, the analytical company Vision Mobile reports in its latest study.

The Swedish publisher, despite the cancellation of the mobile version of Hearts of Iron, is still going to strengthen its position on the App Store and Google Play. As it became known today, February 1, Paradox is developing a wargame about the battles of naval ships. 

Peter Relan, one of the founders of OpenFeint, has launched beta testing of the OpenKit platform, designed to “equip” mobile games with cloud data storage, a multiplatform results table and integration with social networks.

The startup PlayHaven, which is engaged in the monetization of games, caught Charles Yim in its networks, who worked on the development of AdMob and was responsible for three years at Google for partnering with mobile application developers.  

Imangi Studios has announced a new record in the mobile market: reaching the mark of 50 million downloads of one game in 14 days. Even Angry Birds can only dream about this performance.  

Judging by the figures given in Electronic Arts’ latest quarterly financial report, the company’s highest-grossing mobile game in the fourth quarter of 2012 was The Simpsons: Tapped Out for iOS, which brought in $23 million. 

App Annie has presented a large report on the dynamics of App Store and Google Play revenue for December 2012. Just below is a short version of it.

As they say, they did not wait. The founder and CEO of Nival Sergey Orlovsky became one of the directors of Alexander Lyskovsky’s company – Alawar, reports CNews.

Yesterday, January 30, a presentation of RIM took place in New York. At it, the Canadian company announced its own rebranding, and also officially introduced two new devices. 

Gameloft has announced an online mobile third-person shooter Blitz Brigade for iOS and Android and at the same time “quietly” closed its Indian studio in Hyderabad.

Brothers Ian and David Marsh (Ian and David Marsh), authors of Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes, are working on a mix of a snake and a role-playing game under the uncomplicated name Nimble Quest. 

The Epic Citadel application, demonstrating the power of the Unreal Engine mobile version, has appeared in the official Android store. Just two years after the release on the App Store.

Employees continue to leave Zynga. According to the Polygon news site, Brian Reynolds, the chief game designer at Mark Pinkus’ company, recently left it.  

In December last year, advertising companies asked for one and a half times more per user than in October, Fiksu company reports in its monthly review of the American iPhone application market. The number of downloads, according to her data, has also increased significantly. 

The creators of the Modern Combat, N.O.V.A. and Asphalt series reported a 27% annual increase in revenue. They would have been more significant if not for the mediocre results of the fourth quarter.

Revolution Software company has notified fans of classic adventure games that the release of Broken Sword: The Serpent Curse is postponed to the second half of 2013.

The size of apps on the App Store is growing. Recently released Baldure‘s Gate weighs 1.7 GB. One issue of Edge or Cosmopolitan magazine is slightly smaller – about 1 GB. Space ceases to be enough even for users of the 64 GB version of the iPad. Apple has offered a way out.

Recently, Mike Rose’s interview with Supercell’s lead producer Lasse Louhento appeared on Gamasutra, in which the British journalist tries to find out what the secret of the Clash of Clans that blew up the box office tops is. We offer a short version of the material. 

Less than half a year has passed, and after as many as five beta versions, a full-fledged iOS 6.1 update appeared. There were no surprises and radical changes.