The Munich–based company Metaio, which develops software related to augmented reality (augmented reality – AR), announced that 50 thousand developers are already using its platform, and the number of applications based on it has exceeded 1,000.

The latest information on the leaders of the American Google Play games market for the week (20.05 – 26.05) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Microsoft has announced the Halo: Spartan Assault project, which will be released only on Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms.

Marmalade SDK 6.3 adds support for Android smartphones running on Intel chipsets, Roku streaming players, plus Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 platforms are coming out of beta.

The Trademob company calculated the average price for installing the application in the leading mobile markets and told why boosters are needed.

Last April, the number of downloads increased significantly, according to Fiksu. Along with the downloads, the price of a loyal user has also grown.

Following the previous news: as part of the massive cuts, Zynga is going to close the studio of OMGPOP, the developer of the acclaimed mobile game Draw Something. 

Yesterday it became known that Zynga intends to reduce its staff by 18%. Thus, at least 520 people will be laid off.

The exclusive release of the game Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS devices will take place on July 18, according to the developer company Popcap Games.

Like many of the “pioneers” of the social gaming industry, Crowdstar has long been reoriented to the mobile market, but has not been able to make money on it. An investment of $12 million may fix the situation.

The latest information on the leaders of the American iPhone games market for the week (May 20-26) from Distimo: tops of free, paid and cash applications in one material.

Last week the company Mail.Ru Group has announced a new mobile strategy game – “Evolution”. We contacted the general producer of IT Territory Alexander Enin and asked him about the project. 

According to 505 Games, the two-dimensional sandbox platformer Terraria, which was released on PC in 2011, will be available for mobile devices this summer.

According to a study conducted by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the world leader in telecommunications market analysis, more than 50% of all smartphones in China run on Google’s operating system.

Big Fish has clearly demonstrated how experience affects the average salary of game developers in the States, and at the same time, where it is best to study for them, and where to go to work after that.

The German startup AppLift, which provides services to attract users, received investments of $13 million from the Dutch venture capital firm Prime Ventures.

Applicier proved that the main source of information about games is word of mouth; Playnomics discovered how few people spend money on free-to-play; Millennial Media told in detail about the American OS market. About this and much more in our digest.

The end of last week was marked by several high-profile iOS releases, against the background of which, surprisingly, the simple puzzle Marbly was not lost. One of its creators is the legendary Alexey Pajitnov, the author of “Tetris”.

The other day, App Annie published its traditional review of the mobile gaming market for the month. This time for April. No surprises or discoveries: Clash of Clans, Puzzles & Dragons and Candy Crush Saga are still in the lead.