The share of smartphones from the total number of cellular devices delivered to Russia grew to 21% last year, – the analytical company IDC notes in its latest report. 

Rovio announced at Gamescom 2012 that its new studio in Stockholm will be headed by one of the authors of Battlefield Heroes.

CSR Racing developers from Boss Alien reported that their iOS game brings in more than $12 million a month, being at the top of the American box office top. 

At Sony’s press conference held on the eve of gamescom 2012, the company announced that this fall it will launch a cross-platform PlayStation Mobile gaming service that supports PS Vita and Android devices.

Acting as a publisher, the long-suffering Zynga began to expand its portfolio with non-standard projects for the company. The first in their queue will be a third-person action game Horn on Unreal Engine. 

Engadget reported that a Microsoft tablet in a minimal configuration will cost no more than a Kindle Fire.

Red Eagle Games and Jet Set Games have announced that they are developing a mobile game based on the universe described in Robert Jordan’s popular fantasy novels, The Wheel of Time.

Game Insight is currently preparing a major MMORPG Dragon Eternity for release on iOS and Android. Daria Trushkina, Director of International Development at Game Insight, told why the company, known for such projects as Mystery Manor and Paradise Island, took up a similar project with PocketGamer.

With the release of its own Surface tablet on Windows 8, Microsoft may become a direct competitor for a number of partners. Despite this, some vendors have already announced their agreement to release tablets on Windows 8. 

There is an opinion that the development of mobile games is becoming more and more difficult and requires more and more time. But, for example, one of the most beautiful modern shooters for mobile platforms – Dead Trigger – was made at Madfinger Games, responsible for Shadowgun, by only four full-time employees in five months without any crunch.

According to the analytical company Flurry, the revenues of iOS and Android games in the total revenue structure from portable gaming devices in the American market reached 58%. 

During the second quarter of this year, almost 154 million smartphones were sold, two–thirds of which are Android-based devices, according to Garther. 

TinyCo, a company known for a number of social mobile games (Tiny Pets, Tiny Monsters, Tiny Monsters, etc.) has announced the opening of a new studio in Vancouver, Canada.

The latest version of the Scaleform program from Autodesk makes it easy to port games written in flash to mobile platforms.

According to a study by Appsfire, a number of words in the names of applications are used more often than usual. With their help, developers and publishers can get an additional opportunity to attract the attention of users.

Today, two of the only employees and founders of the Swedish indie gaming studio Simogo distinguished themselves at the GDC Europe held in Cologne. The guys shared their opinions on how to succeed by doing what you like and not listening to anyone around.

Electronic Arts Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore said that the company is in talks with Microsoft to release new mobile games for the upcoming Windows Phone 8. 

YoYo Games has announced the imminent release of a new version of its cross-platform game development toolkit – GameMaker: Studio, which will include advanced monetization tools, as well as support for analytical services.

On September 27, a two-day international conference on social games, Sociality Rocks!2012, will open in Kiev.