NPD found that 59% of mobile gamers in the United States prefer their pocket gadgets for entertainment, and 30% buy improvements and IAP. 

Amazon sells devices at cost to promote its own ecosystem.

The novelty is made in the style of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S III. But behind the similar appearance there is a functionality that is inferior to its prototype.

News about the departures of key employees of Zynga has been appearing more than regularly lately. The other day, another one appeared in this “mournful” list, which already has more than a dozen surnames. This is the general manager of Zynga Poker, Lawrence “Lo” Toney.

The founders of Industrial Toys (one of them used to work at the legendary Bungie), told about their attitude to the plot in games and how to adequately implement it in mobile projects. 

The authors of Trials Evolution, Frogmind Games company, presented a trailer for their new project Badland. The game will be available for iOS devices.

Following Rovio, Zeptolab, Halfbrick, PopCap and other developers of hit games, Lima Sky, famous for its Doodle Jump, went beyond the “mobile space” by signing several licensing agreements for the release of branded merchandise.

According to rumors, the next version of Android 4.2 will bring with it a lot of innovations. This is reported by the Digital Trends resource. In particular, the changes will affect the Personalization Center and the standard set of device characteristics.

Piper Jaffray investment company has published the results of its own research on the preferences of more than 7.7 thousand American teenagers. According to its results, analysts found out that 40% of them have an iPhone (last year there were 34% of them, the year before that – 23%).

Sales of a new 7-inch tablet from Google – Nexus 7 – will start tomorrow in large Russian dealer networks.

We have already reported that many mobile games from the legendary Japanese publisher Square Enix have price tags with very high figures. The other day, a representative of the company’s press service revealed to the authors of the famous Kotaku game blog some details of its pricing policy.

Do users who play social games (including on mobile devices) want to read in-game text? With such a question, Gamasutra journalist Frank Cifaldi turned to the authors of Indiana Jones Adventure World from Zynga.

Glu Mobile has announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement with Probability PLC, specializing in mobile gambling. As part of this collaboration, Probability will develop mobile “slot machines” based on the original IP from Glu Mobile, including Contract Killer, Deer Hunter and Gun Bros.

In May, Rovio reported that the total number of downloads of all games under the Angry Birds franchise reached 1 billion. Not a huge amount, considering that, for example, the total number of all downloads from the App Store is 25 billion. Today, new details about the famous “bird” brand have become known.

PowerA, a company specializing in peripherals and accessories, announced the imminent launch of its own controller for Android devices and at the same time announced its broad support from developers.  

The analytical company GigaOm conducted a study of the earnings of mobile application developers. Most of them receive no more than $500 per month from one program.

Analysts claim that the cost of Microsoft Surface will be at the level of budget PCs and ultrabooks. And this is without taking into account the spectacular keyboard cover. 

Steve Ballmer, chief executive Officer of Microsoft, in an open letter to shareholders, customers, partners and employees of the corporation announced “fundamental transformations” at Microsoft. According to the new strategy, the company intends to independently produce devices, software and services, forming a single ecosystem of them.

According to representatives of the Finnish Supercell, its two f2p games for iOS earn over $500,000 daily. Thus, taking into account the 30% that Apple has left, the Clash of Clans strategy and the Hay Day farm bring about $350 thousand to the “hot Finnish guys” every day.