One of the leading players in the social games market has acquired the creators of the social and mobile hit Draw Something – OMGPOP company for almost a quarter of a billion dollars. There is an opinion that this is one of the most successful Zynga deals. 

Mobile games are made, as a rule, with the expectation of short-term gaming sessions. It is assumed that this approach to design allows you to play them anywhere – on the way, in a diner, in a queue when there is nothing to do. But according to the latest study of the gaming audience, they are most often played at home. 

PlayPhone has introduced a new cross-platform API that allows iOS and Android users to play realtime projects with each other.

We invite you again to our virtual round table, where experts of the mobile application market discuss topical issues. Today we will talk about what to do with the application when the development is finished: how to “promote” a project, which business model to distribute, how to get a feature from Apple and why a publisher is needed.

Microsoft’s mobile platform in the UK market is growing mainly due to sales of the Lumia 800; American users are more satisfied with the Lumia 710 than the iPhone 4S.

Since the launch of Draw Something on iOS and Android a month ago, the game has gained 25 million downloads, and is also currently the most popular game on Facebook. 

Adobe is actively promoting its AIR 3.2 development suite, trying to push its main competitor in the cross-platform engine market – Unity. 

The Japanese type of monetization is the way to the wallets of Western users,” the head of Ngmoco believes. 

Microsoft, together with Nokia, announces the launch of a program to support the best applications created for Windows Phone 7. 

Website Editor pocketgamer.biz Following the results of the recent conference, GDC identified 21 trends in the modern mobile industry. 

In this issue of the digest: the authors of The Elder Scrolls are going to develop games for iOS; BAFTA has distributed awards to the best games; the results of the first reviews of the new iPad; Tim Cook will share his financial plans with the public today.  

Amazon spoke about the results that its app store has managed to achieve over a year of operation. 

“The new iPad will cause another hysteria among manufacturers of Android tablets,” says Valentin Merzlikin, producer of NeskinSoft (Belarus), well known for one of the most relevant games about Russian reality – “Democracy“. His answers to questions about yesterday’s release of a new device in the iPad line can be found inside. 

Just today we wrote that on March 21, Microsoft is going to release a new version of its mobile platform called Refresh 7.5. And here is another loud press release from a “small–soft” company.

Small, but extremely important news. Apple has added a new section to the App Store. It’s called Great Apps for the New iPad.

“There will be a little more headache associated with graphics,” says Evgeny Kuzmin, responsible for the release of the hit Cover Orange, and also well-known online under the nickname Johnny-K. His answers to questions about yesterday’s release of a new device in the iPad line can be found inside.

The success of the funny Draw Something application indicates that virality in the mobile gaming business is not only there, but is also able to bring the original application to the top without attracting large advertising budgets. 

Microsoft has sent out invitations to an event dedicated to the release of a new version of Windows Phone. It will be held in Beijing on March 21. 

We are publishing a continuation of the material about how to make the training mode in a casual game simple and unobtrusive. The creator of Plants vs. Zombies is sure that if you follow all the tips given below, “any game can be made as easy to learn as Plants vs. Zombies is.“