I accidentally noticed: on the 3rd place in the top of paid applications in Russia there is something called “live motion wallpaper“.

Microsoft has temporarily stopped publishing apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace. 

A study of Kids and Consumer Electronics: 2012 Edition conducted by the NPD Group showed that the younger generation still prefers consoles and portable gaming systems to mobile devices. However, tablets are becoming increasingly popular among this audience. 

Today, Microsoft has officially announced to the media the date of a press conference at which, presumably, the first smartphones based on Window 8 will be presented. The event is scheduled for September 5.

Korean mobile game publisher Gamevil earned about $13.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2012, demonstrating a 55% increase compared to last year. At the same time, its net profit amounted to $5.2 million.

Adobe Systems has abandoned support for Flash Player in Android-based mobile devices. Now you can’t download and install Flash using the Google Play app store.

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.