The Unity Analytics service has received an update. There is a click map (heatmaps) and a beta version of Unity In App Purchase. A message about this appeared on the company’s blog.

Ubisoft announced the acquisition of the Canadian team Longtail Studios.

The creators of Angry Birds have released a new match-3 called Love Rocks starring Shakira. Instead of angry birds, the main character of the game was the performer Shakira.

Mobile game studio Pocket Playlab from Bangkok received $5 million investment. This is reported by the Tech in Asia resource with reference to information from the company.

In European The App Store has a game based on the Disney series “Duck Stories”. The title is called The Duckforce Rises.

Apps on Android in the 3rd quarter of 2015 are downloaded more often than on iOS. But Yabloko leads in revenue. This is reported by the resource 9to5mac with reference to the research of the analytical company App Annie.

Intel has announced the launch of a beta version of the Multi-OS Engine tool. With its help, developers will be able to create native mobile applications for iOS and Android in Java on Windows and/or OS X.

Users have downloaded Talking Tom series games 3 billion times. The information was shared by the author of the projects – the British studio Outfit7.

Last September, HeroCraft announced the mobile game “Smeshariki. The Legend of the Golden Dragon” based on the eponymous full-length cartoon. In connection with the announcement, we talked about the new project with both the developers and the owners of the rights to Smeshariki.

Niccolo De Masi, CEO of Glu Mobile, told during GamesBeat 2015 what principles the company follows when choosing the next celebrity for a mobile game.

The independent Stoic Games team, which owns the authorship of The Banner Saga game, is ready to share its own game engine with indie developers. This was told by the technical director of the studio John Watson (John Watson) in an interview with the resource Develop Online.

Richard Morgan, the screenwriter of Crysis 2 and Syndicate, will release an interactive book for mobile devices called Land Fit For Heroes. The game has a multiplayer mode.

The cost of purchases in the App Store in Australia, Sweden and Indonesia will increase. This is reported by the 9to5Mac resource with reference to notifications that Apple sent to developers.

Denis Konovalov, founder of Joyful Software studio, which develops mobile games in the three-in-a-row genre, shared with us his thoughts about Nibblers, one of the latest Rovio games.

Apple is negotiating with Russian online cinemas and video services. The subject of discussion is the creation of applications for Apple TV. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to its own sources.

Rapper Kanye West (Kanye West) condemned the producers of shareware projects in his own Twitter account. The husband of the shareware game star Kim Kardashian: Hollywood believes that there should be no IAP in children’s mobile games.

Zynga has announced the appearance of advertising in its own projects in the form of mini-games. A message about this appeared on the official website of the company.

A shareware quiz from Ellen DeGeneres, a comedic actress and TV show host, appeared in the stores. A game called Psych! Outwit Your Friends is DeGeneres’ second title. The first was the paid Heads Up.

On the last day before the official start of White Nights Moscow 2015, we publish a code giving a 90% discount on a ticket for indie developers.