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Platforms October 12, 2015

Rumor: Apple is in talks to create Russian applications for Apple TV

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.

Games October 12, 2015

Kardashian’s husband spoke out against shareware games

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.

Marketing October 12, 2015

Zynga will launch ads in the format of mini-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.

Games October 12, 2015

The author of Heads Up has released a shareware quiz

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.

Conferences October 12, 2015

90% discount for indie developers at White Nights Moscow 2015

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.

Digests October 10, 2015

The main thing for the working week (October 5 – 9)

A checklist about the promotion, a story about the passage of Greenlight, a case about the fight against Chinese gaming pirates and not only – in our traditional weekly selection of the best materials of the past working week.

Marketing October 9, 2015

Seriously told how she received 250 thousand downloads in a day

The non-standard advertising campaign of Best Fiends with the participation of 13 letsplayers allowed the game to achieve very good results both in money and in downloads.

Development October 9, 2015

Case: how to protect yourself from Chinese pirates?

The game of the Boston studio Oniix was copied by Chinese clone makers. The team shared their experience of dealing with them. We offer you a translation.

Marketing October 9, 2015

DataLead: the main traffic competitor of mobile games is dating services

About the average age of the Russian mobile gamer, the share of role-playing game fans among women and local traffic prices on myTarget and Facebook, – App2Top.ru told the marketing company DataLead.

Industry October 9, 2015

Unity will soon stop supporting Unity Web Player

Yesterday, October 8, Unity announced in its official blog that it had begun the process of suspending the development and support of the Unity Web Player plugin.

Platforms October 9, 2015

Purchased old games began to return to the App Store purchase history

The story of apps purchased/downloaded by users, but no longer supported by developers, disappearing from the purchase history continues.

Industry October 9, 2015

Russia met the new iPhones coldly, what to expect next?

Today at midnight in Russia, the latest line of iPhone devices officially introduced by Apple exactly a month ago – on September 9 – went on sale.

Games October 9, 2015

Rovio announced a game starring Shakira (there will be no birds)

The authors of Angry Birds are preparing a new puzzle. They promise that there will be no birds in it. Instead, the main character of the game will be the popular singer Shakira.

Industry October 8, 2015

Mobile games will account for 35% of all revenue from the digital games market in 2020

In five years, the mobile games market will earn a third of all the money the gaming industry receives from digital sales.

Industry October 8, 2015

Who’s Who: Cloud Castle

As part of our “Who’s Who” column, we talked with game designer Nikita Filatov about the Cloud Castle team and their first game project – the nonlinear adventure game Die With Glory.

Games October 8, 2015

The world release date of Minions Paradise became known

The second game in the universe of minions will be published by Electronic Arts. It will be released next week.

Marketing October 8, 2015

Is the mobile internet good for finding apps?

Eric Seufert, vice president of acquisition and user engagement at Rovio, in his last post addressed the question of whether it makes sense to spend money on advertising on the mobile Internet as opposed to advertising in mobile applications.

Marketing October 8, 2015

GameAnalytics: ARPPU has grown by $1 for quizzes and puzzles

For verbal mobile games, quizzes and puzzles in September, ARPPU, on average, increased by $1.

Development October 7, 2015

Message Quest: Passing Greenlight

The experience of passing Greenlight in the official blog of the Message Quest game was shared by its author and developer Maria Kravtsova. With the kind permission of Maria, we have published the material on our pages.

Development October 7, 2015

2D animation: 5 tips for the artist

There are enough tutorials and forums on the Web about the technical aspects of pixel animation. Therefore, Jonathan Kim and Paul Robertson, the authors of the animation for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, give some general tips on how to make sprites that will stand out from the general background and attract the attention of players.