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Conferences March 18, 2015

In April, a “Strike” of mobile developers will take place in Ulyanovsk

On April 11, the IT conference “Strike” will open in the city of Ulyanovsk, within the framework of which there will also be reports on the development and promotion of games.

Platforms March 18, 2015

The new Google Play service will evaluate the age ratings of games

Next week, Google will launch a global system that will evaluate the age ratings of games and applications. A message about this appeared on the official blog of the company.

Industry March 18, 2015

Tencent earned $12.9 billion in 2014

Today, the Chinese social gaming giant Tencent presented its financial results for the fourth quarter of last year and for the whole of 2014 as a whole.

Games March 18, 2015

The authors of Hunters make turn-based tactics for Warhammer 40,000 on the Unreal Engine 4

The British from Rodeo Games, noted on the mobile market not only with a strong Hunters series, but also with an excellent turn-based RPG Warhammer Quest, announced a new project.

Industry March 18, 2015

Top 50 blogs about marketing and more

Based on a survey among its readers, Thenextweb compiled a list of the most useful blogs on the English-speaking Internet. Topics – marketing, social media and productivity in general. We are sharing this list with you.

Games March 18, 2015

The mobile game Project EVO will help diagnose autism

California startup Akili is working on a game Project EVO, which can help diagnose autism, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Industry March 18, 2015

German Royal Revolt 2 has reached the top in the Korean market

Karlsruhe company flaregames reported on the success of its tug-of-war game in South Korea. Royal Revolt 2 not only reached the Top 5 Overall in downloads, but also got into the box office Top 30.

Industry March 18, 2015

Creandum: 9% of companies with billion-dollar annual revenue come from the North.

According to the venture fund Creandum, 9% of the world’s largest corporations producing software or games are located in the northern part of Europe.

Games March 17, 2015

Releases of the day – Tuesday (17.03.2015)

Today there are three projects in our traditional daily selection: Cinderella Free Fall, Lastronaut and Proto Raider.

Industry March 17, 2015

Christian Segerstrole: We decided to anti-monetize the game

The co—founder of Glu Mobile and PlayFish said that it is not worth looking at cash tops, and the most important thing in games is the community of players.

Industry March 17, 2015

The author of the Five Nights at Freddy’s series of games donated $250,000 to a children’s hospital

Scott Cawthon, creator of the Five Nights at Freddy’s horror game series, donated $249,999 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during a charity marathon.

Marketing March 17, 2015

Opinion: in the mobile business, the most important thing is user retention

The main indicator of the success of a mobile project is how well it retains users, says Hugh Reynolds, executive director of the analytical company Swrve.

Industry March 17, 2015

Chillingo has opened a studio in China

Mobile game publisher Chillingo today announced the opening of its own Chinese division within the Shanghai office of Electronic Arts.

Marketing March 17, 2015

Chinese developer Cheetah Mobile has bought the French advertising network MobPartner

The mobile market never tires of surprising. The time has come when game developers have started buying up marketing companies.

Industry March 17, 2015

Nintendo and DeNA will release mobile games together

Japanese companies Nintendo and DeNA announced the beginning of business cooperation. The result may be mobile games with famous Nintendo heroes.

Games March 17, 2015

Good and Evil Cop: Looney Tunes Dash!

We continue the cycle of materials in which the editors discuss interesting game projects. Today we are discussing the Looney Tunes Dash runner!

Games March 16, 2015

Releases of the day – Monday (03/16/2015)

Congratulations to everyone on the start of a new working week, and we have Chains of Darkness, Green the Planet and Deck Heroes in our selection today.

Marketing March 16, 2015

glispa raised $77 million with the help of the owners of the fashion portal

Mobile marketing company glispa received $77 million of investment from the English holding company Market Tech Holdings, which owns real estate in London and a fashion website Market.com .

Marketing March 16, 2015

Pocket Arena appeared for iOS

London-based company M-BIZ Global has launched a free set of Pocket Arena development tools for iOS developers. It allows you to add social elements to any mobile game.

Marketing March 16, 2015

Case study: Walkr promotions by WakeApp and LiftApp services

We are opening a new category “Case”, within which advertising networks will be able to share examples of game promotion from their own practice. The first case is devoted to how the Walkr project from the Taiwanese Fourdesire was progressing.