Hasbro, which owns IP’s such as Dungeons & Dragons, Transformers and Monopoly, spent $112 million to buy a 70% stake in Backflip Studios.

We are starting the publication of reports with the recent White Nights: Mobile Games Conference of mobile game developers in St. Petersburg. Today we are posting a video with a lecture by Pavel Ryakkonen, Distribution Director of Nevosoft.

In August, the developer December Studios will release a cyberpunk quest on iOS and Android devicesThe Color Gray. Contrary to all expectations, there will not be a single puzzle in the game.

Apple celebrates the fifth anniversary of the App Store. Yesterday, the best store apps became available for download for free, today the company shared with iTunes users the full history of the app store in pictures.

Microsoft Corporation is now asking for $19 instead of $99 for the right to develop applications for Windows Phone. However, this offer will be temporary – only until August 27. 

Deus Ex: The Fall, a five-minute sequel to the cult role-playing shooter Deus Ex: Human Revolution, will be released on the App Store this week, July 11. 

And the rich cry too. The Japanese giant GREE is winding down its activities in the UK. Now toys for the Western market will be made only in the USA.

Recently, a congress of companies for the development, publication and promotion of games called White Nights: Mobile Games Conference was held in the cultural capital. Among the speakers was the name of the Renatus company, which was happy to share its impressions about participating in the conference.

The final of the Imagine Cup international student project competition has started today in St. Petersburg. Russia is represented by three teams.

Last week, Distimo told how much the application needs to earn to be top grossing US; Pinkus resigned as director of Zynga; the first smartphones on Firefox OS appeared on sale. About this and much more – in our traditional digest. 

According to the research company Gartner, the volume of the mobile commerce market will grow by 44% worldwide and reach $235 billion this year.

Last month, there was talk of restructuring Microsoft. It was reported about the possible unification of the Window s 8 Surface and Windows Phone teams into one division. So far, these rumors have not received any confirmation, but new assumptions have already appeared.It is said that the CEO of the company, Steve Ballmer, is considering a larger-scale reorganization of work in connection with the departure of the former “face” of Xbox 

The Finnish company has decided on serious innovations in the latest update of the original Angry Birds. About updates, and whether they can seriously change anything in the fate of the project – read below.

The British trade association TIGA has announced its partnership with Chartboost. Recall that this platform allows developers to share their traffic, stimulates cross-promotion and distribution of games.Unknown ObjectPartners have created a group on the Chartboost platform dedicated to TIGA.

According to Kantar Worldpanel, Samsung is the manufacturer of almost half of the smartphones purchased in Europe this spring.

What do high fashion and the world of mobile apps have in common? Stupid question? Not at all. They have a lot in common. Read below about the new Google Play summer collection and the reasons why it’s worth a look. 

This Monday, the information portal Chaebul.com He published a list of the 400 richest people in South Korea. One of them was the head of the Nexon gaming company – Kim Jag-ju (Kim Jung-ju).

Due to July 4 and a large number of sales this week there were almost no bright releases. It is risky to be released at a time when the bigwigs of the market are dropping prices for their projects. 

It’s been a long time since we wrote about the Japanese box office hit from GungHo. The project has no new figures from the Land of the Rising Sun, but it became known that it began to slowly conquer the South Korean market.