The authors of Clash of Clans and Boom Beach have finally decided to move towards game merchandising. A few days ago, a vacancy for a licensing and merchandising manager appeared on the company’s website.

Less than six months have passed, and Epic has pleased its users with an updated version of its engine. There is a feeling that it is not far from a full-fledged “five”.

At the end of September, the Piano City music game from the Kiev Room 8 team was released on the App Store. The project not only received a feature on the iTunes Home Page in 127 countries, but was also recognized by Apple as one of the best games of September. So we couldn’t get past the release of Piano City, and talked about the fate of the project with Ninel Gruner, marketing director of…

Today, there are a huge number of marketing and advertising platforms on the market offering various services, such as getting to the top. The developers decide whether to use them or not in each individual case, based on the tasks set (increasing visibility, holding a position, testing the project, and so on).

The St. Petersburg company Nevosoft has announced the date of the sixth WN Mobile Games Conference.

In the MobileDevHQ study by Tune (previously the conglomerate worked under the HasOffers and MobileAppTracking brands), the following research result is given for the main discovery: half of mobile users found the last downloaded application in the search results.

In mid-September, just against the background of then-rumors about Microsoft’s plans to buy Mojang, information appeared that, they say, Unity is also looking for a “host”. The amount was called within the framework of $1 billion – $2 billion.

We have already written about collaborations today. Here’s another one: developer and publisher Imangi Studios and NFLPlayers Inc., the marketing arm of the National Football League Players Association, have announced that some of the top NFL players will appear in the Temple Run 2 project.

Almost half of users are willing to pay monthly for a subscription to their favorite app, according to a survey conducted by mobile software development company Branchfire.

An Assassin’s Creed Identity soft lunch was held in Australia on iPhone and iPad. It is expected that the title will soon be available in the USA.

The Appintop podcast interviewed Dmitry Lyulka, Business Development Manager at Opera Mediaworks. We publish the printed version of the conversation with the kind permission of the podcast on App2Top.ru .

Wargaiming studio together with Sony Pictures launched an advertising campaign. The M4 Sherman “Fury” tank from the movie of the same name (yes, the one with Brad Pitt!) appeared in the game World of Tanks. The model is available both in the mobile version of the game, and on consoles and PCs.

How it works in the market of children’s apps; how kompugacha differs from gacha; how much King spent on TV advertising – about this and much more in our weekly digest.

Tokyo-based startup TransLimit received 300 million yen or about $2.8 million. Line Ventures, United, East Ventures, Skyland Ventures, and Genuine Startups acted as investors.

A game from the developer Dead Mage Studio has been announced. The title from the Shadow Blade ators will be called Epic of King.

Japanese companies LINE and Gree have signed an agreement. They will create a division of Epic Voyage, Inc., which will promote mobile games on the LINE messenger platform.

Yesterday, a game from the Russian studio Mobilate – RoverCraft Racing appeared on the windows of the App Store. We talked about the new project with the company’s CEO Anton Belov.

Live Mobile has not started yet, and the first news has already started from Vilnius. Facebook, as part of a closed meeting organized for major partners, talked about how much the creators of Clash of Clans and Boom Beach spend on the social network per day to promote their products.

The Moscow-based RJ Games team, which previously specialized exclusively in social projects, has released its first mobile game.