Money is needed to create a game. It’s no secret to anyone. Today, even more money is often needed to promote the game. This is also, like, not a secret. Therefore, for many, the main question turns out to be: where and how to get funds for the creation and advertising of the project?

Dan Potter, the creator of the infamous Draw Something, is launching a new application, writes Re/code.

How to choose which conferences to go to, and why Winter Nights and White Nights should be on your list,” said Yulia Lebedeva, Business Development Director at Nevosoft.

Central materials of last week: how the case ended “Mail.ru against the tax service”, how to make a good sequel, according to what principles to choose a card format for a casual game, for how much to sell a paid application, the principle of pricing in free-to-play games, and much more.

Nothing to play on the weekend? Pay attention to our brief Friday selection. It includes: The Last War, Bruce Lee, 2 Cars and Dice Heroes.

The Wargaming company, with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, has released a free game without IAP, and even on Unreal Engine.

In Russia, companies selling paid digital products do not pay VAT. But in the case of shareware projects, 18% cannot be retained. The last six months Mail.ru I tried to stop this practice. But she didn’t succeed.

The Gamasutra resource regularly publishes articles by developers, art directors and game designers about the industry. We choose the most interesting ones and share them with you. In today’s article, Junxue Li, CEO of Novtilus Art studio, shares his thoughts on what kind of maps there are for mobile games and how to choose the format that suits your project specifically. 

Today, it is not uncommon for a publisher or developer to port their old game to mobile platforms. Not always the result can be called successful, but at least it allows holders of an older IP to earn a little, given that any such release attracts a lot of attention from both the press and the editors of app stores. 

Next up is a new selection of fresh releases! Today we have: Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, BattleLore: Command, Dwelp, Dynasty of Dungeons and Rescue Quest.

The year is coming to an end, which means that analytical resources will make forecasts for 2015. Smaato decided to be one of the first to try to predict how the mobile advertising market will develop in the coming months. However, on the basis of well-known information and with non-obvious conclusions.

Recently, we have been increasingly touching on the topic of IP. Several interviews have already been published on our pages devoted directly to how you can start working with major brands. But at the same time, we hardly touched on the topic of why it is necessary to spend time and effort on attracting brands today. 

During the week, Machine Zone spent about $4.5 million on television advertising,” Gamesbeat writes with reference to iSpot.tv . This, of course, does not take into account production costs, which included far from only the fee of one of the “angels” of Victoria’s Secret. The question is whether it was worth it?

In an interview with Gamesbeat, Viktor Kislyi, Founder and CEO Wargaming.net , stated that the mobile version of World of Tanks has more than 8.5 million players.

New games every day! Today, however, there are very few releases in the selection: Pocket Heroes and Swords of Anima.

The Gamasutra resource regularly publishes articles by developers, art directors and game designers about the industry. We choose the most interesting ones and share them with you.

Today in our basket of projects that have yet to be released: Paranormal Minis, Bean Dreams, Dynasty of Dungeons and Peggle Blast.

Pixonic has shared with us the theory of pricing in shareware games.