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Industry September 1, 2014

Rovio continues to lose key employees

The Finnish giant continues to storm. Over the past few days, Rovio has been receiving the third news about serious changes in the company’s management staff.

Other September 1, 2014

App2Top.ru turns three years old

Today is not only the Day of Knowledge, in which schoolchildren with lean faces load their satchels with textbooks and pencils, but also the birthday of our website dedicated to all aspects of the mobile games market.

Industry September 1, 2014

App Annie: Russia is one of the largest and most unique mobile markets

Last week, the analytical company App Annie presented the Russian mobile market index, telling about the main events of the domestic App Store and Google Play of the past July.

Industry September 1, 2014

A new Regional Director of Rovio Japan has been appointed

Katsumi Oikawa will become the new Regional Director of Rovio Japan. The appointment takes effect on September 1.

Industry September 1, 2014

ZeptoLab and McDonald’s launched a joint campaign

In Russia, from August 29 to October 2, Happy Meal baby kits in McDonald’s fast food chains are sold under the Cut the Rope brand.

Games September 1, 2014

Backflip Studios will create a game based on the Dungeons & Dragons universe

At the PAX Festival in Seattle, Backflip Studios announced that it would launch the game under a D&D license.

Digests September 1, 2014

The best of the week (25.08.2014 – 31.08.2014)

Editorial Office App2Top.ru offers to get acquainted with a selection of the central materials of our resource for the past week.

Games August 29, 2014

Disney Tsum Tsum conquers the world

Disney together with the popular Asian messenger LINE launched a joint project. The game of the genre “three in a row” occupied the top lines of the charts. The popularity of the application forced LINE to release plush Disney Tsum Tsum characters.

Industry August 29, 2014

Rovio changes the president

The creator of Angry Birds and the president of Rovio Mikael Hed (Mikael Hed) in January next year will give up his place to the former vice president of marketing of Nokia Pekka Rantala (Pekka Rantala).

Platforms August 29, 2014

Apple invites you to the presentation on September 9

After much flirting with the press, Apple has finally set a release date for its new products. The presentation will take place on September 9.

Industry August 29, 2014

Innova enters the mobile market: interview

Recently it became known that the Russian company Innova is entering the mobile market as a publisher of games under the brand “Fogame”. In connection with this announcement, we interviewed Maxim Kirilenko, the company’s leading mobile project development manager.

Digests August 28, 2014

Release Thursday (issue 3)

Industry August 28, 2014

Keep calm and make a mobile game: British developers want to make games for mobile

About 70% of British game developers make projects for mobile platforms, according to a study conducted by TIGA and ARM.

Marketing August 28, 2014

Will Amazon’s purchase of Twitch affect the mobile video advertising market: expert opinions

Two days ago it became known that Amazon, not Google, acted as the buyer of the Twitch video game broadcast service. In connection with this purchase, we asked the leading mobile video advertising companies about what the deal might turn out to be for the market.

Money August 28, 2014

Renren’s revenue from the sale of games decreased

Compared to the previous year, the profit of the Chinese social media platform Renren decreased by 42% and amounted to $25 million. Revenue from sales of online games is $15.1 million, which is 27% less than in the same period in 2013.

Marketing August 28, 2014

What does the arrival of iAd in Russia mean: expert opinions

The other day it became known that the advertising platform iAd, created by the “apple” company, began to support the Russian market. We talked with domestic advertising companies about how this support will change the domestic mobile advertising market.

Blogs August 28, 2014

Yandex.Store: We have toys from Disney, Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, Zeptolab and Game Insight

The Appintop podcast interviewed Evgeny Kim, a Yandex representative.Store and the head of the Developer relations team. We publish the printed version of the material with the kind permission of the podcast on App2Top.ru .

Industry August 27, 2014

The players staged a boycott of the “cash cow” Kabam

Fans of the game Dragons of Atlantis decided to boycott the Kabam product. This is the second time. They are unhappy with the price increase.

Games August 27, 2014

Here’s the twist: the creator of Swing Copters is accused of plagiarism

The infamous fame of the author of Flappy Bird continues to grow. The release of the new Swing Copters game provoked a conflict: the developers of the Bog Racer application accuse Dong Nguyen of plagiarism.

Games August 27, 2014

Note to Klonodel: LINE Rangers has broken the record of 20 million downloads in six months

There are many copies, but the real LINE Rangers is one. A mobile hit in the tower defense genre recently broke the record – 20 million downloads. It happened right on the day of the “birth” of the project: the game was released exactly six months ago. The app has managed to reach the top of the AppStore charts in Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Japan.