Mobile games are the lot of women; a former Double Fine employee presented tools for Unity; WhatsApp is not the coolest messenger; Game Insight announced an economic strategy – this and much more in the news for Monday, February 24.

In early February, the game Dungelot 2 from the Russian Red Winter Software team appeared on the shelves of the App Store. Why the project was immediately withdrawn from sale after the release, we asked one of its creators, Dmitry Mitrofanov.

At the Winter Nights 2014 conference, Alexandra Ilyina from Opera Mediaworks answered several questions to our editorial staff.

The authors of one of the main games of February – Threes! – they told what the game could have been like if they had abandoned the minimalism of the released version. 

Recently, Venturebeat published an article by Dean Takahashi, the lead author of the GamesBeat section, dedicated to the development of American, European and Asian gaming companies. We offer the Russian version of the material.

Puzzle & Dragons has a birthday – the game is two years old, Sailfish was officially released, AppLift held a webinar on mobile games, and Kabam opened an office in Korea. This and much more is in the news release for Friday, February 21.

It is most profitable to buy installations in Japan, South Korea and Australia. In other countries, the difference between the download revenue and the installation price is minimal, says Distimo.

Yesterday, the analytical company App Annie published a large report on the digital market of mobile programs. We have highlighted the main theses concerning the mobile games market. 

At the Winter Nights 2014 conference, Olivier Bernard from App Annie answered several questions to our editorial staff.

CPI in Japan is three times less than ARPD, Mail.ru The Group reported a profit of 15 billion rubles, why Facebook bought WhatsApp, Gobliins appeared on Android. About this and much more in the news for Thursday, February 20.

Brief reviews of the most notable new items in the App Store this week: Coldfire Keep, Another Case Solved, Fright Fight and five more projects.

The history of King, the first reviews of Boom Beach, as well as detailed information about the mobile version of FTL.

For the Christmas quarter, King’s profit (revenue) fell from $230 million to $159 million. Income (profit) also decreased.

More than 1.57 million iPhones were sold in pieces in Russia last year, according to IDC analysts.

At the Winter Nights 2014 conference, Dave Verwer from Shiny Development answered several questions to our editorial staff.

In Russia, you don’t even need 1000 installations to get into the paid top overall. As it became known to the editorial board App2Top.ru , 500 downloads are enough for this.

What events do developers most often track in the game, how much it costs to get into the Russian and how much into the American top free App Store apps, whether traffic prices will decrease – this and much more App2Top.ru told the AppLift company.

At the last Winter Nights 2014 conference, the Need A Hero game from the Minsk company Alis Games received an award in the competition for the best mobile game. We talked with its head Denis Voikhansky.

At the Winter Nights 2014 conference, Ville Heijari, CEO of Kontagent+PlayHaven in Europe, answered several questions to our editorial staff.