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Other January 6, 2014

Fantastic Runner: Run for Team is a colorful runner with the simplest controls

Industry January 3, 2014

Another co-founder will leave PopCap

CEO Dave Roberts and chief game designer Jason Kapalka are leaving the Plants vs. Zombies studio.

Industry January 2, 2014

GPC underestimated the Chinese mobile market by $300 million

Official data provided by GPC and 17173.com , show that the total revenue of the Chinese gaming market in 2013 amounted to $13.7 billion. Of these, $1.9 billion (about 14%) brought mobile games.

Other December 31, 2013

The best mobile games of 2013

There are a couple of hours left until 2014, and we, in turn, present our version of the best projects of the outgoing year.

Other December 30, 2013

Funds from SMS voting in the TV project of the First channel “Golos” are transferred to charity

Other December 30, 2013

Funds from SMS voting in the TV project of the First channel “Golos” are transferred to charity

Other December 30, 2013

Funds from SMS voting in the TV project of the First channel “Voice” are transferred to charity

Other December 30, 2013

Cross-cutting trends 2013 – 2014

About the main trends in the mobile games industry of the outgoing year and what to expect in the near future – in our New Year’s Eve “program” material.

Industry December 30, 2013

Infographics: the main figures of the year from App2Top

For the New Year, we have prepared an infographic with the main figures of the mobile games and applications market for 2013.

results for 2013 December 30, 2013

Summing up 2013: interview with Absolutist

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Absolutist.

results for 2013 December 30, 2013

Summing up 2013: interview with RJ Games

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with RJ Games.

Industry December 27, 2013

Minecraft Creators: Pocket Edition earned $1 million on Christmas

Despite the high income Minecraft: Pocket Edition took only the third place in the top box office of the US App Store. The first and second places went to Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga.

results for 2013 December 27, 2013

Summing up 2013: interview with Alawar

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Alawar.

results for 2013 December 27, 2013

Summing up 2013: interview with Nevosoft

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Nevosoft.

results for 2013 December 27, 2013

Summing up 2013: interview with ZeptoLab

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with ZeptoLab.

Other December 27, 2013

Facemee: Boost your mood!

results for 2013 December 26, 2013

Summing up the results of 2013: an interview with Mail.Ru Group

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Mail.Ru Group.

results for 2013 December 26, 2013

Summing up 2013: Interview with Unity Evangelist

Together with our industry colleagues, we continue to summarize the results of 2013. This article contains an interview with Unity evangelist Oleg Pridyuk.

Industry December 26, 2013

The average salary of a programmer in Russia is $2600

In 2013, the average salary of Russian programmers was $2,645 (80 thousand rubles). This is the conclusion reached by the employees of the Russoft Association. The average growth was 15%.

Development December 26, 2013

Mechanics of midcore games: Part 3

In November, we started publishing a series of translations of articles by Mikhail Katkoff, product director at Scopely, about the mechanics of midcore games. Today is the third part devoted to the social component.