iOS 8 was released today, within which developers have a new opportunity to sell their apps and games in packs (or bundles, or, according to the Russian version of the App Store, packages). 

Only the day before yesterday we wrote that Mail.Ru The Group has brought its stake in VKontakte to 100%, as it became known today that the Russian giant has put its protege at the head of the social network.

Goat Simulator game has been released on mobile platforms. If you have long wanted to feel like a goat (we mean a cloven-hoofed animal), here is your chance.

Investors in mobile games have a hangover,” venture capitalist Rick Thompson, who earned about $5 billion from subsidizing and selling gaming startups, said at the GamesBeat 2014 conference.

Media giant Lionsgate believes that video games should play a significant role in the company’s future.

Jeff Lyndon, one of the founders and executive vice president of iDreamSky, spoke about the difference between Chinese and Western casual game players at the GamesBeat 2014 conference in San Francisco.

Chobolabs is going to create hardcore multiplayer games for mobile devices. To this end, the studio has already raised $ 1.3 million.

In 40% of cases, when it comes to making certain decisions, Kixeye is based on data analysis. In other cases, they follow intuition, said Kixeye CEO Will Harbin.

Mobio advertising agency together with the Russian group of the international association IAB presented a map of the Russian mobile advertising market for this year, – writes Cossa.ru .

A new project from Rovio Stars is coming out on Thursday. The new title is dedicated not to birds, as you might think, but to pirates.

German publisher and developer Wooga opens an office in Tokyo. In the future, the company plans to work closely with Asian colleagues.

David Helgason, executive Director of Unity, believes that the era of “stagnation” has come in the gaming industry, especially mobile. Companies like King and Supercell are at the top of the charts month after month and, according to Helgason, it’s terrible. According to him, the times when there was constant movement in the rating were much more interesting.

Following the results of the transaction between the Internet giant Mail.ru Group and the UCP investment fund, it turned out that the largest Russian social network cost its current owner less than Microsoft’s Mojang.

In January last year, Rovio made an offer to the authors of Kingdom Rush. However, the Uruguayans refused to join the Angry Birds empire.

The number of downloads of the Road Riot game from Tango has reached 10 million. The title boasts a million active users per day.

Last night, Blizzard announced on the Twitter page of its Hearthstone game that the number of users of the project exceeded the mark of 20 million people.

Almost simultaneously with the confirmation of Microsoft’s purchase of Mojang, Minecraft author Markus Notch Persson published an appeal on his blog explaining why he is selling and leaving the company. We bring to your attention the full Russian version of his post.

A working day dedicated to game development can be brightened up by playing game development. At least, that’s what the author of Crunch Time, a card game for iPad, thinks.

We didn’t believe it, but in vain. The Mojang team confirmed in its official blog that Microsoft is buying it.