Financial difficulties forced GREE to stop developing 27 games, most of which were conducted by Japanese studios. Thus, the company lost $53 million.

The Canadian-Chinese startup Pixelmatic has emerged from the shadows, whose founders believe that the world is about to see the birth of new social games.

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Yesterday, a new mobile game from Nival – Defenders appeared on the App Store (it was released on PC under the title Prime World: Defenders). In connection with the release, we talked about the fate of the project with Sergey Galenkin, EMEA Marketing Director of the Prime World team. 

The next round of financing brought TinyCo $20 million. The Pinnacle Ventures venture fund, which had previously invested a substantial amount in Kabam, invested the most.

King reported that in the year since the release of Candy Crush Saga has gained 500 million installations. The number of sessions played exceeded 150 billion. 

The other day it became known about the purchase by Nintendo of part of the shares of Dwango Co, which distributes mobile content. After the transaction, the value of both companies increased.

The Ukrainian studio Room 8, previously noted for the release of Cyto, is going to release Riot Runners, a runner about robots, “imbued with the spirit of steampunk.” The imminent release of the game is a great reason to talk about the popularity of steampunk on mobile platforms. 

FDG has released an unusual project for itself on the App Store – a paid action adventure game Oceanhorn. 

The Finnish platform Jolla has named the Russian company Yandex as an official partner for the distribution of applications. The domestic search giant via Yandex.The Store will distribute programs for the new Sailfish operating system.

Swedish MAG Interactive raised $6 million in the first round of financing. The largest amount was invested by Nokia’s venture fund. 

Oleg Kapitonov, the founder of the BlackBears game studio, told us about the SQBA service, which allows you to customize applications for specific users without releasing full-fledged updates in the store.

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Internet startup Airbnb has announced the release of new versions of its mobile applications, which are designed to simplify interaction with guests for 350,000 property owners around the world.

Japanese gaming giant DeNA has launched a messenger that allows gamers to communicate with each other during games distributed within the Mobage platform. 

Korean publisher Gamevil reported that its revenue from foreign markets for the third quarter amounted to $11.4 million. In this regard, the company continues to actively finance small European and Latin American studios.