Last week it became known that the domestic company LingPlay has become one of the studios funded by the Kongregate investment fund. In this regard, we contacted Elena Stolbova, who is responsible for marketing in the team, and asked about the project.

Exactly five years ago, Apple opened an app store for the iPhone – the App Store. It was possible to buy the first mobile games for iOS. We decided to recall the most important of them today.

Sony, following the latest trend, is starting to develop its console titles on mobile platforms. Today, the company has released an Android version of last year’s PS3 hit Tokyo Jungle on the American market. About her and not only – in our material.  

Despite claims that Plants vs. Zombies 2 players will have to wait at least until the end of summer, yesterday the game appeared in the markets of New Zealand and Australia.

Yesterday, at the Brighton conference of game developers Develop, Amazon shared with developers the secrets of creating mobile games, as well as interesting facts from its own practice. 

We continue to publish reports from White Nights: Mobile Games Conference. Today we have a Distimo report on the analytics of stores and how much applications earn on them.

On August 8-10, 2013, a Hackathon on mobile application development will be held in Odessa as part of Mobile Developer Day with the support of Provectus IT.

Today, at the Develop game developers conference in Brighton, it became known that Microsoft is working on four free-2-play games for mobile devices at once. 

In three months, the number of registered Unity developers has increased by 200 thousand, and has grown to 2 million. 

The mobile marketing company NativeX has calculated the average duration of a gaming session on mobile devices. According to their calculations, it is now 3 minutes 37 seconds.

Hasbro, which owns IP’s such as Dungeons & Dragons, Transformers and Monopoly, spent $112 million to buy a 70% stake in Backflip Studios.

We are starting the publication of reports with the recent White Nights: Mobile Games Conference of mobile game developers in St. Petersburg. Today we are posting a video with a lecture by Pavel Ryakkonen, Distribution Director of Nevosoft.

In August, the developer December Studios will release a cyberpunk quest on iOS and Android devicesThe Color Gray. Contrary to all expectations, there will not be a single puzzle in the game.

Apple celebrates the fifth anniversary of the App Store. Yesterday, the best store apps became available for download for free, today the company shared with iTunes users the full history of the app store in pictures.

Microsoft Corporation is now asking for $19 instead of $99 for the right to develop applications for Windows Phone. However, this offer will be temporary – only until August 27. 

Deus Ex: The Fall, a five-minute sequel to the cult role-playing shooter Deus Ex: Human Revolution, will be released on the App Store this week, July 11. 

And the rich cry too. The Japanese giant GREE is winding down its activities in the UK. Now toys for the Western market will be made only in the USA.

Recently, a congress of companies for the development, publication and promotion of games called White Nights: Mobile Games Conference was held in the cultural capital. Among the speakers was the name of the Renatus company, which was happy to share its impressions about participating in the conference.