The main materials of the last week (18.03 – 22.03)

First results of Real Racing 3; monetization tips from the authors Ridiculous Fishing; Ron Gilbert is making a new game about pirates; Tatem Games reports good downloads; interviews with the creators of Beach Dirl Aloha, as well as much more, read in our digest. 

1. EA told about the first results of Real Racing 3The number of downloads of the new IronMonkeys game in the first week turned out to be more than the total number of downloads of Real Racing and Real Racing 2 for the entire time of their existence on the market.

Is it a success?

2. Vlambeer: Don’t get hung up on $0.99Indie developers of mobile games should not be afraid to rate their work higher than the notorious $0.99.

This opinion was expressed by the Vlambeer team in a discussion posted in the Ask Me Anything section of the famous Reddit site.

3. $2.9 million was invested in Nonstop GamesVenture companies Creandum and Lifeline Ventures have invested $2.9 million in the Finnish-Singaporean studio Nonstop Games, which develops hardcore games for mobile platforms.

4. The author of Monkey Island makes Match 3 for iOSThe author of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert returned to the pirate theme in his first mobile game with a very long title Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG.

5. What should an arcade puzzle be like to enjoy success?What do Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Where’s my Water, Starcraft and Mario have in common, or why didn’t Amazing Alex and Pudding Monsters go?

6. Dinosaur hunting stimulates downloadsGood news has come from Kiev.

Without too much fanfare, Tatem Games announced that the number of downloads of its mobile games has surpassed the 20 million mark.

7. Smartphones will kill the Smart TV marketThe creative director of Electronic Arts said that the future of Smart TV is behind the Android operating system.

8. The authors of XCOM: Enemy Unknown are making an iOS gameFiraxis Games, the studio responsible for the latest part of XCOM and the Civilization strategy series, today, March 21, announced a project for the iOS platform – Haunted Hollow.

9. Interview with Dodo GamesOn March 15, the Beach Girl Aloha game by Dodo Games studio appeared on the App Store.

On March 20, she topped the Russian chart of free apps. We asked Artem Zemtsov, one of the founders of the studio, about the project and its promotion in Russia.