The main thing for the week (02.09 – 06.09)

The best games of August, the secrets of monetization from Gamesbrief, data on the number of smartphones sold on Windows Phone – read about this and much more in our digest for the week!

Plants vs. Zombies 2 downloaded 25 million timesAccording to EA representatives, PvZ2 has already been downloaded more than 25 million times, which exceeds the total number of downloads of the first part in the entire history of its existence.

The best games of AugustEvery month Metacritic publishes the top ten games for iOS, according to the estimates of the English-language press.

Which projects have become the best at the end of this August, read in our material.

Microsoft buys NokiaMicrosoft will pay about $5 billion for the division engaged in the creation of devices, and another $2.18 billion for Nokia’s patent portfolio.

The software and NSN departments of the Finnish company will remain independent.

How many mobile gamers are there in the world?A year ago, in an article by one of the employees of the Indian marketing company Communication Crafts, the following figure slipped through: 53% of smartphone users play on their device every day.

We wondered how many people are there?

Gamesbrief about monetizationThe online edition of Gamesbrief has presented a gorgeous infographic telling about how to properly monetize games.

How many Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices are there in the world?Since the launch of the Android mobile platform on September 23, 2008, it has been activated 1 billion times, the search giant reported yesterday, and we decided to calculate how many iOS and Windows Phone devices have also been sold in the world.

Warren Spector on game designOn the pages of Gamesindustry, the author of the first part of Deus Ex and the Epic Mickey series, Warren Spector, shared ten rules from which he starts when creating his own games.

We, in turn, have selected illustrative examples of these rules.

Mobile games in China will earn $1.2 billion this yearThe revenue of the Chinese mobile games market by the end of this year will amount to $ 1.2 billion, representatives of Niko Partners assure in their latest research.

Trends in game monetizationAnalysts of SponsorPay told about how they see the near future of mobile advertising.