The main thing for the weeks (30.12.13 – 12.01.14)

The central materials of App2Top in recent weeks: an infographic with the results of the industry for 2013, three cross-cutting trends of this and next year, a list of the best games of last year and much more.  

Infographics: the main figures of the year from App2TopFor the New Year, we have prepared an infographic with the main figures of the mobile games and applications market for 2013.

Cross–cutting trends 2013 – 2014About the main trends in the mobile games industry of the outgoing year and what to expect in the near future – in our New Year’s Eve “program” material.

The best mobile games of 2013There are a couple of hours left until 2014, and we, in turn, present our version of the best projects of the outgoing year.

App Store earned $10 billion in 2013The other day, Apple announced that users of “Apple” mobile devices spent more than $10 billion on App Store applications last year.

Mechanics of midcore games: Part 4In November, we started publishing a series of translations of articles by Mikhail Katkoff, Product Director at Scopely, about the mechanics of midcore games. Today is the fourth part dedicated to monetization.

Adult Swim has returned to a paid distribution modelIn 2013, the company had no paid releases.

In this – everything is somewhat different. Just yesterday, Castle Doombad was released on the App Store. It has a price tag of $2.99. Why is Adult Swim no longer “about free-to-play”?

The Supreme Court of Germany banned the advertising of virtual itemsNot exactly mobile news.

The German developer and publisher Gameforge is forced to withdraw certain formulations from advertising the virtual content of its title Runes of Magic.