News of the day (02/19/2014)

The history of King, the first reviews of Boom Beach, as well as detailed information about the mobile version of FTL.

Business

Kabam has announced plans to continue cooperation with Chinese WeMade Entertainment. The authors of Kingdoms of Camelot want to continue localizing and distributing Chinese WeMade projects in leading Western markets.

http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2014/02/18/kabam-to-bring-two-wemade-titles-to-western-gamers/

During the year, WeMade’s revenues grew by 90% thanks to mobile games.

http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2014/02/17/wemade-entertainment-sees-90-percent-increase-in-annual-revenue-thanks-to-mobile-games/

Industry

History of King

How King built one of the strongest businesses in gaming — and what we learned from its IPO filing

IGDA (international Association of game developers) stated that King’s plans to secure the rights to every word in the name of the game Candy Crush Saga is not, to put it mildly, ethical. They did not choose the most successful moment – King is going to IPO.

http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2014/02/18/igda-issues-statement-about-king

Marketing

What should console game developers learn from those who “ate the dog” on free-to-play? Give the opportunity to pay when players want it, choose the right audience and integrate monetization tools, according to Live Gamer experts on Gamasutra pages.

http://gamasutra.com/blogs/AndrewSchneider/20140217/210992/Missed_Revenue_The_Console_War_Against_FreetoPlay.php

How the King games behave in the world stores were analyzed in detail by our colleagues with PocketGamer.biz .

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/The+Charticle/feature.asp?c=57529

Games

Review of the latest game from the creator of Clash of Clans

http://gamerthumb.com/2014/02/19/review-boom-beach-is-clash-of-clans-minus-clans-ios/

Everything about the mobile version of FTL, except its release date

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/everything-want-know-ftl-ipad-except-release-date