News of the day (06.03.2014)

Kabam defends F2P; Gazprom takes up the sale of mobile advertising; Immersion explains why games need tactile design – about this and much more in the digest of the industrial press for Thursday, March 6.

Industry

F2P is the most democratic form of development, Kabam says.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-05-f2p-the-most-democratic-form-of-development-kabamFormer Digital Chocolate employees have raised $2 million for their new Omnidrone studio.

It is headed by Gerard Fernandez, who previously oversaw the development of Millionaire City and Galaxy Life.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/free-to-play-pioneers-raise-2m-for-new-mobile-studio-in-barcelona/Advertisement

Gazprom started selling mobile advertising.

http://itar-tass.com/ekonomika/1024984Fuse Powered has launched a platform that helps developers work with several advertising platforms at once.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/fuse-powered-launches-adrally-tool-to-help-mobile-publishers-deal-with-too-many-ad-networks-exclusive/

Development

What is more important in the game – the setting or the mechanics, how to “give birth” to a sense of play in the player, a special connection between the project and the user?

http://gamasutra.com/blogs/HarrisonPink/20140303/212088/Can_I_Borrow_A_Feeling.phpThe evangelist of Immersion Corporation told about tactile design in games.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/212250/Video_Making_mobile_games_better_with_good_tactile_design.phpGames

The second episode of Walking Dead: Season 2 appeared on iOS.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Walking+Dead%3A+Season+Two/news.asp?c=57935The mobile version of Knights of the Old Republic now supports controllers and iCloud.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Star+Wars%3A+Knights+of+the+Old+Republic/news.asp?c=57937Top 10 games of February from PocketGamer

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Top+10+Android+charts/feature.asp?c=57897Devices

Ouya announced that its exclusives will be available to play on other devices.

http://recode.net/2014/03/06/exclusive-ouya-and-mad-catz-partner-to-share-gaming-content/