News of the day (12.03.2014)

Backflip has taken up publishing games; Little Big Adventure will appear on mobile platforms in March; what spoils the App Store according to Edge magazine – about this and much more in our digest of the industrial press for Wednesday, March 12.

Business

The Omniata service, which processes up to 23 billion gaming events per month, raised $5.2 million per month.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/omniata-an-analytics-and-engagement-firm-that-processes-23b-events-a-month-raises-5-2-million/

Industry

How clones, fear, sanitation and free-to-play spoil the iOS revolution, the Edge edition told on its pages.

http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-clones-fear-sanitisation-and-free-to-play-soured-the-ios-gaming-revolution/

Backflip will publish games.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Backflip+Studios+news/news.asp?c=58059

Marketing

The 5 most popular products in mobile games. Another cool column on SOOMLA.

http://blog.soom.la/2014/03/5-most-popular-consumable-goods-in-mobile-games.html

DeNA is going to increase the number of its players using the Zedge service application.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/dena-goes-with-customization-app-zedge-to-drive-user-acquisition/

Games

Puzzle & Dragons has 3 million downloads in the USA. Success?

http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/japanese-megahit-puzzle-dragons-reaches-more-than-3m-downloads-in-north-america/

Let’s look at Tengami.

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Tengami/feature.asp?c=58070

Little Big Adventure will be released on iOS and Android on March 27.

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Little+Big+Adventure/news.asp?c=58087