1）据pocketgamer报道，英国发行商Chillingo早前曾准备发行备受期待的Radiangames射击游戏《Super Crossfire》，但最近则表示将改为发行Lab Rats Studios的同类射击游戏《M.U.S.E》，该游戏将于12月在App Store露面。

muse-adrenaline-mode(from pocketgamer.co)

从《M.U.S.E》的预告视频来看，这款基于Unity引擎的游戏风格与Madfinger的《Shadowgun》颇为相似。据Lab Rats Studios透露，他们将在游戏中展示漫画书效果般的过场动画，以及一个可提高玩家感触能力的adrenaline模式。玩家在游戏中要扮演政府特工Sid Tripp，寻找并刺杀名为The Brain的高智商疯子，因为后者集结了意欲征服世界的机器人大军。

2）Facebook在日前的旧金山f8大会上宣布，该平台全球用户已达8亿，每日登录用户首次达到5亿，每月通过移动设备访问Facebook的用户则是3.5亿。

iphone_facebook(from mobilizemedia.com)

3）移动广告网络Millennial Media发布的最新报告指出，今年8月份，Android仍是其广告平台的第一大操作系统，所占广告印象达54%，而第二名iOS的份额则是28%，第三名是占13%的RIM。

从增幅情况来看，Android广告印象（包括手机和平板电脑）同比上月增长48%，iOS印象则相对持平，而Windows Phone 7广告印象却同比上月增长了48%。

智能手机在该平台广告印象比上月增长了6%，所占份额达72%，其他连网设备和功能性手机广告印象占14%。从连接网络来看，来自Wi-Fi的移动设备所占广告印象达32%，其中有59%是智能手机，Wi-Fi移动设备广告印象同比上月下降了11%。

connected device & smartphone OS mix(from millennial)

其他Wi-Fi连网设备（游戏邦注：包括平板电脑、游戏设备、电子阅读器）在该平台所占广告印象达34%。去年8月份，功能性手机在Millennial网络中所占广告印象为33%，但今年8月已降至14%。

connected device impression share(from millennial)

Millennial报告还指出，8月份Android应用在该平台的广告投入增长了2%，所占比例达49%，其次是iOS，其广告投入在该平台比例为41%，RIM仅占8%。

Android新闻应用同比上月增长26%，游戏应用仍是Millennial平台的第一大应用类型，所占广告印象达25%，同比上月增长19%；音乐及娱乐应用广告印象同比增长13%

application platform mix(from millennial)

苹果仍是该平台8月份第一大移动设备制造商，在前15名设备制造商中所占广告印象达23%；iPhone在前20名移动设备中仍保持领先地位，所占广告印象达13%。

HTC在前15名设备制造商中位列第二名，共有5款设备跻身前20名移动设备榜单。

Millennial Media宣布公司在2010年营收为4780万美元，比2007年的150万美元增长3000%。据彭博社报道，该公司正与银行家洽谈IPO事宜，有可能在今年秋季或2012年进行IPO，该公司目前估值高达7亿至10亿美元（游戏邦注：AdMob被谷歌收购时的售价是7.5亿美元）。

4）迪士尼日前发布其新款iPhone游戏《Where’s My Water？》，并力推其中的原创角色Swampy鳄鱼，欲将效仿《愤怒的小鸟》，将其引进电影和周边授权产品领域。

wheres-my-water(from pocketgamer.co.uk)

这是一款物理动作游戏，玩家任务是将水引向Swampy的浴缸，共有80个关卡。该游戏由迪士尼今年初收购的iPhone游戏《JellyCar》团队开发。

5）法国发行商Gameloft近日宣布将向索尼即将问世的平板电脑发布5款iPad移植游戏，《狂野飙车6：火线追击HD》、《近轨道选锋连盟2 HD》、《实况足球2011 HD》、《蜘蛛侠:绝地战士HD》以及《格林农场HD》。

Gameloft-Tablet-sony-android(from android.hdblog.it)

这些游戏将在索尼Andorid 3.0平板电脑Sony Tablet S（售价499至599美元）以及双屏功能的Sony Tablet P。

6）Epic Games首席执行官Tim Sweeney在最近的媒体采访中表示，手机游戏无需依赖低价策略也能成功实现收益，《无尽之剑》的成功足以证明iPhone用户极度渴求高端的手机游戏，高质量的手机游戏无需通过99美分或免费的低价策略取胜。

Infinity-Blade(from geeky-gadgets.com)

据报道，该公司旗下的Chair工作室已投入开发新款付费iOS游戏，除此之外，其设计总监Cliff Bleszinski最近还透露公司正与一些外部工作室合作开发XBLA游戏《Shadow Complex》续集。

7）据pocketgamer报道，尽管黑莓是最不被看好的游戏平台，但却并不影响加拿大发行商Magmic游戏《Texas Hold’em King LIVE》在发布10个月后收获100多万黑莓用户。

Texas Hold'em King Live(from blackberrycool.com)

这款免费的纸牌游戏为玩家提供30种角色，35种成就选择，此外还有一个支持用户实时交流的聊天系统。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）More details on Unity-powered iOS shooter M.U.S.E., Chillingo no longer publishing

by Rob Hearn

You win some, you lose some. Earlier today we reported that Chillingo would be publishing Radiangames’s much-anticipated shooter Super Crossfire. Now we’re reporting that it won’t, for some reason, be publishing Lab Rats Studio’s equally anticipated shooter M.U.S.E.

The news follows the release earlier this week of the first gameplay trailer for the delayed over-the-shoulder shooter, which was developed in the Unity engine, much like Madfinger’s Shadowgun.

Lab Rats Studio has revealed that the episodic game will feature destructible environmental objects, comic book-style cut-scenes, an arcade-style scoring system with Game Center integration, and an ‘adrenaline’ mode that heightens your senses and adds score multipliers (see screenshot). It sounds a bit like Sega’s console shooter Vanquish.

The story? You play as government agent Sid Tripp as you find and kill an intelligent lunatic called The Brain before he can put together a world-conquering robot army.

As for the delay, Lab Rats Studio told Pocket Gamer that, “we decided to add more features and functionality to the game to ensure that M.U.S.E. will be a polished and exciting game to play upon release.”

The developer also revealed that it “looks forward to partnering with Chillingo in the future.”

M.U.S.E. Is due to hit the App Store this December.（source:pocketgamer）

2）Facebook’s mobile users pass the 350m mark

by Zen Terrelonge

As daily logins to the social network have reached 500m

The reveal came from the f8 concerence in San Francisco as the social network now has 800 million users worldwide.

On top of the worldwide users, Facebook daily logins have hit over 500 million for the first time. This led Bret Taylor, Facebook CTO, to say 350 million users now access the platform via mobile device each month.

Facebook has recently released news of changes to the site, with its Timeline service, which has been created in order to show the content and activity that is most important to users.

The popularity of this among its 800 million users is yet to be discovered but Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has said that the mobile can also expect to see revamped user profiles.（source:mobile-ent）

3）Millennial: Android Mobile Ad Impressions Up 48 Percent, iOS Remains Flat

Leena Rao

Mobile ad network Millennial Media, is releasing its monthly report which gives a view into how each OS, device and manufacturer is performing on one of the largest remaining independent ad networks in the world. In August, Millennial actually combined connected devices and smartphones when breaking out the OS impression share. That’s significant because iOS and Android share can include tablets into factoring presence on the network. And last month, Android was in the top spot with a 54% share, while iOS was in second with a 28% share. Rim followed with 13% share.

In terms of growth, Android impressions (including both phones and tablets) grew 48% month-over-month globally. iOS impressions were relatively flat month-over-month, and interestingly Windows Phone 7 impressions saw major growth and increased 48% month-over-month.

Smartphones grew 6% month-over-month and took 72% of the impressions in August. Connected Devices and Feature Phones were tied with 14% of the impression share. In terms of impressions by type of connection, 32% of impressions came over Wi-Fi. Of these WI-Fi impressions 59% came from Smartphones (as opposed to connected devices or feature phones), and saw an 11% growth month-over-month.

Connected Devices, including Tablets, gaming devices, and eReaders, accounted for 34% of the Wi-Fi impressions on the network. In August 2010, feature phones accounted for 33% of Millennial’s network impressions, and this number has dropped to 14% in August 2011.

Millennial also breaks down ad spend from applications on the network, and in August Android grew 2% month-over-month and represented 49% of the Application Platform Mix. iOS followed with 41% share, with RIM taking a 8% share.

In August, News applications on the Android platform grew 26% month-over-month. Gaming applications have been the number one Application Category on Millennial’s network for over a year and in August, games represented 25% of the applications impressions, a 19% increase month-over-month.

Music & Entertainment application impressions grew 13% month-over-month and within the Music & Entertainment category, radio applications accounted for more than half of the impressions in August.

Similar to July’s findings, Apple continued to be the leading device manufacturer the network in August, representing 23% of the Top 15 Manufacturers impression share. The iPhone maintained the number one position on the Top 20 Mobile Phones ranking with 13% of the impression share.

HTC actually reclaimed the number two position on the Top 15 Manufacturers ranking in August, thanks to the manufacturer’s five devices on the Top 20 Mobile Phones list. Together, these HTC phones accounted for 11% of the Top 20 Mobile Phone impressions. Together, all Android phones
represented 32% of the Top 20 Mobile Phones impression share in August.

The past year has represented major growth for Millennial Media. The company just announced that 2010 revenue was $47.8 million, which is up over 3,000 percent from 2007 revenue of $1.5 million. And we know CEO and founder Paul Palmieri has had ambitions of taking the company public. In May, Bloomberg reported that Millennial was talking to bankers about an IPO, which could come in the Fall or in early 2012 and would value the company at a whopping $700 million to $1 billion (AdMob was sold to Google for $750 million).（source:techcrunch）

4）Disney’s first original mobile character gets snappy in iPhone game

by Stuart Dredge

Swampy the alligator wants to know where his water is.

Mobile firms Rovio and Outfit7 have both talked about their ambitions to be ‘the next Disney’ with characters and brands spawned on mobile. Now Disney is taking them on, with its new iPhone game Where’s My Water?

Well, sort of. Disney says the game is notable for being its first to feature an original game character: an alligator named Swampy.

The game is a physics-based action title, with a focus on guiding water to Swampy’s bathtub in 80 levels. It’s been developed by the team behind JellyCar, an innovative iPhone game that was signed up by Disney earlier this year.

“Where’s My Water? exemplifies Disney’s approach to mobile game development, which combines a compelling story with high production value, and great gameplay,” says GM of mobile Bart Decrem, who himself joined Disney when it bought his company Tapulous.

An alligator in a 69p game shouldn’t be over-hyped in the wider scheme of Disney’s corporate strategy, but it is nevertheless interesting to see the company releasing original IP on mobile. Gamers will decide if Swampy can take a bite out of Angry Birds and Talking Tom Cat, though.（source:mobile-ent）

5）Gameloft Commits Five Games To Sony’s Upcoming Tablets

by Frank Cifaldi

Prolific mobile developer Gameloft is on board with Sony’s upcoming line of tablet devices, and has committed to bringing five of its titles over to the devices.

According toa statement issued Friday, the company will port over five of its iPad titles, specifically Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD, N.O.V.A. 2 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD, Real Soccer 2011 HD, Spider-Man: Total Mayhem HD and Green Farm HD.

The titles will appear on both of Sony’s Android 3.0-powered tablets: the 9.4″ touch display, Tegra 2-powered Sony Tablet S ($499-$599), and the dual-screen Sony Tablet P.

“The high impact of the ‘Sony Tablet S’s’ large display along with the unique dual screen configuration of the ‘Sony Tablet P’ truly enhances the overall entertainment value of the gaming experience,” said Gameloft’s Gonzague de Vallois in a statement.

Gameloft is coming off of a financially flat first half due to increased R&D expenses, though says it is in a “healthy financial situation” as is on track to hit its growth target for the rest of the year. （source:gamasutra）

6）Epic: Premium iOS games can still make a fortune

by Rob Crossley

Mobile games development can flourish without selling apps at rock-bottom prices, the CEO at Epic Games has said.

Tim Sweeney said his company has made “significant profit” in the iPhone games business, largely because of its debut iOS game Infinity Blade, which retails at the relatively high £3.99 and $5.99 price-points.

“Infinity Blade has proven that iPhone owners are hungry for high-end games with cutting-edge graphics,” Sweeney told Forbes.

“For a long time, the market was seen as a ‘race to the bottom’ with developers being squeezed into releasing apps for 99 cents or even free. Infinity Blade’s success shows that premium-quality apps can sell for more.”

Free-to-play games have become a driving force on smartphones, allowing users to try apps at no cost with the option to buy additional in-game goods. A recent study claimed that 72 per cent of iOS revenue has come from in-app sales.

Meanwhile, publishing giants such as EA and Gameloft are choking the competition with seasonal $0.99 sales deals. As a result, many studios insist on releasing games at their lowest prices to effectively compete.

But Sweeney believes the smartphone market is willing to buy premium content at an appropriate cost, as proven by Infinity Blade’s $10+ million revenues.

“We’re making significant profit here and, as a result, we’re doubling down on triple-A mobile game development with Unreal Engine 3′s graphical advancements at the centre of our strategy,” Sweeney said.

It is believed that Epic subsidiary studio Chair is now working on a new premium iOS title, though the company as a whole could be working on more than one mobile project.

Design director Cliff Bleszinski recently revealed that Epic is looking to partner with an external studio to finish development on the sequel to the XBLA game Shadow Complex. Chair had made the original but has moved onto another, as yet unknown, project.（source:develop-online）

7）Magmic’s freemium BlackBerry game Texas Hold’em King LIVE hits one million unique players

by Jon Jordan

Of all the big mobile platforms, BlackBerry has the worst reputation for gaming, but that doesn’t mean that the RIM’s 70 million subscribers aren’t playing.

Canadian publisher Magmic, a long-term RIM supporter, has announced that its Texas Hold’em King LIVE game has been downloaded by over a million unique users in the 10 months since it launched.

Chatty hand

The freemium card game, which enables you to play against sharks from all over the world, includes 30 choices of avatar and 35 achievements, and has a chat system so you can communicate with those you’re beating/taking a beating from.

You’re provided with a daily bank of chips to play with, and – being a freemium title – you can buy more if you so desire. In celebration of its user milestone, you can get 150,000 chips for $6.99 for a limited time.（source:pocketgamer）