1）据日经新闻报道，热门聊天应用LINE于2011年夏季进入日本市场后大受欢迎，并计划于2014年夏天在东京证券交易所进行IPO，预计其市值将介于8000亿日元至1万日元之间（约80-100亿美元）。

LINE目前在全球注册用户达2.7亿，其中日本帐号超过4800万。

LINE(from it224.com)

2）据pocketgamer报道，DeNA West首席执行官Clive Downie最近悄悄离职，并在Zynga上任成为该公司首席运营官。

Downine此前曾在EA就职，观察者认为此举应该是Zynga新任首席执行官Don Mattrick（Downine原来在EA的老同事）所安排的人事调动。

Clive-Downie(from allthingsd.com)

3）据insidemobileapps报道，Zynga日前公布2013年第三季度财报，指出截止9月30日公司该季度收益为2.03亿美元，同比上年下降36%。

尽管Zynga该季度在Facebook和移动平台发布了新游戏，但其月活跃用户已降至1.33亿，同比上季度（1.87亿）下降29%。

Zynga首席财务官Mark Vranesh将此归咎于Ville系列游戏用户的流失，以及《Zynga Poker》在夏季的平庸表现。

4）据pocketgamer报道，Unity Technologies首席执行官David Helgason日前表示，日本iOS和Andrid榜单前12名热门游戏中，有半数游戏是采用Unity工具开发而成（游戏邦注：有5款iOS游戏，7款Android游戏）。

Quiz RPG World of Mystic Wiz(from play.google)

尽管如此，位于日本iOS和Android榜单前列的《Puzzle & Dragons》以及《Clash of Clans》这两者却并非Unity工具开发的游戏，采用该工具开发的游戏排名最靠前的是Colopl作品《Quiz RPG: World of Mystic Wiz》，它在Android排名第二，在iOS排名第四。

5）BullGuard最近数据显示，61%的家长经常监视子女的网络活动，并认为孩子们在登录社交网站时存在谎报年龄的情况。

有将近三分之一家长对自己监视孩子Facebook帐号的行为感到惭愧，但认为这是不得已的行为，因为孩子们对自己帐号中的40% Facebook好友一无所知。

netbook-kids(from iplj.net)

十分之一的家长表示自己的孩子在上网时受到威胁，17%家长不得不在孩子被威胁之后介入干预。27%家长表示自己的孩子并不认识那些冒犯之徒。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）The Nikkei: LINE Plans To Go Public At Tokyo Stock Exchange In 2014

by Dr. Serkan Toto

Mega-popular communication app LINE has come a long way since launch in summer 2011 in Japan, with many people speculating about a possible IPO coming soon.

And now the cat is out of the bag, it seems: Japanese business daily The Nikkei is reporting on its website it learned LINE Corp., the company behind the app, is planning to go public at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

According to the report, LINE is considering to go public in summer 2014 with an expected market cap of 800 billion yen to 1 trillion yen (roughly US$8-10 billion).

LINE currently boasts 270 million registered users worldwide, with Japan being the clear stronghold (over 48 million accounts).

The Nikkei says that LINE Corp. will likely use the capital raised to develop new apps and to intensify advertising.（source：serkantoto）

2）Stepping up? DeNA’s Downie resurfaces at Zynga

by Jon Jordan

The surprising news of the morning was that DeNA West CEO Clive Downie had mysteriously resigned.

The surprising news of the evening was that Downie had mysteriously surfaced – as the new chief operating officer of Zynga.

Yet given Downie had previously worked at EA, the move from one San Francisco-based company to another made sense given that new Zynga CEO – and Downie’s ex-EA colleague – Don Mattrick is reshuffling his executives.

Right hand man

“I have known Clive for more than two decades and am pleased to welcome him to the team,” commented Mattrick.

“He is a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of consumer, marketing and mobile engagement, international experience operating both in EMEA and Japan, and a rich background in game publishing – all of which are incredibly valuable as Zynga navigates its move to mobile.”

“I joined Zynga because I believe it has the ability to unlock disruptive new ideas that span gaming genres, markets and services,” added an optimistic Downie.（source：pocketgamer）

3）Zynga reports Q3 2013 financial results, names Clive Downie as COO

Brandy Shaul

Zynga has announced its financial results for Q3 2013, seeing a decrease in revenue year-over-year. The company also announced that Clive Downie, former CEO of DeNA West, has joined the mobile and social developer / publisher as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Zynga reported revenue of $203 million for the quarter ending September 30, a decrease of 36 percent year over year. Zynga reported bookings of $152 million, down 40 percent year over year.

“I am pleased with our Q3 performance which exceeded our guidance both in terms of bookings and adjusted EBITDA. We are encouraged to see sightlines to growth and expect to be profitable for the full year on an adjusted EBITDA basis,” said Zynga CEO Don Mattrick in a statement.

Despite launching multiple new games during the quarter, including Fairy Tale Twist on Facebook and CastleVille Legends on mobile, Zynga’s monthly active users decreased 29 percent quarter-over-quarter, now sitting at 133 million users, as compared to 187 million last quarter.

During its financial earnings call today, Zynga CFO Mark Vranesh attributed these losses to a decrease in popularity of ‘Ville-style’ games, as well as the summer lull seen in Zynga Poker.

Zynga projects revenue of $175 million to $185 million for Q4 2013. Its Q4 2013 bookings are expected to be in the range of $130 million to $140 million.（source：insidemobileapps）

4）Half of the top iOS and Android games in Japan are built in Unity

by Matthew Diener

Looking at lists of the top 12 iOS and Android games in Japan, an interesting trend emerges – a full half of the combined 24 titles are built in Unity.

CEO of Unity Technologies David Helgason let the figures slip on his Facebook page after taking a look at the charts.

Despite the success, however, Helgason remained humble and kept a sense or perspective: “Last year that would have been a handful (we were proud of that too), and 2011 maybe a couple during the entire year,” he detailed on Facebook.

“It’s incredible to see that 50 percent of the top games in Japan on both Android and iOS are built in Unity.”

The dragon in the room

While the volume of Unity games on both iOS (5 out of 12) and Android (7 out of 12) in Japan is impressive, the top spot remains outside of Unity’s grasp at it’s held firmly across both platforms by GungHo’s Puzzle and Dragons.

Clash of Clans also disrupts Unity’s reign, seizing the #2 while charting at #10 on Android.

COLOPL’s trivia-based Quiz RPG: World of Mystic Wiz has the strongest average placement of a Unity-powered game, charting at #2 on Android and #4 on iOS.

Having 12 out of the top 24 games in Japan built on a single platform is quite an accomplishment, and Helgason is confident that the best is yet to come for the engine.

“Year 2014 will be exciting,” he concluded, “not least with all the new tech we’re bringing out as well as our (very soon) upcoming 2D tools.”（source：pocketgamer）

5）Our kids don’t know 40 per cent of their Facebook ‘friends’

by Phil Tottman

One in five parents shocked at what they find on their children’s email, text and social media accounts.

61 per cent of mums and dads regularly snoop on their kid’s online activities, and are convinced that they lie about their age to gain access to social networking sites, reveals BullGuard.

Nearly a third feel guilty after hacking Facebook accounts, however as our young ones don’t know 40 per cent of their Facebook buddies, they certainly can’t be blamed.

As more kids get connected, there is a bigger demand for secure platforms such as kid’s content discovery service SuperAwesome.

More than one in ten parents have had to deal with offspring being bullied while surfing the Internet, with a huge 17 per cent having to intervene after the child was threatened.

An even more worrying stat is that 27 per cent of parents said their kids did not know the aggressor.

Alex Balan, head of product at BullGuard, said: “Parents do face a real moral dilemma as to whether they should check what their children are doing online.

“It’s understandable to want to keep tabs on the sites that they are visiting but whether to read private emails, texts and messages poses a real quandary for parents.”

The main concerns for parents were who their kids were talking to online, how much time they spend on the Internet and the type of sites they are visiting, with other concerns being posting suggestive pictures and declaring family holidays putting their empty home at risk.

Balan continued: “It’s hard enough watching your children 24/7 in the real world, but keeping tabs on their movements online is the real challenge.”（source：mobile-ent）