1）据serkantoto报道，日本手机游戏开发商Colopl最近在东京证券交易所上市，其股价在首天即从3000日元上升至5650日元，涨幅高达88%。

目前该公司市值为400亿日元（4.8亿美元），上市首天的市值甚至高达445亿日元（5.33亿美元）。

Colopl at tokyo game show(from techinasia.com)

换句话说，Colopl已是目前日本市值最高的社交游戏供应商（游戏邦注：这里排除DeNA和GREE等平台运营商），其市值超过了Voltage、KLab、Ateam、enish等其他已进行IPO的公司。

2）据games.com报道，Zynga日前宣布将在12月30日关闭另一款社交游戏《PetVille》（MAU为110万），并鼓励该游戏玩家登录系统获取一些可用于《CastleVille》、《ChefVille》、《FarmVile 2》、《Mafia Wars》或《YoVille》的免费“补充内容包”。

petville-on-facebook(from games)

3）据Digitimes报道，苹果正在为iPad Mini要购新屏幕，这一硬件很可能是像素为2058 * 1536的Retina屏幕。

目前苹果iPad Mini所采用的是1024 * 768像素的屏幕，其销量超过了第四代iPad，有可能在苹果2012年的iPad销量中占据半数市场份额，销量达到5000万部。

iPad Mini(from gizmodo.com)

观察者认为，这一消息很可能成真，只是个时间早晚的问题。过去iPad更新周期一般为1年左右，但从今年10月问世的iPad 3开始，这一更新周期就变成了6个月左右。如果按照这种规律，新版iPad Mini很可能在明年4、5月份面世。

4）据索尼在线娱乐总裁Jon Smedley在最近采访中透露，他对Facebook游戏并不感兴趣。他直言：“我并非Facebook游戏粉丝，对我来说，它们只是盈利工具，并不是我想玩的游戏。不过这只是我个人想法。我们仍将坚持做自己最擅长的事情。”

John_Smedley(from multivu.prnewswire.com)

5）据mobile-ent报道，Facebook最近宣布其Android应用最新版本速度超过以往的2倍，支持用户更加快捷地查看好友照片和消息（游戏邦注：曾有报道在8月份指出，Facebook要求员工使用Android手机，以便深入研究这一系统，改善Facebook在Android平台的运行表现）。

facebook-android(from merites.hu)

Facebook表示，他们致力于让自己的应用更快速运行，重新设计了该应用版本的news feed，通知以及Timline。（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）Tokyo-Based Mobile Game Maker Colopl Goes IPO, Boasts US$480 Million In Market Cap

by Dr. Serkan Toto

Tokyo-based mobile game maker Colopl got listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday and saw its share price soar 88% from 3,000 to 5,650 yen on the first day (ticker: 3668).

The listing was announced last month.

And it is a pretty big one: Colopl is boasting a 40 billion yen (US$480 million) market cap currently. The company even reached 44.5 billion yen (US$533 million) on the first trading day.

In other words, Colopl is Japan’s biggest listed social game provider (not counting platform owners DeNA and GREE) by market cap today: bigger than companies such as Voltage, KLab, Ateam, enish (which went IPO a few days ago), etc.

Expect a number of mobile game makers to follow Colopl and enish next year.（source：serkantoto）

2）Zynga’s PetVille will say goodbye to Facebook on December 30

by Brandy Shaul

Apparently, even a game with 1.1 million monthly players isn’t safe from Zynga’s chopping block, as the developer has announced that PetVille will be the next game to close on December 30.

The disappointing news comes from the game’s official Facebook fan page, which thanks players for being long-time supporters.

As with other recent Zynga game closures, players are being encouraged to login to PetVille at least one last time to claim their free “complimentary bonus package” in another Zynga game from the following list: CastleVille, ChefVille, FarmVille 2, Mafia Wars, or YoVille. This is a one-time bonus for PetVille players, and it must be claimed before December 30 when the game officially closes.

Here’s the full statement from Zynga. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to spend some final quality time with my virtual pet.

“Greetings PetVille players,

Thank you for supporting PetVille and for being a loyal player! We’re sorry to inform you that PetVille will be shutting down on Dec 30, 2012. In place of PetVille, we encourage you to play other Zynga games like Castleville, Chefville, Farmville 2, Mafia Wars and Yoville.

We appreciate your participation in PetVille as it helped make the game a fun place to meet and war with friends. As a loyal PetVille player, you are eligible for a one-time, complimentary bonus package in one of either Castleville, or Chefville, or Farmville 2, or Mafia Wars or Yoville. You can start the process by logging into PetVilleand clicking on the “Redeem” button.

Please note that this offer will be valid only until Dec 30, 2012.

Thank you for your time in PetVille. We look forward to seeing you again in other Zynga games.”（source：games）

3）Rumor: iPad Mini is going retina

John Koetsier

The iPad Mini may be a marvel of miniaturization and the best small tablet on the market, but it lacks a high-quality retina display, and it’s not exactly cheap.

It looks like at least one of those issues could be resolved soon.

According to Taiwan-based Digitimes — which has a bit of a spotty record with rumors — Apple is sourcing new screens for the newest, lightest, and smallest member of Apple’s iPad lineup.

Those new screens are most likely retina displays with 2,058 by 1,536 pixels, for a 326 pixel-per-inch density.

That compares to the current model’s 1,024 x 768 pixels and 163 pixel-per-inch density, and it would address the popular device’s most common complaint. Apparently, iPad Mini is outselling the iPad 4 and may account for half of all of Apple’s iPad sales in 2012 — up to 50 million units.

On the one hand, the retina rumor is a gimme: Obviously, Apple is going to put a better screen on the iPad Mini at some point. The question is when.

iPad refresh schedules were generally about a year in length — until the unexpected October release of an updated iPad 3. So will the mini be updated in six months, which puts a new version in the April/May time frame, or in 12 months, at another October-ish event?

My guess is six months, as the tablet market is moving fast, and more competitors are nipping at Apple’s heels. This rumor adds fuel to that fire.（source：venturebeat）

4）SOE’s President doesn’t like Facebook games — Sony Online Entertainment Jon Smedley revealed that he’s not the biggest fan of Facebook games. Speaking GamesIndustry.biz, he said, “I gotta tell you, I’m not a fan of the Facebook game. To me, they’re monetization vehicles and not the kind of games I want to play or make. That’s just me personally. So we’ll stick to what we do best.”（source：insidesocialgames）

5）Facebook Android app is “faster than ever”

by Zen Terrelonge

Better fasten your seatbelt when browsing photos and cruising through your Timeline.

Back in August, a report claimed Facebook was forcing its employees to trade in their iPhones for Android to improve the experience for users accessing from Google OS-powered devices.

A few months later and the social network says “Facebook for Android is faster than ever,” with version 2.0 twice as fast when users are stalking friends’ photos of wild nights out and opening their Timelines.

Facebook, said: “When you’re on your phone, nothing matters more than getting what you want quickly. We’re always working to make our apps faster, and in this update we’ve rebuilt news feed, notifications and Timeline for speed.”（source：mobile-ent）