Activision is now number 1 publisher worldwide with a market-share of 19,5%. Next are EA (18,4%), Ubisoft (11,2%), Nintendo (10,8%) and Take-Two (6,4%).
Top Games 2012 (cumulated worldwide sales on consoles and PC): 1. Call of Duty, 2. Mario, 3. FIFA, 4. Wii Fit, 5. Assassin´s Creed, 6. Guitar Hero, 7. Halo.
Full story: Activisions market share climbed to almost 20% in 2012 | GamesIndustry International.
The PewResearch Global Attitudes Project just published a recent study including European attributes – and Stereotyping in Europe. Just note that self-congratulation seems quite common across Europe….
(source: PewResearchCenter
Link: Chapter 3. Mixed Views of Leaders and Each Other | Pew Global Attitudes Project.
Tropical islands, mountain valleys and miles of deserted beaches and a perfectly warm climate… – Ecuador is the top place to live for retired people. When you move to the country, household goods can be imported duty-free and some couples obviously leave for less than USD 900,- a month excluding rent.
Full story: The World’s Top Retirement Havens in 2013 – Article.
GungHo Entertainment – developer of Puzzle & Dragons is skyrocketing. Revenues of its mobile blockbuster-game reached an incredible USD 3,75 million per day – a total of USD 113 million in April. This has put the company´s market cap to and incredible USD 15 billion!
10 percent of Japan´s population (13 million players) is playing the mobile smash hit actually now.
Full story: GungHo made $118m in April alone, market cap exceeds Nintendo | GamesIndustry International.
A road, some trees – and obviously the end of the world…. 
. Based on Google Streetview, Anton Wallen from Sweden has developed a great geographical game. – Guess, where you are based on random positions somewhere in the world!
Snoop Dogg – ah, excuse me – Snoop Lion is again proofing his sense for business. The Snoopify App lets you put some Snoop-brand stickers on your photos and share them on virtually any social network. The amount of free stickers is very limited, though – the rest is locked behind a paywall and available with in-app purchases. Great fun, but quite expensive at the end, if you are purchasing some additional stickers.
Link: SnoopifyApp.
Hoteliers and Housekeeping Staff at hotels do see some weird stuff and do have some very interesting stories…..
And here is the story on Reddit:
