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Mario Kart Tour more than doubled Nintendo Account user base to 200m
Platform holder also planning more movies and TV projects, hints at next console
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Among Us got 70% of lifetime downloads in 45 days
Sensor Tower data shows downloads of the breakout mobile hit rising by more than 600% between July and August
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Apple bundles Apple Arcade in with other subscription services via Apple One
Individuals can get Apple Arcade, Music, and TV+ for $15/month
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Gameloft looks to diversify with The Other Guys acquisition
Gameloft CFO Alexandre de Rochefort and The Other Guys CEO Nicholas Cuneo talk about the interactive soap opera studio and their hopes for a mutually beneficial union
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Apple revises platform rules to explicitly allow games streaming, but with a catch
Update: Microsoft speaks out against Apple again, saying iPhone maker's process remains a "bad experience for customers"
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Addicting Games acquires Mope.io game
US site spends undisclosed seven-figure sum on browser and mobile title with 72 million players
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Apple goes on offensive in Epic Games lawsuit
Update: Apple's official login system will work with Fortnite "indefinitely" but users are encouraged to update Epic accounts
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Rovio appoints new head of its Stockholm Studio
Andy Muesse brings experience from Gree, Kixeye and Wargaming to lead 60-person Angry Birds 2 team
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PUBG responds to India's ban on PUBG Mobile
PUBG Corp withdraws license to run PUBG Mobile in India from Tencent, will self-publish franchise instead
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WinZo raises $18m in Series B round
Indian gaming platform secures investment from Makers Fund and Courtside Ventures
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Google requests court not connect it to Apple vs Epic
Firm says it has yet to be officially served a complaint, but will challenge "based on circumstances unique to Android"
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Epic Games wants court order to reinstate Fortnite on iOS
Unreal firm files another preliminary injunction to "stop Apple from retaliating" during antitrust case
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Indian dev unveils FAU:G in the wake of government's PUBG Mobile ban
Ncore Games' new title will feature current Chinese-Indian border dispute as a setting
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Voodoo invests in Fabrika Games
French hypercasual publisher adds 11-person Turkish studio to its portfolio of investments
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Pokémon Go drops support for older iOS, Android devices
Both iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 will no longer run Niantic's game from the middle of October
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India bans 118 apps citing privacy concerns
PUBG Mobile, Arena of Valor, Marvel Super War on list of blocked apps with ties to China
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Skillz valued at $3.5bn as it prepares IPO
Mobile esports platform will go public as a combined company with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp
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Big Fish Games lays off around 250 staff
Casual games firm switching to single studio model, says cuts were not motivated by saving money
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Niantic teams with telecoms for 5G AR showpieces
Pokémon Go developer's "Planet-Scale AR Alliance" to create experiences with persistent AR content, other advances
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Potato Play raises $1.75m in seed funding
"Hybrid-casual" publisher aims to add hardcore retention and monetization tactics to hypercasual gameplay
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Former EA exec Aaron Loeb named chief business officer at Scopely
Loeb takes on newly created role following mobile publisher's acquisition of FoxNext Games
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What hypercasual mobile game publishers look for in developers
Supersonic Studios' Nadav Ashkenazy explains what it takes to get your hypercasual game published
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Unity launches Android distribution platform globally
The Unity Distribution Portal helps developers to launch on third-party app stores worldwide
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MAG Interactive acquires Primetime developer Sventertainment AB
The $2.3 million acquisition aims at integrating live broadcasts into MAG Interactive's game New QuizDuel
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iOS 14 will "severely impact" monetisation opportunities, Facebook says
Changes in privacy policy on Apple devices could mean a 50% drop in ad-driven revenue coming from Facebook's Audience Network