Mobile (Page 35)

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Apple Arcade is a short-term fix with far reaching consequences | Opinion

Is Apple Arcade the ultimate solution to selling premium mobile games, or a walled oasis offering a reprieve from a larger problem?

Oct. 3, 2019 Alessandra van Otterlo

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Mario Kart Tour racks up 90m downloads in its first week

New mobile title downloaded six times more than any other Nintendo mobile game

Oct. 3, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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On average, it costs $35.42 to get a mobile gamer to make first in-app purchase

Liftoff: Costs to acquire and register users continue to increase, conversion rates dipped YOY

Oct. 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Pokémon Masters generates $33m revenue in first month

DeNA's Pokémon offering becomes second highest grossing Pokémon mobile game

Oct. 1, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Zynga advises users to change passwords following data breach

Words With Friends and Draw Something players may have had usernames, passwords, other information stolen

Sept. 30, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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One year in, Dragalia Lost revenue surpassed by Pocket Camp again

Nintendo and CyGames' new mobile IP has made $106m since launch

Sept. 30, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Oculus to be "more Microsoft than Apple" on VR software preservation

Oculus CTO John Carmack lamented that "every program I ever wrote for iOS is lost to the ages now"

Sept. 30, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Minecraft Earth "couldn't have been made two years ago"

Torfi Olafsson and Jessica Zahn discuss the technical, social, and geographical challenges of bringing Minecraft into the real world

Sept. 28, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft opens new Vietnam studio

Da Nang location will expand Ubisoft's mobile development business

Sept. 26, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Mario Kart Tour downloaded over 10m times globally in its first day

Update: Newest Sensor Tower numbers put first-day downloads at over 20m, player spending over $1m

Sept. 26, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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The former Witcher developers making a mobile game about travel and humanity

Different Tales explains how its debut title Wanderlust: Travel Stories falls "halfway between literature and gaming"

Sept. 26, 2019 James Batchelor

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App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring

The deal will let App Annie present market data and advertising analytics side by side

Sept. 26, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Nintendo experiments with subscription through Mario Kart Tour's Gold Pass

Platform holder continues to explore mobile monetisation models, free-to-play racer also includes microtransactions

Sept. 25, 2019 James Batchelor

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Google announces Play Pass subscription service

Android's answer to Apple Arcade includes over 350 premium apps and games at launch for $4.99/month

Sept. 23, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: No-one Online Cares About The Pie Charts

This week's episode discusses the future of E3, Apple Arcade and eco-friendly packaging

Sept. 23, 2019 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Niko Partners: Cloud gaming revenue to reach $3bn in Asia by 2023

Projections suggest there will be 500 million cloud gamers in Asia by 2028

Sept. 23, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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PUBG becomes first mobile battle royale to surpass $1bn revenue

Since Chinese re-launch, PUBG Mobile has seen 540% growth year-on-year

Sept. 23, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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PlayStation, Xbox, Stadia and more sign up to United Nations climate change initiative

Platform holders pledge to save the planet with carbon neutral Xbox units and low-power suspension mode for PlayStation 5

Sept. 23, 2019 James Batchelor

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Dragon Quest Walk downloaded 5m times in its first week

Square Enix location-based mobile AR game has proved popular on its debut in Japan

Sept. 20, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Ustwo: Apple Arcade "unshackles the finances" from mobile gaming

The developer of Monument Valley and Apple Arcade launch title Assemble With Care on the benefits of subscriptions

Sept. 19, 2019 James Batchelor

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Apple Arcade soft launches early, to surprise of some developers

Sayonara Wild Hearts developer Simogo "had no idea" about the three-day-early beta of subscription service

Sept. 17, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Newzoo: Android games will earn more revenue than iOS games in 2019

Between Google Play and third-party stores, Android games will earn majority of revenue for the first time this year

Sept. 17, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Scopely opening Japan office

Star Trek and Walking Dead mobile game publisher taps Justin Scarpone to lead push into Asian markets

Sept. 16, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Can Nintendo learn from its mistakes with Mario Kart Tour? | Opinion

All eyes are on Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo's most important mobile release so far

Sept. 13, 2019 Franco Spina

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Disney reportedly planning sale of gaming division FoxNext

Marvel Strike Force studio headed out as Disney CEO Robert Iger expresses desire to exit games entirely

Sept. 10, 2019 Rebekah Valentine