Supercell’s Clash Royale reaps $1 billion in its first year
Supercell announced strong 2016 revenue and earnings today, but it didn’t break out the performance of specific games. Thankfully, mobile measurement firm Sensor Tower...
The end of mobile gaming as we know it
As they face market saturation and rising marketing costs, mobile gaming marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to report healthy return on investment (ROI)....
Grand Theft Auto luminary Leslie ‘The Benz’ Benzies drives investment in Krotos audio tech
An audio company that specializes in making monster sounds is getting help from of gaming’s biggest names. Former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies...
Clash Royale, Clash of Clans push Supercell to $2.3 billion in 2016 revenue
Supercell, the maker of hit mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, said that sales growth was flat $2.3 billion in 2016. That’s flat...
Ex-Sony Online chief John Smedley starts Amazon game studio after Kickstarter failure
John Smedley, the former chief of Sony’s online business, has joined Amazon to create a new game studio in San Diego, Calif. The move...
Let It Die slashes its way past 2 million downloads on PlayStation 4
A free-to-play game is finding success on PlayStation 4. Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America and developer Grasshopper Manufacture announced today that the free-to-play hack-and-slash...
Plarium makes match-3 mobile game with Fox’s Rio animated characters
Mobile game publisher Plarium has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to create Rio: Match 3 Party, a mobile game debuting this spring on iOS...
How to get a player to commit to your mobile game
For marketers of mobile games and apps, user acquisition is a lot like swimming in the dating pool. Smartphone users represent a vast population,...
Xbox Live is down for many people on Microsoft’s consoles
You may encounter errors when attempting to play games on your Xbox One or Xbox 360 this evening. Xbox Live isn’t function properly for...
Hearthstone targets fast metagame by weakening Shaman and pirate decks
Shaman’s reign of terror on Hearthstone may end even before the beginning of the next year of Standard. Blizzard announced today that it is changing...