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Playtika’s IPO filing reveals $2.3 billion in revenues and $2.3 billion in debt

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 22, 2020
5 min

Playtika‘s filing for an initial public offering reveals key details about the mobile game company’s financial performance. The company’s social casino games, including Slotomania...

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Liftoff has been marketing mobile apps for eight years.

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Blackstone will invest close to $400 million in mobile app marketer Liftoff

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 22, 2020
2 min

Financier Blackstone has agreed to invest in mobile app marketing optimization platform Liftoff. The companies aren’t saying the exact amount, but the total is...

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2 min

Na'vi is an esports team based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Navi esports club launches ‘metaverse’ with DMarket in-game trading platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 22, 2020
3 min

Esports club Navi (also known as Natus Vincere, or “born to win”), is launching a new gaming portal, or “metaverse,” with the help of...

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Enclave’s CineHome Pro offers an easy, high-end surround sound experience

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 21, 2020
3 min

A lot of gamers have been updating their home theater setup this year with the arrival of the new gaming consoles, PlayStation 5 and...

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Etermax's Trivia Cars got 1.5 million downloads in a month.

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Etermax CEO: How Trivia Crack creator published 8 games during the pandemic

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 19, 2020
12 min

This year will go down as one of the toughest in history, but Argentina-based mobile game publisher Etermax performed well. During the pandemic, the...

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12 min

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Mobile game giant Playtika files for an IPO

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2020
2 min

Israel-based mobile gaming giant Playtika has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). Now it has a window of opportunity as gaming stocks...

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Why MTG has joined the game-studio acquisition whirlwind

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2020
6 min

Modern Times Group joined the game-studio acquisition whirlwind last week with its (up to) $375 million purchase of mobile racing game maker Hutch. The...

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6 min

Skins are a hot commodity among U.S. gamers.

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Newzoo: U.S. gamers are in love with skins and in-game cosmetics

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 18, 2020
3 min

Skins (cosmetic add-ons that customize the look of game characters) have become a staple of modern video games like Fortnite, and 85% of U.S....

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Sony offers Cyberpunk 2077 refunds and delists the game from online store

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 18, 2020
1 min

When players discovered that Cyberpunk 2077 ran like garbage on older consoles, CD Projekt Red suggested that they ask for refunds. At first, many...

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What 5 billion-dollar games tell us about mobile in 2020

Posted byby Jason Wilson
December 17, 2020
5 min

The mobile game industry has been one of the biggest growth sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research firm Sensor Tower estimates that the global...

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