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Vungle former CEO Zain Jaffer sues for wrongful termination

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 12, 2019
2 min

Vungle founder Zain Jaffer was removed from his role as CEO of the video adtech company in 2017, and today he sued for wrongful...

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Bosses can be big or small, but they're always a challenge.

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Indie hit The Messenger comes to PS4 on March 19

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 12, 2019
1 min

Sony announced today that The Messenger is coming out for PlayStation 4 on March 19. The Messenger is retro-style side-scroller inspired by classic Nintendo...

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GDC 2018 drew about 28,000 people to San Francisco.

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GamesBeat will be live from GDC 2019 all next week

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 12, 2019
1 min

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is coming up fast. This year, the world’s largest professional game industry event will be happening March 18-22, in...

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Asteri wants to bring rigorous testing and analytics to games.

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Asteri Holdings brings pro testing and analytics to mobile games and apps

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 12, 2019
2 min

Asteri Holdings is unveiling its platform, which takes lessons from China’s Tencent and uses testing and analytics to help smaller game and app developers...

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IronSource launches A/B testing tool for ad monetization

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 12, 2019
2 min

Mobile monetization and marketing company IronSource today announced the launch of its A/B testing tool for ad monetization. IronSource‘s mediation platform (which figures out...

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Interpret found kids ask their parents before they spend money in games.

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Interpret: 91% of kids ask parents for permission when spending in mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 12, 2019
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About 91 percent of children ages 3 to 12 ask for parental permission before making purchases in mobile games, according to a report from...

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A scene from the Fortnite/Epic booth at GDC 2019.

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GDC chief Katie Stern interview — What keeps game developers up at night?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 11, 2019
11 min

Katie Stern took over as general manager of GDC Events in August 2017. Since then, she has learned more about what keeps game developers...

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Shards of Infinity goes into limited beta on mobile and Steam

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 11, 2019
2 min

Temple Gates Games and Stone Blade Entertainment are releasing a beta of the deck-building cyberpunk game Shards of Infinity for invited players today across...