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Nintendo sold 10.6 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe last year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 6, 2021
1 min

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an unstoppable sales juggernaut. The game has surpassed 35 million copies sold since it debuted in 2017. From April...

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Nintendo Switch has 36 ‘million-seller’ games (including 14 third-party games)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 6, 2021
1 min

Nintendo reported an operating profit today of 640 billion yen, which converts to about $5.86 billion. That is a massive haul, and the highest...

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Nintendo Switch hits 84.59 million units sold, with 28.8 million sold this past year

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 6, 2021
2 min

Nintendo reported its year-end financial results today and said the Switch sold more than 28.8 million consoles, up 37.1% in the past 12 months...

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Metacore secures $179.9M in credit from Supercell for casual games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 5, 2021
3 min

Mobile game studio Metacore has raised $179.9 million in credit from Supercell to continue developing its casual mobile game Merge Mansion. It’s a huge...

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EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 5, 2021
1 min

Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming...

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Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 5, 2021
3 min

Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash. It’s an interesting deal because...

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Zynga’s Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 5, 2021
8 min

Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of...