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Disney hopes Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 will blast its way to success on mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2016
2 min

One of Disney’s most successful social games to date is Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which debuted on Facebook in 2012 and grew to 70 million...

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Machine Zone’s Gabe Leydon freaked out East Coast media, now will speak at Mobile Summit

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 31, 2016
3 min

Within two years, a relatively unknown company called Machine Zone has exploded to become one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world, all...

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Intel event highlights college student games that should be published right now

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2016
7 min

One of the delightful surprises at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was the Intel University Games Showcase, which featured some of the most...

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Zynga hopes Willy Wonka slots mobile game will be its golden ticket

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2016
2 min

Zynga said earlier this year that it is launching 10 new games that could turn around its fortunes in mobile games. And it is...

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Nintendo’s Miitomo is now live on iOS and Android

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 31, 2016
1 min

The company’s first mobile game, Miitomo, is available now on the iOS and Android app stores. It represents Nintendo’s first attempt to become part of the $34.8 billion mobile industry (worth that much in 2015 according to market research firm Newzoo).

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Vainglory developer partners with Twitch to expand esports appeal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2016
3 min

Super Evil Megacorp has partnered with Amazon’s livestreaming platform Twitch in the latest bid to turn the Vainglory mobile game into an esport. Twitch...