Apple App Store and Google Play downloads grew 8.2% in Q1 thanks to games
Mobile is still growing, and gaming — as with nearly every emerging consumer technology — should get most of the credit. People downloaded 17.2...
Nintendo’s Miitomo racks up 1.6M downloads in its first 4 days in the U.S.
1.6 million people downloaded the publisher’s Miitomo social platform in the U.S. alone from March 31 through April 3, according to industry-tracking firm Sensor Tower. That number includes both iOS and Android, and it doesn’t include the days Miitomo spent at the top of the download chart on both platforms through the bulk of this week.
Miitomo hits No. 1 on U.S. iOS App Store in less than 24 hours
Nintendo has stormed onto mobile, and gamers are eating it up. Miitomo, the publisher’s first smartphone app, is the No. 1 most downloaded game...
Digital gaming rakes in $6.2B in February thanks to PlayStation 4, Xbox One
People continue to spend more money on digital games. Consumers spent $6.2 billion on downloadable releases and microtransactions in free-to-play mobile and Web games...
Miitomo isn’t printing money for Nintendo yet, but investors don’t care
Nintendo’s first mobile game is the most downloaded smartphone application for iOS and Android in Japan, but that isn’t exactly bringing in the big...
Miitomo’s fun image-creation tool should fuel discovery of Nintendo’s first mobile app
Nintendo has the most downloaded app in one of the world’s biggest markets for mobile gaming, and it’s easy to see why it’s spreading — thanks...
Watch us throw people into a pachinko machine in Nintendo’s Miitomo mobile game
I just dropped a friend of mine into a pachinko machine to help me win a cat outfit. This is Nintendo’s first mobile game,...
If you own more than 10 games on Steam, ‘you don’t matter’ to the $99.3B gaming industry
SAN FRANCISCO — Most of the room of game-industry insiders raised their hand after Spry Fox founder Daniel “Danc” Cook asked them if they...
Google lets Android developers build video recording and livestreaming into games
Game developers on Android now have an easy way to turn their fans into livestreamers. Google revealed today that it is opening up Android’s...
Google beefs up ads, analytics, and updates for Android game developers
Game developers are about to get a handful of tools that should make their jobs easier. Google announced a number of improvements to its...