Qualcomm enables ‘XR smart viewer’ augmented reality smartphone apps
Qualcomm has unveiled a new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Smart Viewer reference design that makes it easier for hardware companies to create lightweight augmented reality...
PUBG Mobile helps Tencent’s revenues soar outside of China
Tencent’s mobile game revenues outside of China has more than doubled since from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the same period in 2019....
Sensor Tower: Mobile battle royale games have brought in over $2 billion in less than 2 years
Here’s two billion reasons why mobile game publishers have been so aggressive about getting into the battle royale market, according to mobile market research...
AR/VR’s $80 billion-plus market could split before it consolidates
Some in the AR/VR industry see it converging into a singularity of spatial computing in one magical device, but mobile AR, smartglasses and VR...
Game for Peace, PUBG Mobile’s replacement in China, earns $14 million in first 3 days on iOS
As it turns out, Chinese players love battle royale shooters on mobile. According to market analyst Sensor Tower, the iOS version of Tencent’s Game...
GameClub raises $2.5 million to preserve and rerelease classic iOS games
Game preservation can be a challenging task, especially on mobile where constant updates make apps obsolete and unplayable. GameClub is trying to fix that...
Brown Dust tactical-RPG hits 2 million mobile downloads in first month
South Korean developer Neowiz announced that its original IP Brown Dust surpassed 2 million downloads since debuting on iOS and Android in March. It’s...
SK Telecom offers early 5G users free VR, 4K videos, and mobile games
With only two days remaining before South Korea’s government-coordinated launch of commercial 5G services, top carrier SK Telecom today announced a series of aggressive last-minute promotions to...
Newzoo: AR has a far bigger opportunity on mobile than VR
Virtual reality is clunky. Augmented reality is less so. And so it makes sense that AR has a bigger opportunity on mobile devices than...
AppOnboard launches creative studio for playable ads
AppOnboard has helped pioneer playable ads on the Google Play store, where players can now instantly play a demo of a game before deciding...