Pokémon Go outpaces Clash Royale as the fastest game ever to No. 1 on the mobile revenue charts
Mobile gaming doesn’t often get a blockbuster release, but it has had two so far in 2016 — although the latest has already easily...
45% of top-100 Android-game revenues in China belong to Tencent
The company that owns League of Legends and has a minority stake in Unreal Engine also owns an enormous chunk of the Chinese Android...
How mobile studios can use game influencers to overcome overcrowded app stores
GamesBeat recently held two “road show” events on mobile gaming influencers in New York and Seattle. At each event, we discussed the rise of influencers and...
Tencent’s reach is unmatched in the gaming market
In the new film Independence Day: Resurgence, a couple makes a video call to one another. When they hang up, the program they’re using tells...
YouTube Gaming brings out the influencers for E3
On YouTube, six of the top 10 broadcasters are game broadcasters. And YouTube Gaming was out in full force this week to cover the...
The rise and fall of Nintendo’s Miitomo: Massive downloads don’t mean success
As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on...
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: Artistry is key to solving mobile gaming’s malaise
At his core, Owen Mahoney is a business guy. But the chief executive of Asian gaming giant Nexon doesn’t talk like one. At our...
The new rules for navigating ‘that damn App Store’
SINGAPORE — It’s easier than ever to make a mobile game. Unfortunately, it’s also easier than ever for a mobile game to fail. But...
Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation
Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not...
With patience, I defeated Supercell’s monetization strategy in Clash Royale
It took me 55 days, but I finally have the Prince. One of the most powerful characters in Supercell’s Clash Royale is very hard...