Sensor Tower — Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp gets a boost thanks to New Horizons
Everyone is talking about Animal Crossing these days, but it’s important to note which Animal Crossing they’re talking about. New Horizons has become a...
Candy Crush sees more play than ever since Activision-Blizzard’s 2016 acquisition
Activision Blizzard announced today as part of its latest earnings report that King’s mobile games had 273 million monthly active users in Q1 2020....
Sensor Tower raises $45 million for mobile app market intelligence
Sensor Tower has raised $45 million from Riverwood Capital for its business of providing market intelligence for mobile apps. The companies said the strategic...
Scopely’s Javier Ferreira on breaking into the top ranks of mobile gaming
Scopely has broken out of the pack of mobile game makers to be one of the biggest in the industry, with hit games that...
Scopely acquires Scrabble Go developer PierPlay
Scopely has acquired game development studio PierPlay, the maker of the recently launched Scrabble Go mobile word game. The deal follows a pattern where...
Zynga partners with Amazon to offer Prime discounts in Words With Friends
Zynga has partnered with Amazon to bring free content and other goodies to Prime members for its most popular mobile game, Words With Friends....
Tilting Point boosts GameBear’s mobile game Nova Empire: Space Commander
Tilting Point has teamed up with China-based mobile game developer GameBear for a multi-year publishing agreement in which Tilting Point will spend a lot...
Disruptor Beam is now Beamable, pivots from making games to helping games make money
Disruptor Beam has changed its name to Beamable and pivoted to making a technology platform that enables mobile game developers to scale, monetize, and sustain...
Pokémon Go maker Niantic names Megan Quinn as chief operating officer
Pokémon Go maker Niantic has named Megan Quinn as chief operating officer. Founder and CEO John Hanke said in a post that Quinn will...
Adjust: 40% of mobile gamers have paid for bots to help them win
More than 40% of mobile gamers have paid for bots to help them win in games, according to those who answered a survey from...