App Annie: Game and app downloads grow 10% in 2018 to 113 billion
Mobile data and analytics firm App Annie said that global app and game downloads, as well as consumer spending in those apps, reached new heights...
Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars rakes in $10 million in its first week
Supercell’s latest game has entered the free-for-all “brawl” of the free-to-play mobile with a haymaker. Brawl Stars has brought in $10 million in microtransactions and...
Gameloft acquires SongPop music trivia game maker FreshPlanet
Vivendi‘s Gameloft mobile gaming division has agreed to acquire FreshPlanet, the maker of the SongPop mobile games, for an undisclosed price. New York-based FreshPlanet...
Atari and Animoca Brands will do blockchain-based Rollercoaster Tycoon and Goon Squad games
Atari and Animoca Brands have teamed up to make blockchain versions of Atari‘s classic RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch and Goon Squad games. Blockchain, the secure...
Niantic games generate significant social impact in 2018
Niantic said that its games Pokémon Go, Ingress, and Ingress Prime generated a lot of social impact in 2018. Since Pokémon Go alone has more than...
Pokémon Go Trainer Battles are live for players level 10 and higher
Pokémon Go Trainer Battles are live, which means that players can engage in direct player-to-player duels for the first time. Niantic said today that...
Scopely launches Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem character battle mobile game
Mobile game publisher Scopely has launched Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, a new multiplayer role-playing game that resembles the combat in other team battle...
Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam rolls onto Android and iOS
Maple Media has launched Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam for Android and iOS. Tony Hawk has had a storied history with gaming, starting with the...
Sensor Tower November report: Monster Strike and My Talking Tom 2 top the leaderboards
Monster Strike might have been an international miss, but folks in Japan continue playing — and spending — enough that it made more revenue...
Supercell’s Brawl Stars launches on iOS and Android
Supercell has launched its newest game, Brawl Stars, around the world today. The 3-on-3 mobile MOBA-like game (think League of Legends or Vainglory) is...