NBA Live Mobile is already the top downloaded iOS app hours after launch
The National Basketball Association season is over, but y’all were ready from some ballin’ anyway. NBA Live Mobile is already the top downloaded iOS...
Flaregames finds publishing mobile games is a better fit than making them
Klaas Kersting created Flaregames in Germany to make mobile games. But the company was late to the party, and it found it was lost...
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...
Kill Shot Bravo developer finds partner to launch sniper game in China
China’s mobile gaming industry is like your rival high school’s prom. You’re not getting in unless you get a date with someone who’s already...
Minecraft gets Xbox Live: Console, PC, and mobile can play together
Xbox Live is expanding the way that Minecraft fans can play with one another. Microsoft is using its online service to bring cross-play to...
ASO Master Class: Distinguishing the growth-killing myths from real industry success (VB Live)
Join noted growth-hacker Oliver Kern, chief commercial officer at Lockwood Publishing and Peggy Anne Salz, author of the VB Insight ASO Practitioner’s Guide, as...
How Kabam self-published its Marvel mobile game in China — and hit No. 1
More than a year ago, San Francisco-based Kabam announced that it had teamed up with China’s Longtu Games to publish a Marvel mobile game...
Pokémon Go beta test starts today — here’s how battles work
The next big Pokémon release is coming to phones soon, and it’ll give you plenty of challenges in addition to catching ’em all. A field...
Developer’s claim that Thai’s military junta is ‘great’ is about facing down uncertainty
From the outside, Thailand looks like a messy, dangerous place under a military cabal. But at least one developer in that country didn’t leave...
ASO master class: Building an ASO routine to scale the charts (VB Live)
ASO isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it practice. In Part 3 of this six-part masterclass, we’ll dispel common myths that keep you from establishing the kind of...