Apple will address kids’ iPhone addiction with enhanced iOS parental controls
Apple has a response of sorts to activist shareholders concerned about kids’ addiction to iPhones: Enhanced parental controls are coming to iOS. Ahead of...
3 Razer Phone ‘gaming’ features that everyone will love
Razer is always trying to present itself as something much bigger than a gaming-peripheral manufacturer. The company wants to establish itself as a lifestyle...
Samsung and Google are closing the gap on Apple’s monetization of mobile games
Apple has long been dominant when it comes to the iPhone’s ability to monetize mobile games at higher rates than rival smartphones. But mobile...
Sensor Tower: U.S. iPhone owners spent an average of $27 on mobile games last year
People are focusing their time and money on a smaller selection of mobile games — at least in the United States. Owners of iPhones in...
11 Android and iOS games for your new phone or tablet
If you just turned on your brand new Google Pixel, iPhone 7, or iPad Mini for the first time, you’re probably looking for some games...
Nintendo: Super Mario Run had 40 million downloads in 4 days
Mario has star power, and I’m not talking about invincibility. Super Mario Run was downloaded 40 million times in the first four days of...
Why Nintendo should ignore Super Mario Run’s poor reviews
Nintendo’s first gaming app for iPhones is megapopular, but it is also annoying some iOS gamers because it ignores the free-to-play business model. Super Mario...
Sensor Tower: Super Mario Run made $5 million in under 24 hours
While you collect coins as Mario on your iPhone, Nintendo is collecting fat stacks on cash. Super Mario Run has generated approximately $5 million...
Super Mario Run is the top-grossing iOS app in 30 countries (update)
Nintendo has the biggest game on iOS right now. Super Mario Run is No.1 on the iOS download and grossing charts in the United States, according to intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That’s abnormally high for a game without free-to-play microtransaction spending.
Super Mario Run’s internet-connection requirement is dumb
Nintendo is bad at the internet. Remember Friend Codes? Well, they’re back in the publisher’s first Mario game for mobile devices. But that’s not...