Categories Posted inin Business Angry Birds 2 celebrates two years with new multiplayer Clan challenges Posted byby GamesBeat August 3, 2017 1 min Rovio is celebrating Angry Birds 2’s second anniversary, and the whole clan’s invited. The 2015 sequel isn’t a smash hit like the original from... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Helpshift’s customer service game is strong, nabs a third of mobile’s top-grossing titles Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 3, 2017 2 min Helpshift‘s customer service and help platform has been installed on more than a third of the top-grossing mobile gaming apps. The San Francisco company... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga’s mobile revenue zooms up 31% in Q2 thanks to CSR Racing 2 Posted byby GamesBeat August 2, 2017 1 min Just as in Q1, Zynga broke some of its own records in Q2, generating $179.9 million in revenue in the mobile market. “We saw... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nexon’s Battlejack adds an RPG twist to blackjack Posted byby GamesBeat August 2, 2017 2 min Nexon is continuing to seek out developers in the West, and it’s latest partnership is with Finnish indie studio Grand Cru. The two are teaming... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Simcoach Games creates training games that can lead to new careers Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 29, 2017 19 min Simcoach Games makes training games that show people how to do certain kinds of jobs, and those games can sometimes lead people to adopt new... Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Business FoxNext Games’ Aftershock will make a Marvel mobile game as its first title Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 27, 2017 2 min FoxNext Games has wasted no time figuring out what to do with its Aftershock game studio, which it acquired from Kabam last month. Aftershock is... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Scopely’s Walking Dead fans revolt over glitches Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 25, 2017 6 min It’s hard to make players happy in free-to-play mobile games, and now it’s Scopely’s turn to face the wrath of players after some glitches... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sensor Tower: Mobile game revenues grew 32% in Q2 as Asian titles surged Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 24, 2017 3 min Mobile gaming revenue grew 32 percent from a year ago to $12.2 billion in the second quarter, according to mobile measurement firm Sensor Tower.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Will Brawl Stars be Supercell’s next billion-dolllar mobile game? Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2017 2 min Supercell has just four games in the market, but it is the master of the $46 billion mobile games industry because those titles have... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Samsung and Google are closing the gap on Apple’s monetization of mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 23, 2017 2 min 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... Continue Reading 2 min