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
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile game revenue finally surpasses PC and consoles Posted byby GamesBeat July 13, 2017 2 min Two-thirds of the world now has a mobile phone in their pocket, and apparently a lot of them are spending money on games. A new... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fiksu: iOS marketing costs fell 7% in May but Android rose 28% Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 10, 2017 2 min iOS marketing costs fell 7 percent from the previous month in May, but May marketing costs rose 28 percent on Android as the platforms... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Super Senso wants to bring turn-based strategy to mobile esports Posted byby GamesBeat July 7, 2017 4 min Super Senso is a kaleidoscope of colors and explosions. It’s a mobile player-versus-player turn-based strategy game that you could almost describe as friendly in... Continue Reading 4 min