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Southeast Asia mobile game revenues to hit $7B by 2019

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 23, 2015
2 min

Frost & Sullivan says that 2014 revenues were $1 billion.

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Jeff Vogel, Avernum, and Spiderweb return to iOS

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 11, 2015
1 min

The indie developer suggests that developing for iOS hasn't gotten any easier ... but he feels up to it again.

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Sonic thrives on mobile: 100M Dash downloads, 14M monthly players

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 8, 2015
1 min

Sega confirmed today that its mobile runner Sonic Dash has zoomed past the 100 million downloads mark. Developed by Sega’s U.K.-based Hardlight studio, the app has spread across Apple Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, and Windows Phone in the last two years, making this the most downloaded Sonic game in franchise history.

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SimCity BuildIt has become the most-played SimCity ever, EA Mobile claims

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 6, 2015
6 min

Vice President Jason Willig says nearly 40 million gamers worldwide have played the handheld SimCity version, checking in an average of five to six times a day.

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Hipster Whale uses part of its Crossy Road millions to fund Halfbrick vets’ studio

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 1, 2015
1 min

Hipster Whale, the creators of popular mobile game Crossy Road, have backed Australian mobile games startup Prettygreat in an early round of funding. Prettygreat is made up of top players from mobile studio Halfbrick, best known for hits such as Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja.