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Apple Arcade shows off Konami’s Frogger in Toy Town, Capcom’s Shinsekai: Into the Depths, and Sayonara Wild Hearts

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 10, 2019
3 min

Apple Arcade debuts on September 19 in 150 countries for $4.99. The first month of the new subscription gaming service from Apple will be...

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3 min

Jeopardy is coming to your commute via Drivetime.

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Drivetime raises $11 million for interactive audio games like Jeopardy in the car

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 9, 2019
4 min

Drivetime has raised $11 million for interactive audio games that you play hands-free while driving the car. And the latest game is Jeopardy, which...

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4 min

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How Zynga looks for the right game companies to acquire

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 8, 2019
14 min

When Zynga sold its San Francisco headquarters for $600 million in May, the social mobile game company received a lot of fresh gunpower for...

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14 min

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Sensor Tower: Pokémon Masters makes $26 million in first week

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 6, 2019
1 min

The new mobile game Pokémon Masters made $26 million in its first seven days, according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. That estimate does...

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1 min

Left to right: Catharina Boehler, James Portnow, Tsahi Liberman, Antonia Koop, and Timo Ullmann

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Devcom perspectives: The uncomfortable and familiar topic of video game violence

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2019
32 min

It has been a tense and horrifying year of mass shootings in the U.S., with the blame falling on many issues, including President Donald...

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32 min

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Rovio releases mobile puzzle game Sugar Blast

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 5, 2019
1 min

Rovio has given its latest game, Sugar Blast, a global launch today for Android and iOS. Sugar Blast is a puzzle game. More specifically,...

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1 min

Simay Dinc is producer and cofounder at Recontact, maker of the Recontact cinematic mobile games.

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How Turkey’s Recontact will put cinematic games on the map with London title

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 5, 2019
9 min

Turkey has become a productive hub for games studios with companies like Gram Games and Peak Games. And now Instabul-based Recontact wants to put...

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9 min

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Pokémon Masters hits 10 million downloads in four days

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 3, 2019
1 min

Pokémon Masters has only been available on iOS and Android devices for four days, but the battle-focused Pokémon game has already reached 10 million...