Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing 2 mobile game surpasses 40 million downloads
Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing 2 has been downloaded more than 40 million times in less than two months. That’s a pretty big deal for the...
Super Mario Run drops from U.S. top 50 grossing iOS apps (update)
Mario is slowing down to more of a trot. Super Mario Run has dropped out of the top 50 grossing iOS apps in the U.S., according to mobile app store market intelligence group Sensor Tower. The auto-running platformer is ranked at No. 52.
Tapjoy: Mobile games are more engaging and fun than social networks
Consumers feel happier and more engaged when they are playing mobile games than when they are using social networks, according to a research report...
Nintendo reveals new Fire Emblem games for Switch, 3DS, and mobile
Nintendo has promoted Fire Emblem to core franchise status. The tactical role-playing game series has been around since 1990 (although the U.S. didn’t see...
Pokémon Go fights poverty with 17 PokéStops at the World Economic Forum
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have created 17 locations in Davos, Switzerland, to remind World Economic Forum attendees of the importance of fighting...
Nintendo’s next Direct presentation focuses on Fire Emblem
It might not be quite as exciting as the Switch reveal, but Nintendo’s next streaming event has news about one of the most cherished...
Pokémon Go generated revenues of $950 million in 2016
Pokémon Go generated an estimated $950 million in revenues in 2016, according to a report by market researcher App Annie. Niantic Labs launched Pokémon Go...
Patches is Hearthstone’s most-played card since Mean Streets of Gadgetzan released
Pirates and Shaman are the current kings of Hearthstone. Hearthstone data site Viscous Syndicate has released a list of the digital card game behemoth’s...
Hearthstone’s Jade Golem mechanic used to be a lot different
Designing new cards for digital card brawler like Hearthstone isn’t easy, and changes are bound to happen before the final release. It turns out that...
Hearthstone’s Hunter class was was once in a different Mean Streets gang
The newest expansion for Blizzard’s digital card game behemoth Hearthstone, December’s Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, introduced the idea of tri-class gangs. Three of the game’s nine classes belong in one of three gangs: the Kabal, the Grimy Goons, and the Jade Lotus.