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Super Mario Run drops from U.S. top 50 grossing iOS apps (update)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 19, 2017
1 min

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.

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Tapjoy: Mobile games are more engaging and fun than social networks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 19, 2017
2 min

Consumers feel happier and more engaged when they are playing mobile games than when they are using social networks, according to a research report...

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Nintendo reveals new Fire Emblem games for Switch, 3DS, and mobile

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 18, 2017
2 min

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...

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Pokémon Go fights poverty with 17 PokéStops at the World Economic Forum

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 18, 2017
2 min

Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have created 17 locations in Davos, Switzerland, to remind World Economic Forum attendees of the importance of fighting...

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Nintendo’s next Direct presentation focuses on Fire Emblem

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 17, 2017
2 min

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...

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Pokémon Go generated revenues of $950 million in 2016

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 17, 2017
2 min

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...

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Patches is Hearthstone’s most-played card since Mean Streets of Gadgetzan released

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 16, 2017
1 min

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...

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Hearthstone’s Jade Golem mechanic used to be a lot different

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 15, 2017
2 min

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...

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Hearthstone’s Hunter class was was once in a different Mean Streets gang

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 15, 2017
1 min

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.

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Hearthstone designers’ Q&A: Pirates, Standard in Arena, boosting Wild, and card nerfs

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 13, 2017
5 min

Hearthstone could be seeing some big changes, we learned, as two of its most important developers talked to players on Twitch today. Game director...

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