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App Annie's list of top games in Q3 2021.

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App Annie: Consumers downloaded 14.3B games in Q3, including 3.6B hypercasual games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 22, 2021
6 min

Consumers downloaded 14.3 billion games in the third quarter, including 3.6 billion hypercasual games, according to mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. That...

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Niko Partners is cutting its forecast for China's game market.

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Niko Partners cuts forecast for China’s game market

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 19, 2021
2 min

Niko Partners has cut its forecast for China’s video game market for the first time in 20 years due to a weakening outlook. The...

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2 min

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HypeHype lets everyone create, remix, and play games on phones

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 18, 2021
4 min

HypeHype, formerly known as Frogmind, has launched a mobile app to enable everyone to create, remix, and play games with their smartphones. And the...

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4 min

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Multiplayer and post-launch content engage gamers, Unity reports show

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
November 17, 2021
2 min

Unity today released two new reports on gaming — one on multiplayer and one on post-launch content for live-service games. On the surface, they...

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2 min

The debate over privacy versus targeting advertising.

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How Apple’s privacy changes affected mobile game revenues in Q3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 16, 2021
7 min

Apple’s shift from targeted advertising to privacy earlier this year had a big impact on the financial results for social and gaming apps like...

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7 min

Now.gg is using the mobile cloud to go after the next billion gamers.

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Now.gg gives 95% cut to mobile game devs and launches NFT monetization

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 16, 2021
4 min

Now.gg, a sister company to Android-PC gaming firm BlueStacks, has launched a mobile cloud platform to expand the reach of game developers, and now...

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4 min

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Dubit raises $8M for Roblox-based metaverse esports events

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
November 16, 2021
1 min

Dubit, a game studio that specializes in games for the metaverse, today announced that it has raised $8 million to expand its esports efforts...

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1 min

Square Enix Montreal made Hitman Sniper.

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Square Enix Montreal celebrates a decade of triple-A mobile games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 15, 2021
14 min

Square Enix Montreal is celebrating its 10th year as a mobile game studio focused on triple-A franchises. The studio opened its doors in 2011...

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14 min

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Niantic is mapping the world and warns about the future of augmented reality

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 11, 2021
3 min

John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, began his Augmented World Expo speech talking about the metaverse, and how it conjures thoughts of Neal Stephenson, William...

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3 min

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Apple ecosystem challenges: Epic v. Apple, IDFA, privacy, and payments

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2021
10 min

Apple has one of the world’s biggest gaming ecosystems with $47 billion of spending in 2020, according to measurement firm Sensor Tower. And while...

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10 min

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