Cats Your Vote mobile game aims to boost U.S. election awareness
A team of University of Southern California video game students has created Cats Your Vote, a free-to-play social mobile game that aims to increase...
How developers are squeezing opportunity from mobile gaming
On this week’s How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks with Idil Canal, the general manager of Max at AppLovin. She oversees a...
Newzoo: 2.7 billion gamers will spend $159.3 billion on games in 2020
The world’s 2.7 billion gamers will spend $159.3 billion on games in 2020, according to a forecast by market researcher Newzoo. By 2023, the...
Niko Partners: China games expected to top $46 billion in 2024
PC and mobile games revenue in China hit $33.1 billion in 2019, and it is expected to grow to $46.7 billion by 2024, according...
GameRefinery: How developers have changed mobile games in the pandemic
Mobile game developers have increased free gifts, added more playable content, launched charitable campaigns, and adapted location-based titles during the pandemic, according to a...
Big Fish Games reimagines fairy tales with EverMerge puzzle adventure
Big Fish Games has launched EverMerge, a free-to-play mobile game with fairy-tale characters and gameplay that combines popular merge and match mechanics. The iOS...
Sensor Tower — Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp gets a boost thanks to New Horizons
Everyone is talking about Animal Crossing these days, but it’s important to note which Animal Crossing they’re talking about. New Horizons has become a...
Candy Crush sees more play than ever since Activision-Blizzard’s 2016 acquisition
Activision Blizzard announced today as part of its latest earnings report that King’s mobile games had 273 million monthly active users in Q1 2020....
Blizzard games see huge boosts of players during pandemic
Activision Blizzard released its Q1 2020 financial results today, revealing that Blizzard Entertainment’s games have seen gains in player activity while many people are...
Unreal Engine 4.25 launches with next-gen console support
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.25, which introduces support for the next generation of consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X). “Unreal Engine...