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YouTube Gaming brings out the influencers for E3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 16, 2016
6 min

On YouTube, six of the top 10 broadcasters are game broadcasters. And YouTube Gaming was out in full force this week to cover the...

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6 min

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Tencent reportedly nears deal to buy majority stake in Supercell

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 15, 2016
1 min

(Reuters) — Tencent Holdings Ltd, China’s biggest social network and online entertainment firm, is nearing a deal to buy a majority stake in Supercell Oy,...

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SoftBank plans to sell Puzzle & Dragons maker in deal valued at $685 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 6, 2016
1 min

SoftBank Group plans to sell most of its stake in GungHo Online Entertainment to management of the game publisher in deal valued at ¥73...

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1 min

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The rise and fall of Nintendo’s Miitomo: Massive downloads don’t mean success

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 28, 2016
3 min

As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on...

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3 min

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Nexon’s Owen Mahoney: Artistry is key to solving mobile gaming’s malaise

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
13 min

At his core, Owen Mahoney is a business guy. But the chief executive of Asian gaming giant Nexon doesn’t talk like one. At our...

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13 min

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Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 14, 2016
2 min

Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not...

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2 min

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With patience, I defeated Supercell’s monetization strategy in Clash Royale

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 28, 2016
5 min

It took me 55 days, but I finally have the Prince. One of the most powerful characters in Supercell’s Clash Royale is very hard...

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5 min

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Will Apple’s paid search product level the playing field for game publishers?

Posted byby Jason Wilson
April 26, 2016
3 min

Recent reports claim that Apple soon will release a paid search offering for App Store searches. Sponsored search opportunities can provide consumers new ways...