Amazon powers cloud servers for 90% of large game companies
More than 90 percent of the world’s largest game companies use Amazon Web Services, which offloads online gaming infrastructure tasks to Amazon’s giant cloud...
Supercell 2017 results: $810 million in profit, $2 billion in revenue — without a new game
Supercell announced that it earned a profit of $810 million on revenues of $2.029 billion in 2017. That’s an enviable financial accomplishment for a...
Clash Royale maker Supercell invests $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix
Clash Royale maker Supercell has invested $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix, a startup created by two former King game developers. Supercell has...
Clash Royale gets an esports league from Plexchat
Plexchat has launched its Path2Pro esports league for Supercell’s popular Clash Royale mobile game. The effort is part of an attempt to establish mobile...
Game Boss interview: How Huuuge is taking on the giants in social casino games
Huuuge Games came late to social casino games, launching its Huuuge Casino in late 2015. But the company has carved out a niche in the $4...
How Trivia Crack put Argentina on the world’s game industry map
Here’s some trivia about the world’s most popular trivia game. Trivia Crack has more than 300 million users. Those players have answered more than...
Why the Canadian government is OK with picking winners and losers among game startups
Canada has hit its stride in video games, with more than 20,400 direct and an additional 16,000 indirect jobs in the game industry. It...
You’re not Supercell: Why you should let your mobile games live
Best practices in mobile game development usually means developing and soft launching a multitude of games. Then if those games don’t hit certain minimum...
Facebook and Supercell partner on Clash of Clans AR experience
Five years after its release, Clash of Clans continues to be one of the top 10 grossing games on the app stores. And Facebook...
What Angry Birds and Clash Royale taught us about surviving after your game goes viral
The past several years have seen the rise and fall of viral mobile apps that strike gold for several months, falter and then fade...