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A huge global business, but no publisher claimed a top-three spot in more than one region
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Rovio shut down mobile game streaming service Hatch at the end of 2020 – but Hatch Kids continues to operate
Mobile game streaming service struggled to find an audience
Read More »Opera acquires YoYo Games and GameMaker Studio for $10m
The engine is responsible for breakout indie hits such as Spelunky, Undertale, Hotline Miami, Hyper Light Drifter and Nidhogg, among many more
Read More »65% of North Americans now play mobile games – up 12% in a year
Average number of hours played and revenues also well up
Read More »How to maximize user acquisition during the 2020 holidays – advice from Facebook Gaming
Facebook Gaming’s Sneha Vaidyanathan on why the usually bountiful holiday season will be a bigger opportunity than ever in 2020
Read More »Adult Swim’s Big Pixel Studios – creator of Pocket Mortys – to shut down
40 staff set to lose jobs
Read More »US market up 24 per cent in record-breaking Q3
Total consumer spending hit $11.2bn (£8.52bn) between July and September
Read More »“Blurring the line between games and ads” Jason Rubin launches Facebook’s cloud gaming initiative with native code playable ads
"We’re not going to overpromise and under-deliver"
Read More »Gen Z is more likely to use gaming apps than other generations, but spends less time gaming than those 25+
The 25+ age group spend nearly 20 per cent longer in their most used games, and access them 10 per cent more frequently.
Read More »Japan accounts for almost a quarter of global mobile spend from App Store and Google Play
Mobile analyst Sensor Tower has just published a report showing that Japan continues to spend huge amounts on mobile games. Looking at the year to date (and what a year it’s been for mobile revenue) Japan accounted for 22 per cent of all global mobile game player spending from the …
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