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Read More »King purchases data firm Omniata
Mobile giant King has acquired San Francisco-based data and analytics platform Omniata. The Candy Crush creator didn’t announce it publicly but confirmed the information to VentureBeat. We can confirm we have acquired Omniata.It’s a great team and a proven platform that will add to King’s analytical and technology capabilities,” a …
Read More »Report: Around $5bn in Counter-Strike GO skins gambled during 2016
Despite major publishers trying to crack down on gambling around their games, this sector has become one worth billions. According to a new report by ESPN – citing research from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming and Narus Advisors – in the region of $5bn was made from in-game gambling for Valve’s …
Read More »Twitch’s Chaply: “don’t make a mobile esports title”
Twitch's esports program manager talks at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Read More »UK App Store prices to jump 25% to reflect weak pound
Apple has just announced that prices on the UK App Store will rise as a reaction to the falling exchange rate between the dollar and the pound. Where a $0.99 app in the US used to cost 79p in the UK, it will now cost 99p. As far as Apple …
Read More »Pokemon Go grew mobile market by $950m without impacting rivals
Pokemon’s Go massive success in 2016 didn’t come at the expense of its biggest rivals in the mobile space. According to app ecosystem analyst App Annie the game hit $950m in revenue by the end of 2016, yet its competitors weren’t notably affected by this massive haul. The report stated: …
Read More »The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Sunless Sea are coming to iOS
Two beloved indie creations are finally getting the mobile treatment. One of them is Edward McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which has finally landed on iOS yesterday. The Nicalis-published title is priced at 10.99, but doesn’t include expansions Afterbirth (which launched in late 2015) or Afterbirth+ (which released earlier …
Read More »Lara Croft Go, Hitman Go and Deus Ex Go now free on Amazon Underground
Lara Croft Go, Hitman Go and Deus Ex Go are now free to download on Amazon Underground. Square Enix Montreal announced the news yesterday via Twitter for US users, but the same promotion has now arrived in the UK. Amazon Underground is available on all Amazon Fire tablets, Fire TV …
Read More »Samsung reveals 5m Samsung Gear VR’s in the wild
Doesn't reveal how many of those were sold or bundled in with Samsung phones, however
Read More »If Mario can’t leap the £8 hurdle, how will he clear the £200 Switch flagpole?
Super Mario Run has had a bit of a bumpy start on iOS. It might have been downloaded over 37 million times worldwide over its opening weekend according to analyst AppAnnie (almost 2 million of which occurred in the UK alone), but it seems the wider market isn’t so confident. …
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