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Epic Games defeats Google in court

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Epic Games defeats Google in court


  • Thursday, April 18, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

After victory over Google in December, where a U.S. jury cast the tech behemoth as the big bad monopoly wolf of Android app distribution and in-app billing. Epic Games aims to shake up Google Play's rulebook....


Illuminate development tool from PubNub announced at GDC 2024

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Illuminate development tool from PubNub announced at GDC 2024


  • Monday, April 1, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

Recently at GDC 2024, PubNub announced the release of their newest product Illuminate, a low-code, real-time decisioning and analytics tool for optimizing engagement, real-time game balancing, achieving optimal player experience, live experimentation...


Gaming app insights report from AppLovin and Adjust

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Gaming app insights report from AppLovin and Adjust


  • Monday, April 1, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

Adjust and AppLovin have released the Gaming App Insights report, a total dataset of Adjust's top 5,000 apps tracked, that sheds light on recent trends, guiding advertisers toward strategic and informed decision-making to outpace the competition....


Playground gaming integrated into Le Monde daily newspaper

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Playground gaming integrated into Le Monde daily newspaper


  • Tuesday, March 26, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

kr3m has unveiled its online gaming platform for Le Monde, France's daily newspaper, which bridges German tech with French media offering instant access to beloved classics like Solitaire, Sudoku, and Snake, all at no cost and playable directly in we...


Epic Games defeats Apple in court

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Epic Games defeats Apple in court


  • Tuesday, March 19, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

Epic Games was banned from Apple's app store and the Google Play store for supposedly using its payment gateway to monetize. The tech giants have been in lengthy court battles and after the DMA act passed, Epic Games Sweden won its first case against...


Game Room launches for Apple Vision Pro

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Game Room launches for Apple Vision Pro


  • Monday, February 5, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

Resolution Games has launched 'Game Room' for Apple Vision Pro, it is one of the first spatial games designed for Apple Vision Pro. The collection of classic board & card games will be available on Apple Arcade for iPhone and iPad as well....


Ultra Engine AI features released in update

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Ultra Engine AI features released in update


  • Friday, February 2, 2024
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Ultra Engine released it’s 0.9.3 update, with improvements in usability, over 60 bug fixes, all-new AI features that make it easier for game developers, new commands, new tools for C++ and Lua, new effects, and tons more....


AI game development platform modl appoints new leadership

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AI game development platform modl appoints new leadership


  • Wednesday, January 31, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

modl.ai appointed James Gwertzman as the new chairman of its board of directors. He has over 20 years of experience, and he stated that he is excited and looks forward to supporting modl.ai in its growth trajectory as it continues to build new partne...


Most popular digital gaming store in US is Amazon says Statista

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Most popular digital gaming store in US is Amazon says Statista


  • Wednesday, January 24, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, Amazon currently leads the market in the United States with a 39% reach among the customer base. The survey by Statista also revealed that the Google Play Store was not far behind with 36% of US gamers...


AI gaming GPU series GeForce RTX 40 SUPER by NVIDIA

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AI gaming GPU series GeForce RTX 40 SUPER by NVIDIA


  • Tuesday, January 16, 2024
  • By Richard Harris

NVIDIA released its new gaming GPU series: GeForce RTX 40 SUPER. They have been amplified with more performance, and generative AI capabilities, and have been touted as the ultimate way to experience PC gaming with AI, and their pricing starts at $59...


Warpath 9.0 updates released from Lilith Games

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Warpath 9.0 updates released from Lilith Games


  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • By Freeman Lightner

Lilith Games released the Military RTS Warpath 9.0 update which features the new Theater of Conquest: Rome, a 26-day campaign with new Air Force units, new Infantry and Tank officers, the new Operation Hegemon game mode and much more....


Hybrid casual mobile games will get hotter in 2024 says Mintegral

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Hybrid casual mobile games will get hotter in 2024 says Mintegral


  • Wednesday, December 20, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

Jeff Sue from Mintegral discusses how the hybrid-casual boom will only get hotter, and the key industry trends driving the market like expanding potential audiences, increased interest in customization, cross-promotion from hyper-casual games and mor...


Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web

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Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web


  • Tuesday, November 21, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

Pley has partnered with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm from Enixan, to the web. The Pley solution expands a games audience and brings high-quality mobile games to browsers with no downloads, installs, o...


Future of game development report from Xsolla

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Future of game development report from Xsolla


  • Thursday, November 9, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

Xsolla recently released the Fall 2023 edition of The Xsolla Report: The State of Play, which revealed game-changing insights for the future of gaming and game development and a preliminary analysis of 2023 metrics and upcoming trends....


Forge beta launches to reward gamers for their achievments

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Forge beta launches to reward gamers for their achievments


  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  • By Freeman Lightner

Founded by Gaming Pioneer Dennis “Thresh” Fong, Crunchyroll Founder Kun Gao, and Cyence Founder George Ng, Forge launched into beta and allows gamers to automatically earn rewards based on their gaming profiles and achievements....


Galactic Acres mobile game anticipated to launch early 2024

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Galactic Acres mobile game anticipated to launch early 2024


  • Monday, October 23, 2023
  • By Freeman Lightner

Good Gaming, Inc. has partnered with ViaOne Services to launch a web3-enabled mobile game titled Galactic Acres. Galactic Acres aims to launch in early 2024 and will offer dynamic gaming experiences that cater to both traditional mobile game players ...


User engagement promotion from Honeygain and JumpTask

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User engagement promotion from Honeygain and JumpTask


  • Tuesday, October 17, 2023
  • By Freeman Lightner

Honeygain And JumpTask have unveiled their gamified collaboration which aims to promote user engagement and participation through inventive gamified experiences, the new release is an extension of their ongoing partnership....


Unity price changes result in developers revolting

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Unity price changes result in developers revolting


  • Tuesday, October 17, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

We recently caught up with Vanessa Mullin from Agora and discussed the ramifications of Unity's price change, the subsequent walkback of their policies, what other game development engines some developers switched to, and whether Unity can rebuild it...


Slime Rancher 2 gets major updates

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Slime Rancher 2 gets major updates


  • Monday, October 16, 2023
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The second major update to Slime Rancher 2 called "Come Rain or Slime" is coming this Fall for Xbox Series X/S and Windows PC.  It will deliver an array of new weather elements, the return of Tangle and Dervish Slimes, Weather Symphony, new mysterie...


Top 10 video game soundtracks of 2023

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Top 10 video game soundtracks of 2023


  • Wednesday, October 4, 2023
  • By Richard Harris

The gaming experts from SecureCheats revealed their findings of the top ten songs of every game soundtrack, tracked through the Spotify royalty calculator. GTA Came in first, followed by The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Last of Us, Death Standing, a...


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