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May Mayhem 2022 kicks off with over $4M in prizes

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May Mayhem 2022 kicks off with over $4M in prizes


  • Tuesday, May 17, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Gala Games has kicked off May Mayhem 2022 and is offering over $4M in prizes and rewards for its Web3 gaming community. Players can earn the rewards by playing free games and referring friends. This year's total prize pool has increased by more than ...


Solving game development bottlenecks with cloud computing

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Solving game development bottlenecks with cloud computing


  • Friday, May 13, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

AMD-powered Amazon EC2 instances and Unreal Swarm are solving game development bottlenecks like re-calculating lighting information where it consumes on-premises computing resources, tying up artists' workstations or valuable network machines for lon...


Kingdom Guard from tap4fun launches

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Kingdom Guard from tap4fun launches


  • Monday, May 9, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Flexion Mobile has announced the launch of Kingdom Guard from tap4fun, a tower defense and strategy game where players train their soldiers and defend their kingdom. The free-to-play game with in-app purchases is available on the Amazon App Store and...


Game Developers Conference 2022

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Game Developers Conference 2022


  • Tuesday, March 22, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

The 2022 Game Developers Conference has returned, it is in-person for a week of education, inspiration, and networking. There will be sessions from some of the biggest names in electronic entertainment, and an expo floor where top game industry compa...


GDC 2022 Supercell talks

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GDC 2022 Supercell talks


  • Wednesday, February 9, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

GDC 2022 Supercell talks will include two talks from Supercell about its popular title Clash of Clans. Supercell artists Aleksei Kalibin and John Cipriani will talk about IP development, how to grow a brand and a deeper dive into the Clash Universe....


Mobile market 2021 highlights

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Mobile market 2021 highlights


  • Thursday, February 3, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

Alice Goncharova, head of marketing and PR at Apptica.com discusses the mobile market 2021 highlights of the year that shaped the market, what new names appeared, how industry giants cooperated to work on joint projects, and a lot more significant ev...


Videogame platform catches up to YouTube Gaming

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Videogame platform catches up to YouTube Gaming


  • Monday, January 3, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Facebook gaming, the videogame platform catches up to YouTube gaming in Q3 of 2021. Facebook gaming recorded an estimate of 1.3B hours watched, while Twitch and Youtube Gaming growths are showing signs of decline. Facebook Gaming was launched in 2018...


Mobile games that generated over $1B in 2021

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Mobile games that generated over $1B in 2021


  • Monday, January 3, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

In 2021 there were 8 mobile games that generated over $1B. The report from SafeBettingSites discussed how the mobile games accomplished this using the App Store and Google Play, and that the top two games crossed the $2B mark in player spending....


Mobile gaming report from Tapjoy

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Mobile gaming report from Tapjoy


  • Wednesday, December 15, 2021
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The modern mobile gaming report 2021 from Tapjoy revealed that gen X is just as active on mobile devices as younger generations. They surveyed 1,850 gen Xers in the U.S and found out that mobile gaming is their favorite mobile activity and 86% of the...


Mobile game developers are capturing female audiences

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Mobile game developers are capturing female audiences


  • Tuesday, December 7, 2021
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Mobile game developers are capturing female audiences that tend to gravitate towards positive gaming experiences, which inspire their creativity. Pocket Styler, Cooking Fever, and Murder in the Alps are 3 popular games from Nordcurrent that feature u...


Mobile gaming market turned upside down by Netflix

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Mobile gaming market turned upside down by Netflix


  • Tuesday, November 16, 2021
  • By Mike Gadd

Mike Gadd, Co-founder, and COO shares with us how the mobile gaming market will be turned upside down by Netflix, how gaming studios can rethink the way they monetize, retain, and engage players, and how mobile gaming studios can tap into the Zeitgei...


NFT prizes for MegaFans mobile eSports games

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NFT prizes for MegaFans mobile eSports games


  • Wednesday, November 10, 2021
  • By Freeman Lightner

You can now win NFT prizes for MegaFans mobile eSports games. MegaFans announced that they will also be awarding cryptocurrency for prizes. They started testing offers with Bitcoin and got a strong response and now they plan to become the first mobil...


Steam Founder Rick Ellis talks developing mobile real money games

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Steam Founder Rick Ellis talks developing mobile real money games


  • Friday, October 29, 2021
  • By Richard Harris

Steam Founder Rick Ellis and Ross Krasner chat with App Developer Magazine about developing mobile real money games, the differences in the approach of free-to-play vs real-money games, and some advice about trends to look out for in 2022....


Boost game developers revenue with Kindred for Business

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Boost game developers revenue with Kindred for Business


  • Tuesday, October 26, 2021
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Kindred for Business has launched a ‘third way' to boost game developers revenue without sacrificing UX. The new way secures cashback for gamers and allows them to use that cash back as in-game currency. 5% of this cashback goes to a charity and game...


Protecting source code

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Protecting source code


  • Wednesday, October 6, 2021
  • By Nigel Thorpe

Nigel Thorpe, technical director at SecureAge, looks at the recent attacks on gaming companies and provides some advice on protecting source code from phishing and social engineering attacks, and how to reduce the attack surface....


Gaming industry continues to rise

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Gaming industry continues to rise


  • Thursday, September 16, 2021
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The global gaming industry continues to rise in 2021 and the revenues for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are expected to grow by 13%. While mobile gaming is the driving force behind the surge in growth, console gaming is also growing with profits and ...


Female Esports initiative from Challengermode

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Female Esports initiative from Challengermode


  • Friday, September 10, 2021
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Challengermode has partnered with Super Girl Gamer Series to support the female Esports initiative and host tournaments across a range of Esports....


How to earn crypto and NFTs for playing your favorite games

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How to earn crypto and NFTs for playing your favorite games


  • Wednesday, August 25, 2021
  • By Christian Hargrave

Do you want to know how to earn crypto and NFTs for playing your favorite games? On August 26 Aavegotchi will be launching the second round of NFTs during a limited 72-Hour event. There will also be a #BidToEarn auction of 12,000 new Aavegotchis....


Asia mobile gamers outweigh Europe and America combined

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Asia mobile gamers outweigh Europe and America combined


  • Tuesday, August 24, 2021
  • By Freeman Lightner

There are about 1.3B Asia mobile gamers, more than Europe and America combined, with revenues expected to hit $100B by 2025....


Growing your gaming app by looking at the data

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Growing your gaming app by looking at the data


  • Tuesday, August 10, 2021
  • By Andrey Kazakov

Growing your gaming app by looking at the data, user journeys, portfolio size, and app updates is more important than ever for developers to understand what’s driving success....


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