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AudioMob runs competition for aspiring games developers and students

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AudioMob runs competition for aspiring games developers and students


  • Friday, September 18, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

AudioMob is running a competition for aspiring games developers and students. Entrants are asked to design their own game and build in AudioMob's Unity plugin for audio ads, getting the chance to work with innovative technology and win $1000, gaini...


GDC 2021 event lineup

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GDC 2021 event lineup


  • Tuesday, September 1, 2020
  • By Freeman Lightner

GDC 2021 will be a hybrid physical/virtual event both online and at the Moscone Center in San Francisco July 19-23, 2021. Additional 2020-21 GDC events to include Virtual Master Classes, Streaming Talks and a Week-Long Virtual Community Celebration ...


Atari partners with Robot Cache

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Atari partners with Robot Cache


  • Wednesday, June 24, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Atari® announced a partnership with Robot Cache to integrate the Atari Token into the Robot Cache digital storefront where customers can buy or resell digital games....


Atari partners with Unikrn

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Atari partners with Unikrn


  • Friday, June 12, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Atari® has announced a partnership with Unikrn. This agreement promises to accelerate the adoption of the Atari Token by incorporating it into Unikrn's already thriving cryptocurrency ecosystems - which offers shopping, betting, and gaming....


Epic Games partners with Fortumo to launch carrier billing

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Epic Games partners with Fortumo to launch carrier billing


  • Tuesday, June 9, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Epic Games and the mobile technology company Fortumo are announcing the launch of a carrier billing partnership. Epic Games has integrated Fortumo’s carrier billing platform to collect payments for Fortnite Battle Passes, game purchases in the Epic G...


Google announced product updates

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Google announced product updates


  • Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Google announces new advertising solutions to help game developers build successful businesses including updates to Google Analytics, AdMob and App campaigns....


Latin America loves business and finance apps Adjust study finds

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Latin America loves business and finance apps Adjust study finds


  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Adjust global app benchmarks data for Q4 2019 reveals that Latin America, the second fastest-growing region for mobile in the world, after Asia Pacific has the highest average retention rate (9.36%) for Business & Finance apps after the first day a u...


Global gaming industry in 2019

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Global gaming industry in 2019


  • Thursday, January 9, 2020
  • By Christian Hargrave

Mobile climbs to the top of the game development industry and Adjust becomes the first mobile measurement partner in Unity Technologies’ Verified Solutions Partner Program....


In game advertising extends beyond casual games

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In game advertising extends beyond casual games


  • Tuesday, December 31, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

In-game advertising extends beyond casual games as developer confidence grows, finds deltaDNA study. Developers are using more ad formats and showing more ads per session as confidence grows and revenues rise....


Mobile game players earning big money

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Mobile game players earning big money


  • Thursday, December 19, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

Mobile gaming is constantly on the rise, figures show that there are approximately 2.4 billion active mobile gamers worldwide. The experts at the online marketplace OnBuy.com sought to find out the highest-paid mobile game players from the US, and ho...


MEGAFANS new advertising strategy

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MEGAFANS new advertising strategy


  • Monday, October 14, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

MEGAFANS Inc. (Mobile eSports Games Fanatics) has launched a new self-sustaining advertising strategy, unlike anything eSports companies have done so far....


Unity buys deltaDNA but it will operate as a separate entity

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Unity buys deltaDNA but it will operate as a separate entity


  • Wednesday, September 25, 2019
  • By Christian Hargrave

Unity Technologies buys deltaDNA. This is Unity’s third acquisition in the last 12 months, following their purchase of Vivox (cross-platform voice and text chat) and Digital Monarch Media (next-generation filmmaking)....


How game developers can drive more revenue

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How game developers can drive more revenue


  • Monday, September 23, 2019
  • By Offer Yehudai

Offer Yehudai, President at Fyber explains how identifying user patterns, segmenting users into clusters, and customizing the gameplay experience based on behavior can bring game developers more revenue....


MobilityWare acquires Jump Ramp Games including Lucktastic brand

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MobilityWare acquires Jump Ramp Games including Lucktastic brand


  • Tuesday, September 3, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

MobilityWare makes a strategic and complementary acquisition of Jump Ramp Games and will take over Jump Ramps flagship Lucktastic franchise, as well as integrate its performance marketing technology and data platforms. ...


Mobile game Warhammer Odyssey coming soon

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Mobile game Warhammer Odyssey coming soon


  • Friday, August 30, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Coming soon from Games Workshop and Virtual Realms is Warhammer: Odyssey an MMO that brings the Warhammer Old World to Android and iOS devices....


Sprint 5G phones include Hatch Premium and cloud gaming

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Sprint 5G phones include Hatch Premium and cloud gaming


  • Thursday, August 29, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Sprint 5G smartphones include a complimentary three-month subscription to Hatch Premium and Hatch Cloud Gaming is now available to Sprint 5G customers, it has more than 100 premium games, cloud streaming and the ability to face off with friends in li...


Hot Wheels Infinite Loop mobile game released

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Hot Wheels Infinite Loop mobile game released


  • Friday, August 23, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Mattel releases the mobile platform Hot Wheels Infinite Loop for fans ages 13+, first-ever free to play game for the Hot Wheels brand. ...


What your zodiac sign says about your gaming personality

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What your zodiac sign says about your gaming personality


  • Tuesday, August 20, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

All gamers have different interests and styles. So what does your zodiac sign say about your gaming personality? Fort Mason Games might just have the answer....


Independent Games Festival 2020 now accepting submissions

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Independent Games Festival 2020 now accepting submissions


  • Wednesday, July 31, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020, is now accepting submissions for the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF), the longest running festival, summit and showcase of independent games....


Buildbox game creation software bought by AppOnboard

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Buildbox game creation software bought by AppOnboard


  • Thursday, June 13, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Buildbox game creation software has been purchased by AppOnBoard to further the low code movement and to empower more game developers....


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