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Nintendo Switch error monitoring from Bugsnag

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Nintendo Switch error monitoring from Bugsnag


  • Wednesday, December 28, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

The error monitoring and app stability tool Bugsnag, now supports the Nintendo Switch system, filling the error monitoring gap for game console developers and provides visibility into app health to ensure a next-level gaming experience....


Indie game dev platform The Mirror lands $2.3M in funding

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Indie game dev platform The Mirror lands $2.3M in funding


  • Thursday, December 22, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

The Mirror, the all-in-one gaming and development platform that empowers indie game developers and 3D creators to build virtual worlds and multiplayer games has raised a $2.3M Pre-Seed round led by Founders Fund, with participation from many other ea...


Blockchain gaming partners add Web3 gaming DAO IndiGG

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Blockchain gaming partners add Web3 gaming DAO IndiGG


  • Monday, November 28, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Blockchain gaming partners Tilting Point and Polygon Studios announced that they have added the Web3 gaming DAO IndiGG. Through the partnership, IndiGG members will gain early access to a large sum of NFTs along with exclusive community events and ot...


Casual gaming could get disrupted by social design

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Casual gaming could get disrupted by social design


  • Tuesday, November 1, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

Magic Games has announced that they secured over $5 million in funding through a seed round led by Makers Fund. The mobile game studio has plans to grow its team by hiring new artists and developers, opening a second office in Europe, and disrupting ...


$50M in funding raised by Theorycraft Games

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$50M in funding raised by Theorycraft Games


  • Wednesday, October 19, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The independent game developer Theorycraft Games will use the money raised from their recent Series B funding to continue developing its first competitive, team-based game of adventure, creativity, and high-stakes combat as well as hiring the best ta...


Casual gaming for BMW vehicles is coming

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Casual gaming for BMW vehicles is coming


  • Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

AirConsole and the BMW Group has announced a partnership to bring casual gaming into new BMW vehicles, starting next year....


Mobile tower defense game stats

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Mobile tower defense game stats


  • Tuesday, October 11, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

The global tower defense mobile game market is flourishing and is predicted to generate sales of $2311.3M by 2030. Popular titles like Zombie Farm and Bloons TD are just 2 of the 170+ different mobile tower defense games in the Apple App Store, with ...


Idle Miner Tycoon game passes 150M downloads

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Idle Miner Tycoon game passes 150M downloads


  • Monday, September 12, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Kolibri Games hit title Idle Miner Tycoon has surpassed 150 million downloads accumulated from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The mobile game was released in 2016 and consistently expanded in-game features and signature special event...


Gaming website launches from Swifty

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Gaming website launches from Swifty


  • Wednesday, September 7, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Swifty Global has announced the soft launch of Swifty Gaming. The gaming site offers all major sporting events including pre-match and in-play bets across 90% of the global market and more than 200 casino games. Swifty is also negotiating acquisition...


Secrets revealed from developers with over 20 mobile game hits

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Secrets revealed from developers with over 20 mobile game hits


  • Monday, September 5, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

The Baltic game development studio Estoty has scored more than 20 mobile game hits and they have revealed their secrets for a successful mobile game. They include market testing before a launch, motivation, and commitment, choosing the right time of ...


$335B gaming app market by 2030

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$335B gaming app market by 2030


  • Friday, August 26, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The global game applications market was valued at $108.76B USD in 2021. It is projected to reach $335.14B by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 13.32% during the forecast period (2022–2030). The Asia-Pacific region will display a significant growth rate, wit...


HotPlay in game advertising updates from NextPlay

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HotPlay in game advertising updates from NextPlay


  • Thursday, August 25, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

NextPlay Technologies has announced updates for its shareholders on its HotPlay Games and In-Game Advertising progress. The HotPlay 2.0 release is expected to launch in 2022 and will bring new powerful advertising and real-world rewards delivery tech...


Crossword game Test Express Word Adventure launches

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Crossword game Test Express Word Adventure launches


  • Tuesday, August 23, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

The crossword puzzle game Test Express: Word Adventure has been launched from GameHouse. Now you can experience an emergent crossword puzzle game with challenging word puzzles combined with an epic game world full of fantasy challenges and rewards, t...


Classic video games are still close to our hearts

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Classic video games are still close to our hearts


  • Wednesday, August 17, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Neal Taparia goes over the results of a new survey from Solitaired, where they found that more than 3 in 4 Americans would still play retro computer/video games if they were available, and almost half were willing to donate money or crowdfund to get ...


Tablet gaming still important in gaming industry

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Tablet gaming still important in gaming industry


  • Thursday, August 4, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

Although the size of the tablet gaming industry is small, tablet gaming is still important. We cover the top 10 highest revenues in tablet gaming for the past month. Roblox corporation earned $45.9M with their iPad app in the last month, and the crea...


Supercell increases stakes in Space Ape Games

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Supercell increases stakes in Space Ape Games


  • Thursday, August 4, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Supercell has announced that they invested $37M to increase their stake in Space Ape and provided an additional $50M investment credit to fuel the growth of Beatstar, plus John Earner, CEO of Space Ape Games talks about how the support from Supercell...


$338B mobile gaming market projection

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$338B mobile gaming market projection


  • Friday, July 29, 2022
  • By Freeman Lightner

The global mobile gaming market was worth $119B USD in 2021. It is projected to reach $338B USD by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 12.3% during the forecast period of 2022–2030. The increased penetration of smartphones among the population and cloud adopt...


GDWC 2022 prize pool over $100K

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GDWC 2022 prize pool over $100K


  • Tuesday, July 12, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The free global competition, Game Development World Championship will have over $100,000K in prizes for 2022. The competition is open to everyone whether you're a pro, a student developer, or just interested. To compete you must have a game that's re...


Gala May Mayhem wrapped up

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Gala May Mayhem wrapped up


  • Thursday, June 9, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Gala has wrapped up their May Mayhem event after distributing over $4M USD in GALA tokens and NFT drops for players that played Town Start and Spider Tanks or referred other players to Gala Games. If you missed it Gala's May Mayhem will return on Jun...


3GoPlay subscription platform launches

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3GoPlay subscription platform launches


  • Thursday, June 2, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

3GoPlay, the game subscription platform launched and is bringing the best mobile games to Hutchison users in countries that offer the "All You Can Play" subscription model. Some of the titles include Asphalt Nitro 2, Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, Disn...


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