Tag Archives: mobile

Tencent and Bluehole are bringing PUBG to mobile in China

pubg 169jpg Tencent and Bluehole are bringing PUBG to mobile in China

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will get the mobile treatment in China, Tencent revealed yesterday. This announcement comes on the back of Tencent securing PUBG Chinese exclusivity last week. But it now looks like the Chinese giant will publish and distribute more than the PC version, as it announced in a blog post …

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Super Mario Run hits 200m downloads, but is still short of Nintendo goals

supermariorunjpg Super Mario Run hits 200m downloads, but is still short of Nintendo goals

Nintendo has revealed that mobile title Super Mario Run has now been downloaded 200m times. Of that total, 90 per cent have come from outside of the Japanese market. Run is initially free to download but then requires a purchase to unlock all but the earliest game content. And it …

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Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile game arrives next month

pocketcampjpg Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile game arrives next month

The long-awaited smartphone debut of the Animal Crossing series will finally arrive some time in late November. Nintendo confirmed the release window in last night’s Nintendo Direct. Also confirmed was its name – Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Visually the game will be very similar to anyone who has ever played …

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HTC and Google reveal $1.1bn smartphone deal

htcjpg HTC and Google reveal $1.1bn smartphone deal

After months of falling profits, HTC has announced a $1.1bn cooperation agreement with Google that will see a number of HTC employees join the search giant. What’s more, Google will receive a non-exclusive licensing agreement for HTC IP. Many of the HTC employees joining Google have already worked on the …

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Reality Gaming Group exceed ICO target for mobile AR game Reality Clash

reality clash logopng Reality Gaming Group exceed ICO target for mobile AR game Reality Clash

Reality Gaming Group has announced it’s raised over $3.5m through its new initial coin offering (ICO) to fund the development of its upcoming AR mobile combat game, Reality Clash. The ICO began on August 29th using Ethereum blockchain technologies and runs until September 29th, but the amount raised so far …

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Iterable: how to keep mobile users active through push notifications

iterablepng Iterable: how to keep mobile users active through push notifications

Keeping mobile users engaged with new apps and games is a tricky business, butrowth marketing platform Iterable has released a new report analysing how game publishers can do just that – which is important, considering 62 per cent of smartphone owners are now installing a game within a week of …

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