Predicted revenue in the region of $1.8b by 2020
Read More »Report finds 77% of players like microtransactions
77% said that they "like the way microtransactions can heighten their enjoyment of a game."
Read More »“Millenials” are watching more eSports than Baseball and Hockey
"Millennials" in this case meaning males aged 21-35.
Read More »Tapjoy reveals the golden phrase for push notifications is “get your”
The most lucrative time to push is Monday lunchtime
Read More »UK mobile games have the best ARPU in Europe (but they’re still behind the US and Japan)
App Annie report finds that US devs are more than twice as successful at monetising mobile games than British creators, with Japanese makers achieving returns six times higher
Read More »Study finds number of sexualised female characters has fallen ‘significantly’ in the last decade
Look at portrayal of women in games over the last 31 years reveals spike in sexualised protagonists in the 1990s following release of Tomb Raider
Read More »Half of devs are interested in creating for VR (but only a third actually are)
HTC Vive leads battle of the headsets with 50 per cent of game makers exploring platform, while Oculus Rift attracts just over a third of the community
Read More »Reprimanding players in under 10 minutes almost halved abuse in League of Legends
Informing players of their mistakes dropped recurrence by 50 per cent, while providing detailed evidence of misdeeds saw a 70 per cent decline
Read More »Revenue for Kickstarter games recovers in 2015 – report
Kickstarter games revenue has rebounded from its crash in 2014, according to a new report – though that hasn’t equated to more developers seeing success on the crowdfunding platform. A recent analysis by consultant Thomas Bidaux posted on Games Industry finds projects under Kickstarter’s games category brought in $41.6m thus …
Read More »12% of video game Kickstarter campaigns fail to deliver
Around three quarters of disappointed backers willing to pledge towards another project
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