Nintendo has taken its time getting involved in mobile gaming, but based on recent days, it could have a massive hit on its hands with the Pokemon Go game. It’s a location-based, augmented-reality take on its famous creature-collecting franchise that sees players catching Pokemon in the real world around them, while snapping pictures of the digital beats in situ wherever they find them.
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Rovio’s wings clipped as Angry Birds firm plans layoffs
We’ve written regularly about the growth of mobile gaming, with huge audiences and soaring revenues for the most popular games. There’s a flipside though: even one of the most famous […]
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Candy Crush Saga maker King reveals latest financial results
Shock news: there’s still money in mobile gaming. Lots of it. King, which makes Candy Crush Saga and other games, reported its first-quarter financials yesterday: $606.7m of revenues and $127.2m […]
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Ticketing, Italy, mobile gaming and more
The cover feature in this week’s Music Ally Report looks at ticketing in an age of over-abundance.
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Rovio and Storm8 reveal their latest mobile gaming numbers
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment generated €75.4m (around $106.3m) in revenues in 2011, with earnings before tax of €48m ($67.6m)
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Rovio and Storm8 reveal their latest mobile gaming numbers
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment generated €75.4m (around $106.3m) in revenues in 2011, with earnings before tax of €48m ($67.6m).