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Candy Crush designer expected game would be ‘dead in six months’; French government attempting to lure British game developers post-Brexit
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Candy Crush designer expected game would be ‘dead in six months’; French government attempting to lure British game developers post-Brexit; and US hacker behind gaming DDoS attacks [...]
Paradox Interactive deems 70:30 revenue split ‘outrageous’; Epic pledges crowdfunder refunds for Epic Game Store exclusives
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Paradox Interactive deems 70:30 revenue split ‘outrageous’; Epic pledges crowdfunder refunds for Epic Game Store exclusives; and DJ Marshmello releases new album via mobile game ‘Marshmello Music [...]
ironSource debuts new cross-platform mobile cross-promotion solution
Mobile monetisation and marketing outfit ironSource has launched a new cross-platform solution that enables mobile developers to manage cross promotion campaigns while utilising a suite of ad network capabilities. Available to those that use the ironSource mediation platform - which TheGamingEconomy [...]
Snap Games details real-time multiplayer focus for hyper causal Snapchat games
As one of the dominant social platforms for teenage and young adult users, Snapchat is an obvious home for hyper casual instant games. That's something the platform's team are keenly aware of, it would seem, as a number of games have [...]
G2A Under Fire From Developers; Sony Interactive Entertainment Considering Game Company Acquisitions
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: G2A under fire from developers; Sony Interactive Entertainment considering game company acquisitions; more than one million people per month still playing Age of Empires. G2A under fire from [...]
Sony Reveals Next Console Will Target Hardcore Gamers; the Brazilian Games Industry Has More Than Doubled in Four Years
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Sony reveals next console will target hardcore gamers; the Brazilian games industry has more than doubled in four years; and My Friend Pedro shifts 250,000 copies in [...]
Influential iPhone designer Jony Ive to depart Apple
The designer of the iPhone Jony Ive (pictured, left, with Apple CEO Tim Cook) has left Apple after 27 years at the company. When Apple's iPhone arrived in 2008, it changed the games industry in myriad ways. Mobile gaming was nothing [...]
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony write letter to Trump against game console tariffs; Industry is only "paying lip service" to gaming addiction
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony write letter to Trump against game console tariff; Industry is only "paying lip service" to gaming addiction - UK technology inquiry chair; and [...]
NBA 2K19 and the 'unskippable' ads fiasco
2K's long-standing and wildly popular basketball game NBA 2K19 has in recent days been the subject of a flood of frustration from players unhappy with the premium title's apparent ramping up of 'unskippable' ads. It appears some of that frustration may [...]
CEO Tim Sweeney Defends Epic Game Store; InnoGames’ Forge of Empires reaches lifetime revenue of €500m (£447.3m)
TheGamingEconomy’s Daily Digest brings you the trending stories in gaming. In today’s news: CEO Tim Sweeney defends Epic Game Store; InnoGames’ Forge of Empires reaches lifetime revenue of €500m (£447.3m); and Gumi Cryptos acquires JP¥179,536,500 (£1.31m) worth of shares in [...]
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