Nintendo Earned One Billion Dollars in Revenue From Mobile Games
Sensor Tower, the analytical group, revealed the financial results of Nintendo's mobile games. Titles like Fire Emblem Heroes or Mario Kart Tour have brought the company one billion dollars in revenue.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 29, 2020
Artifact hasn't got Any Updates From Valve for a Year
Artifact, a card game from Valve Software, has not received any update for a year. No new content has been created, no balance fixes have been implemented, and no errors have been fixed. According to the developers' announcements, the game was to be thoroughly rebuilt, but it is not known whether something is being done in that direction.
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Bart Swiatek
January 29, 2020
Streamer Pays Off his Mom's Student Loan
Aydan Conrad, a professional streamer, Fortnite player and a member of the esports organization Ghost Gaming, made a pleasant surprise for his mother. He paid off her student loan for her.
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Milosz Szubert
January 28, 2020
Avast was Selling User Data
Avast, developer of the popular free Avast and AVG antivirus software, used the browser plug-in installed with them to collect private user data. The information was then sold to third parties by Avast's subsidiary Jumpshot.
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Bart Swiatek
January 28, 2020
Blizzard Created a Prototype of Hearthstone VR
One of the creators of Hearthstone revealed to PowerUp that the developers were working on a VR version of the game. In the end, the project was discontinued, but an interesting prototype has been created.
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Konrad Serafinski
January 28, 2020
Players and Devs of NBA 2K20 Pay Their Respect to Kobe Bryant
NBA 2K20 introduced a start screen to commemorate Kobe Bryant. Also the game's players paid a tribute to the tragically deceased legend of basketball with numerous meetings on the game's servers.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 27, 2020
GDC - More Than Half of Currently Developed Games are Designed For PC
Game Developers Conference organizers conducted a survey among game devs, from which we can learn many interesting things about current trends in the industry, e.g. what percentage of developers prepares projects for PS5 and new Xbox.
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January 25, 2020
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 Launch Date
Second Season of Fortnite Chapter 2 will be introduced in less than a month. For the time being, the devs do not specify what kind of novelties it will contain, but we found out that the next update (before the start of season 2) will introduce the Chaos physics system, which is part of the Unreal Engine.
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Paul Wozniak
January 25, 2020
Plague Inc. Popularity Increased Thanks to Coronavirus Outbreak in China
Plague Inc. is currently the most frequently downloaded paid application in China. Reason? New reports on the outbreaks of the so-called Wuhan coronavirus.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 24, 2020
Stardew Valley Celebrates a Great Success With Millions of Farmers
Stardew Valley, a farmer simulator by Eric Barone, boasts excellent sales. In the four years since its launch, 10 million players worldwide have bought this independent production.
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Peter Doron
January 23, 2020
Opera Software in Trouble; The Company is Barely Staying Afloat [Updated]
Opera Software, the company best known for developing the popular web browser, is in serious trouble. The problems are caused by the actions of the company's president, Yahui Zhou, dubious practices related to loan applications and Opera's shrinking shares on the browser market.
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Bart Swiatek
January 20, 2020
EU Considers Temporary Ban on Usage of Face Recognition Technology
According to reports from Reuters, the European Union is considering a five-year ban on the use of face recognition technology in public places. This would prevent abuse and allow for working out solutions to protect citizens. The idea appeared in an extensive report created by the European Commission.
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Bart Swiatek
January 20, 2020
Tom and Jerry Joyful Interaction Conquers China; 100 Million Users
Asymmetrical mobile multiplayer game Tom and Jerry: Joyful Interaction turned out to be a huge success. The number of registered users in China has already exceeded 100 million.
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Adrian Werner
January 17, 2020
RuneScape has More Than One Million Subscribers - New Record
Last year was very successful for Jagex. The RuneScape franchise has achieved new subscriber and activity records.
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Adrian Werner
January 16, 2020
Pascal's Wager - Ambitious Soulslike Game Launches on iOS
Today, Pascal's Wager debuts on iOS mobile devices. The title is an ambitious RPG developed by TipsWorks, belonging to the soulslike sub-genre.
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Bart Swiatek
January 16, 2020
TikTok App Downloaded More Times Than Facebook in 2019
We have learned the most frequently downloaded mobile applications of 2019. WhatsApp is the leader of the list, but TikTok was hot on its heels. The mobile market has experienced growth, with video games led by Honor of Kings/Arena of Valor and Pokemon GO.
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Peter Doron
January 16, 2020
2019 Was a Record Year for Games on Kickstarter
2019 was another successful year for gaming projects on Kickstarter. Unfortunately, by this we mean mainly tabletop games, which completely dominated the category and their successes are the reason for the growth.
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Adrian Werner
January 16, 2020
Mobile TFT Will Launch in Mid-March
Riot Games announced that the mobile version of the auto battler Teamfight Tactics will be released in mid-March this year. After that, the so-called SET 3, another pack of new content, is to make its debut.
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Adrian Werner
January 14, 2020
Might and Magic Chess Royale - Release Date of Ubisoft's Rival for TFT
Ubisoft has announced that Might & Magic: Chess Royale will be released at the end of January, an online strategy that will combine mechanics of auto battlers like Dota Auto Chess or Teamfight Tactics with elements of the battle royale genre.
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Adrian Werner
January 14, 2020
Gaming Disorder Survey Reveals Most Addictive Video Games
Clutch conducted a survey on „gaming disorder”, a new disease to be included in the International Classification of Diseases in 2022. Thanks to it, we got to know potentially the most addictive video games.
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Peter Doron
January 13, 2020