Nintendo is shutting down Dr. Mario World, the mobile game based on the pill-dropping puzzle game series, in November, the company said on the game’s official website. Dr. Mario World launched in 2019 on Android and iOS. The free-to-play, match-three puzzle game inverted the traditional Dr. Mario playfield, letting players push pills upward to eliminate […]
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Everyone Started Playing Mobile Casino Games In 2020, With Over 163 Million New Installs
Mobile games put up impressive numbers in 2020, but no genre saw a larger growth in downloads than casino games. With a staggering 27.5% increase in downloads compared to 2019, the category reached 163 million installs last year in the US alone, according to a new report from Sensor Tower. Within the casino category, the […]
Vungle acquires AlgoLift mobile ad marketing intelligence firm
Vungle has acquired mobile ad marketing intelligence firm AlgoLift for an undisclosed price. The move is a sign of the predicted consolidation in the mobile ad industry which is facing uncertainty over Apple’s changes to targeting marketing in the name of user privacy. San Francisco-based Vungle said the deal would give it contextual, machine learning-powered […]
Vive Cosmos Headset, RIP Mobile VR & Win Arizona Sunshine on Quest!
This week has seen the rise in PC VR numbers and the fall of mobile VR’s biggest platform, and we can’t forget the new releases. Let’s wrap up the week’s top stories! First up, HTC will be shipping Vive Cosmos Elite SteamVR headset by itself for $549, and existing owners can get a standalone faceplate […]
Star Trek: Fleet Command mobile game maker Scopely raises $200 million
Scopely, the maker of the popular mobile game Star Trek: Fleet Command and the acquirer of FoxNext Games, has raised $200 million in additional funding. The new funding the company’s Series D round (fourth round) brings the total raised to $400 million. That amount speaks to the opportunities in the $100 billion mobile game business. […]