Mario Kart Tour tops Nintendo opening month figures

Mobile game Mario Kart Tour raced to 123.9 million downloads in its first month, with …

Disney mulls mobile game unit sale

Disney began exploring a sale of mobile games company FoxNext, which the content giant acquired …

New Harry Potter game trails Pokemon earnings

Niantic’s latest augmented reality (AR) game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, was tipped to earn more …

Niantic continues AR acquisition spree

Niantic, the company behind the popular Pokemon Go game, bought London-based game studio Sensible Object …

KDDI, Sumitomo push games biz to Myanmar

Japanese mobile operator KDDI and conglomerate Sumitomo detailed plans to enter Myanmar’s fast-growing mobile gaming …

Tencent plays safe over China PUBG launch

Chinese web giant Tencent ditched a plan for a domestic launch of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), …

Tencent Q4 profit tumbles

Tencent, the largest internet company in China, reported a sharp drop in profit for the …

Hothead courts developers in diversification drive

Canada-based Hothead Games said it is accepting submissions from developers looking for financial assistance along …

China mobile game revenue growth hit by ban

Growth of China’s mobile gaming market, the world’s largest, slowed significantly in 2018 after concerns …

NCSOFT readies mobile gaming push

South Korean game publisher NCSOFT lined up five massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) for …