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What Zynga’s $1.8 Billion Purchase of Peak Games Means for Global Mobile Games Market
“Consolidation is going to happen in the mobile games space,” Zynga’s president of publishing Bernard Kim tells TheWrap
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Meet the 90-Year-Old ‘Gaming Grandma’ Who Set a Guinness World Record
Hamako Mori — who has been playing video games for four decades — is officially the world’s oldest gaming YouTuber
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Why Video Games and Esports Will Thrive Post-Pandemic
“We have permanently increased the ecosystem’s economic and cultural relevance,” Complexity Gaming’s Jason Lake says
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Quibi Pivots From Mobile-Only – iPhone Users Can Soon Watch App on TV
“We don’t want to be a mainstream streamer,” CEO Meg Whitman tells TheWrap
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Jukin Media to Launch Inspirational Video Channel on Pluto TV | Exclusive
“There are some really great stories being told,” CEO Jon Skogmo says
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How 160,000 Nintendo Accounts Were Hacked and Sold
“Consumer logins are compromised all the time and this is a small piece of a much bigger ecosystem” SpyCloud spokesperson Julia Kisielius says
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Scopely Acquires ‘Scrabble Go’ Mobile Gaming Developer PierPlay
“Scrabble Go” launched March 5 and was the first mobile game based on the board game to be officially licensed by Hasbro and Mattel
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Gaming Spend Hits Record $10 Billion As Shelter-in-Place Continues
Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” sold more digital games than any console game in history within its first month, SuperData principal analyst Carter Rogers tells TheWrap
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How Podcast Producers Are Coping With Remote Broadcasting
Commutes to work and gyms have disappeared, forcing the podcast industry to adapt, Stitcher executive Chris Bannon says
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Video Game Spending Climbs to $1.6 Billion in March, Up 35% From Last Year
$3 billion has been spent on games globally to date this year
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Quibi’s Mobile Streaming App Tumbles Down Apple Store Charts
Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ all outrank the new streaming service in free downloads
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Riot Games Acquires Indie Game Developer Hypixel Studios
Riot’s investments now in the double-digits, venture fund planned
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How FaZe Clan Snagged Investment by Jimmy Iovine During a Pandemic
“There’s a unique spotlight on gaming right now,” CEO Lee Trink tells TheWrap
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Anime Streamer Crunchyroll Finds Its Niche Among Streaming Giants
“There’s a world where some of these (outlets) can survive if they have something new and different,” says former NBC Studios President Tom Nunan
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Game Over for GameStop? Struggling Retailer to Close 320 (More) Stores
“GameStop faces the ghosts of Blockbuster’s past,” consultant Peter Csathy says
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