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The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios

THE WEEKLY Jul 30th, 2017

The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios

Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet

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Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago

POKEMON SUE Jul 28th, 2017

Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago

Fans want their travel expenses refunded - which shouldn't hurt Niantic's bank account too much

Join the Steel Media family and work on our ever-growing conference series

GET THAT JOB Jul 28th, 2017

Join the Steel Media family and work on our ever-growing conference series

We're on the hunt for a Conference Content Producer

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GUNGHO FINANCIALS Q2 FY17 Jul 28th, 2017

GungHo's sales continue to decline despite 46 million downloads of Puzzle & Dragons

Still trying to put its eggs in other baskets

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Just a few days left to enter your game for the International Mobile Gaming Awards in Southeast Asia

SUBMISSIONS OPEN Jul 28th, 2017

Just a few days left to enter your game for the International Mobile Gaming Awards in Southeast Asia

Call for submissions ends on July 31st

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Goodgame Studios returns to profitability following corporate restructuring which cost 600 jobs

GOOD TURNAROUND Jul 28th, 2017

Goodgame Studios returns to profitability following corporate restructuring which cost 600 jobs

Has two new mobile games in the works

GONE HOME Jul 28th, 2017

Gardenscapes developer Playrix soft-launches sequel Homescapes

Currently on iOS in Canada

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JOIN THE FAMILY Jul 28th, 2017

Capcom to dissolve and absorb Capcom Mobile subsidiary

Also posts sales of $105.6 million for the quarter

EA FINANCIALS Q1 FY18 Jul 28th, 2017

EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users

NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players

Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan joins Coffee Stain Publishing

JOBS NEWS Jul 27th, 2017

Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan joins Coffee Stain Publishing

Takes on role of Business Developer

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LINE FINANCIALS Q2 FY17 Jul 27th, 2017

LINE sees revenues grow to $705.8 million but MAUs are still consistently falling

NextFloor acquisition could turn this around in the future

VIRAL UA Jul 27th, 2017

Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games

Funds to be used to employ new staff and accelerate development of API

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CYBERAGENT FINANCIALS Q3 FY17 Jul 27th, 2017

CyberAgent sales hit $2.4 billion but profits are still in a slump

Nothing particularly new or surprising this quarter

Kabam off-shoot Aftershock partners with Marvel on new licensed mobile game

MARVEL AT THE AFTERSHOCK Jul 27th, 2017

Kabam off-shoot Aftershock partners with Marvel on new licensed mobile game

No other information revealed

Niantic CEO John Hanke pins Pokemon GO Fest issues on overloaded mobile data networks

POKEMON GO SLOW Jul 27th, 2017

Niantic CEO John Hanke pins Pokemon GO Fest issues on overloaded mobile data networks

Things went far more smoothly when everybody left

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