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The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

How Steam, Google Play and Apple's App Store compare and how platform holders prioritise ads over useful recommendations for users

1.5 million gamers played concurrently on 25 March

eSports are on the rise and with mobile gaming taking the lead they're certain to take over there too. But what does a mobile eSports games need to succeed?

Tencent came out on top with $33 billion, three quarters of which came from mobile

Whilst Valve is well-known for dominating the PC digital marketplace, their new app update makes many features equally accessible for those on mobile.

The new app is currently in beta

Steam Deck front page will feature only deck verified titles

"Price point was secondary... and painful"

The Steam Deck will begin shipping in December 2021

Expected to run Steam games via Linux

As part of the iOS creators Fortnite battle with Epic

The Fortnite creator recently took its battle to EU antitrust regulators

Russia garnered the largest number with approximately 210,000 installs

Title based on the new Auto Chess craze

Game purchases have been taken out of the app to comply with Apple's guidelines

Get a chance to meet with the state's finest at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th to 14th

Pages now display a buy from PC option instead of a buy now option

Mobile platform holder reverses decision to approve the the app

Launches week of May 21st

Title will be premium, not free-to-play

Bridge Constructor Portal is not the game we expected, but exactly the one we deserve

Looking further ahead

Game developers invited to test it out at GDC 2015

What Newell-gate says about the power of platform holders

It's time for a change

Through the looking glass brightly