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The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Articles featuring Aptoide
New Offerings
Plarium expands RAID: Shadow Legends to alternative app store Aptoide
The title's launch on Aptoide coincides with its 6-year anniversary event
Mobile Market Challenge
Can alternative app stores break through?
Amazon shuts down its Android App Store and Epic third-party revenues are down on PC. What next for alternative marketplaces?
New Store
Alternative app store Aptoide launches on iOS in EU
Available for free to users despite Apple's €0.50 core technology fee for each download of the marketplace
New Partnerships
Aptoide partners with My.Games to expand game distribution beyond major app stores
Rush Royale and the survival shooter Left to Survive will be added to the store
Company Rebrand
Aptoide rebrands Catappult to Aptoide Connect
The service is designed to help developers reach multiple global stores
Party Time
Join us at the Pocket Gamer Party Cologne 2024 in association with Aptoide during Gamescom!
If you're in town for Gamescom, come along to the Tivoli for networking after dark on Wednesday, August 21st
App Stores
Aptoide unveils first non-Apple game store on iOS
Aptoide CEO Paulo Trezentos says it "represents a significant shift in the way users and developers interact with the iOS gaming ecosystem"
Q&a
Speaker Spotlight: Aptoide's Jack Robson on how third-party payments could be a "game-changer" on mobile
"It could usher in a new era of monetisation strategies and user interaction in mobile gaming"
New Partnership
Gardenscapes joins forces with alternative game distribution platform Catappult
The partnership will see the hit match3 title brought to alternative app stores
Investment
Aptoide receives $1.5 million investment from 200M
In partnership with Faurecia
Recycling Ad Dollars
How AppCoins hopes to monetise unbanked app store users via blockchain
Creating value flow