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War in Ukraine, Covid, and ATT: Analysing the downturn in the market News Jul 11th, 2023

War in Ukraine, Covid, and ATT: Analysing the downturn in the market

AppsFlyer delves into the state of mobile’s unprecedented decline in past years

Mobile game spend up almost 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels News Mar 28th, 2023

Mobile game spend up almost 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels

Mobile bounces back after a dip in 2022

The Covid boom in numbers News Feb 21st, 2023

The Covid boom in numbers

The pandemic resulted in massive increases in private investments and M&As

Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue News Nov 21st, 2022

Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue

49 percent of the year's games revenue will come from China and North America

New forecasts suggest the mobile gaming market will shrink 6.4% year-on-year News Nov 16th, 2022

New forecasts suggest the mobile gaming market will shrink 6.4% year-on-year

The low entry barrier for mobile platforms could be a double-edged sword

GDC snapshot: keeping Pokémon GO alive during the COVID pandemic News Mar 22nd, 2022

GDC snapshot: keeping Pokémon GO alive during the COVID pandemic

Light bites from Niantic’s panel detail managing the world’s largest AR game during a global lockdown

Niantic restores 80m interaction radius in Pokémon Go News Aug 26th, 2021

Niantic restores 80m interaction radius in Pokémon Go

The increase was initially implemented to encourage social distancing

as Garena cancels Free Fire World Series esports event News Aug 26th, 2021

Garena cancels Free Fire World Series esports event

Was due to take place in November

GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event News Jul 20th, 2021

GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event

First in-person conference for two years

Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021 News May 6th, 2021

Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021

But mobile will rise to $90 billion

as PGC Digital: South Korean mobile games market sees increase of 15% under pandemic News Nov 9th, 2020

PGC Digital: South Korean mobile games market sees increase of 15% under pandemic

The market is estimated to be worth $9.8 billion by 2026

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