Tag: mobile

Marvel Snap and its developer, Second Dinner, are getting a lot of attention. Its publisher, Nuverse, is flying a bit more under radar. Nuverse is the video game arm of ByteDance, the same Chinese company that owns TikTok. And just like with that video app, Nuverse has global ambitions. I had a chance to talk […]

Lara Croft’s next big adventure from Crystal Dynamics and Amazon Games is still a few years away, but her next small adventure drops later this month. Tomb Raider Reloaded, Lara’s first foray into the roguelike genre, will be released Feb. 14 — Ms. Croft’s birthday, according to the “Survivor” trilogy timeline — on Android and […]

Shadowy Skirmishes is the latest Giovanni research quest in Pokémon Go. Making its debut in February 2023 as part of the Crackling Voltage event, it ends with an encounter and opportunity to catch Shadow Registeel. Shadowy Skirmishes is part of a long line of Giovanni research quests, which started back in 2019 with A Troubling […]

AppLovin released its first Creative Trends Report for 2023 in a big to outline the top performance-driven creative trends for getting mobile games noticed. Among the observations: Customization increases player engagement, particularly in renovation and makeover games. As competition for consumer attention grows even fiercer, mobile game marketers are continuously finding new ways to gain […]

Marvel Snap’s Battle Mode, which lets players go up against their friends, will go live Tuesday, developer Second Dinner announced Monday. Marvel Snap players have been eagerly anticipating a friends-only mode after it was announced in November. The feature was expected at the end of this month — yep, lines up. Second Dinner announced the […]

Microsoft will show off its early 2023 Xbox Game Studios and Game Pass lineup Wednesday in a new showcase called Xbox Developer Direct. Games confirmed to appear at the event include ZeniMax Online Studios’ The Elder Scrolls Online, Arkane Studios’ Redfall, Mojang and Blackbird Interactive’s Minecraft Legends, and Turn 10 Studios’ Forza Motorsport. Bethesda Game […]

A car plant in Chechnya will start manufacturing zippy assault vehicles dubbed “Jihadi mobiles” for Chechen fighters in Ukraine. The vehicles are being produced for soldiers fighting under Ramzan Kadyrov, the warlord head of the Chechen republic, who has increasingly framed his participation in the conflict in Ukraine as a holy war, or Jihad. The […]

Since Apple introduced its ATT privacy framework to give app users more control over their data, ad tech businesses have been tasked with making tradeoffs to comply with new data restrictions while still meeting their growth goals. Still, while mobile advertisers can no longer use personal IDs to target the 70% of iOS users who […]

Enterprise security isn’t easy. Small oversights around systems and vulnerabilities can result in data breaches that impact millions of users. Unfortunately, one of the most common oversights is in the realm of APIs.  Just yesterday, T-Mobile revealed that a threat actor stole the personal information of 37 million postpaid and prepaid customer accounts via an […]

Even though I usually don’t love the trope of an ornery husband and a begrudging wife, it somehow works in Genshin Impact. Generally, the adventures in Genshin Impact entail saving nations from political subterfuge and good old fantasy antics with giant dragons. This time around, a character quest added in the 3.4 patch has players […]