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All publications for 12.04.2024

Industry News April 12

Joost van Dreunen on why mobile data business needs competition and potential impact of Sensor Tower’s acquisition of data.ai

Joost van Dreunen, best known as co-founder and former head of the now-closed research firm SuperData, has opened up about Sensor Tower’s acquisition of data.ai. The analyst is not enthusiastic about the new monopoly emerging in the mobile data market.

Market Analysis April 12

US, China, and Russia account for almost 40% of free-to-play game owners on Steam, with older hits dominating market

VG Insights recently released a report on the state of free-to-play games on Steam. It takes a deep into the most played titles and the main trends in the area.

Industry News April 12

Content Warning sold multiple times more copies in its first day than any other Landfall game

Content Warning is without a doubt one of the biggest surprise hit this year so far. However, developer Landfall Games didn’t expect the game to sell hundreds of thousands of units after the end of its viral free-to-claim launch.