Video games in and out of court (May — December 2020). Part One
This is another installment of Semenov&Pevzner’s overview of major lawsuits and infringements affecting the gaming industry.
Tag: Pokemon GO
🚀 Sensor Tower: user spending increases in Pokémon Go as more people stay indoors
Players spent $23 million in Pokémon Go during the week of March 16, according to Sensor Tower. That is an increase of 66.7% compared to the week before. The uptick in the title’s revenue is taking place…
Niantic and Qualcomm team up to work on AR
Niantic is going to manufacture AR glasses and the accompanying software through the collaboration with telecommunications company Qualcomm.
Pokémon Masters grosses $33 million in first month revenue. Still, game’s producer apologizes
Released in August, Pokémon Masters became a hit. Its first month revenue amounted to $33.3 million. Nevertheless, players are criticizing its game design. So much, in fact, that the producer of the title had to…
Digital video games bring in $8.9 billion in August
The last month of summer saw consumers spend $8.9 billion on digital copies of video games globally. 62% of this amount was spent on mobile.
IP-based mobile games: doing it right
Tying your mobile game to a major IP can have a huge impact on your installs and revenues. Or not.
Pokémon Go clocks 1 billion installs
Pokémon Company rolled out a new trailer for Pokémon GO in Japan saying that the game has been downloaded over 1 billion times.
“We Started Working on Game Before Pokemon GO Was Released” – MintFrogs CEO on League of Arosaurs
At the end of September, a gamedev studio MintFrogs, based in Minsk, Belarus, released a trailer of their new title – League of Arosaurs. The game looks a lot like a Pokemon Go and Clash Royale…