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Players have unlocked all three Ultra Unlock bonus weeks during Pokémon Go Fest 2021

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Time Stamp: July 17, 2021 10:09 PM - Modified On: July 17, 2021 - Published By:
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Day two of Pokémon Go Fest 2021 has started rolling out in certain regions, and players have already taken advantage of the various bonuses to complete the requirements for the third and final Ultra Unlock bonus.  In total, this means that players have now completed all 24 of the global challenges hosted in the Global Challenge Arena during the event.  Trainers, you’ve now completed 24 Global Challenges and unlocked the third part of Ultra Unlock. ?What will happen once Parts 1 and 2 are over? Will these abnormal events continue

Nigeria leads mobile app market growth in Africa as use of gaming apps surge 44% from Q1 2020

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Time Stamp: July 13, 2021 4:38 AM - Modified On: July 13, 2021 - Published By:
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The pandemic’s effect on the global app market has not been hard to miss. In the first quarter and first half of this year, consumer spending in mobile apps hit new records at $32 billion and $64.9 billion, respectively. In Africa, it can be tough to call out exact numbers on consumer spending because the continent gets hardly a mention in global app market reports. Yet, other metrics are worth looking at, and a new report from AppsFlyer in collaboration with Google has some important insights into how the African app

Nintendo 3DS & Wii U Loses Netflix Support

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Time Stamp: July 2, 2021 2:47 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s not surprising to see some platforms start losing out on features after successors have emerged into the marketplace. Normally, there is plenty of support for these platforms long after the release of their successors. This period not only gives players some more time with their platform without finding anything being removed but also time to make the necessary upgrade to the next-generation video game console platform. For those of you running the older Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo 3DS will find that there is one popular service being discontinued.

Sony Has Killed Off A PS Vita Feature

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Time Stamp: June 29, 2021 5:14 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The Sony PlayStation name was big enough to warrant their attempt at a mobile device platform. With the immense success of the p, it was always an interesting topic to see just how Sony would improve on the handheld in a future iteration. There was a big problem to overcome and it was the fact that smartphones became more popular over the years and consumers were not as keen on the idea of having another device to carry around when they could easily kill time with their various smartphone application

The PlayStation Vita Has Had Its Message Functionality Disabled

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Time Stamp: June 28, 2021 3:02 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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All good things must come to an end, and for the PlayStation Vita’s messaging functionality, that end unfortunately comes today, according to reporting from Push Square. While the Vita’s store got a stay of execution from Sony’s original plan to shut it down on August 27th – as did the PS3’s store, which was scheduled to go offline as the still-closing PSP store on July 2nd – the message functionality did not receive the same reprieve. As of today, all message functionality for the Vita is disabled, meaning users will

There Is Nothing Wrong With Sony’s Cross-Gen Approach – But Hopefully People Stop Buying New Consoles On Promises Now

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Time Stamp: June 5, 2021 1:39 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Last year, Sony promised that unlike rival Microsoft, who were going to soften the full reset necessitated by hard generation transitions, they were going to maintain and respect the traditional generational model, and push for the purported innovations in game design that that brings with it to the table. “We believe in generations,” PlayStation head Jim Ryan said, in no uncertain terms, also then explaining that trying to maintain parity with older consoles would hold back game design and innovation – echoing a sentiment that lead PS5 architect Mark Cerny

Fintech Firm Mercuryo Locks In Esports Partnership

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Time Stamp: June 1, 2021 10:00 AM - Modified On: June 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Swedish esports organization Ninjas In Pyjamas (NIP) has partnered up with cryptocurrency infrastructure firm Mercuryo. The partnership will take during Counter-Strike’s BLAST Premiere Spring Finals from June 15-20. Greetings, Gaming The team at Mercuryo cited a number of commonalities between esports and fintech that allowed this partnership to be a natural fit; forward-thinking perspectives and problem-solving abilities are critical in both worlds, and two major pillars that Mercuryo CEO Petr Kozyakov cited directly. “In gaming, this set of skills can secure victory. In the financial industry, they help drive innovation”,