Mobile development

Atari restructuring to focus on premium games, scaling down free-to-play and mobile development

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Time Stamp: July 5, 2021 8:25 PM - Modified On: July 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Atari announced that the company was going through some big changes back in April when it named a new CEO and essentially split the entire company into two distinct companies, the Atari Gaming and Atari Blockchain divisions. Now, that decision is coming to a head on the gaming front, as Atari CEO Wade J. Rosen revealed the decision to refocus on premium game development.  This move means that Atari, which previously moved away from working on larger games and instead released mobile and free-to-play titles, will now pivot into a

Nintendo Might Be Winding Down Its Mobile Game Development, Report Suggests

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Time Stamp: June 21, 2020 10:59 PM - Modified On: June 21, 2020 - Published By:
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Nintendo might be looking to step away from developing new mobile games, according to a new report by Bloomberg. A report published on the site details how Nintendo seems likely to focus on Switch in the future, with fewer mobile games being developed.Nintendo has made over $1 billion from mobile games since 2016's Super Mario Run, but over 60% of that figure came from a single title--Fire Emblem Heroes. In 2017, following the release of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, it was reported that Nintendo wanted to ramp up mobile development--this