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Duolingo forecasts up to $978.5m revenue in 2025
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Duolingo forecasts up to $978.5m revenue in 2025

Following the announcement, Duolingo’s shares rose about 4% in after-hours trading.
Diya Lal · · 2 min read
What Line, Netflix, and Clash of Clans have in common
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What Line, Netflix, and Clash of Clans have in common

Not all freemium apps trick you into paying for stuff. Here are five different ways apps are doing freemium well.
Annie Teh · · 6 min read
Singapore’s holy shit anti-gambling bill: a huge step back for the games industry

Singapore’s holy shit anti-gambling bill: a huge step back for the games industry

Singapore is looking to pass a new anti-remote-gambling bill that is, in its current state, broad enough to affect gashapon features in free-to-play games.
Mary-Anne Lee · · 2 min read
Line celebrates 20 million downloads for Line Rangers with free rubies

Line celebrates 20 million downloads for Line Rangers with free rubies

There are many Line-branded mobile gamers, but there is only one Line Rangers! The tower defense hit from the Line mobile platform topped 20 million downloads today, just as the
Mary-Anne Lee · · 2 min read

How Blizzard is taking Hearthstone forward, starting with Curse of Naxxramas

Hamilton Chu, executive producer of Hearthstone, weighs in on the Curse of Naxxramas, the future of the game, and its standing in the competitive arena.
Mary-Anne Lee · · 5 min read

How we think Gree’s Batman & the Flash: Hero Run hit 2 million downloads in 20 days

Batman & The Flash: Hero Run hit 2 million downloads today, just 20 days after its English release. Here’s how we think it did it.
Mary-Anne Lee · · 2 min read

MOBA noobness: is Dota 2 or League of Legends better for a new player?

A MOBA noob takes a look at both Dota 2 and League of Legends and attempts to decide which is the best game for a beginner to pick up.
Mary-Anne Lee · · 5 min read

Asia server for browser-based MMORPG Darkrima enters open beta testing on April 22

Darkrima, a browser-based MMORPG published by Hongkong’s Lemongame, will be entering its open-beta testing tomorrow, and is officially the only Darkrima server in existence at the moment.  The free-to-play MMORPG
Mary-Anne Lee · · 1 min read

Dungeon Keeper review: it’s not bad, it’s disappointing

I was so excited when EA announced that they were re-releasing Dungeon Keeper for iOS and Android, and I was even more excited that I got to review it. Then
Iain Garner · · 5 min read

All Wakfu Asia players are getting FREE premium access for the next two days

Ankama Asia is being surprisingly generous. From 2:00 A.M. January 8 to 11:59 P.M. January 9, all players on the Wakfu Asia server will be granted access to the premium
Mary-Anne Lee · · 1 min read