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Pokemon Go has surpassed $5 billion (roughly Rs. 37,323 crores) in lifetime revenue in five years, Sensor Tower reports. This milestone has been crossed by game maker Niantic as it celebrates the five-year anniversary of its popular augmented reality mobile game, Pokemon Go, which was launched in 2016. Sensor Tower notes that it remains the clear leader in the Geolocation AR category globally, picking up $641.6 million (roughly Rs. 4,822 crores) in just the first half of 2021.The H1 2021 revenue figures of Pokemon Go, as…

Garena Free Fire was the most downloaded smartphone game in October 2021, beating rivals such as PUBG Mobile, Roblox, Ludo King, and Subway Surfers, as per the latest report by Sensor Tower. As per another report from the renowned data analytics firm, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title Honor of Kings was the top-grossing game for October and was ranked ahead of PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, and Genshin Impact. For Free Fire, India was the country which downloaded it the most, taking up 30 percent of the game's total…

As global downloads of games and non-games apps reached 35 billion in the second quarter of this year, spending on apps has overtaken games on the Apple App Store for the first time ever in the US.According to Sensor Tower, spending on non-games has grown at more than twice the rate as games on the App Store in the US, with a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent since June 2014.The total revenue generated by non-game apps was higher for the quarter, reaching nearly $3.4 billion on the US App Store, compared with $3.3…

The former head of short video giant TikTok's gaming unit, Jason Fung, is launching a blockchain gaming startup as one of two co-founders, as the buzz around blockchain games grows while sector heavyweights remain wary. The 34-year-old left TikTok last month after two years with the firm, and his exit comes as TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have been aggressively expanding into the $300 billion global gaming market to take on rival Tencent Holdings, an effort that has yielded mixed results so far. It also reflects…

With a seemingly bottomless feed of goof-offs, dance-offs and good-natured pranks, TikTok bills itself as the happiest place on the internet.Fueling its success: an exacting management style and demanding internal culture that belie its buoyant public image, say employees at its U.S. offices. The employees, many of them veterans of other major tech companies, say TikTok emphasizes relentless productivity and secrecy to a degree uncommon in the industry. As TikTok continues its torrid growth, those conditions…

Privacy-focused messaging platform Telegram emerged as the fifth most popular app with over 100 million downloads on Google Play Store and Apple App Store in the March quarter, analytics firm Sensor Tower said in a report.  The increase in downloads of the Telegram app can be attributed to the growing dissatisfaction of users with Meta apps. The Sensor report said the number of app installs globally on App Store and Play Store reached 37 billion and despite the bans in key markets…

TikTok has surpassed Instagram and become the world's top downloaded app in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The short-video app, which is banned in India, managed to continue to be one of the top-five top downloaded apps worldwide. However, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — retained its dominance in the app market globally, with Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp as the three top downloaded apps worldwide after TikTok.Sensor Tower…

Call of Duty: Mobile has surpassed the $1.5-billion (roughly Rs. 11,265 crore) revenue mark in lifetime microtransactions, as per the latest data from Sensor Tower. The game has achieved this revenue milestone in lifetime spending across its Android and iOS. Call of Duty: Mobile was developed by Tencent's Timi Studios, along with Activision, and was launched in 2019. As per Sensor Tower, the US ranks as the top country to spend the most money in Call of Duty: Mobile with more than $647 million (roughly Rs. 4,855 crore) in…