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Atari’s Pong Quest turns the classic paddle game into an RPG

Atari is taking a break from building hotels because … well, the world is taking a break from hotels. In the interim, the publisher is bringing back one of the original gaming franchises. Pong Quest is a new entry in the ball-and-paddle series that remixes the action with a role-playing quest. Pong Quest is launching this spring for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game…
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GameRefinery: Revenues and competition are heating up in mobile RPGs

GameRefinery has released a snapshot report of the mobile role-playing game (RPG) genre for the first quarter of 2020. And the evaluation of 200 features in 2,000 games shows how the competition is increasing and revenues growing in the genre. The report from the mobile game insight and analytics firm said that RPGs generate about 12% of all revenue among iOS games. Traditionally, licensed brands…
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MobileNews

Nike Run Club for iPhone and Apple Watch adds new post-run metrics and more

Nike is rolling out a nice update to the Nike Run Club app for iPhone and Apple Watch today. The update brings new interface tweaks to the Apple Watch app, as well as additional metrics to the post-run experience. Nike says the new version of the Nike Run Club app shows additional metrics when you finish your workout. These new metrics include cadence, the speed of your fastest mile, and more. For…
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MobileNews

How to check and track coronavirus symptoms on Android

Right now, we’re square in the middle of a pandemic the likes of which our generations have never experienced, which is also inconveniently overlapping with the tail end of the normal cold and flu season and the arrival of allergy season. This has caused a fair bit of…
MobileNews

iPhone 9 case inventory arriving at Best Buy, other retailers with April 5 merchandising date

The long-rumored iPhone 9 is expected to be released at some point this spring. Now, accessories from case makers are making their way to retailers such as Best Buy, with specific instructions not to inventory the products until the end of this week. The image you see above shows an Urban Armor Gear case for the “New iPhone 4.7-inch, 2020.” According to a tipster, these cases, among others…
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