Monetizing the esports boom It’s surprisingly easy for developers and publishers to add tournaments, event streaming, and more to accelerate game commerce globally. Learn how. Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Crash Bandicoot: On the Run has garnered more than 27 million downloads, according […]
Call of Duty: Mobile has hit 250 million downloads since its debut on October 25, according to mobile measurement firm Sensor Tower. Players on iOS and Android have spent more than $ 327 million to date, Sensor Tower estimates. The success shows how Activision Publishing, the owner of the Call of Duty franchise, has been […]
The full teardown of the 2020 iPad Pro. iFixit Here’s the camera array with lidar sensor. iFixit And here’s an infrared view of the dots projected by that lidar sensor. iFixit For comparison, the dots projected by the TrueDepth array on the front used for Face ID. iFixit As expected, iFixit has published a teardown […]
Enlarge / A user tries out features in Apple’s ARKit. Apple Citing a source with knowledge about Apple’s new iPhones, Fast Company writes that Apple will introduce a rear-facing 3D sensor array to new iPhone models. Apple plans to buy the laser components for this array from Lumentum, the California-based company from which it already buys […]
Previous Next Look what we have here. Fujifilm just announced the X-T4, the company’s flagship mirrorless camera, and we’re already excited about what might be the perfect camera. The X-T4 brings not one but three highly requested features to the X-T lineup: It recycles much of the X-T3’s tech, but adds in-body image stabilization (IBIS), […]
An illustration of a concept for a possible wind-powered Venus rover. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is looking to members of the public to design an avoidance sensor for obstacle courses that could be used for a future Venus rover. Despite being our planetary neighbor, few missions have ever landed on Venus because of its scorchingly high surface […]
Call of Duty: Mobile came out today, and it’s already seen 3 million installs according to market analyst Sensor Tower. The first mobile version of the giant shooter franchise is the No. 1 free iOS app in the U.S. and 32 other markets. It is in the top five in 30 additional countries. In terms […]
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite made about $ 1.1 million and got around 3 million installs during its first four days of availability, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. Niantic‘s previous game, Pokémon Go, made over $ 28 million in its first four days back in 2016. Wizards Unite, which is also a free-to-play location-based augmented […]
Brawl Stars may well be on its way to joining its siblings Clash of Clans and Clash Royale as another reliable mobile gaming moneymaker for Supercell, at least according to the databanks of Sensor Tower. The mobile research firm posted a blog estimating that Brawl Stars has brought in $ 275 million in revenue and […]
Mobile market analyst Sensor Tower found that over 330,000 people have installed the free Steam Link app after its surprise release on the App Store on May 15. Steam Link streams your PC games on Steam to smartphones and tablets via a strong Wi-Fi connection (at least 5Ghz or higher). Sensor Tower estimates that between […]
Pokémon Go reminds us that just because a game isn’t dominating the news as it once did doesn’t mean it can’t still pull in more bucks than can fill the Easter Bunny’s basket. Mobile market research firm Sensor Tower said today that it estimates Pokémon Go brought in $ 65 million worldwide in April, a […]
It looks like Bethesda Softworks might have another mobile hit on its hands. According to market analyst Sensor Tower, The Elder Scrolls: Blades made $ 1.5 million in its first month as an early access game on the Apple App Store. It’s an impressive figure for what remains an incomplete experience. Rather than doing an […]
Do you wonder why battle passes are the new hotness in gaming monetization? Clash of Clans, which has been a hit since 2012, was able to make $ 27 million during the week it debuted its Gold Pass, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. That was up 145% over the previous week. That is a […]
Enlarge / A slide from Samsung’s Galaxy S10 launch. Samsung This year in the world of smartphone fingerprint sensors, Qualcomm’s ultrasonic in-display fingerprint reader, the 3D Sonic Sensor, is expected to get widespread adoption. The first phone with the new sensor, the Samsung Galaxy S10, has been in the wild for about a few weeks […]
The Samsung Galaxy S10’s in-display fingerprint sensor supposedly offers additional security compared to other scanners in the market, but it still fell victim to a 3D-printed fingerprint. The embedded ultrasonic fingerprint scanner of the Galaxy S10 is capable of capturing the 3D contours of thumbs and fingerprints, compared to the 2D images taken by more […]