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How a Lack of Direct-to-Consumer Options Hurts Players

FastSpring

A lot of big changes around direct-to-consumer options in the games industry have been going on in the past few months. A ruling in favor of Epic in Epic Games v. Amidst these Goliaths fighting over revenue from games and in-app purchases are the players. For example: The settlement between U.S. States and Google.

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Marketing Your Video Game Outside of Game Marketplaces & App Stores

FastSpring

Todd Harris knows how to leverage effective video game marketing strategies to get games in front of players. As the former COO and Co-Founder of Hi-Rez Studios, he spent 15 years making games and marketing them to gamers — with the studio’s games reaching 150 million players. (At

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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game.

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Why FastSpring is a Great Complementary Solution for your Existing Video Game MoR Integration

FastSpring

If you’re selling video games direct-to-consumer (DTC), there’s a good chance you may be taking advantage of a “merchant of record” payment platform like Xsolla and others. When operating at the scale of a game studio, that revenue can represent a huge sum. Is your business ready?

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How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores

FastSpring

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. Various tools you can use to monetize apps and games outside app stores. Those fees also apply to in-game purchases as well.

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News: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple and Epic in Antitrust Case

FastSpring

Supreme Court denied requests to hear appeals from both Apple and Epic Games regarding the antitrust case Epic filed against Apple in 2020, Reuters reported. Further Epic Games v. Google: Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want? On Tuesday, January 16, the U.S. In 2021, U.S.

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Investing in Pahdo Labs

Andreessen Horowitz

In 2022, anime games accounted for 20% of total mobile game spend at $17B , not inclusive of PC/console spend. Anime games are also pioneering new standards of gameplay. Halcyon Zero will be natively PC/mobile cross play and multiplayer, and Pahdo is opening up its developer tools for anyone to build their own anime games.