Kernel Bug affecting iOS 13.2.2 and lower that can potentially result in a jailbreak

January 26th, 2020, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster

Moving over to newer versions of iOS, some exciting news has just dropped for those with A12/A13 devices running iOS 13 since the checkra1n jailbreak doesn’t support these devices. Due to this, these devices rely on app-based jailbreaks, like unc0ver and Electra, which make use of kernel exploits and have been the norm ever since 2016 (iOS 9.2/9.3).
If the kernel bug that Ian Beer just shared gets turned into a tfp0 exploit, unc0ver will probably get iOS 13 support!

Unlike the checkm8 exploit which powers the checkra1n jailbreak, app-based jailbreaks use exploits that are patchable with iOS updates and this means that people on the iPhone XS/11 and newer iPads are still waiting patiently for a chance to jailbreak their device on the latest version of iOS.
Now, Ian Beer of Project Zero, who’s released numerous kernel bugs & exploits which led to fully fledged jailbreaks in the past, has just shared details on a kernel bug, fixed in iOS 13.3, which according to Apple’s security content releases allows for execution of arbitrary code with kernel privileges thus providing the base part of a jailbreak. This means that there’s potential for an application-based jailbreak supporting iOS 13.0-13.2.2 on all devices including the iPhone 11 (Pro) but it must be noted that a tfp0 exploit hasn’t been provided and the code shared is effectively for PoC purposes. With this in mind, Pwn20wnd who’s behind the unc0ver jailbreak, has advised to “not get excited for now” on Reddit so you should adjust your hopes accordingly until an exploit gets developed.

As usual, the advice of staying on the lowest version of iOS holds unless you have an A11 or older device as these are permanently jailbroken with checkra1n since it uses a hardware-based BootROM exploit. If you’re on iOS 13.0-13.2.2, do not update to iOS 13.3. If you’re on iOS 12.x and already jailbroken, it’s advised to stay there for now. Remember to save blobs.

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Apple TV 3rd generation finally gets jailbroken on latest firmware (7.4)

January 26th, 2020, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster

Unlike the iPhone and iPad, the Apple TV is seen as a side offering in Apple’s lineup and while it’s gained popularity in some circles, adoption is still nowhere as high as Apple’s iOS devices.

As a result, interest in jailbreaking Apple TV devices is pretty limited but the Apple TV 2nd generation, 4th generation and 4K are permanently jailbroken thanks to the BootROM exploits that affect them and because more developers showed interest in them. However, the Apple TV 3rd generation didn’t see any love and was left without a jailbreak partially because finding an entry point on the Apple TV firmware is more difficult than on iOS and because of the aforementioned lack of interest.
Now, that has finally changed as tihmstar, who’s behind jailbreaking iOS 8.4.1 and 9.3.5/6 with Siguza et al among other contributions, has released EtasonATV which is capable of jailbreaking Apple TV Firmware 7.4 (12H876; based on iOS 8.4.3) on the AppleTV3,2 with support for AppleTV3,1 units coming when someone steps in to help him with some minor things. Installing this jailbreak is a little different than traditional jailbreaks as it requires you to set a custom DNS address, add a profile and then open the Trailers app in order to jailbreak your device. After that, you can install a DEB file via SSH which gives you an untethered jailbreak (you needn’t apply it every reboot) for your device! For those asking why you should jailbreak an Apple TV, the main reason right now is the ability to install Kodi/XBMC (installation instructions).

You may learn more about EtasonATV by following this link which also contains installation instructions.

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EA ends support for mobile Tetris, Tetris Blitz

January 23rd, 2020, 17:41 Posted By: wraggster

Electronic Arts is shutting down its Tetris games for mobile devices, including both Tetris and Tetris Blitz.
An announcement on the iOS store page (reaffirmed to GamesIndustry.biz by EA) for Tetris Blitz confirms the games will soon be removed, and in fact already appear to have been taken down from Google Play.

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Mobile gaming projected to surpass $100b in spend in 2020

January 15th, 2020, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster

Mobile gaming continued to grow in 2019, with App Annie predicting the industry is on track to surpass $100 billion in revenue across all mobile app stores in 2020.
According to its State of Mobile 2020 report, mobile game spending neared $90 billion in 2019, and made up 56% of all gaming spending last year. Mobile game spend was 2.4 times that of spending on PC and Mac, and 2.9 times that on console.
In total, App Annie found 1121 mobile games that brought in over $5 million, and 140 games that brought in over $100 million.

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NPD: Growth of mobile gamers slows while revenue continues rising

January 15th, 2020, 20:33 Posted By: wraggster

The mobile gaming population in the US and Canada seems to be nearing saturation, but that hasn't stopped revenues from climbing. That's according to the industry-tracking NPD Group, which today released information from its Deconstructing Mobile & Tablet Gaming 2020 report.
According to the report -- conducted in collaboration with Sensor Tower and based on a survey of 5,000 active mobile gamers in the US and Canada -- the number of mobile gamers in the two countries grew 2% year-over-year in 2019 to 214.1 million. While still growing, the pace of growth has slowed; in 2018, the number was up 5 percent from the previous year.
Despite that, the collective mobile gamer community in the two countries has upped its spending considerably. Mobile game revenues in the two countries were up 24 percent year-over-year, totaling more than $11.82 billion. More than half of that was attributed to three genres -- puzzle, skill/chance, and strategy -- but gains were found across all genres.
"Mobile gaming continues to be a dynamic and expanding market, offering appealing content to all types of game players," NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella said. "New hit games in 2019, such as Call of Duty: Mobile, and Mario Kart Tour, along with the launch of the Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass subscription services, are just some examples of the breadth and depth of mobile gaming's rapid evolution and why it remains gaming's largest, and most diverse, platform."

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Line Ridder Zigzag v0.1 (Android Game)

January 14th, 2020, 19:26 Posted By: wraggster

Line Ridder Zigzag is a game by StarCity Games and has simple rules to play. The rider moves in a zigzag way and you have to tap the screen as soon as you see it hitting the walls or the obstacle to save it and swift it ahead. The game has exciting levels to explore with different kinds of obstacles and the perfect graphics that drift your mind to even play it more.

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2019 was Pokemon Go's best year ever

January 14th, 2020, 17:42 Posted By: wraggster

Pokemon Go just had its best year ever in 2019 -- even better than its 2016 launch.
Last year, Niantic's location-based Pokemon title brought in $894 million, according to Sensor Tower. That's up from its previous high year in 2016, when it brought in $832 million. Pokemon Go brought in $589 million and $816 million in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
That made it the fifth-highest-earning mobile game worldwide this year, behind Candy Crush and above Monster Strike. The top-grossing game in 2019 was Honor of Kings, which neared $1.5 billion in revenue.
In particular, August and September helped bolster Pokemon Go's revenue -- its best months since the summer of 2016. $116 million was generated in August, and $126 million in September following a major update to the game that added Team Rocket. The only months Pokemon Go has seen that were bigger than those were in 2016: $256 million in July 2016, $195 million in August, and $141 million in September.
The US was responsible for most of Pokemon Go's revenue this year, contributing $335 million. Japan was in second, with $286 million, followed by Germany at $54 million. 54% of spending was on Google Play, and the rest was on iOS.

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Apple Arcade now has a cut-price annual payment tier

January 1st, 2020, 11:38 Posted By: wraggster

Apple has introduced an annual tier for its mobile game subscription service, Apple Arcade.
The new payment option was added without fanfare, but it was spotted by the German website iFun.de. A screenshot shows the option to purchase an annual subscription to Apple Arcade for €49.99.
At present, a monthly subscription in Europe costs €4.99, so the annual tier effectively grants two free months of Apple Arcade.

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Mobile's fast risers of 2019 could be leaders in 2020

January 1st, 2020, 11:32 Posted By: wraggster

Last month, we reflected on the increasing influence of console and PC IP on mobile, headlined in October by the launches of Mario Kart Tour and Call of Duty: Mobile. In November, there was no place in the worldwide top ten grossers for those big releases.
Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows Activision's Call of Duty: Mobile falling to 24 from 12 month-on-month, though it still brought in an impressive $31.8 million in gross revenue. Nintendo's Mario Kart Tour dropped to 57 from 27, generating $16.4 million. There was still room in the top 30, however, for eight franchises that started life on PC and console -- down just two from October.
New to the overall top ten in November was Sony's hit mobile RPG Fate/Grand Order, which generated $54.3 million, a 10% month-on-month increase. NetEase's Fantasy Westward Journey picked up $53.3 million, despite a fall of 11% from October.

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Mobile games made 15 times more revenue than entertainment apps in a single year

December 16th, 2019, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster

The combined revenues generated by mobile games reached $41.5 billion in a single 12-month period -- more than 15 times higher than the $2.77 billion generated by the next biggest category, Entertainment.
That's according to Liftoff's Mobile App Trends Report, which looked at the entire breadth of apps on iOS and Android between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019.
During that time, iOS apps made $22.51 billion based on in-app purchases and advertising in games, while Android titles made $18.94 billion. The combined total was 4.27% higher than last year's $39.8 billion. Entertainment apps, meanwhile, made $2.42 billion on iOS, $351 million on Android.
The report also shared average retention rates, with casual games the fourth highest category on Day One, retaining 31.1% of users. This was only beaten by news, comics and social casino games, none of which were higher than 33%. For day seven, casual games' retention average dropped to 9.8%, then to 3.5% on Day 30.
Hardcore games, meanwhile, showed Day One, Seven and 30 retention rates of 29%, 9% and 3% respectively. Midcore games were reported at 29.3%, 7.3% and 2%.
The average time between installation and an in-app purchase for games was reported as one day, 22 hours and 35 minutes -- longer than shopping, dating and finance (the latter of which was one hour, ten minutes).
Games were also the biggest category in terms of the number of downloads. 15.3 million downloads were recorded on iOS and 41.2 million on Android, making for total of 56.5 million. Again, the second biggest category was Entertainment with 8.4 million (2.7 million on iOS, 5.7 million on Android) -- 573% lower than games.

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PUBG Mobile earned at least $1.3 billion in 2019

December 16th, 2019, 22:00 Posted By: wraggster

PUBG Mobile earned at least $1.3 billion in revenue in 2019, according to estimates from the data firm Sensor Tower.
The Tencent-backed mobile shooter first launched in February 2018, and yet its earnings in 2019 represent 88% of all spending tracked by Sensor Tower. PUBG Mobile's lifetime revenue from the App Store and Google Play has now exceeded $1.5 billion.
The single most valuable market is China, which accounts for $614 million, or 40% of lifetime revenue -- and that is particularly impressive when viewed in context.

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Subway Surfers is the top mobile game of the decade by downloads

December 16th, 2019, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster

Supercell's Clash of Clans was the top-grossing mobile game of the decade, while Subway Surfers was the most-downloaded, according to mobile data and analytics firm App Annie.
The top-downloaded title from 2010 to 2019, Subway Surfers, passed 2.5 billion downloads in mid-2018, and was the first-ever game to reach 1 billion downloads on Android alone. It has continued to grow since, including reaching the third most-downloaded title for 2019 alone. The game was launched by Dutch developers Kiloo and SYBO Games in 2012, and has since gone on to spawn an animated series and lifestyle brand.
On the list of top-downloaded games in 2019 alone, No.8 Homescapes had reached 223 million downloads by November, and Call of Duty Mobile was downloaded 148 million times in its first month. It was also named Mobile Game of the Year by both Google Play and The Game Awards.
By revenue, Fate/Grand Order was No.1 for 2019 and No.5 for the decade. But for 2010 to 2019, Supercell's Clash of Clans wore the crown. Its last major milestone was grossing an estimated more than $6.4 billion as of earlier this year.
For comparison, Pokemon GO at No.8 for the decade had surpassed $3 billion in lifetime revenue in October of this year.

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Call of Duty Mobile made almost $87m in its first two months

December 9th, 2019, 18:54 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty Mobile has generated just short of $87 million in its first two months on app stores, although spending slowed in its second month.
A new report from Sensor Tower shows the mobile free-to-play shooter made $31 million last month, which combined with the $55 million in its opening month of October puts revenues well over $85 million.
Unsurprisingly, the US is the game's biggest market, accounting for 42% ($36 million) of its total spend. Japan was the second largest, contributing 13.2% ($11 million) of its revenues, with Britain in third at 3% ($2.6 million).
Most of the revenue -- 59.2%, more than $51 million -- came from iOS. This is more than the $10 million PUBG Mobile earned on the platform during its first two months, but less than the $66 million achieved by Fortnite.

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NetEase launches its own cloud gaming platform in beta

December 9th, 2019, 18:51 Posted By: wraggster

NetEase has begun beta test of its own cloud gaming service, picking up on a trend that fellow industry giants (including rival Chinese company Tencent) are collectively beginning to embrace.
According to Chinese outlet GameLook (as translated by TechNode), the service went live this month and currently only supports mobile games, though PC games are planned for down the line.
The launch roster includes support for 38 different games, 20 of which are published by NetEase. Tencent's Honor of Kings and Bilibili's Fate/Grand Order are included as well. Games can be played either by visiting the website through a phone browser, or through a dedicated app for Android. Graphical quality is adjustable based on connection speed.

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Call of Duty Mobile made almost $87m in its first two months

December 5th, 2019, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty Mobile has generated just short of $87 million in its first two months on app stores, although spending slowed in its second month.
A new report from Sensor Tower shows the mobile free-to-play shooter made $31 million last month, which combined with the $55 million in its opening month of October puts revenues well over $85 million.
Unsurprisingly, the US is the game's biggest market, accounting for 42% ($36 million) of its total spend. Japan was the second largest, contributing 13.2% ($11 million) of its revenues, with Britain in third at 3% ($2.6 million).
Most of the revenue -- 59.2%, more than $51 million -- came from iOS. This is more than the $10 million PUBG Mobile earned on the platform during its first two months, but less than the $66 million achieved by Fortnite.

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Call of Duty Mobile is Google Play's best game of 2019

December 4th, 2019, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty Mobile received three total honors in Google Play's best games of 2019, including the top spot as best overall game.
It also won the users' choice award, and a spot in the best five competitive games alongside Supercell's Brawl Stars, Rumble Stars Football, Tacticool - 5v5 shooter, and Tennis Clash: 3D Sports.

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ColEm v4.8

November 26th, 2019, 18:26 Posted By: wraggster

ColEm v4.8 is released. ColEm is a ColecoVision emulator. ColEm will run software written for the ColecoVision video game console. ColEm package itself does not contain any games. You should place your own game files onto the SD card before running ColEm. Please, do not run any software you do not own with ColEm. The author cannot and will not tell you where to find free ColecoVision games.

ColEm v4.8 Changelog:
Fixed state saves for games using SRAM.
Fixed wrong SRAM contents being saved.
Fixed SGM AY8910 wave effects.
Now updating sound every 8 scanlines.
Now muting AY8910 channels when Fnum is set to 0.
Enabled AY8910 sound channels in ColEm-Unix.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sold 4.75m digital units in its launch month

November 25th, 2019, 18:28 Posted By: wraggster

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare set the record for best digital game launch this year, selling an estimated 4.75 million digital units in October according to SuperData.
In its October digital games market report, SuperData has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as the bestselling digital title on console and the sixth bestselling title on PC (by total earnings). Activision Blizzard's first-person shooter only launched at the end of the month, on October 25.
Modern Warfare was beat out on PC by League of Legends at No.1, several popular games in China -- Dungeon Fighter Online, Fantasy Westward Journey Online II, and Crossfire -- and World of Warcraft, which is still enjoying a boost from the launch of World of Warcraft Classic in August.

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Why are developers betting on Apple Arcade?

November 25th, 2019, 18:26 Posted By: wraggster

Like Xbox Game Pass before it, Apple Arcade is vying to prove that the subscription model can transform the games industry just as it has other forms of entertainment. However, unlike Game Pass, the mobile service stands to reach a far broader audience thanks to the ubiquity of the devices that carry it.
Apple Arcade is still very new, having only launched in September, but it already has 100 games in its catalogue. At a recent event in London, head of content strategy Nicola Sebastiani said he believes this is "unprecedented within platform launches." The variety of games on offer is not insignificant, again speaking to the wider audience developers can reach through smartphones (and tablets, Macs and Apple TV, as the firm kept reminding us).
This reach is "invaluable" to studios like Italian startup 34bigthings, said co-founder Guiseppe Franchi. The developer's Arcade offering, sci-fi shooter Redout: Space Assault, is a prequel to the original Redout, which mainly appealed to hardcore PC gamers. With touch screen controls, or the ability to pair your device with a controller, 34bigthings has made Space Assault more accessible in the hopes of attracting a broader range of players.

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Southeast Asia is the world's fastest-growing mobile games market

November 22nd, 2019, 23:07 Posted By: wraggster

Southeast Asia is the current fastest-growing mobile games market in the world, and is expected to grow 17% year-over-year in 2019 according to Newzoo.
Per the market researcher's report on the Southeast Asian games market (consisting of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), the region will generate $2.6 billion in mobile games revenue in 2019, and $4.3 billion in revenue in 2019, up 13% year-over-year.

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