UK indie Ustwo Games was the biggest winners at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, with the studio picking up three accolades for its seminal mobile puzzle game Monument Valley. The game was recognised for Best Visual Art, Innovation, and Best Handheld/Mobile Game at last night’s awards ceremony in San …
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Uk developer UsTwo has revealed that revenues generated by Monument Valley have hit $5.8m. That’s four times more than the $1.4m it cost to develop both the original game and its Forgotten Shores expansion which, incidentally, racked up 575,608 sales, accounting for 1 in 5 Monument Valley players. Total sales …
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The maker of smartphone hit Monument Valley has said that premium gaming lives on, despite the pressures of free-to-play and piracy. Studio Ustwo yesterday revealed that 95 per cent of installations of the game on Android were not paid for and 60 per cent on iOS. We’ve had this for …
Read More »95% of Monument Valley’s Android installs were not paid for
Developer Ustwo has highlighted the piracy problem that continues to blight Android gaming. Interesting fact: Only 5% of Monument Valley installs on Android are paid for. 40% on iOS,” the studio said, although it went on to stress that a certain proportion of those installs would have been legitimate in …
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