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  • Boom Beach, the next game from Supercell, launches this Thursday
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    Boom Beach, the next game from Supercell, launches this Thursday

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    First spotted by TouchArcade earlier today, it looks as though Supercell's Boom Beach will finally be leaving its Canadian soft launch shores and heading to you this Thursday.The announcement was made via tweet from the official App Store account, confirming that the Clash of Clans follow up was not only coming, but will be an App Store exclusive. (Whether that's a real exclusive or timed exclusive is anybody's guess).We first took a look at this one back in November with a hands-on preview, and were pretty impressed with what we saw. Beyond the cosmetic change (Boom Beach is to modern warfare as Clash of Clans is to medieval fantasy), there were some real twists that should give Clash of Clans veterans a brand new challenge rather than a fresh coat of paint.We'll be diving back in for a full review and guide soon. Be sure to keep an eye out for both just as soon as Boom Beach hits the App Store! 
  • Did a hacker just reveal how much Clash of Clans makes in a day?
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    Did a hacker just reveal how much Clash of Clans makes in a day?

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    Clash of Clans is a big game. #2 top grossing on the App Store for more than a year big (and as of this writing, #1). $1.5 billion to get a 51% control of the company big. BIG big.But what does this "bigness" really translate to in terms of day-to-day dollars? According to one hacker, the answer is around $5 million a day.Last night, the official Clash of Clans Facebook page was hacked by someone using the name 'Ethical Spectrum.' After posting a quick message to confirm the hack, an image was posted that allegedly depicts Supercell's in-house analytics dashboard, which revealed a revenue of $5.15m for February 7, 2014.
  • Clash of Clans developer sells 51% of company stake to SoftBank in deal worth $1.5 billion
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    Clash of Clans developer sells 51% of company stake to SoftBank in deal worth $1.5 billion

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    Developer Supercell of Clash of Clans fame has announced today that they have sold a 51% stake in their company to Japanese business firm SoftBank, for a deal worth a grand total of $1.5 billion. So if you thought games like Clash of Clans and Hay Day were successful before this, then I'll just let that number sink in for a minute. Most recently, SoftBank acquired an additional stake in GungHo Online Entertainment, the studio responsible for the smash hit Puzzle and Dragons, thereby increasing their share to an influential 58%.CEO of Supercell Ilkka Paananen wrote a lengthy blog post explaining the company's reasoning behind the essential buyout, and that their recent investment opportunities will all be adding towards their ultimate goal of being the first true successful global developer of mobile free-to-play games. Paananen states in the blog, "SoftBank provides us with a massive selection of strategic resources that will help us deliver our games to hundreds of millions of new consumers all over the globe.""Paananen was also quick to assure the legions of Clash of Clans fans in his blog post that, despite the massive new business deal, Supercell will continue to operate by their own merits, in the same way that they always have before. In fact, Paananen says that in some ways, Supercell will now be even more independent than they were in the past, so anyone worried about their favorite mobile developer making such a monumental business move should have nothing to fear for the future of the company's games.
  • Clash of Clans: Now on Android (in Canada and Finland)
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    Clash of Clans: Now on Android (in Canada and Finland)

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    It seems like only a few weeks since we were musing on the inevitability of Clash of Clans making the jump to Android, and now the inevitable has come to pass. Android gamers, get ready for the genuine article: Supercell's Clash of Clans is now available to download from Google Play.If you've just clicked that link and decided to call me a liar, I won't blame you. While the game is officially on Android now, it's only available in Canada and Finland. Don't panic though - this is the same sort of soft launch we see all the time in mobile games. "The global release of Clash of Clans on Android will come as soon as we are confident that the Android version is of the highest quality," said a moderator on the Supercell forums. "We hope that will be very soon!"In the meantime, sit tight Android users. There are still plenty of clones out there to cut your teeth on, and you'll want all the practice you can before the worldwide launch. iOS gamers have had a year to get ready, and they're just itchin' to raid the competition.
  • Clash of Clans might finally be coming to Android
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    Clash of Clans might finally be coming to Android

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    Clash of Clans is huge. It's a monster of a game; the kind of success that other mobile developers could only dream of. It's been the #2 top grossing app for as long as anyone can remember, and before that? It was #1. Strange then, that the game is still an iOS exclusive.But the tides might finally be turning for Android gamers. "You can't be global without being in Asia, and you can't be big in Asia without being on Android," Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen told the Financial Times last month. "I guess that's a long way of saying that we are very actively thinking about it."It's a thought that's long overdue. While Supercell has been hesitant to enter the Google Play storefront, their competitors haven't. Games like Castle Clash, Clash of Lords and Jungle Heat are among the top 25 grossing on Android, and all borrow pretty liberally from Clash of Clans playbook. If you're Supercell, that has to sting a little.Whether due to the frustrating success of copycats or the promise of global domination, it looks like the company has finally set its sights on Android - likely both for Clash of Clans and its popular farming sim, Hay Day. There hasn't been a formal announcement of any kind yet, but with talk like this brewing publicly, it seems to be less a matter of "if" and more a matter of "when."