Mobile gaming is on the rise as people are stuck inside — and on their phones

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Mobile gaming achieved a record-breaking high during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from App Annie and IDC. With people worldwide stuck inside due to social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, weekly game downloads rose 35 percent, up to 1.2B, in March. “Mobile is now the primary driver of growth for digital games consumption, increasingly becoming the world’s preferred form of gaming,” the annual report reads.

Sim and trivia games had the highest bump, following those that fall under the casual and then adventure genre; high downloads include craft sim game Woodturning, board game Ludo King, and garden building game Gardenscapes – New Acres. In 2020 alone, the report predicts mobile will have a 2.8x lead over PC…

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