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How Supercell's Brawl Stars monetises, Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts, and evolving from rinse-and-repeat

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How Supercell's Brawl Stars monetises, Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts, and evolving from rinse-and-repeat

Nearly everything Supercell does has the rest of the industry watching, trying to learn just how it has run such a successful business.

So when we took a look at the monetisation of its latest game in soft launch, Brawl Stars, our readers were once again interested to learn just what the Finnish developer is up to this time, becoming our most read article from last week.

Second on out Hot Five is out interview with former Kabam exec Mike DeLaet on starting his new company DOD Media Group, which will be advising others across a wide range of business services.

Rinse and repeat, Wargaming, and Gameloft

Our third most read article of last week was Contributing Editor Jon Jordan’s analysis of gaming’s rinse-and-repeat moments, and whether design will move on to creating more meaningful moments for players.

Next up was our interview with Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi on the company’s big plans for mobile, and a look at how Gameloft is performing under the ownership of Vivendi.


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Craig Chapple is a freelance analyst, consultant and writer with specialist knowledge of the games industry. He has previously served as Senior Editor at PocketGamer.biz, as well as holding roles at Sensor Tower, Nintendo and Develop.