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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

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Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat Hall of Fame Aug 11th, 2016

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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

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How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5% Chart of the Week Aug 18th, 2016

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Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat Hall of Fame Aug 11th, 2016

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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams

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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

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The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry RESTART Jan 2nd, 2019

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The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 2 - 10 to 1 BIG INDIE AWARDS Nov 22nd, 2018

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3 Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

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Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

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Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success? EASTERN STARS Apr 2nd, 2019

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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

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Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

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Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead MOBILE GAME TRENDS May 11th, 2018

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Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules CHINESE REGULATIONS May 7th, 2019

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Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd MAKING OF May 2nd, 2018

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Four years on: Netmarble on how Marvel Future Fight has continued to assemble fans LIVE AND KICKING May 9th, 2019

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Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile FUTURE OF STREAMING Apr 30th, 2019

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2019 Global Top Round accelerator opens call for applications GLOBAL TOP ROUND May 22nd, 2019

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13 Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019 BRAZIL TOPS LIST May 21st, 2019

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Tencent and Riot Games working on mobile version of League of Legends POTENTIALLY HUGE May 23rd, 2019

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Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019 FINANCIALS May 23rd, 2019

Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019

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Mobile was monumental in earning Tencent $19 billion in games revenue

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pgbiz GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform News Mar 20th, 2019

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GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets

pgbiz Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls News Mar 18th, 2019

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pgbiz Honor of Kings has made $4.5 billion since launching in October 2015 News Mar 15th, 2019

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PUBG Mobile banned in several Indian cities

pgbiz Tencent starts the road to recovery after a rocky 2018 with a $40 billion boost in share value News Mar 12th, 2019

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pgbiz NetEase gets the jump on Fortnite and Tencent as FortCraft is approved for China launch News Mar 11th, 2019

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pgbiz Tencent’s Honor of Kings generated more than $1 billion in February alone News Mar 11th, 2019

Tencent’s Honor of Kings generated more than $1 billion in February alone

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