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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon
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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite? Hot Five Jul 29th, 2019

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite?

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Should indie developers release their games in Asia? Mobile Mavens Sep 28th, 2018

Should indie developers release their games in Asia?

  • Indies
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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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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

How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%

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

Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat

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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Feature Mar 26th, 2015

Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Apple get hacked, EA names the App Store as its biggest money spinner, and we go big on China Week that was Jul 27th, 2013

PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Apple get hacked, EA names the App Store as its biggest money spinner, and we go big on China

4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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1 Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo Stateside Sep 4th, 2013

Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

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How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise? The IAP Inspector May 12th, 2017

How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise?

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? The IAP Inspector Aug 11th, 2017

How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 13th, 2020

This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears

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Time for a new free app analytics tool GOLDEN DATA Jan 16th, 2020

Time for a new free app analytics tool

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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4 How does Rules of Survival monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 23rd, 2018

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise? IAP INSPECTOR May 12th, 2017

How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise?

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Aug 11th, 2017

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman REMOTE WORKING Nov 18th, 2020

"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman

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Netmarble US president discusses how BTS Universe Story came to light MAKING OF Nov 11th, 2020

Netmarble US president discusses how BTS Universe Story came to light

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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The Big Indie interviews: IDEA Games tells us about making a new kind of word game in OtherWordly INDIE VIEW Nov 3rd, 2020

The Big Indie interviews: IDEA Games tells us about making a new kind of word game in OtherWordly

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The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio INDIE VIEW Oct 27th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: We sit down with Battlebrew's Shawn Toh to discuss cooking up a successful indie studio

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2 Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

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How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China REMOTE WORKING Sep 29th, 2020

How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman REMOTE WORKING Nov 18th, 2020

"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman

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What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokemon Sleep?

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Netmarble US president discusses how BTS Universe Story came to light MAKING OF Nov 11th, 2020

Netmarble US president discusses how BTS Universe Story came to light

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2 A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye DECODING DESIGN Aug 30th, 2017

A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye

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

Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd

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2 Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

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

Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules

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Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Nov 17th, 2020

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PUBG Corp is bringing PUBG Mobile back to India

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1 Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince might acquire a majority stake in SNK ROYALTY Nov 26th, 2020

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pgbiz Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in June 2020 News Jul 17th, 2020

Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in June 2020

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PUBG Mobile adds new anti-cheat measures

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Remote Working: Tencent data scientist Jia Wang on running operations from her bathroom

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PUBG Mobile shoots through $3 billion in lifetime revenue

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Evoland developer Shiro Games teams up with Tencent Cloud for technical solutions when launching in China

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ASMR Slicing cut through the most downloads in May 2020

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PUBG Mobile announces $850,000 esports competition known as Season Zero

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Google had the most downloads of all mobile publishers in May

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PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing mobile title in May 2020

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PGC Digital: Garena's valuation has grown by 23 times in six years, according to Bitkfraft Ventures

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PGC Digital: PUBG Mobile esports surpassed 532 million views globally in 2019

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