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

Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?

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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?

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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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FTUE: Eternal Arena Regulars Nov 24th, 2015

FTUE: Eternal Arena

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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

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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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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

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

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India Mobile Mavens May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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

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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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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

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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

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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How hard is it to bring a PC hit like Human: Fall Flat to smartphones anyway? INTERVIEW Feb 25th, 2019

How hard is it to bring a PC hit like Human: Fall Flat to smartphones anyway?

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12 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's East Meets West track EAST MEETS WEST Feb 25th, 2019

12 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's East Meets West track

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Four experts explain: What you should know about Asia mobile gaming in 2019 ASIA INSIGHTS Jan 10th, 2019

Four experts explain: What you should know about Asia mobile gaming in 2019

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

The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry

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

The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 2 - 10 to 1

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5 things we learned from the Melbourne International Games Week LESSONS FROM DOWN UNDER Nov 6th, 2018

5 things we learned from the Melbourne International Games Week

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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

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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

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

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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Four experts explain: What you should know about Asia mobile gaming in 2019 ASIA INSIGHTS Jan 10th, 2019

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

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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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12 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's East Meets West track EAST MEETS WEST Feb 25th, 2019

12 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's East Meets West track

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

Four years on: Netmarble on how Marvel Future Fight has continued to assemble fans

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

Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile

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Maysalward CEO: “The Middle East market is a key player in the mobile industry” EXCITING TIMES Apr 30th, 2019

Maysalward CEO: “The Middle East market is a key player in the mobile industry”

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Defending against the dark arts of mobile game hacking with AppSealing HACK BLOCKER Apr 12th, 2019

Defending against the dark arts of mobile game hacking with AppSealing

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Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020 MOBILE TRENDS Apr 9th, 2019

Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020

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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

Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?

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Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder BETTER TOGETHER Apr 1st, 2019

Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder

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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

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

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

Four years on: Netmarble on how Marvel Future Fight has continued to assemble fans

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

Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead

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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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Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020 MOBILE TRENDS Apr 9th, 2019

Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020

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

Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile

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Battle royale games have surpassed $2 billion on mobile WINNER WINNER May 17th, 2019

Battle royale games have surpassed $2 billion on mobile

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Microsoft and Sony set aside rivalry to team up on cloud gaming BIG DEAL May 16th, 2019

Microsoft and Sony set aside rivalry to team up on cloud gaming

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Japan success helps propel NetEase sales to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019 FINANCIALS May 16th, 2019

Japan success helps propel NetEase sales to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019

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1 Tencent’s "peaceful" PUBG clone Game for Peace earned over $14 million in three days PEACE May 13th, 2019

Tencent’s "peaceful" PUBG clone Game for Peace earned over $14 million in three days

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser again, but it can't beat Coin Master in the UK WEEKLY CHARTS May 13th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser again, but it can't beat Coin Master in the UK

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Rockstar acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $7.9m ACQUISITION NEWS May 13th, 2019

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Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea KOREA STARS May 14th, 2019

Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea

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Pokemon Rumble Rush revealed for iOS and Android WHAT A RUSH May 15th, 2019

Pokemon Rumble Rush revealed for iOS and Android

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1 More than half of the world’s mobile gamers are based in Asia MARKET DATA May 15th, 2019

More than half of the world’s mobile gamers are based in Asia

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox the top grosser on US App Store CHARTS May 9th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox the top grosser on US App Store

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SK Telecom partners with Microsoft on 5G, AI and cloud technologies NEW OPPORTUNITIES May 13th, 2019

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Supercell partners with South Korean TV network OGN for Clash Royale League SEASON 2 May 14th, 2019

Supercell partners with South Korean TV network OGN for Clash Royale League

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Rockstar acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $7.9m ACQUISITION NEWS May 13th, 2019

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SK Telecom partners with Microsoft on 5G, AI and cloud technologies NEW OPPORTUNITIES May 13th, 2019

SK Telecom partners with Microsoft on 5G, AI and cloud technologies

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The Pokemon Company partners with DeNA for new mobile game I CHOOSE YOU May 10th, 2019

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Japanese mobile operator DOCOMO invests $280 million in Magic Leap

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Qualcomm partners with Tencent and Vivo to create new AI game experiences on mobile PROJECT IMAGINATION Apr 24th, 2019

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Keep an eye open for Indonesia, the fastest-growing nation in Adjust’s Global App Trends 2019 report REPORT May 17th, 2019

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Battle royale games have surpassed $2 billion on mobile WINNER WINNER May 17th, 2019

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1 More than half of the world’s mobile gamers are based in Asia MARKET DATA May 15th, 2019

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Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea KOREA STARS May 14th, 2019

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1 Tencent’s "peaceful" PUBG clone Game for Peace earned over $14 million in three days PEACE May 13th, 2019

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser again, but it can't beat Coin Master in the UK WEEKLY CHARTS May 13th, 2019

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pgbiz Facebook top apps publisher for mobile downloads in Q4 2018 News Feb 18th, 2019

Facebook top apps publisher for mobile downloads in Q4 2018

pgbiz Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in bid for Nexon News Feb 15th, 2019

Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in bid for Nexon

pgbiz Weekly Global Mobile Games Charts: PUBG Mobile breaks into US top 10 grossing slots News Jan 28th, 2019

Weekly Global Mobile Games Charts: PUBG Mobile breaks into US top 10 grossing slots

pgbiz Speaker Spotlight: Tencent's Miley Chen on the ACE Publishing Program and premium games in China Interview Jan 20th, 2019

Speaker Spotlight: Tencent's Miley Chen on the ACE Publishing Program and premium games in China

pgbiz Tencent wants to support your game through its Games Without Borders initiative Comment & Opinion Jan 17th, 2019

Tencent wants to support your game through its Games Without Borders initiative

pgbiz China approves further 84 games as new regulatory body works its way through backlog of thousands News Jan 10th, 2019

China approves further 84 games as new regulatory body works its way through backlog of thousands

pgbiz Activision and Tencent’s Call of Duty Legends of War surfaces in Australia on Android News Dec 17th, 2018

Activision and Tencent’s Call of Duty Legends of War surfaces in Australia on Android

pgbiz Honor of Kings skips past $4 billion in lifetime revenue News Dec 17th, 2018

Honor of Kings skips past $4 billion in lifetime revenue

pgbiz Tencent’s PUBG Mobile crowned best game of the year on Android by Google News Dec 4th, 2018

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile crowned best game of the year on Android by Google

pgbiz Donut County and Gorogoa named iPhone and iPad game of the year by Apple News Dec 4th, 2018

Donut County and Gorogoa named iPhone and iPad game of the year by Apple

pgbiz Tencent and NetEase saw a 382 per cent increase in international mobile games revenue during 2018 News Dec 3rd, 2018

Tencent and NetEase saw a 382 per cent increase in international mobile games revenue during 2018

pgbiz PUBG Mobile hits 30 million daily active players and 200 million downloads in eight months News Dec 3rd, 2018

PUBG Mobile hits 30 million daily active players and 200 million downloads in eight months

pgbiz Weekly global mobile game charts: Tencent’s Naruto Online makes a splash in the East News Nov 30th, 2018

Weekly global mobile game charts: Tencent’s Naruto Online makes a splash in the East

pgbiz Tencent, Zynga and Natural Motion set to speak at India Games Developer Conference 2018 News Nov 29th, 2018

Tencent, Zynga and Natural Motion set to speak at India Games Developer Conference 2018

pgbiz Who could be top dog in the fight to acquire Zynga? Feature Nov 28th, 2018

Who could be top dog in the fight to acquire Zynga?

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