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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?

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Should indie developers release their games in Asia?

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The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

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

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

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The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

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The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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The Charticle: Jelly Splash for KakaoTalk

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

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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

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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The IAP Inspector Nov 6th, 2017

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Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan

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Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale

REGION FOCUS Oct 25th, 2019

Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale

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Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

REGION FOCUS Oct 22nd, 2019

Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

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How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale

SOFT LAUNCH Jan 13th, 2020

49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale

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

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Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

REGION FOCUS Oct 22nd, 2019

Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

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Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan

INDIE WINNERS Dec 2nd, 2019

Mulled 2 takes the Very Big Indie Pitch crown in Jordan

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What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers

NEW CHANNELS Nov 4th, 2019

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Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends

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Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends

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Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile

2020 TRENDS Jan 1st, 2020

Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile

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Ambitious Chinese publisher YOOZOO on its relentless vision for global success

BIG YEAR COMING Dec 24th, 2019

Ambitious Chinese publisher YOOZOO on its relentless vision for global success

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IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation

JOBS IN GAMES Dec 12th, 2019

IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation

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How the Indian mobile games market is progressing in 2019

IGDC 2019 Dec 10th, 2019

How the Indian mobile games market is progressing in 2019

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Who won Tencent's Game Without Borders Awards 2019?

WINNERS Oct 29th, 2019

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Top Tips: How to customize your mobile game design based on geography

THINKING GLOCAL Sep 25th, 2019

Top Tips: How to customize your mobile game design based on geography

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M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy

ZYNGA ZOOMING Sep 12th, 2019

M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy

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Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends

TENCENT TIMI Jan 16th, 2020

Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends

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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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Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile

2020 TRENDS Jan 1st, 2020

Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile

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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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Ambitious Chinese publisher YOOZOO on its relentless vision for global success

BIG YEAR COMING Dec 24th, 2019

Ambitious Chinese publisher YOOZOO on its relentless vision for global success

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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

Japan
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EASTERN PROMISE Sep 5th, 2019

Southeast Asia powered Gravity’s Ragnarok M: Eternal Love to $50 million a month

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Ex-Final Fantasy artists Akihiko Yoshida and Hideo Minaba on the creative process and designing for mobile

ART FANTASY Mar 16th, 2017

Ex-Final Fantasy artists Akihiko Yoshida and Hideo Minaba on the creative process and designing for mobile

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PG CONNECTS LONDON 2020 Jan 20th, 2020

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COCOS PLAY Jan 16th, 2020

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