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As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

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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

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

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As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

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

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

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Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition? The Charticle Feb 1st, 2018

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

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

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

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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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Southeast Asia powered Gravity’s Ragnarok M: Eternal Love to $50 million a month EASTERN PROMISE Sep 5th, 2019

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

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

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4 tips for tapping into the South Korean mobile games market TOP TIPS Jun 12th, 2018

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Southeast Asia powered Gravity’s Ragnarok M: Eternal Love to $50 million a month EASTERN PROMISE Sep 5th, 2019

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1 Why Samsung is giving $10,000 to every developer in the Tizen Store's top 100 EVERYTHING OR NOTHING Dec 12th, 2016

Why Samsung is giving $10,000 to every developer in the Tizen Store's top 100

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

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

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Soaring to over $4 billion, southeast Asia is the fastest-growing games market MOBILE LEADS THE WAY Nov 20th, 2019

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Huya picks up minority stake in ESL for $30m CHINA EXPANSION Sep 2nd, 2019

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Peter manages Rovio’s marketing and business strategy, including expanding Angry Birds into a broader entertainment franchise.

Prior to Rovio, Peter worked for HP in several communications-industry related roles. While at HP, he founded the HP Mobile E-Services Bazaar. Peter is also co-founder and the original initiator of MobileMonday, as well as the founder of Some Bazaar, a new approach to building and growing new businesses.

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Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry SUPERSTARS BY THE FIRE Jan 22nd, 2018

Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry

China, VR, AR, and the film industry all get talked about

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Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot MIGHTY INVESTMENT Jan 19th, 2018

Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot

Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release

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Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends

Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018

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Peter Vesterbacka joins Space Nation to help regular people become astronauts via an app APP TO THE STARS Dec 2nd, 2016

Peter Vesterbacka joins Space Nation to help regular people become astronauts via an app

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Finnish educational games developer Lightneer secures €2.8 million funding as Peter Vesterbacka joins studio FUNDING EDUCATION Sep 14th, 2016

Finnish educational games developer Lightneer secures €2.8 million funding as Peter Vesterbacka joins studio

Total funding stands at nearly $4 million

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Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup SPREADING HIS WINGS Jun 21st, 2016

Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup

Retains shares with Angry Birds developer

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1 Stugan 2016 reveals participants, announces Rami Ismail and Peter Vesterbacka as mentors STUGAN 2016 Jun 9th, 2016

Stugan 2016 reveals participants, announces Rami Ismail and Peter Vesterbacka as mentors

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Pocket Gamer Connects advisory board revealed PGC ADVISORY BOARD Oct 28th, 2015

Pocket Gamer Connects advisory board revealed

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A history of Finland's mobile games industry: The rise of Rovio and Supercell TAKE OVER Aug 27th, 2015

A history of Finland's mobile games industry: The rise of Rovio and Supercell

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Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka on why brands are best BIRD BRAND Aug 17th, 2015

Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka on why brands are best

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