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

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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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

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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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

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

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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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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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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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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Why did Tencent invest a further $90 million into Pocket Gems? The Charticle May 24th, 2017

Why did Tencent invest a further $90 million into Pocket Gems?

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Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded REGION FOCUS Jun 13th, 2019

Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded

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E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct NINTENDO E3 ROUNDUP Jun 11th, 2019

E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct

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Top 10 things to do in Hong Kong while at Pocket Gamer Connects EVENT Jun 6th, 2019

Top 10 things to do in Hong Kong while at Pocket Gamer Connects

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4 videos analysing China's lucrative hyper-casual games market and how to get user attention HYPER-CASUAL Jun 6th, 2019

4 videos analysing China's lucrative hyper-casual games market and how to get user attention

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Region Focus: Finding opportunities in Hong Kong's small games industry REGION FOCUS Jun 5th, 2019

Region Focus: Finding opportunities in Hong Kong's small games industry

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

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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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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Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded REGION FOCUS Jun 13th, 2019

Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded

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E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct NINTENDO E3 ROUNDUP Jun 11th, 2019

E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct

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Region Focus: Finding opportunities in Hong Kong's small games industry REGION FOCUS Jun 5th, 2019

Region Focus: Finding opportunities in Hong Kong's small games industry

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Top 10 things to do in Hong Kong while at Pocket Gamer Connects EVENT Jun 6th, 2019

Top 10 things to do in Hong Kong while at Pocket Gamer Connects

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4 videos analysing China's lucrative hyper-casual games market and how to get user attention HYPER-CASUAL Jun 6th, 2019

4 videos analysing China's lucrative hyper-casual games market and how to get user attention

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

How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?

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PGC Hong Kong Speaker Spotlight: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jun 25th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong Speaker Spotlight: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game

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Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East LIVE AND KICKING Jun 20th, 2019

Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East

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E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform? HALF MEASURES Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform?

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PGC Hong Kong: Boomzap creative director Chris Natsuume on hyper-casual concerns and player burnout SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jun 7th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Boomzap creative director Chris Natsuume on hyper-casual concerns and player burnout

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Want to boost your game’s ROI? Tap into your community COMMUNITY ADVICE Jun 3rd, 2019

Want to boost your game’s ROI? Tap into your community

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Two years on: Konami on how Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has kept fans wanting more LIVE AND KICKING May 30th, 2019

Two years on: Konami on how Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links has kept fans wanting more

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

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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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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Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East LIVE AND KICKING Jun 20th, 2019

Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East

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PGC Hong Kong Speaker Spotlight: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jun 25th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong Speaker Spotlight: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game

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

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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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

  • Jobs
  • Women in Games
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Jobs in Games
  • International Women's Day 2019
E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform? HALF MEASURES Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform?

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

Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead

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  • Malaysia
  • Southeast Asia
Three years on: Bandai Namco on the evolution of Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle LIVE AND KICKING Aug 23rd, 2018

Three years on: Bandai Namco on the evolution of Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle

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Israel becomes home to Nintendo’s second official store 14 YEARS LATER Jun 25th, 2019

Israel becomes home to Nintendo’s second official store

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Partnerships, publishing and knowing the market: Inside Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong TRADE TRENDS Jun 24th, 2019

Partnerships, publishing and knowing the market: Inside Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

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East Meets West: Tencent gaming phone, Apple's warning over US-China trade war, and Game for Peace could reach $1bn EAST MEETS WEST Jun 24th, 2019

East Meets West: Tencent gaming phone, Apple's warning over US-China trade war, and Game for Peace could reach $1bn

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US WEEKLY CHARTS Jun 24th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US

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Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US TRADE WAR Jun 21st, 2019

Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US

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1 Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director CHEAP AS CHIPS Jun 21st, 2019

Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director

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Check out the Esports and Key Opinion Leaders track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong ESPORTS AND KPL Jun 21st, 2019

Check out the Esports and Key Opinion Leaders track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

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1 Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director CHEAP AS CHIPS Jun 21st, 2019

Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director

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Report: Tencent and Asus to unveil new gaming phone in July MOVE OVER RAZER Jun 20th, 2019

Report: Tencent and Asus to unveil new gaming phone in July

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Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US TRADE WAR Jun 21st, 2019

Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US

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Tencent’s battle royale hit Game for Peace could reach $1bn in first year PEACEKEEPERS Jun 19th, 2019

Tencent’s battle royale hit Game for Peace could reach $1bn in first year

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Speak at the first ever Pocket Gamer Connects MENA this November

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After making billions on mobile Puzzle & Dragons Gold is launching on Nintendo Switch MARIO & DRAGONS Jun 20th, 2019

After making billions on mobile Puzzle & Dragons Gold is launching on Nintendo Switch

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Check out the Esports and Key Opinion Leaders track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong ESPORTS AND KPL Jun 21st, 2019

Check out the Esports and Key Opinion Leaders track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

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Monetisation design, profitability and gacha: Inside Monetiser at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong MONETISER Jun 20th, 2019

Monetisation design, profitability and gacha: Inside Monetiser at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

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How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Report: Tencent and Asus to unveil new gaming phone in July MOVE OVER RAZER Jun 20th, 2019

Report: Tencent and Asus to unveil new gaming phone in July

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Nintendo and Microsoft collaborate to bring Banjo-Kazooie home in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate BIRD AND BEAR Jun 11th, 2019

Nintendo and Microsoft collaborate to bring Banjo-Kazooie home in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China EDUCATION INITIATIVE May 29th, 2019

Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China

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Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld INVESTMENT NEWS May 24th, 2019

Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld

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Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for blockchain games platform The Sandbox INVESTOR FUNDS May 23rd, 2019

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Publisher NetEase is bringing new original Marvel content to China and beyond SUPER May 20th, 2019

Publisher NetEase is bringing new original Marvel content to China and beyond

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NetEase to launch first Pokemon mobile game in China POKEMON QUEST May 20th, 2019

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US WEEKLY CHARTS Jun 24th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US

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Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Ball Legends enters top 10 grossing rankings in the US and UK WEEKLY CHARTS Jun 17th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Ball Legends enters top 10 grossing rankings in the US and UK

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1 Brawl Stars strikes 100 million downloads worldwide in six months KNOCKOUT Jun 14th, 2019

Brawl Stars strikes 100 million downloads worldwide in six months

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Tencent's Game for Peace helped PUBG Mobile more than double sales to $146m in May KILLER COMBO Jun 7th, 2019

Tencent's Game for Peace helped PUBG Mobile more than double sales to $146m in May

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PES 2019 mobile game racks up 200 million downloads PES 2019 Jun 7th, 2019

PES 2019 mobile game racks up 200 million downloads

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite conjures up 100,000 installs from first month in beta WIZARDS UNITE Jun 5th, 2019

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WeQ: Investment in ad tech, development and publishing sets us apart from hyper-casual competition CASUAL EXPANSION Jun 4th, 2019

WeQ: Investment in ad tech, development and publishing sets us apart from hyper-casual competition

Ad tech company has acquired Booster Studios to develop and publish in-house and third-party hyper-casual games

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

4 tips for tapping into the South Korean mobile games market

WeQ CEO Markus Malti on cracking one of the world's most lucrative mobile sectors

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1 New mobile ad tech firm WeQ secures $50 million to challenge Facebook and Google ‘duopoly’ BIG DEAL Apr 24th, 2018

New mobile ad tech firm WeQ secures $50 million to challenge Facebook and Google ‘duopoly’

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