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

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

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

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

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

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1 Indian Mavens' Games of the Year 2016 Mobile Mavens Dec 21st, 2016

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

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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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MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

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What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral EAST AND WEST Sep 5th, 2019

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

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

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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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MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

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

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What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral EAST AND WEST Sep 5th, 2019

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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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1 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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PGC Hong Kong: Kunlun Korea GM Sean Lim on mobile market trends MARKET TRENDS Jul 11th, 2019

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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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1 Indian Mavens' Games of the Year 2016 INDIAN MAVENS Dec 21st, 2016

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1 Top Tips: How to customize your mobile game design based on geography THINKING GLOCAL Sep 25th, 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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Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd MAKING OF May 2nd, 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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Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE STILL GAME Oct 17th, 2019

Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE

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Jetpack Joyride studio Halfbrick returns with fast-paced PVP Magic Brick Wars

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2 Sony’s Fate/Grand Order tops mobile revenue for August at $163 million MUST BE FATE Sep 10th, 2019

Sony’s Fate/Grand Order tops mobile revenue for August at $163 million

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Korean top grosser The King Of Fighters Allstar launches globally GLOBAL LAUNCH Oct 22nd, 2019

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How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India INDIAN MAVENS May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE STILL GAME Oct 17th, 2019

Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE

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Skydance and Firefly Games partner for Terminator: Dark Fate mobile game THE FUTURE IS NOT SET Oct 1st, 2019

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Microsoft partners with SK Telecom on 5G-based cloud gaming in South Korea PROJECT XCLOUD Sep 5th, 2019

Microsoft partners with SK Telecom on 5G-based cloud gaming in South Korea

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

Huya picks up minority stake in ESL for $30m

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New studio Virtual Realms taps Warhammer licence for mobile MMORPG Odyssey LICENSING ODYSSEY Aug 28th, 2019

New studio Virtual Realms taps Warhammer licence for mobile MMORPG Odyssey

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Razer and Tencent collaborate for cloud gaming standards HEAD IN THE CLOUDS? Aug 23rd, 2019

Razer and Tencent collaborate for cloud gaming standards

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Nazara Technologies acquires a 67 per cent stake in Sportskeeda NEW INVESTMENT Aug 22nd, 2019

Nazara Technologies acquires a 67 per cent stake in Sportskeeda

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Animoca Brands and Winfinite firm Versus Systems sign $500k mutual investment deal PARTNERSHIP Aug 16th, 2019

Animoca Brands and Winfinite firm Versus Systems sign $500k mutual investment deal

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1 Call of Duty: Mobile hits 3 million downloads on launch day OUT WITH A BANG Oct 2nd, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile hits 3 million downloads on launch day

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Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year LEVELLING UP Oct 1st, 2019

Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year

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Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month GOOD START Oct 1st, 2019

Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month

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Niko Partners: Asian cloud games market to reach $3 billion by 2023 ANALYTICS REPORT Sep 27th, 2019

Niko Partners: Asian cloud games market to reach $3 billion by 2023

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1 Weekly global mobile games charts: Pokemon Masters tops US free App Store rank CHARTS Sep 11th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Pokemon Masters tops US free App Store rank

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2 Sony’s Fate/Grand Order tops mobile revenue for August at $163 million MUST BE FATE Sep 10th, 2019

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Pokemon Masters raked in $26 million from first week MASTERFUL Sep 9th, 2019

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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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Is access to funding for Indian games companies improving? INDIAN MAVENS Mar 30th, 2017

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Indian mobile game developers discuss Youzu's new Pune office

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The state of play for mobile games in India in 2016 A VINTAGE YEAR? Dec 16th, 2016

The state of play for mobile games in India in 2016

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"If someone doesn't get the feature we had, I don't think they'd be able to sell more than 100 units" DROPPING OUT Dec 6th, 2016

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Indian game developers discuss whether Nintendo Switch could be a success in India INDIAN MAVENS Nov 2nd, 2016

Indian game developers discuss whether Nintendo Switch could be a success in India

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2 Is localising games for India a smart move? INDIAN MAVENS Oct 6th, 2016

Is localising games for India a smart move?

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