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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

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? Hot Five Jul 29th, 2019

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? 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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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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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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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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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

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

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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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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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How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise? The IAP Inspector May 12th, 2017

How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise?

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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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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad

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Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow! HUAWEI DEVELOPER DAY Apr 28th, 2020

Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow!

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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

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This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 13th, 2020

This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears

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Time for a new free app analytics tool

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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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This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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

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1 This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 20th, 2020

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Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad BIG INDIE LAUNCHPAD Aug 7th, 2020

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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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How does Tencent's mobile MOBA Strike of Kings monetise? IAP INSPECTOR May 12th, 2017

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

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Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Remote Working: Yoozoo narrative director Dylan Cole on the lessons the US can learn from China JOBS IN GAMES Sep 8th, 2020

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POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 4th, 2020

POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino

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How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI AI MONETISATION Aug 27th, 2020

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The art of improving your community engagement COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Aug 26th, 2020

The art of improving your community engagement

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What game developers need to know about China's local server requirements LOCAL SERVERS Aug 19th, 2020

What game developers need to know about China's local server requirements

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Three minutes with Nexon THREE MINUTES WITH NEXON Aug 18th, 2020

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POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 4th, 2020

POC in Mobile: "The video games industry can do better," says Behaviour brand manager Sam Quino

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Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Remote Working: Yoozoo narrative director Dylan Cole on the lessons the US can learn from China JOBS IN GAMES Sep 8th, 2020

Remote Working: Yoozoo narrative director Dylan Cole on the lessons the US can learn from China

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What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokemon Sleep?

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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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The next frontier in gaming: Entering India ENTERING INDIA Apr 17th, 2020

The next frontier in gaming: Entering India

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Hack and slash: The making of MIHOYO's Honkai Impact 3rd MAKING OF May 2nd, 2018

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How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI AI MONETISATION Aug 27th, 2020

How to improve your mobile game monetization strategy with AI

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This Week in Asia: Black Desert franchise hits $1.7 billion revenue as Nintendo ceases 3DS production THIS WEEK IN ASIA Sep 18th, 2020

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PGC Helsinki Digital: "Every day was like a weekend" - the impact of Covid-19 on mobile games NEW NORMAL? Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: "Every day was like a weekend" - the impact of Covid-19 on mobile games

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

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1 Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

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PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months PLAYER VERY WELL KNOWN Sep 11th, 2020

PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months

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Tencent and The Pokemon Company debut Pokemon Unite

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Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous SPLASHING CASH May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

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PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months PLAYER VERY WELL KNOWN Sep 11th, 2020

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Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore $100 MILLION RISE Aug 3rd, 2020

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This Week in Asia: Black Desert franchise hits $1.7 billion revenue as Nintendo ceases 3DS production News Sep 18th, 2020

This Week in Asia: Black Desert franchise hits $1.7 billion revenue as Nintendo ceases 3DS production

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Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games

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Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million

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PG Connects Helsinki Digital Careers Week: Get your next job with Rovio

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Things to consider when running music events in your game News Sep 17th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Things to consider when running music events in your game

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PGC Helsinki Digital: ZeptoLab on designing your game with live ops in mind

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Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 6 and eighth-generation iPads

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PG Connects Helsinki Digital Careers Week: Check out some of the latest roles available at Hutch News Sep 15th, 2020

PG Connects Helsinki Digital Careers Week: Check out some of the latest roles available at Hutch

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Apple revises App Store policies to allow Stadia and xCloud on iOS

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Tracking your game's "K-factor" and understanding organic growth News Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Tracking your game's "K-factor" and understanding organic growth

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PGC Helsinki Digital: How Belka Games adjusted its strategy and grew from 30 to 300 employees News Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: How Belka Games adjusted its strategy and grew from 30 to 300 employees

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PGC Helsinki Digital: How app store optimisation saw Lab Cave's Love & Dating Story increase installs by 314% News Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: How app store optimisation saw Lab Cave's Love & Dating Story increase installs by 314%

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PGC Helsinki Digital: N3twork director of UA Matthew Saunders on preparing for an IDFA-less future News Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: N3twork director of UA Matthew Saunders on preparing for an IDFA-less future

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Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion News Sep 14th, 2020

Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

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Brush up on Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital News Sep 13th, 2020

Brush up on Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital

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