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

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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

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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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Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West Interview Jan 27th, 2021

Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day Interview Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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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

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Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

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Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success? The Charticle Nov 7th, 2017

Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success?

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes

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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

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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

This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia

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

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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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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

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Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West MAKING OF Jan 27th, 2021

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jan 20th, 2021

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Master the Meta: Do new Chinese regulations spell trouble or opportunity? SCORE FOR FOREIGN GAMES? May 4th, 2021

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

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

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Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West MAKING OF Jan 27th, 2021

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jan 20th, 2021

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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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