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Hot Five: Philip La moves from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity, the latest ironSource Supersonic competition, and $4.4 billion spend on money-themed games Hot Five Feb 14th, 2022

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

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Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play MOST WANTED LIST Nov 18th, 2021

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Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play MOST WANTED LIST Nov 18th, 2021

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Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

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Philip La on moving from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity

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A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye

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4 tips for tapping into the South Korean mobile games market

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Five trends in 2022 to shape the mobile games industry

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Apple’s privacy changes level the playing field for hypercasual games

Moloco's Henry Wang details the shift in hypercasual growth models under Apple’s new privacy policies, and how savvy marketers can strike while the iron is hot.

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The challenges of designing nonlinear PvP

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What does the future hold for mobile games advertising?

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Eight tips to build your dream team with no HR

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Overcoming 60% ROI drop in TeaGames' Monsters: PvP Arena

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How hypercasual flop Clash of Dots became hit State.io Comment & Opinion Dec 13th, 2021

How hypercasual flop Clash of Dots became hit State.io

Azur reveals how to tweak for success

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Four trends to watch in 2022

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Hypercasual mobile monetisation in 2021 Feature Dec 8th, 2021

Hypercasual mobile monetisation in 2021

Matthaus Krzykowski, Co-Founder of Growth FullStack, details the out-of-the-box options that led the charge for indie and mid-sized publishers to monetising hypercasual games in 2021

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What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list

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Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation Comment & Opinion Nov 23rd, 2021

Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation

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How cheaters are impacting the most valuable currency in the cash gaming market - player trust Comment & Opinion Nov 17th, 2021

How cheaters are impacting the most valuable currency in the cash gaming market - player trust

Ryu Games' Nick Contino explains

Paving the way for success without the IDFA Comment & Opinion Nov 10th, 2021

Paving the way for success without the IDFA

The numerous benefits of tapping into non-personalised ad traffic

Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games Comment & Opinion Nov 8th, 2021

Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games

Moloco's Henry Wang on planning for the future

The Play-to-Earn evolution Comment & Opinion Oct 27th, 2021

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