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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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Hall of Fame: A slice of life with Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat Hall of Fame Aug 11th, 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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Should indie developers release their games in Asia? Mobile Mavens Sep 28th, 2018

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The Financial Budget brings the spotlight to India’s gaming industry INSIGHT ON INDIA Feb 16th, 2022

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Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover CHINA IN YOUR HANDS Jun 11th, 2021

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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

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

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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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Philip La on moving from Pokémon GO to Axie Infinity POKÉ TO AXIE Feb 11th, 2022

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