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How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game Interview Sep 14th, 2021

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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

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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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How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game Interview Sep 14th, 2021

How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game

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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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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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"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups" Interview Jul 27th, 2021

"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups"

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

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

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Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista MOBILE GAMES INDEX Nov 10th, 2021

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

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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 YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

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

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

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

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Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista MOBILE GAMES INDEX Nov 10th, 2021

Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista

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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 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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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 2: content and system changes YODO1 Nov 6th, 2020

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PGC Digital: What makes a successful ad creative? PGC DIGITAL #8 Sep 27th, 2021

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Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to generate $10 billion MO' MONEY Sep 9th, 2021

Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to generate $10 billion

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How learning from past experience took WRP Studios to second place at The Big Indie Pitch INDIE VIEW Aug 16th, 2021

How learning from past experience took WRP Studios to second place at The Big Indie Pitch

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"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups" POC IN MOBILE Jul 27th, 2021

"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups"

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How did Cristiano Ronaldo appear in Garena Free Fire? SOCCER STAR Jun 29th, 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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How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game MAKING OF Sep 14th, 2021

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Master the Meta: Garena Free Fire publisher Sea’s earnings breakdown MASTER THE META May 24th, 2021

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

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"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups" POC IN MOBILE Jul 27th, 2021

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Honor of Kings snatches back first place for October worldwide revenue, reaching $329 million

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Sega Sammy sees 6% growth in Japanese mobile game revenues in FY16 to $375 million

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Hoshi No Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius boost Square Enix's FY16 sales 28% to $2 billion News May 13th, 2016

Hoshi No Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius boost Square Enix's FY16 sales 28% to $2 billion

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Summoners War hits $500 million in lifetime revenues, boosting Com2uS to another sales record News May 11th, 2016

Summoners War hits $500 million in lifetime revenues, boosting Com2uS to another sales record

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Baseball titles boost Konami's FY16 game sales up 27% to $1.2 billion News May 10th, 2016

Baseball titles boost Konami's FY16 game sales up 27% to $1.2 billion

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Sega Networks downgrades FY16 sales prediction by $125 million News Feb 22nd, 2016

Sega Networks downgrades FY16 sales prediction by $125 million

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