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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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"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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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

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

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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

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 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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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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3 Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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

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

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2 How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Aug 11th, 2017

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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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Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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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

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

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Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat INDIE VIEW Oct 15th, 2021

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

How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game

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

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How did Cristiano Ronaldo appear in Garena Free Fire? SOCCER STAR Jun 29th, 2021

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

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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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Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation BOOSTING BLOCKCHAIN Oct 20th, 2021

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Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016 MAGICAL LAUNCH Oct 18th, 2021

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016

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2 Garena's Free Fire records 80 million daily active users WHERE'S THE FIRE? May 18th, 2020

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Nazara raises $42 million to fund growth initiatives and acquisitions

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Garena partners with Sony to bring Venom to Free Fire WE ARE VENOM Sep 24th, 2021

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Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation UNICORN STARTUP Sep 16th, 2021

Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation

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Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million SCALING NOW Sep 14th, 2021

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Playtika snap up Redecor dev Reworks for up to $600 million ENTERING NEW MARKETS Sep 1st, 2021

Playtika snap up Redecor dev Reworks for up to $600 million

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Studio Sirah raises $830,000 for India-first midcore mobile games

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Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021 GENSHIN STRIKES GOLD Oct 7th, 2021

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Mobile MOBAs generate $300 million a month MOBA CASH IN Oct 5th, 2021

Mobile MOBAs generate $300 million a month

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Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year MAKING AN IMPACT Sep 30th, 2021

Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year

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Nintendo Switch sales close on 90 million, revenue drops nearly 10% GAINING ON WII Aug 5th, 2021

Nintendo Switch sales close on 90 million, revenue drops nearly 10%

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Dr. Mario World becomes Nintendo's worst-performing mobile game to-date WORLD NOT AN OYSTER Jul 28th, 2021

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Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds storms the most downloaded Q2 2021 charts in Japan and South Korea NEW MMORPG HITS Jul 19th, 2021

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1 How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million from 10 million installs Comment & Opinion Jul 24th, 2017

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