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Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success? The Charticle Apr 2nd, 2019

Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?

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Should indie developers release their games in Asia? Mobile Mavens Sep 28th, 2018

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

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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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FTUE: Eternal Arena Regulars Nov 24th, 2015

FTUE: Eternal Arena

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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Feature Mar 26th, 2015

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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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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 to design effective mobile game monetisation for India Mobile Mavens May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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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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Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Feature Mar 26th, 2015

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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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Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

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How hard is it to bring a PC hit like Human: Fall Flat to smartphones anyway? INTERVIEW Feb 25th, 2019

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The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry RESTART Jan 2nd, 2019

The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry

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The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 2 - 10 to 1 BIG INDIE AWARDS Nov 22nd, 2018

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5 things we learned from the Melbourne International Games Week LESSONS FROM DOWN UNDER Nov 6th, 2018

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Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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

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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

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Four experts explain: What you should know about Asia mobile gaming in 2019 ASIA INSIGHTS Jan 10th, 2019

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The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 2 - 10 to 1 BIG INDIE AWARDS Nov 22nd, 2018

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Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile FUTURE OF STREAMING Apr 30th, 2019

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Defending against the dark arts of mobile game hacking with AppSealing HACK BLOCKER Apr 12th, 2019

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Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020 MOBILE TRENDS Apr 9th, 2019

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Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success? EASTERN STARS Apr 2nd, 2019

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Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder BETTER TOGETHER Apr 1st, 2019

Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder

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Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women

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Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules CHINESE REGULATIONS May 7th, 2019

Loot box design 2.0: Complying with China's new rules

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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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Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead MOBILE GAME TRENDS May 11th, 2018

Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead

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Four years on: Netmarble on how Marvel Future Fight has continued to assemble fans LIVE AND KICKING May 9th, 2019

Four years on: Netmarble on how Marvel Future Fight has continued to assemble fans

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

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Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020 MOBILE TRENDS Apr 9th, 2019

Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020

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Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile FUTURE OF STREAMING Apr 30th, 2019

Synative’s revolutionary playable ad tech is like Google’s Stadia for mobile

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