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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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How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West Interview Jan 27th, 2021

Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West

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Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

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How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day Interview Jan 20th, 2021

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