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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

  • Mavens
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1 Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day Hot Five Mar 11th, 2019

Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day

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How does Brawl Stars monetise? The IAP Inspector Dec 19th, 2018

How does Brawl Stars monetise?

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as 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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2017 - the year not much happened in mobile games, says Verto Chart of the Week Oct 31st, 2017

2017 - the year not much happened in mobile games, says Verto

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Hall of Fame: King CEO Riccardo Zacconi on building a mobile gaming powerhouse Hall of Fame Oct 27th, 2016

Hall of Fame: King CEO Riccardo Zacconi on building a mobile gaming powerhouse

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal After Hours Oct 22nd, 2016

The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads Regulars Oct 17th, 2016

10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight Feature Jun 16th, 2016

All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? Comment & Opinion Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

  • F2P
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Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG Interview Aug 25th, 2015

Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG

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Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them Stateside Aug 14th, 2015

Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them

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Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight Week that was Jun 20th, 2015

Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 Monetizer Jan 30th, 2015

Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14

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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder The Finnsider Nov 14th, 2014

Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm News Sep 15th, 2014

Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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1 Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day Hot Five Mar 11th, 2019

Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day

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How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC? Mobile Mavens Mar 15th, 2019

How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?

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9 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master monetise?

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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? Comment & Opinion Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

  • F2P
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  • Amazon Underground
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3 as 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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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector Mobile Mavens Feb 26th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector

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as 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?

  • China
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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Mar 14th, 2019

11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track

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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy track ESPORTS ACADEMY Mar 14th, 2019

6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy track

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Game Changers: Cloud and Connected Experiences track CLOUD GAMING Mar 14th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Game Changers: Cloud and Connected Experiences track

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11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Connects X track CONNECTS X Mar 14th, 2019

11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Connects X track

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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Culture Club track CULTURE CLUB Mar 13th, 2019

8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Culture Club track

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4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track INFLUENCER INSIGHTS Mar 13th, 2019

4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track

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Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making BIRDS OF PREY Mar 12th, 2019

Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making

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Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making BIRDS OF PREY Mar 12th, 2019

Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making

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173 50 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

50 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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9 How does Coin Master monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master monetise?

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3 as 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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Pocket Gamer’s ultimate GDC 2019 party guide EVENTS Mar 1st, 2019

Pocket Gamer’s ultimate GDC 2019 party guide

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Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector THE ROAD AHEAD Feb 26th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector

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1 A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake PRE-2000 Mar 14th, 2016

A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake

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11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Mar 14th, 2019

11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track

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GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech NEW REALITIES Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech

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How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation AUTOMATED FUTURE Mar 18th, 2019

How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation

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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? EXISTING FANS Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC? GDC 2019 Mar 15th, 2019

How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?

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as Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious QUARTER MILE AT A TIME Mar 14th, 2019

Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious

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Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem! VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 13th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem!

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

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Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril Live and Kicking Mar 13th, 2019

Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

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as 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

  • Jobs
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  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Jobs in Games
  • International Women's Day 2019
Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem! VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 13th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem!

  • Sponsored
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Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril Live and Kicking Mar 13th, 2019

Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril

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How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC? GDC 2019 Mar 15th, 2019

How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?

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as Jobs in Games: Florence composer Kevin Penkin on how to get a job creating music for games JOBS IN GAMES Mar 12th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Florence composer Kevin Penkin on how to get a job creating music for games

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as How live user comments for in-game mobile ads are boosting developer revenues AD TECH Mar 12th, 2019

How live user comments for in-game mobile ads are boosting developer revenues

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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? MICRO-TRANSACT THAT Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio LAYOFFS Mar 19th, 2019

5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio

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GDC 2019: Unity AR Foundation ties together ARKit and ARCore development UNITY FOUNDATION Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity AR Foundation ties together ARKit and ARCore development

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GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine ACQUISITION NEWS Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine

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as GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets CALL OF DUTY Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets

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as Nintendo streaming Nindies Showcase this Wednesday INDIES TIME TO SHINE Mar 18th, 2019

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GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming INTERACTIVE MEDIA Mar 18th, 2019

GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming

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Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?

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as PUBG Mobile banned in several Indian cities FIRING LINE Mar 14th, 2019

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Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads FOR THE TECH Mar 14th, 2019

Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads

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PlayStack’s new mobile game Dig That Gold gives away real 24k gold bars to players GOLD RUSH Mar 14th, 2019

PlayStack’s new mobile game Dig That Gold gives away real 24k gold bars to players

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as Tencent’s Honor of Kings generated more than $1 billion in February alone SAY WHAT? Mar 11th, 2019

Tencent’s Honor of Kings generated more than $1 billion in February alone

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Former Rovio product lead Will Luton opens new management consultancy for games LAUNCH Mar 14th, 2019

Former Rovio product lead Will Luton opens new management consultancy for games

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Small Giant Games soft-launches Empires & Puzzles follow-up Puzzle Combat PUZZLER Mar 11th, 2019

Small Giant Games soft-launches Empires & Puzzles follow-up Puzzle Combat

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Glu Mobile steps into the social casino game with Real Celebrity Slots JACKPOT Mar 11th, 2019

Glu Mobile steps into the social casino game with Real Celebrity Slots

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1 A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games MONETISATION DESIGN Nov 14th, 2018

A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games

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7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign MARKETING MEMES Aug 30th, 2018

7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign

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How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat SNAPCHAT MEMES Aug 20th, 2018

How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat

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9 steps to using analytics in your game GUIDE TO ANALYTICS Aug 29th, 2017

9 steps to using analytics in your game

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Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers UA GUIDE Jun 19th, 2017

Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers

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as How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India INDIAN MAVENS May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out UP TO SCRATCH Mar 30th, 2017

Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out

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1 Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts TALK THE TALK Feb 14th, 2017

Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts

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GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine ACQUISITION NEWS Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine

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as GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets CALL OF DUTY Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets

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GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming INTERACTIVE MEDIA Mar 18th, 2019

GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming

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as Hit PC mod DOTA Auto Chess is coming to mobile minus the DOTA MOBILE AUTO CHESS Mar 15th, 2019

Hit PC mod DOTA Auto Chess is coming to mobile minus the DOTA

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PlayStack’s new mobile game Dig That Gold gives away real 24k gold bars to players GOLD RUSH Mar 14th, 2019

PlayStack’s new mobile game Dig That Gold gives away real 24k gold bars to players

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Lightstream acquires livestreaming analytics platform Arsenal.gg ARSENAL.GG ACQUISITION Mar 14th, 2019

Lightstream acquires livestreaming analytics platform Arsenal.gg

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Jump Holdings raises $1 million to launch interactive choice-driven game Inventure CAUSE AND ACTION Mar 14th, 2019

Jump Holdings raises $1 million to launch interactive choice-driven game Inventure

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Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads FOR THE TECH Mar 14th, 2019

Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls CHARTS Mar 18th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls

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Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media SPECIFIC SHARING Mar 15th, 2019

Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media

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as Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending SPEND Mar 14th, 2019

Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

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as Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate RANKED Mar 13th, 2019

Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year TO GRINGOTTS Mar 13th, 2019

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year

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Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making

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2 Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months BRAWLING IN IT Mar 12th, 2019

Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months

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Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 INDIE SHOWCASE Jan 14th, 2019

Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019

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Disney shuts down Star Wars: Rivals, Honor of Kings takes $3.5bn in revenue and Tencent unveil Lego Cube HOT FIVE Sep 24th, 2018

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AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch GOOGLE EVENT Oct 5th, 2017

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PlayPhone

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Last Updated: Feb 24th, 2014
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PlayPhone is the global leader in delivering mobile social gaming via smartphones and tablets through its cross-platform mobile social gaming network.

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  • 224 Airport Parkway
  • #300
  • San Jose
  • California
  • 95110
  • United States of America

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pgbiz Video: Mobile business experts discuss how to get into China News Nov 4th, 2015

Video: Mobile business experts discuss how to get into China

pgbiz Video: Wooga, GREE, Spil, Roadhouse and Playphone discuss publishing power News Oct 22nd, 2015

Video: Wooga, GREE, Spil, Roadhouse and Playphone discuss publishing power

pgbiz Register now for the GungHo and Pocket Gamer-hosted Playphone Summer Bash at Casual Connect News Jul 28th, 2015

Register now for the GungHo and Pocket Gamer-hosted Playphone Summer Bash at Casual Connect

pgbiz GungHo-owned Playphone signs up with Cyanogen to increase reach for its curated Game Store News Jun 11th, 2015

GungHo-owned Playphone signs up with Cyanogen to increase reach for its curated Game Store

pgbiz PlayPhone's Anders Evju on viral tokens and social hooks Interview Nov 12th, 2014

PlayPhone's Anders Evju on viral tokens and social hooks

as pgbiz Rumour: GungHo Online buys 70% stake in PlayPhone to gain US and emerging markets reach News Oct 29th, 2014

Rumour: GungHo Online buys 70% stake in PlayPhone to gain US and emerging markets reach

pgbiz PlayPhone on spicing up game discovery with social juice and carrier billing Comment & Opinion Sep 12th, 2014

PlayPhone on spicing up game discovery with social juice and carrier billing

1 pgbiz 20 percent of mobile gamers would skip sex for Candy Crush News May 14th, 2014

20 percent of mobile gamers would skip sex for Candy Crush

pgbiz Middle-aged women play but Generation Y pays Data & Research Feb 24th, 2014

Middle-aged women play but Generation Y pays

pgbiz PlayPhone brings the social virality of Tango's 190 million users to its games platform News Feb 24th, 2014

PlayPhone brings the social virality of Tango's 190 million users to its games platform

as pgbiz PlayPhone hooks up with SingTel to fulfill its vision to become world's third app store Interview Nov 5th, 2013

PlayPhone hooks up with SingTel to fulfill its vision to become world's third app store

pgbiz PlayPhone on how it's enabling carriers to regain their place in the mobile games market Feature Aug 5th, 2013

PlayPhone on how it's enabling carriers to regain their place in the mobile games market

pgbiz Claro Brazil rolls out PlayPhone's Android gaming platform News Jun 5th, 2013

Claro Brazil rolls out PlayPhone's Android gaming platform

pgbiz 2012 in review: Anders Evju, PlayPhone Interview Jan 2nd, 2013

2012 in review: Anders Evju, PlayPhone

pgbiz Social surge: PlayPhone adds 500 developers in 1 quarter News Sep 19th, 2012

Social surge: PlayPhone adds 500 developers in 1 quarter

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