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How does Forza Street monetise?

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Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs Hot Five Jun 1st, 2020

Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs

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Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic

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Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot

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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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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

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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

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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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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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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs

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Get your next job in the games industry with our Jobs Board JOBS BOARD Jun 5th, 2020

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How does Forza Street monetise? STREET LIFE Jun 5th, 2020

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Ten sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 you really shouldn't miss EDITOR'S CHOICE Jun 4th, 2020

Ten sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 you really shouldn't miss

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Black Lives Matter: How the games industry is showing support and how you can help BLACK LIVES MATTER Jun 4th, 2020

Black Lives Matter: How the games industry is showing support and how you can help

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PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration! SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY Jun 1st, 2020

PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration!

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Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now

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243 54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Jun 1st, 2020

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PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration! SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY Jun 1st, 2020

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Black Lives Matter: How the games industry is showing support and how you can help BLACK LIVES MATTER Jun 4th, 2020

Black Lives Matter: How the games industry is showing support and how you can help

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Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 1st, 2020

Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now

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Every online-only games industry conference and event happening in 2020 DIGITAL EVENTS LISTINGS Mar 30th, 2020

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The Voodoo Approach: Tarboosh Games CEO Rani Hammad H. on learning how to make hit games with Voodoo THE TARBOOSH APPROACH Jun 5th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: Tarboosh Games CEO Rani Hammad H. on learning how to make hit games with Voodoo

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as Will China’s new regulations push game publishers towards other emerging markets? CHINA REGULATIONS Jun 5th, 2020

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Nobody cares about your app idea - here's how to change that AGORA LIVE VIDEO Jun 4th, 2020

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Making Of: How Scrabble GO achieved "the best launch ever for a mobile word game" 2.5 MILLION DAU Jun 4th, 2020

Making Of: How Scrabble GO achieved "the best launch ever for a mobile word game"

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The Voodoo Approach: Why AYA Games feels like Voodoo is the only publisher it wants to work with THE AYA APPROACH Jun 3rd, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: Why AYA Games feels like Voodoo is the only publisher it wants to work with

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Audio production in times of pandemic PRODUCTION IN PANDEMIC Jun 3rd, 2020

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Indie Spotlight: Tony Gowland reflects on running Ant Workshop for five years FROM ROCKSTAR TO INDIE Jun 3rd, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Tony Gowland reflects on running Ant Workshop for five years

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Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown JOBS IN GAMES Jun 2nd, 2020

Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown

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11 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

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as What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot JOBS IN GAMES Oct 8th, 2019

Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot

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18 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

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Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old PRESERVING THE PAST May 29th, 2020

Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old

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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

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The Voodoo Approach: Tower Run creator Lawson He on why partnering with a publisher is crucial THE LAWSON HE APPROACH May 29th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: Tower Run creator Lawson He on why partnering with a publisher is crucial

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Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown JOBS IN GAMES Jun 2nd, 2020

Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown

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Discover Incredible Indies and Industry Vision & Values at Pocket Gamer Connects #2

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1 Outfit7's My Talking Tom Friends exceeds seven million pre-registrations in six days POPULAR CAT May 28th, 2020

Outfit7's My Talking Tom Friends exceeds seven million pre-registrations in six days

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Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jun 1st, 2020

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team

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Fallout Shelter Online revealed for the West, pre-registrations open GO WEST Mar 11th, 2020

Fallout Shelter Online revealed for the West, pre-registrations open

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Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA May 27th, 2020

Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020

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Kwalee's Bake it hits 10 million installs in one month BAKE OFF Jun 1st, 2020

Kwalee's Bake it hits 10 million installs in one month

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success KEEP TESTING Jan 14th, 2020

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Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 8th, 2019

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2 User acquisition for beginners: A checklist GUIDE TO UA May 21st, 2019

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Financing your indie games development studio - part four: Due diligence THE FINAL STEP May 1st, 2019

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Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal ART OF THE DEAL Apr 26th, 2019

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell FINDING FUNDING Mar 29th, 2019

The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy DONE DEAL Jun 5th, 2020

Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy

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Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team NEW SUBSIDIARY Jun 4th, 2020

Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team

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Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure NEW ACQUISITION Jun 3rd, 2020

Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure

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Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding SEED FUNDING Jun 2nd, 2020

Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding

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Homa Games absorbs free-to-play mobile games specialist IRL Team JOINED FORCES Jun 2nd, 2020

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Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jun 1st, 2020

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Sega and Paramount Pictures reteam for Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel LIVE AND LEARN May 29th, 2020

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Update: EA secures NFL license for Madden games until May 2026 TOUCHDOWN May 29th, 2020

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Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER May 28th, 2020

Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue

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The record for weekly mobile game downloads has been broken during the coronavirus outbreak MOBILE DOMINANCE May 27th, 2020

The record for weekly mobile game downloads has been broken during the coronavirus outbreak

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Little Nightmares scares up two million sales WAKE UP May 27th, 2020

Little Nightmares scares up two million sales

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SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14% 17% OVERALL GROWTH May 26th, 2020

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

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US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY May 18th, 2020

US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020

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Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list MEL-LIONARE May 15th, 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list

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Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years BUILDING BANK May 15th, 2020

Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years

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as App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020 WINNER WINNER May 13th, 2020

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 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

Disney shuts down Star Wars: Rivals, Honor of Kings takes $3.5bn in revenue and Tencent unveil Lego Cube

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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

AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch

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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,241,662

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,926

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,455,588

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,136,242

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ngmoco

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Last Updated: Dec 17th, 2012
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    http://www.ngmoco.com
  • Twitter
    http://twitter.com/ngmoco
  • Facebook
    http://www.facebook.com/ngmoco

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Ngmoco is committed to developing the very best games and entertainment experiences for the iPhone. The company was founded in 2008, by Neil Young, Bob Stevenson, Alan Yu, & Joe Keene.

Office

  • #420
  • 475 Brannan Street
  • San Francisco
  • California
  • 94107
  • United States of America

Accolades

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2011

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2011

The Top 50 iPhone Developers of 2009

The Top 50 iPhone Developers of 2009

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Pocket God for iOS updated with new dancing mini-game and more

1 pguk game review May 9th, 2012

Pocket God

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Ngmoco's pioneering freemium shooter Eliminate is shutting down

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