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Hot Five: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed Hot Five Nov 11th, 2019

Hot Five: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed

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Will subscription services be good for indie game developers? Mobile Mavens Nov 5th, 2019

Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?

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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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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay Feature Oct 15th, 2019

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 Interview Oct 8th, 2019

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

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as 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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as As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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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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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

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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?

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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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Will subscription services be good for indie game developers? Mobile Mavens Nov 5th, 2019

Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?

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PG.biz week that was: Gamevil likes Amazon Appstore, Honeycomb will be open, AGON stops, Zipline starts, HTC profits, Xoom hasn't, 4th & Battery rejected, and Apple gets game PR Week that was Apr 9th, 2011

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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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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay Feature Oct 15th, 2019

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: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed Hot Five Nov 11th, 2019

Hot Five: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed

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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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2 Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

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208 52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off SOFT LAUNCH Nov 11th, 2019

52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off

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Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features UNITE WE PLAY Nov 7th, 2019

Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features

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as What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers NEW CHANNELS Nov 4th, 2019

What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers

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The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style CULTURAL FIT Oct 31st, 2019

The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style

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What makes Summoners War a successful esport? NO MAGIC FORMULA Oct 31st, 2019

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as What should I pack to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019? And other FAQs VISIT JORDAN Oct 29th, 2019

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The potential of Bahrain’s fledgling games industry PUTTING THE PIECES IN PLACE Oct 28th, 2019

The potential of Bahrain’s fledgling games industry

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as Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale REGION FOCUS Oct 25th, 2019

Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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as What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers NEW CHANNELS Nov 4th, 2019

What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers

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Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features UNITE WE PLAY Nov 7th, 2019

Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features

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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay LIVEOP LEARNINGS Oct 15th, 2019

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

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208 52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off SOFT LAUNCH Nov 11th, 2019

52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off

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The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style CULTURAL FIT Oct 31st, 2019

The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style

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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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Monetization trends for casual mobile games GOING MORE CORE Oct 24th, 2019

Monetization trends for casual mobile games

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Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile INDIE SPOTLIGHT Nov 6th, 2019

Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile

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How Keplerians saved time and bagged more money with Yodo1's managed ad service SCARY NUMBERS Nov 5th, 2019

How Keplerians saved time and bagged more money with Yodo1's managed ad service

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Will subscription services be good for indie game developers? INDIE MAVENS Nov 5th, 2019

Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?

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Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor SWITCHING UP Nov 4th, 2019

Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor

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Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture JOBS IN GAMES Oct 29th, 2019

Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture

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as Who won Tencent's Game Without Borders Awards 2019? WINNERS Oct 29th, 2019

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How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming AGGRESSIVE ROADMAP Oct 28th, 2019

How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming

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Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android WHAT’S NEXT? Oct 28th, 2019

Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android

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Will subscription services be good for indie game developers? INDIE MAVENS Nov 5th, 2019

Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?

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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

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Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile INDIE SPOTLIGHT Nov 6th, 2019

Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile

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How Keplerians saved time and bagged more money with Yodo1's managed ad service SCARY NUMBERS Nov 5th, 2019

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Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor SWITCHING UP Nov 4th, 2019

Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor

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

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8 How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions BUILDING BLOX Mar 7th, 2018

How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions

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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

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as Tencent reportedly looking to use Nintendo IP as it expands internationally COMBINING TALENTS Nov 11th, 2019

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as Minecraft nearing 300 million registered users in China BLOCK BY BLOCK Nov 11th, 2019

Minecraft nearing 300 million registered users in China

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Call of Duty: Mobile racks up almost $60 million in launch month OVERTAKES MARIO KART Nov 11th, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile racks up almost $60 million in launch month

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Hot Five: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed READ 5 NOW Nov 11th, 2019

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Apple Arcade hits 100 live games ITS A TON Nov 8th, 2019

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as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time ROSTER-RIFIC Nov 5th, 2019

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time

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Supercell co-founders top Finland’s highest-earners list WELL EARNED Nov 5th, 2019

Supercell co-founders top Finland’s highest-earners list

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The hard data behind Supercell’s decision to can Rush Wars

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1 Supercell cans Rush Wars ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Nov 5th, 2019

Supercell cans Rush Wars

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17-year-old Fortnite esports pro Jarvis Kaye permanently banned for using aimbot SHOT DOWN Nov 5th, 2019

17-year-old Fortnite esports pro Jarvis Kaye permanently banned for using aimbot

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BlizzCon 2019 sees first major female Hearthstone champion GIRL POWER Nov 5th, 2019

BlizzCon 2019 sees first major female Hearthstone champion

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Social Point's Legend at War, Nexon's MapleStory Blitz, and Space Ape's Rumble League all canned KILLZONE Nov 4th, 2019

Social Point's Legend at War, Nexon's MapleStory Blitz, and Space Ape's Rumble League all canned

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Luigi’s Mansion 3 hoovers up the competition to become Switch’s biggest launch of 2019 HUGE SUCK-CESS Nov 5th, 2019

Luigi’s Mansion 3 hoovers up the competition to become Switch’s biggest launch of 2019

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Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process

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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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

Financing your indie games development studio - part four: Due diligence

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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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Financing your indie games development studio - Part one STUDIO FINANCE Mar 29th, 2019

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Outerminds partners with PewDiePie again for Pixelings game CHANNELING Nov 7th, 2019

Outerminds partners with PewDiePie again for Pixelings game

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Rogue Games takes Vainglory as Super Evil raises $10.5 million for cloud game Project Spellfire CROSSING THE BEAMS Nov 6th, 2019

Rogue Games takes Vainglory as Super Evil raises $10.5 million for cloud game Project Spellfire

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Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos ACQUISITIOON Nov 4th, 2019

Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos

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as Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened LUMOS Oct 30th, 2019

Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened

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Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million CASH UP Oct 29th, 2019

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Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games ACQUISITION Oct 25th, 2019

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Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz CASUAL COMPETITION Oct 22nd, 2019

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Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million PARISIAN AMBITION Oct 21st, 2019

Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million

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Call of Duty: Mobile racks up almost $60 million in launch month OVERTAKES MARIO KART Nov 11th, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile racks up almost $60 million in launch month

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Activision Blizzard and King revenue drops as Candy Crush stays top-grossing franchise in US FINANCIALS Nov 8th, 2019

Activision Blizzard and King revenue drops as Candy Crush stays top-grossing franchise in US

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1 Roblox survey says 60% of teens don’t report inappropriate online behaviour to parents RO-BLOCK? Nov 8th, 2019

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Call of Duty: Mobile gains top grossing momentum, while Mario Kart Tour’s downloads fall away DELTA FORCE Nov 6th, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile gains top grossing momentum, while Mario Kart Tour’s downloads fall away

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Pokemon Go collects $3 billion in lifetime revenue VICTORY ROAD Oct 30th, 2019

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Why Call of Duty: Mobile and Mario Kart Tour top the download charts but only one is top grossing BULLSEYE Oct 30th, 2019

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Gen Z plays fewer mobile games but loves Supercell YOUNG GUNS Oct 29th, 2019

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