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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

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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

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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 Interview Oct 8th, 2019

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

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

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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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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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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

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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

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

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

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207 51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off SOFT LAUNCH Nov 13th, 2019

51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off

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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Nov 12th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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

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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

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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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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

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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Nov 12th, 2019

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

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

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

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2 Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans MAKING OF Oct 17th, 2012

Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans

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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

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Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games POLITICS X GAMES Nov 14th, 2019

Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games

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Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King JOBS IN GAMES Nov 13th, 2019

Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King

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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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Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King JOBS IN GAMES Nov 13th, 2019

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

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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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Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games POLITICS X GAMES Nov 14th, 2019

Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games

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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 4 tips for tapping into the South Korean mobile games market TOP TIPS Jun 12th, 2018

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Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live returns for Gamescom in 2020 ON AND ON Nov 15th, 2019

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as Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital GOTTA COLLECT 'EM ALL Nov 15th, 2019

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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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as Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital GOTTA COLLECT 'EM ALL Nov 15th, 2019

Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital

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Wappier raises $4 million to enhance revenue and dataviz platform SEED FUNDING Nov 14th, 2019

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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

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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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App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue MOBILE MAJORITY Nov 15th, 2019

App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue

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Candy Crush Saga still crushing it on the US top grossing chart MATCH-3 RULES Nov 14th, 2019

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

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

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

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