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Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify Hot Five Jun 20th, 2022

Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 Feature Jun 10th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads? Mobile Mavens Apr 29th, 2022

Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads?

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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

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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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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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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

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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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1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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1 Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group Hot Five May 9th, 2022

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Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify Hot Five Jun 20th, 2022

Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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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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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 Feature Jun 10th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

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Mobile Game of the Week: Disney Mirrorverse

All 253 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 24th, 2022

All 253 Apple Arcade games available now

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10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY Jun 23rd, 2022

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY Jun 23rd, 2022

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34 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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273 Updated June 20: 67 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match SOFT LAUNCH Jun 20th, 2022

Updated June 20: 67 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match

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34 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Disney Mirrorverse WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jun 24th, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Disney Mirrorverse

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All 253 Apple Arcade games available now

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY Jun 23rd, 2022

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry HALL OF FAME Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Stage Two of Transformers x Top War: Battle Game crossover breaks records once again

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Fishing (and hunting) for awareness GAMING FOR GOOD Jun 22nd, 2022

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Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part one MAKING HAY Jun 21st, 2022

Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part one

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Post-lockdown period led to an increase in mobile gamers, says Xsolla's Nick Yama PG CONNECTS SEATTLE Jun 21st, 2022

Post-lockdown period led to an increase in mobile gamers, says Xsolla's Nick Yama

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Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs NOT JUST FOR KARL Feb 9th, 2022

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs

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Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part one MAKING HAY Jun 21st, 2022

Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part one

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Join our Club: Zynga’s Tatum Clanton details Words With Friends 2’s new guild system IT'S CLUBBERIN' TIME Jun 24th, 2022

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Post-lockdown period led to an increase in mobile gamers, says Xsolla's Nick Yama PG CONNECTS SEATTLE Jun 21st, 2022

Post-lockdown period led to an increase in mobile gamers, says Xsolla's Nick Yama

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Are you Team Summer or Team Winter in your Q2 game advertising? UA Eye explores nine campaigns to find out UA EYE Jun 22nd, 2022

Are you Team Summer or Team Winter in your Q2 game advertising? UA Eye explores nine campaigns to find out

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Stage Two of Transformers x Top War: Battle Game crossover breaks records once again SHARKTICONS ASSEMBLE Jun 23rd, 2022

Stage Two of Transformers x Top War: Battle Game crossover breaks records once again

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Miniclip to acquire Subway Surfers studio Sybo

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data.ai: Mobile players to spend $21.4 billion in Q2 2022

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Rec Room turns six with more rooms than there are apps on App Store

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Subset Games partner with Netflix with exclusive mobile release of Into the Breach CHARGE! Jun 24th, 2022

Subset Games partner with Netflix with exclusive mobile release of Into the Breach

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Veiled Games spills beans on App Store pricing effects

Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks WELCOME TO HELL Jun 17th, 2022

Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks

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Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, Channel37

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Subway Surfers and Garena Free Fire top most downloaded games in May 2022

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Five reasons why you absolutely need to book your ticket to PG Connects Helsinki today!

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User acquisition to be dominated by three key factors: predictive analytics, automation, and data privacy

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What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game DO THIS FIRST Apr 28th, 2022

What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game

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How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

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Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

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1 How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level IN-GAME INSIGHT Nov 29th, 2021

How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

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CloudFeather Games raises $1.25 million in seed funding round BOUNTY HUNTING Jun 22nd, 2022

CloudFeather Games raises $1.25 million in seed funding round

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TIME and The Sandbox partner to build metaverse destination, TIME Square WHAT TIME IS IT Jun 21st, 2022

TIME and The Sandbox partner to build metaverse destination, TIME Square

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Lumi Interactive raises $6.74 million for “crowdhealing” mobile game

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Square Enix invests in cloud gaming company Blacknut

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Uncapped acquires gaming finance provider Sugar for undisclosed amount

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MSA Novo invests in Tamatem Games' Chinese expansion

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Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion INVEST IN AI Jun 14th, 2022

Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion

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Gamers are increasingly positive towards in-game branding

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Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks

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McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030 PREDICTION POSITIVITY Jun 16th, 2022

McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030

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Almost a third of gaming app businesses may close due to new regulations, says Bango APP EXTINCTION Jun 15th, 2022

Almost a third of gaming app businesses may close due to new regulations, says Bango

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Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games SPENDING ON SUBSCRIPTIONS Jun 14th, 2022

Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games

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Sensor Tower: player spending on mobile games reaching $117 billion by 2026

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

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PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021

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