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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? Mobile Mavens Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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Voodoo racks up 1.5bn downloads, mobile user retention and session data, and Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards winners revealed Hot Five Jan 28th, 2019

Voodoo racks up 1.5bn downloads, mobile user retention and session data, and Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards winners revealed

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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?

  • China
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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?

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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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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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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 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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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

  • F2P
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8 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master 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?

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

How does Brawl Stars monetise?

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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? Mobile Mavens Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track LIVE OPS LANDSCAPE Feb 15th, 2019

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track

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166 47 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Lineage II: Dark Legacy to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

47 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Lineage II: Dark Legacy to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down ROUNDUP Feb 11th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down

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Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019 FINANCIALS CALENDAR Feb 6th, 2019

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019

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Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future FACEBOOK ROUNDTABLE Feb 6th, 2019

Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future

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3 reasons you need to be at Ludicious in Switzerland this week SWISS CHEERS Jan 30th, 2019

3 reasons you need to be at Ludicious in Switzerland this week

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Region Focus: Inside Vancouver's top games companies REGION FOCUS Jan 29th, 2019

Region Focus: Inside Vancouver's top games companies

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1 Adapt or disrupt: A practical guide to surviving in a golden age of games HOW TO Jan 28th, 2019

Adapt or disrupt: A practical guide to surviving in a golden age of games

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166 47 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Lineage II: Dark Legacy to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

47 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Lineage II: Dark Legacy to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future FACEBOOK ROUNDTABLE Feb 6th, 2019

Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future

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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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5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track LIVE OPS LANDSCAPE Feb 15th, 2019

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track

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Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019 FINANCIALS CALENDAR Feb 6th, 2019

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019

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

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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down ROUNDUP Feb 11th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down

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as How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China KEYS TO SUCCESS Feb 14th, 2019

How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China

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After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Feb 12th, 2019

After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point

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More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019 ALL SYSTEMS GO Feb 7th, 2019

More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019

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Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018 TUNED IN Feb 7th, 2019

Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018

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Improve your ASO and generate more organic downloads with 95% discount on app store optimisation service TheTool ASO DEAL Feb 5th, 2019

Improve your ASO and generate more organic downloads with 95% discount on app store optimisation service TheTool

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Indie Spotlight: Small Island Games on creating puzzle odyssey Haiku Adventure INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 5th, 2019

Indie Spotlight: Small Island Games on creating puzzle odyssey Haiku Adventure

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1 TabTale on the state of hyper-casual and how it’s found success HYPER-CASUAL Feb 4th, 2019

TabTale on the state of hyper-casual and how it’s found success

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Jobs in Games: Hutch's James Levick on how to get a job as a director of technology JOBS IN GAMES Feb 4th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Hutch's James Levick on how to get a job as a director of technology

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After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Feb 12th, 2019

After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point

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  • Profitability
as How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China KEYS TO SUCCESS Feb 14th, 2019

How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China

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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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1 TabTale on the state of hyper-casual and how it’s found success HYPER-CASUAL Feb 4th, 2019

TabTale on the state of hyper-casual and how it’s found success

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Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018 TUNED IN Feb 7th, 2019

Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018

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as Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? EASTERN STARS Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

  • China
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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? WELL?! Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019 ALL SYSTEMS GO Feb 7th, 2019

More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019

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Pokémon Go settlement could result in removal of certain Poké Stops and Gyms COURT USED REPEL Feb 18th, 2019

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as Com2uS acquires 51.9 per cent stake in South Korean developers Day7 SLICE OF THE PIE Feb 18th, 2019

Com2uS acquires 51.9 per cent stake in South Korean developers Day7

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing CHARTS Feb 18th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing

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as China officially recognises esports as a profession THE CROWD GOES WILD Feb 15th, 2019

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Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development EUROPE A PRIORITY Feb 15th, 2019

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as Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in bid for Nexon THE SAGA CONTINUES Feb 15th, 2019

Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in bid for Nexon

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LEGO unveils new ghost-themed AR experience Hidden Side WHO YA GONNA CALL Feb 15th, 2019

LEGO unveils new ghost-themed AR experience Hidden Side

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Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion? VALUE MULTIPLIER Apr 26th, 2016

Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?

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as CyberAgent president “regrets relying too much on a single game title” as Dragalia Lost underperforms SALES LOST Feb 12th, 2019

CyberAgent president “regrets relying too much on a single game title” as Dragalia Lost underperforms

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1 Brawl Stars scores $110 million in two months SALES STAR Feb 12th, 2019

Brawl Stars scores $110 million in two months

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Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development EUROPE A PRIORITY Feb 15th, 2019

Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development

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App monetisation platform Tapjoy appoints new CEO CHANGES Feb 12th, 2019

App monetisation platform Tapjoy appoints new CEO

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as Supercell staffing up China game development studio NEW CLAN Feb 12th, 2019

Supercell staffing up China game development studio

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Report: Facebook wanted to buy Unity game engine to drive VR and AR business BIG DEAL Feb 15th, 2019

Report: Facebook wanted to buy Unity game engine to drive VR and AR business

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Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Feb 15th, 2019

Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million

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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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as Human: Fall Flat coming to mobile in China as 505 Games partners with X.D. Network HUMAN STAND TALL Feb 15th, 2019

Human: Fall Flat coming to mobile in China as 505 Games partners with X.D. Network

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Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push publishing efforts on mobile and PC WIRED Feb 15th, 2019

Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push publishing efforts on mobile and PC

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Human: Fall Flat will land feet-first on mobile with a little help from 505 Games and Codeglue PORT Feb 13th, 2019

Human: Fall Flat will land feet-first on mobile with a little help from 505 Games and Codeglue

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‘Kid-safe’ ads platform SuperAwesome raises $13m to build YouTube rival MARKET OPPORTUNITY? Feb 12th, 2019

‘Kid-safe’ ads platform SuperAwesome raises $13m to build YouTube rival

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Rovio and Resolution Games partner for Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs BIRD’S EYE VIEW Feb 8th, 2019

Rovio and Resolution Games partner for Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs

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Miniclip acquires Head Ball 2 dev Masomo BACK OF THE NET Feb 8th, 2019

Miniclip acquires Head Ball 2 dev Masomo

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Mobile marketing tech firm Ogury picks up $21m investment BIG INVESTMENT Feb 8th, 2019

Mobile marketing tech firm Ogury picks up $21m investment

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as Hatch partners with DOCOMO to bring cloud gaming to mobiles and TVs in Japan 5G BY 2020 Feb 8th, 2019

Hatch partners with DOCOMO to bring cloud gaming to mobiles and TVs in Japan

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing CHARTS Feb 18th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing

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as Fire Emblem Heroes has grossed over $500 million in two years WE LIKE IKE Feb 13th, 2019

Fire Emblem Heroes has grossed over $500 million in two years

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master continues to dominate Great Britain and Ireland CHARTS Feb 12th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master continues to dominate Great Britain and Ireland

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Fortnite surpasses $500 million for iOS in less than a year EPIC WIN Feb 8th, 2019

Fortnite surpasses $500 million for iOS in less than a year

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as Dragon Ball Legends surpasses $140m in revenue TOASTY Feb 4th, 2019

Dragon Ball Legends surpasses $140m in revenue

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Western developers find premium success in China CHARTS Feb 4th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Western developers find premium success in China

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Ofcom reckons almost 90 per cent of gamers aged between 12 and 15 are playing online OFCOM Jan 30th, 2019

Ofcom reckons almost 90 per cent of gamers aged between 12 and 15 are playing online

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Angry Birds 2 revenue grew 47 per cent in a record-breaking 2018 SQUAWK Jan 29th, 2019

Angry Birds 2 revenue grew 47 per cent in a record-breaking 2018

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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

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

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

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Zynga

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Last Updated: May 9th, 2014
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Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, California.

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  • San Francisco
  • California
  • 94103
  • United States of America

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pgbiz More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019 Interview Feb 7th, 2019

More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019

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“Zynga’s turnaround is now complete” as publisher posts record mobile earnings

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Despite spending over $1 billion Zynga’s M&A activity isn’t over yet

pgbiz Zynga buys Empires & Puzzles dev Small Giant Games in deal worth over $700 million News Dec 20th, 2018

Zynga buys Empires & Puzzles dev Small Giant Games in deal worth over $700 million

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Tencent, Zynga and Natural Motion set to speak at India Games Developer Conference 2018

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Who could be top dog in the fight to acquire Zynga?

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NaturalMotion’s CSR Racing 2 speeds past 73 million installs

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NaturalMotion VP on the importance of live ops as it rolls out CSR Racing 2 Legends update

pgbiz Frank Gibeau on how IP licensing will help Zynga to the next level Interview Nov 1st, 2018

Frank Gibeau on how IP licensing will help Zynga to the next level

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1 pgbiz Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences News Oct 31st, 2018

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Report: Zynga attracts takeover interest

pgbiz Words With Friends 2 launches tile styles alongside breast cancer charity event News Sep 28th, 2018

Words With Friends 2 launches tile styles alongside breast cancer charity event

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