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Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI Hot Five Sep 25th, 2023

Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI

  • Unity
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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Week that was Sep 22nd, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam News Sep 14th, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam

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Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Mobile Mavens Aug 22nd, 2023

Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever?

  • Mobile
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PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche Regulars Mar 10th, 2023

PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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as PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good Interview Mar 3rd, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 4th, 2022

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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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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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? Data & Research May 6th, 2022

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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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 does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

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

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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 After Hours Oct 22nd, 2016

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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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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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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Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI Hot Five Sep 25th, 2023

Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI

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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Week that was Sep 22nd, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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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

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

PG.biz week that was: DeNA's up 167%, Capcom 13%, while Glu drops 5%, THQ 52%, plus a resurgent EA buys Firemint Week that was May 8th, 2011

PG.biz week that was: DeNA's up 167%, Capcom 13%, while Glu drops 5%, THQ 52%, plus a resurgent EA buys Firemint

Hot Five: Mystic Games gets blunt about blockchain, YouTube Playables roll out, and Candy Crush dethroned Hot Five Sep 11th, 2023

Hot Five: Mystic Games gets blunt about blockchain, YouTube Playables roll out, and Candy Crush dethroned

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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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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

  • Monetisation
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Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Mobile Mavens Aug 22nd, 2023

Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever?

  • Mobile
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Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 2) DEEP DIVE Sep 28th, 2023

Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 2)

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Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 1) DEEP DIVE Sep 27th, 2023

Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 1)

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From ambitious trio to goliath platform: Unity’s 21-year story so far FEATURE Sep 27th, 2023

From ambitious trio to goliath platform: Unity’s 21-year story so far

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Saudi Stakes a $50 billion+ claim in the gaming world - Nintendo, Activision, EA & more INVESTMENT Sep 27th, 2023

Saudi Stakes a $50 billion+ claim in the gaming world - Nintendo, Activision, EA & more

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Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!” MONOPOLY GO'S TOP TEN SECRETS Sep 26th, 2023

Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!”

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7 reasons not to miss MENA, the world's fastest growing games market (+7% in '23) MENA MARKET Sep 26th, 2023

7 reasons not to miss MENA, the world's fastest growing games market (+7% in '23)

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Careers Spotlight: Metacore MORE METACOREANS Sep 25th, 2023

Careers Spotlight: Metacore

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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

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Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 13th, 2023

Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it

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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

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Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!” MONOPOLY GO'S TOP TEN SECRETS Sep 26th, 2023

Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!”

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Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sep 20th, 2023

Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success

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The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE] SOFT LAUNCH Sep 4th, 2023

The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 19th, 2023

Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks

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Careers Spotlight: Metacore MORE METACOREANS Sep 25th, 2023

Careers Spotlight: Metacore

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as The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH Sep 13th, 2023

The complete list of Netflix Games

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Deconstructing Travel Town: How to engage merge-2 whales DECONSTRUCTION Sep 28th, 2023

Deconstructing Travel Town: How to engage merge-2 whales

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Amir Rahimi: “Our goal is to have a game on Netflix for every one of our members.” INTERVIEW Sep 28th, 2023

Amir Rahimi: “Our goal is to have a game on Netflix for every one of our members.”

  • IP
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1 in 190: Why networking is essential for jobs in games TO BE THE VERY BEST Sep 27th, 2023

1 in 190: Why networking is essential for jobs in games

  • Competitive
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Bidstack's big cheeses talk the past and future of intrinsic advertising INSIDER VIEW Sep 27th, 2023

Bidstack's big cheeses talk the past and future of intrinsic advertising

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Five trillion levels later… Celebrating 20 years of King and 10 years of Candy Crush KING OF KING Sep 27th, 2023

Five trillion levels later… Celebrating 20 years of King and 10 years of Candy Crush

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CEO Martin Kwasnica on the return of Cherrypick Games Q&A Sep 26th, 2023

CEO Martin Kwasnica on the return of Cherrypick Games

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Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix INTERVIEW Sep 25th, 2023

Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix

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Our Incredible Indies panel reflects: Unity cannot be trusted PANEL THOUGHTS Sep 25th, 2023

Our Incredible Indies panel reflects: Unity cannot be trusted

  • PGC Helsinki
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Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 13th, 2023

Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it

  • Developers
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"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it" COMMENT & OPINION Sep 21st, 2023

"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it"

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Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.” INTERVIEW Sep 22nd, 2023

Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.”

  • Mobile
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Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix INTERVIEW Sep 25th, 2023

Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix

  • Cross-platform
  • Netflix
  • Indie
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Will mobile lead the cross-platform future of triple-A gaming? TRIPLE-A GOES MOBILE Sep 22nd, 2023

Will mobile lead the cross-platform future of triple-A gaming?

  • iPhone
  • Apple
  • AAA
  • Tech
  • iPhone15
Candywriter’s Gabby Bradford Pigott on the value of partnerships INSPIRING WOMEN IN GAMES Sep 19th, 2023

Candywriter’s Gabby Bradford Pigott on the value of partnerships

  • Sponsored
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Apple's iPhone 15 is out today: What's new and what's the verdict? IPHONE 15 Sep 22nd, 2023

Apple's iPhone 15 is out today: What's new and what's the verdict?

  • iPhone
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  • Game Development
  • Tech
  • iPhone 15
The challenge of IP rights as Netflix expands further into games Q&A Sep 20th, 2023

The challenge of IP rights as Netflix expands further into games

  • IP
  • Netflix
  • IP
  • mobile gaming
  • Netflix Games
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Meta owns all four of the top ad networks for mobile games in Q2 2023 AD REPORT Sep 28th, 2023

Meta owns all four of the top ad networks for mobile games in Q2 2023

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Epic Games appeals to US Supreme Court in Apple antitrust case COURT CASE Sep 28th, 2023

Epic Games appeals to US Supreme Court in Apple antitrust case

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League of Legends: Wild Rift reaches lofty $1 billion across 111 million downloads LEAGUE OF ITS OWN Sep 28th, 2023

League of Legends: Wild Rift reaches lofty $1 billion across 111 million downloads

  • China
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Candy Crush celebrates massive $20 billion revenue milestone CRUSHING THE COMPETITION Sep 28th, 2023

Candy Crush celebrates massive $20 billion revenue milestone

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Apple isn’t complying with China’s new app store regulations

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My.Games appoints Elena Grigorian as CEO as Vladimir Nikolsky steps down PROMOTED POSITION Sep 28th, 2023

My.Games appoints Elena Grigorian as CEO as Vladimir Nikolsky steps down

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The Battle of Polytopia celebrates a milestone 20 million mobile downloads MOBILE MILESTONES Sep 27th, 2023

The Battle of Polytopia celebrates a milestone 20 million mobile downloads

  • Milestone
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Activision Blizzard brings back Warcraft & Diablo old-hand Chris Metzen in creative leadership shake-up LEADERSHIP CHANGES Sep 27th, 2023

Activision Blizzard brings back Warcraft & Diablo old-hand Chris Metzen in creative leadership shake-up

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Unity back down: "I am sorry"… But the Runtime Fee stays UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 22nd, 2023

Unity back down: "I am sorry"… But the Runtime Fee stays

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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

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The United Game Devs give their verdict on Unity's big backdown UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 22nd, 2023

The United Game Devs give their verdict on Unity's big backdown

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miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions AI DEVELOPMENT Sep 21st, 2023

miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions

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Unity's Runtime Fee: Is it even legal? LEGALITIES Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee: Is it even legal?

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Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sep 20th, 2023

Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success

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Roblox downsizes talent acquisition team ROBLOX LAY OFFS Sep 22nd, 2023

Roblox downsizes talent acquisition team

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Uma Musume Pretty Derby yanked from Chinese app stores two weeks after launch CLAMPDOWN Sep 22nd, 2023

Uma Musume Pretty Derby yanked from Chinese app stores two weeks after launch

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AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future INTERVIEW May 24th, 2023

AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future

  • Privacy
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  • Apple
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The key to successful hypercasual prototypes FEATURE May 23rd, 2023

The key to successful hypercasual prototypes

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Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio Q&A May 23rd, 2023

Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio

  • Indie
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Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast Q&A May 19th, 2023

Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast

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Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing Q&A May 17th, 2023

Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing

  • Finland
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Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games PUT PLAYERS FIRST Mar 30th, 2023

Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games

  • Advertising
  • Monetisation
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A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary INTRINSIC IN GAME ADS Feb 7th, 2023

A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary

  • Monetisation
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Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising MAKE MORE OF MONETISATION Jan 11th, 2023

Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising

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Omada raises $7.5M for a sports game with a twist: tackling gambling addiction BETTER THAN BETTING Sep 27th, 2023

Omada raises $7.5M for a sports game with a twist: tackling gambling addiction

  • Investment
  • Funding
  • Seed Round
  • Gambling
  • Mental Health
Xsolla announces acquisition of multiplayer platform AcceleratXR ACQUISITION Sep 27th, 2023

Xsolla announces acquisition of multiplayer platform AcceleratXR

  • Acquisition
  • Cross-platform
Supercell acquires majority stake in Australian developer Ultimate Studio ACQUISITION Sep 25th, 2023

Supercell acquires majority stake in Australian developer Ultimate Studio

  • Acquisition
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  • Expansion
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Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths MAKING MYTHS Sep 20th, 2023

Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths

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  • RPG
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  • Personalisation
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Playtika set to acquire Innplay Labs for up to $300 million ACQUISITION Sep 15th, 2023

Playtika set to acquire Innplay Labs for up to $300 million

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Mythic Protocol raises $6.5M towards blockchain, collaboration and cross-platform ambitions MYTHIC MANOEUVRES Sep 13th, 2023

Mythic Protocol raises $6.5M towards blockchain, collaboration and cross-platform ambitions

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Zynga, FunPlus and NetEase veterans receive $8M investment for NFT dinosaur game DINO DESIGNS Sep 12th, 2023

Zynga, FunPlus and NetEase veterans receive $8M investment for NFT dinosaur game

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Animoca Brands raises $20 million towards a new metaverse project MAKING A METAVERSE Sep 11th, 2023

Animoca Brands raises $20 million towards a new metaverse project

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Meta owns all four of the top ad networks for mobile games in Q2 2023 AD REPORT Sep 28th, 2023

Meta owns all four of the top ad networks for mobile games in Q2 2023

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Gaming is the fastest growing app category worldwide MOBILE GROWTH Sep 27th, 2023

Gaming is the fastest growing app category worldwide

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Games favoured by women set to exceed $16 billion in revenue this year FEMALE GAMERS Sep 27th, 2023

Games favoured by women set to exceed $16 billion in revenue this year

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71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK NOW IN NUMBERS Sep 26th, 2023

71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK

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Chile leads the way in installs in Latin America with a 35% increase LATAM ANALYSIS Sep 25th, 2023

Chile leads the way in installs in Latin America with a 35% increase

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  • Latin America
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miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions AI DEVELOPMENT Sep 21st, 2023

miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions

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Indian gaming market set to generate $868 million in revenue in 2023 INDIAN MARKET Sep 21st, 2023

Indian gaming market set to generate $868 million in revenue in 2023

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  • Downloads
  • India
  • Revenue
Brawl Stars is Supercell’s latest $2bn hit DOUBLE-UNICORN Sep 19th, 2023

Brawl Stars is Supercell’s latest $2bn hit

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2023 BEST OF 2023 Aug 23rd, 2023

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2023

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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline ACQUIBLIZZ Jul 31st, 2023

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline

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Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and GSN: What has Savvy Games Group bought? SAVVY X SCOPELY Apr 6th, 2023

Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and GSN: What has Savvy Games Group bought?

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Seven more fireside chats with the mobile world's movers & shakers from PGC London 2023 FIRESIDE CHATS PART TWO Mar 20th, 2023

Seven more fireside chats with the mobile world's movers & shakers from PGC London 2023

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CS:GO reaches new player record as gamers aim to test Counter Strike 2

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The world’s top 10 game companies made $126 billion in 2021 from software, with mobile leading the charge

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Steam App sees major updates including remote downloads

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Steam mobile app receives major update with new beta

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No exclusive titles for Steam Deck, says Valve

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Steam Deck pricing 'critical' to mobile space, says Valve's Gabe Newell

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Valve reveals Steam Deck handheld, launching from $399 this year

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Valve to announce portable PC based on Nintendo Switch?

pgbiz Judge orders Valve to provide Apple with sales figures News Mar 1st, 2021

Judge orders Valve to provide Apple with sales figures

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Apple tries to bring Valve into its dispute with Epic

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