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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

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

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook

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Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming Mobile Mavens Aug 31st, 2021

Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming

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Hot Five: Everdale, Everdale, Everdale...

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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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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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Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts Data & Research Dec 4th, 2019

Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts

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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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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 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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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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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' Interview Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital Interview Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye Feature Oct 5th, 2021

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Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack Interview Nov 10th, 2021

Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack

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Why Heroes of the Dark is Gameloft Sofia's most ambitious project yet Interview Oct 26th, 2021

Why Heroes of the Dark is Gameloft Sofia's most ambitious project yet

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

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PGC London 2022 advent calendar - Day 1 HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 1st, 2021

PGC London 2022 advent calendar - Day 1

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Nov 29th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Lego Star Wars: Castaways WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Nov 26th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Lego Star Wars: Castaways

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

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as Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play MOST WANTED LIST Nov 18th, 2021

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

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as Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista MOBILE GAMES INDEX Nov 10th, 2021

Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista

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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Nov 29th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Lego Star Wars: Castaways WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Nov 26th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Lego Star Wars: Castaways

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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as This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital DONE DEAL Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

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1 Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating INDIE VIEW Dec 1st, 2021

Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating

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1 Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres INDIE VIEW Nov 29th, 2021

Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres

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1 The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types NEVER THE TWAIN Nov 24th, 2021

The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types

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2 What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list WHAT'S NEXT? Nov 24th, 2021

What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list

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Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation WHAT'S NEXT? Nov 23rd, 2021

Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation

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Where to get ideas for future creatives CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING Nov 23rd, 2021

Where to get ideas for future creatives

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on LIVE AND KICKING Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

  • Acquisition
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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital DONE DEAL Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

  • Acquisition
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Five years on, how Gardenscapes changed the match-three market LIVE AND KICKING Oct 28th, 2021

Five years on, how Gardenscapes changed the match-three market

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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on LIVE AND KICKING Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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1 The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types NEVER THE TWAIN Nov 24th, 2021

The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types

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1 Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres INDIE VIEW Nov 29th, 2021

Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres

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Niantic hires the majority of social platform Lowkey's staff LOWKEY HIRES Dec 1st, 2021

Niantic hires the majority of social platform Lowkey's staff

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Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games CREATE TO DOMINATE Dec 1st, 2021

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

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as Adverty partners with Livewire to continue growth of in-game advertising across Asia Pacific AD ASIA Dec 1st, 2021

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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

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Sayollo launches direct-to-consumer in-game marketplace gComm

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Last chance to nominate your team for The Big Indie Awards DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES Dec 1st, 2021

Last chance to nominate your team for The Big Indie Awards

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Coin Master creator Moon Active raises $300 million on $5 billion valuation MASTER OF COINS Nov 25th, 2021

Coin Master creator Moon Active raises $300 million on $5 billion valuation

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Clash Mini begins soft launch in Canada and Nordics

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Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business

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as Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue ANOTHER CHICKEN DINNER Nov 25th, 2021

Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue

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as China suspends Tencent from updating or launching apps in Mainland China TENCENT SUSPENSION Nov 25th, 2021

China suspends Tencent from updating or launching apps in Mainland China

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as Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December M FOR MOBILE Nov 11th, 2021

Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December

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Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations MENA EXPANSION Nov 25th, 2021

Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations

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PUBG: New State made $2.6 million in its first week NEW STATE NUMBERS Nov 26th, 2021

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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

How much are your players really worth?

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success KEEP TESTING Jan 14th, 2020

Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success

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Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 8th, 2019

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

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1 Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 1st, 2019

Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process

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2 User acquisition for beginners: A checklist GUIDE TO UA May 21st, 2019

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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Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games CREATE TO DOMINATE Dec 1st, 2021

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

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Homa Games acquires Ducky Games LUCKY DUCKY Nov 30th, 2021

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games

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as PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial A TASTE OF PREMIUM Nov 29th, 2021

PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial

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as Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business FOLLOWING SUIT Nov 25th, 2021

Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business

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Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations MENA EXPANSION Nov 25th, 2021

Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations

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Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing PLUGGED IN Nov 24th, 2021

Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing

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Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse BIG WORLD Nov 23rd, 2021

Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse

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UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games THE SECRET SAUCE Nov 23rd, 2021

UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games

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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

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A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development DOWNLOAD NOW Nov 25th, 2021

A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development

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as Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue ANOTHER CHICKEN DINNER Nov 25th, 2021

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Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021 MATCH MADNESS Nov 25th, 2021

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95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo ARISING AFRICA Nov 24th, 2021

95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo

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as What does the holiday season have in store for developers and publishers? HAPPY HOLIDAYS Nov 23rd, 2021

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2 as 'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck? SICK SQUID Nov 19th, 2021

'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck?

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90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events SEASONAL SPENDING Nov 19th, 2021

90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019 MOST READ 2019 Dec 31st, 2019

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019

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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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US consumer spending hit $4.6 billion in February 2021

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US consumers spent $4.71 billion on games products in January 2021

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There are nearly 239 million mobile gamers across the US and Canada

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More US consumers over the age of 45 are playing games

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Nintendo Switch could be the best-selling console this holiday season

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US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020

pgbiz Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game News Apr 22nd, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game

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US and Canada mobile games revenue grows 24% in 2019

pgbiz Nintendo Switch remains the best-selling console of 2019 in the US News Aug 16th, 2019

Nintendo Switch remains the best-selling console of 2019 in the US

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Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June

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In-app purchases more popular than DLC in the US

pgbiz NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research News Aug 30th, 2016

NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research

pgbiz NPD begins tracking in-app purchases and mobile game sales News Mar 2nd, 2015

NPD begins tracking in-app purchases and mobile game sales

pgbiz Average time spent playing mobile games now over two hours a day News Jan 28th, 2015

Average time spent playing mobile games now over two hours a day

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Racing ahead: Apple extends lead over Samsung in US

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