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Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences Hot Five Nov 23rd, 2020

Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Starbreeze CEO steps down, Niantic jobs aplenty, and Annapurna Interactive opens new LA studio Feature Oct 30th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Starbreeze CEO steps down, Niantic jobs aplenty, and Annapurna Interactive opens new LA studio

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Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office? Mobile Mavens Oct 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office?

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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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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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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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

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as East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

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 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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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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Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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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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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

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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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences Hot Five Nov 23rd, 2020

Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences

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Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office? Mobile Mavens Oct 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office?

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252 50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Nov 23rd, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences HOT FIVE Nov 23rd, 2020

Hot Five: Embracer Group makes a dozen acquisitions, Lila Games secures $2.8 million in funding, and Square Enix talk beautiful gaming experiences

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Nexon nominates former TikTok CEO, Retro Studios hires Marisa Palumbo, and Keywords Studios brings in Fumiko Okura TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Nov 20th, 2020

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as Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile? WIDGET Nov 18th, 2020

How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile?

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Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens BEAUTIFUL GAMES Nov 17th, 2020

Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens

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Update: All 142 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Nov 17th, 2020

Update: All 142 Apple Arcade games available now

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252 50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Nov 23rd, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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as Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens BEAUTIFUL GAMES Nov 17th, 2020

Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens

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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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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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3 29 notable mobile games released in October 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Nov 13th, 2020

29 notable mobile games released in October 2020 you may have missed

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How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile? WIDGET Nov 18th, 2020

How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile?

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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Pixel Noire Games’ Javier Barnes on how to benchmark, create and validate fun INTERVIEW Nov 20th, 2020

Pixel Noire Games’ Javier Barnes on how to benchmark, create and validate fun

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Ubisoft's Leon Winkler on the need to reach out and engage with POC communities in games POC IN MOBILE Nov 20th, 2020

Ubisoft's Leon Winkler on the need to reach out and engage with POC communities in games

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as Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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How SMG Studio fought Animal Crossing and a global pandemic to launch Moving Out MAKING OF Nov 19th, 2020

How SMG Studio fought Animal Crossing and a global pandemic to launch Moving Out

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Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark on game monetisation design and building value into your game INTERVIEW Nov 19th, 2020

Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark on game monetisation design and building value into your game

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How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile? WIDGET Nov 18th, 2020

How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile?

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as "The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman REMOTE WORKING Nov 18th, 2020

"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman

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13 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot JOBS IN GAMES Oct 8th, 2019

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

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as Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution YODO1 Nov 19th, 2020

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

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Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens BEAUTIFUL GAMES Nov 17th, 2020

Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens

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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

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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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RedForce Games founder discusses benefits of partnering with Voodoo REDFORCE Nov 16th, 2020

RedForce Games founder discusses benefits of partnering with Voodoo

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as "The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman REMOTE WORKING Nov 18th, 2020

"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman

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Ridiculous Fishing and Towelfight 2 are heading the Quality Index's Top 10 rated iOS and Android games of March 2013

1 as Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell READ 5 NOW Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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Skillz experiences a successful quarter with $60 million in revenue

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Mobile studio Lila Games secures $2.8 million in seed funding

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as Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Nov 17th, 2020

Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020

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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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as Bandai Namco backs Genies with $3 million investment MONEY MONEY MONEY Nov 23rd, 2020

Bandai Namco backs Genies with $3 million investment

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Genshin Impact was the highest-grossing digital title in October 2020

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Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US

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The demand for mobile games rose by 45 per cent this year

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Mobile games consumer spending will hit $120 billion in 2021

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Adjoe expects rewarded advertising revenues to grow by 400% in 2020

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Among Us surpasses 200 million downloads AN IMPOSTER! Nov 9th, 2020

Among Us surpasses 200 million downloads

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1 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020 BEST OF 2020 Sep 8th, 2020

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019

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4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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5 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019 BEST OF 2019 Oct 1st, 2019

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019

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Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019

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NPD Group

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A provider of consumer and retail market research information, the NPD Group provides critical consumer behavior and point-of-sale (POS) information and industry expertise across several industries.

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pgbiz Nintendo Switch could be the best-selling console this holiday season News Oct 14th, 2020

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

pgbiz US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020 News May 18th, 2020

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

pgbiz Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June News Jul 19th, 2019

Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June

pgbiz In-app purchases more popular than DLC in the US News Oct 20th, 2016

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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NPD: 3 in every 10 smartphones will soon be bought in China

pgbiz NPD: Console gamers still spending more than those on mobile Data & Research Jun 6th, 2013

NPD: Console gamers still spending more than those on mobile

pgbiz Children spend time on smartphones and tablets five days a week Data & Research May 24th, 2012

Children spend time on smartphones and tablets five days a week

pgbiz Online and mobile games push US market above $1 billion in April News May 11th, 2012

Online and mobile games push US market above $1 billion in April

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