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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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Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success

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

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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay Feature Oct 15th, 2019

How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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Hot Five: Honor of Kings lawsuit, Jurassic World Alive generates $100 million and Take-Two takes home Nordeus Hot Five Jun 7th, 2021

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Update: Space Ape Games and Supercell collaborate for Boom Beach: Frontlines HERE COMES THE BOOM Jun 10th, 2021

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Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021 SOFT LAUNCH, ROLL OUT Jun 14th, 2021

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as Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio TURKEY THRIVING Jun 11th, 2021

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Update: Space Ape Games and Supercell collaborate for Boom Beach: Frontlines HERE COMES THE BOOM Jun 10th, 2021

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as Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month NO SLOWING DOWN Jun 10th, 2021

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G5 Entertainment is a leading publisher and developer of high-quality casual games for iPhone, iPad, PC, and portable consoles. The company's most popular franchises include Supermarket Mania, Virtual City, and Mahjongg Artifacts.

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  • PO Box 5339
  • Stockholm
  • 102 47
  • Sweden

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Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013

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pgbiz G5 Games sees average monthly revenue per payer at $45.80 News Nov 6th, 2019

G5 Games sees average monthly revenue per payer at $45.80

pgbiz Revenue at hidden object specialist G5 Games jumps to $44.7m in Q2 2018 News Jul 27th, 2018

Revenue at hidden object specialist G5 Games jumps to $44.7m in Q2 2018

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G5 Entertainment CEO on the focus driving its success in hidden object games and beyond

pgbiz Hidden object specialist G5 Entertainment grows revenues to $43m in Q1 2018 News May 22nd, 2018

Hidden object specialist G5 Entertainment grows revenues to $43m in Q1 2018

pgbiz G5 Entertainment picks up hidden object IPs Nightmares from the Deep and Kate Malone for $600,000 News May 15th, 2018

G5 Entertainment picks up hidden object IPs Nightmares from the Deep and Kate Malone for $600,000

pgbiz G5 Entertainment revenues hit $45 million following purchase of The Secret Society News Feb 16th, 2018

G5 Entertainment revenues hit $45 million following purchase of The Secret Society

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Are hidden object games still finding success?

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How Glu Mobile and G5 made big UA investments and grew bigger (but Rovio didn’t)

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Hidden object revealed: The rise of G5 Entertainment

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2 pgbiz Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society News Mar 24th, 2017

Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society

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Ex-Kabam COO Chris Carvalho joins G5 Entertainment's board of directors

1 pgbiz G5 Entertainment announces it's generated $100 million from mobile hidden object games News May 19th, 2016

G5 Entertainment announces it's generated $100 million from mobile hidden object games

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Game of Dragons

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