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"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue" Interview Feb 26th, 2021

"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue"

  • Diversity
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  • #BlackLivesMatter
  • POC in Mobile
Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas Hot Five Feb 22nd, 2021

Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: PlayStation mobile push, Apple engineering head moves to mysterious project, and Jagex gets acquired again Job News Jan 29th, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: PlayStation mobile push, Apple engineering head moves to mysterious project, and Jagex gets acquired again

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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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?

  • Charticle
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon
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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

  • Hot Five
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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
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

  • Nintendo Switch
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

  • Promiscuous Gamer
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
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
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

  • Stateside
  • Going Global
  • Diversity
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

  • Week That Was
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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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

  • Equality
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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

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

  • Hot Five
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

  • Jobs
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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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
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
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue" Interview Feb 26th, 2021

"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue"

  • Diversity
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  • #BlackLivesMatter
  • POC in Mobile
Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life Interview Feb 24th, 2021

Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life

  • Android
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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
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Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens Interview Feb 25th, 2021

Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens

  • Making Of
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  • Apple Arcade
  • Nuts
13 Mobile Game of the Week: Greedy Cats: Kitty Clicker WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Feb 26th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Greedy Cats: Kitty Clicker

258 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Feb 24th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

  • Soft Launch
Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Feb 19th, 2021

Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now

  • iOS
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  • Launch
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The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

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Can opt-ins save niche targeting? TARGET ACQUIRED Feb 3rd, 2021

Can opt-ins save niche targeting?

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An app economy on steroids: How to grab a piece of the action APP ECONOMY Feb 1st, 2021

An app economy on steroids: How to grab a piece of the action

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Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development INTO MOBILE Jan 27th, 2021

Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development

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4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021 TRENDY Jan 26th, 2021

4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021

  • Shooter
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  • MMO
  • 2021 trends
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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

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

  • China
  • Cloud
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  • Hypercasual
  • 5G
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258 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Feb 24th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

  • Soft Launch
1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay LIVEOP LEARNINGS Oct 15th, 2019

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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference

  • Seattle
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  • PGC Seattle 2020
The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

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4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021 TRENDY Jan 26th, 2021

4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021

  • Shooter
  • Match-3
  • MMO
  • 2021 trends
  • social gaming
13 Mobile Game of the Week: Greedy Cats: Kitty Clicker WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Feb 26th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Greedy Cats: Kitty Clicker

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? THE IAP INSPECTOR Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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  • Free-to-play
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"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue" POC IN MOBILE Feb 26th, 2021

"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue"

  • Diversity
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  • #BlackLivesMatter
  • POC in Mobile
Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens MAKING OF Feb 25th, 2021

Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens

  • Making Of
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  • Apple Arcade
  • Nuts
Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work MASTERCLASS Feb 25th, 2021

Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work

  • Data
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  • MasterClass
Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 24th, 2021

Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
  • Super Meat Boy
Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game MASTERCLASS Feb 23rd, 2021

Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game

  • Event
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"To see an idea drawn on digital paper turn into something playable is incredible" JOBS IN GAMES Feb 23rd, 2021

"To see an idea drawn on digital paper turn into something playable is incredible"

  • Berlin
  • Jobs in Games
  • Art design
Master the Meta: what Stillfront’s results tell us about the company’s future MASTER THE META Feb 22nd, 2021

Master the Meta: what Stillfront’s results tell us about the company’s future

  • Master the Meta
  • stillfront
King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever" CRASH GRAB? Feb 19th, 2021

King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"

  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Free-to-play
  • Endless Runner
  • Microtransactions
  • Level Design
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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

  • Jobs
  • Jobs in Games
  • Technical Art
King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever" CRASH GRAB? Feb 19th, 2021

King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"

  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Free-to-play
  • Endless Runner
  • Microtransactions
  • Level Design
as What happened to Pokémon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokémon Sleep?

  • Opinion
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon Sleep
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?

  • F2P
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work MASTERCLASS Feb 25th, 2021

Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work

  • Data
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  • Event
  • MasterClass
"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue" POC IN MOBILE Feb 26th, 2021

"Commitments to invest in Black developers, fight racism and hate speech online are so necessary and long overdue"

  • Diversity
  • Recruitment
  • #BlackLivesMatter
  • POC in Mobile
The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

  • Sponsored
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Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 24th, 2021

Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
  • Super Meat Boy
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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl coming this year CATCH EM ALL Feb 26th, 2021

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl coming this year

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FlowPlay joins the Coalition for App Fairness TO BE FAIR Feb 26th, 2021

FlowPlay joins the Coalition for App Fairness

  • App Store
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Genshin Impact picks up three accolades at the Mobile GameDev Awards WINNER! Feb 26th, 2021

Genshin Impact picks up three accolades at the Mobile GameDev Awards

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Hiro Capital invests $15 million in three mobile studios SHOW ME THE MONEY Feb 26th, 2021

Hiro Capital invests $15 million in three mobile studios

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NetEase had a successful fourth quarter with $3 billion in net revenue MONEY MONEY MONEY Feb 25th, 2021

NetEase had a successful fourth quarter with $3 billion in net revenue

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Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server NAKAMA 3.0 Jan 25th, 2021

Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server

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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

  • Hot Five
Call of Duty: Mobile pro reportedly murders female player RIP Feb 25th, 2021

Call of Duty: Mobile pro reportedly murders female player

  • Esports
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  • Crime
EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch CEASEFIRE Oct 19th, 2020

EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

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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

Coin Master is a winner with $2 billion in lifetime revenue MONEY BAGS Feb 24th, 2021

Coin Master is a winner with $2 billion in lifetime revenue

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Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 23rd, 2021

Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games

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Rovio appoints Ben Mattes as its SVP for future of gaming and Angry Birds brand strategy TAKING FLIGHT Feb 22nd, 2021

Rovio appoints Ben Mattes as its SVP for future of gaming and Angry Birds brand strategy

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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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Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal ART OF THE DEAL Apr 26th, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch

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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell FINDING FUNDING Mar 29th, 2019

The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs BETTER TOGETHER Feb 23rd, 2021

IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs

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Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 23rd, 2021

Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games

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Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 22nd, 2021

Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory

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Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 19th, 2021

Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus

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EA completes its purchase of Codemasters WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 18th, 2021

EA completes its purchase of Codemasters

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My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games EXTRA CHEESE PLEASE Feb 9th, 2021

My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games

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TinyBuild acquires three new studios ACQUIRED Feb 9th, 2021

TinyBuild acquires three new studios

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EA snaps up Design Home creator Glu Mobile WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 9th, 2021

EA snaps up Design Home creator Glu Mobile

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Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year GROWING MARKET Feb 25th, 2021

Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year

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App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025 MONEY BAGS Feb 23rd, 2021

App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025

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Very accessible, highly competitive: the top grossing Bingo games WINNING COMBINATIONS Feb 18th, 2021

Very accessible, highly competitive: the top grossing Bingo games

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Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5% ON THE UP Feb 15th, 2021

Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5%

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Genshin Impact bests Pokémon Go as the top-grossing Core RPG SOMETHING NEW Feb 10th, 2021

Genshin Impact bests Pokémon Go as the top-grossing Core RPG

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Coin Master reigns supreme in Casino mobile gaming COMING UP TRUMPS Feb 3rd, 2021

Coin Master reigns supreme in Casino mobile gaming

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Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 29th, 2021

Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue

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League of Legends: Wild Rift is breakout core mobile game RIDING HIGH Jan 28th, 2021

League of Legends: Wild Rift is breakout core mobile game

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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 MOST READ 2019 Dec 31st, 2019

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

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019 EVENT RECAP Nov 5th, 2019

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 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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5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018 GETTING KOLSCH WITH THE INDUSTRY Aug 31st, 2018

5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018

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4 The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018 BEST OF 2018 Aug 21st, 2018

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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GREE

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Last Updated: Mar 21st, 2016
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GREE provides Japan's leading mobile social gaming platform, and is at the forefront of mobile technology. With over 25 million users, GREE was ranked as Japan's fastest-growing tech company by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2010.

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Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016

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pgbiz Gree wins its patent infringement lawsuit against Supercell News Sep 21st, 2020

Gree wins its patent infringement lawsuit against Supercell

as pgbiz Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars News Jul 21st, 2020

Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars

as pgbiz Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE News Oct 17th, 2019

Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE

as pgbiz Gree partners with Chinese video sharing platform BiliBili to develop new mobile games News Nov 2nd, 2018

Gree partners with Chinese video sharing platform BiliBili to develop new mobile games

as pgbiz Crunchyroll launches its first anime-based mobile game Memoria Freese in the West News Apr 4th, 2018

Crunchyroll launches its first anime-based mobile game Memoria Freese in the West

as pgbiz Gree rebrands its VR fund to include augmented reality and mixed reality projects News Feb 16th, 2018

Gree rebrands its VR fund to include augmented reality and mixed reality projects

as pgbiz Gree revenues stall as it focuses efforts on live ops for SINoALICE and Another Eden News Feb 2nd, 2018

Gree revenues stall as it focuses efforts on live ops for SINoALICE and Another Eden

as pgbiz Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million News Oct 31st, 2017

Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million

9 pgbiz Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017 List Sep 29th, 2017

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017

as pgbiz GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime News Aug 31st, 2017

GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime

as pgbiz GREE sales fall to $592.7 million amid "strategic pivot" to Japan-first development News Aug 3rd, 2017

GREE sales fall to $592.7 million amid "strategic pivot" to Japan-first development

as pgbiz Mobile game development costs in Japan have risen as high as $9 million per game News Jul 18th, 2017

Mobile game development costs in Japan have risen as high as $9 million per game

4 as pgbiz What happens when global expansion goes bad: A cautionary tale from Japan Data & Research Jul 10th, 2017

What happens when global expansion goes bad: A cautionary tale from Japan

pgbiz Gree closes three studios as it ends Western operations News Jul 10th, 2017

Gree closes three studios as it ends Western operations

as pgbiz GREE's release blitz scores sales of $142.4 million thanks to three top 50 grossing games News Apr 27th, 2017

GREE's release blitz scores sales of $142.4 million thanks to three top 50 grossing games

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