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1 Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund Hot Five Jul 4th, 2022

Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund

  • Investment
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1 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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1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 Feature Jun 10th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022

  • Facebook
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  • YouTube
  • Mobile Legends
  • Free Fire
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Garena Free Fire
  • Upstream
1 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
  • Subscription
  • Netflix
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Insight
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?

  • Acquisition
  • Merger
  • Blockchain
  • NFT
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Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads? Mobile Mavens Apr 29th, 2022

Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads?

  • Monetisation
  • Microsoft
  • In-app ads
  • Free-To-Play
  • Sony
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

  • Europe
  • Jobs in Games
  • Jobs Weekly
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net Interview Dec 21st, 2021

How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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  • Interview
  • Rocket League Sideswipe
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 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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  • Pokémon GO
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon Masters
  • Pokemon Home
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

  • East Meets West
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

  • Data
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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
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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  • Monetizer
  • Reciprocity
  • Retention
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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  • Finnsider
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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

1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 Feature Jun 10th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022

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  • Upstream
1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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1 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

  • Hall of Fame
  • N-Gage
1 Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund Hot Five Jul 4th, 2022

Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund

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  • TikTok
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Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group Hot Five May 9th, 2022

Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group

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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

  • F2P
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  • Monetizer
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Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion Hot Five Jun 27th, 2022

Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion

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The blockchain mobile games list BLOCKCHAIN MOBILE GAMES Jul 6th, 2022

The blockchain mobile games list

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38 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB Jul 5th, 2022

38 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
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277 Updated July 4: 70 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match SOFT LAUNCH Jul 4th, 2022

Updated July 4: 70 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match

  • Soft Launch
15 Mobile Game of the Week: Colony – A Space RPG WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jul 1st, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Colony – A Space RPG

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All 254 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jul 1st, 2022

All 254 Apple Arcade games available now

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10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY Jun 23rd, 2022

10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY Jun 23rd, 2022

The mobile games industry glossary

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1 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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277 Updated July 4: 70 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match SOFT LAUNCH Jul 4th, 2022

Updated July 4: 70 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Subway Surfers Match

  • Soft Launch
15 Mobile Game of the Week: Colony – A Space RPG WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jul 1st, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Colony – A Space RPG

  • Game of the Week
38 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB Jul 5th, 2022

38 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
  • Billions
The blockchain mobile games list BLOCKCHAIN MOBILE GAMES Jul 6th, 2022

The blockchain mobile games list

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  • Blockchain
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All 254 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jul 1st, 2022

All 254 Apple Arcade games available now

  • iOS
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1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 UPSTREAM Jun 10th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022

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  • Upstream
1 Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 UPSTREAM May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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1 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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Fighting the stigma of hypercasual games LONG-LIFE HYPERCASUAL Jul 7th, 2022

Fighting the stigma of hypercasual games

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How can advertisers and marketers maintain the gains made during the COVID lockdowns? DEMAND SIDE PLATFORM Jul 6th, 2022

How can advertisers and marketers maintain the gains made during the COVID lockdowns?

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1 Inside Studio E: Zynga's in-house advertising agency STUDIO E Jul 5th, 2022

Inside Studio E: Zynga's in-house advertising agency

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2 Subset Games' Matthew Davis on bringing Into the Breach to mobile, and why Netflix was the right distributor INTO THE BREACH Jul 1st, 2022

Subset Games' Matthew Davis on bringing Into the Breach to mobile, and why Netflix was the right distributor

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1 Burnout: Six tips to keep you and your game story fresh over the long haul THE WRITE STUFF Jun 30th, 2022

Burnout: Six tips to keep you and your game story fresh over the long haul

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4 Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads CLASSICALLY NEW Jun 30th, 2022

Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads

  • Words With Friends
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AppLovin: The games industry still incorrectly believes nobody wants ads PGC TORONTO Jun 29th, 2022

AppLovin: The games industry still incorrectly believes nobody wants ads

  • Advertising
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45 The mobile games ads no one wants to see UA EYE Jun 29th, 2022

The mobile games ads no one wants to see

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Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs NOT JUST FOR KARL Feb 9th, 2022

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs

  • Swedish Games Industry
  • Sweden
  • New Studio
  • Blockchain
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4 Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads CLASSICALLY NEW Jun 30th, 2022

Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads

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  • SW: Galaxy of Heroes
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2 Subset Games' Matthew Davis on bringing Into the Breach to mobile, and why Netflix was the right distributor INTO THE BREACH Jul 1st, 2022

Subset Games' Matthew Davis on bringing Into the Breach to mobile, and why Netflix was the right distributor

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45 The mobile games ads no one wants to see UA EYE Jun 29th, 2022

The mobile games ads no one wants to see

  • Advertising
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1 Inside Studio E: Zynga's in-house advertising agency STUDIO E Jul 5th, 2022

Inside Studio E: Zynga's in-house advertising agency

  • Advertising
  • Playable Ads
AppLovin: The games industry still incorrectly believes nobody wants ads PGC TORONTO Jun 29th, 2022

AppLovin: The games industry still incorrectly believes nobody wants ads

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Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part two MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES Jun 28th, 2022

Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part two

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1 Burnout: Six tips to keep you and your game story fresh over the long haul THE WRITE STUFF Jun 30th, 2022

Burnout: Six tips to keep you and your game story fresh over the long haul

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as Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai NO LONGER NICHE Jul 7th, 2022

Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai

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Konvoy launches new $150 million fund to invest in early-stage game companies FURTHERING FUNDING Jul 7th, 2022

Konvoy launches new $150 million fund to invest in early-stage game companies

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Freeverse: The future and evolution of NFTs

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TransPerfect: Importance of audio and tools in a successful media strategy

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Playstack and Laser Dog Games open Playstack Leeds REUNITING OLD FRIENDS Jul 7th, 2022

Playstack and Laser Dog Games open Playstack Leeds

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1 Resolution Games opens its first US studio after record growth DEEPENING DEVELOPMENT Jul 7th, 2022

Resolution Games opens its first US studio after record growth

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1 How to survive 10 years as an indie mobile dev PGC TORONTO Jul 6th, 2022

How to survive 10 years as an indie mobile dev

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3 Adjust and Applovin Lay off 12 per cent of workforce LAYOFFS CONTINUE Jun 30th, 2022

Adjust and Applovin Lay off 12 per cent of workforce

  • Layoffs
4 Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads CLASSICALLY NEW Jun 30th, 2022

Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads

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Google and app developers reach lawsuit agreement, with $90 million developer fund $90 MILLION FUND Jul 1st, 2022

Google and app developers reach lawsuit agreement, with $90 million developer fund

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Google shares their secrets on how stability issues affect your app's success

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Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021 TURBULENT TIMES Jul 1st, 2022

Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021

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Uma Musume Pretty Derby's South Korean release nets $2.3 million within 24 hours RACING TO SUCCESS Jul 1st, 2022

Uma Musume Pretty Derby's South Korean release nets $2.3 million within 24 hours

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1 Learn everything you need to know to protect your games from security experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! TRACK RUNDOWN Jul 1st, 2022

Learn everything you need to know to protect your games from security experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto!

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1 Gameloft Toronto: Reaching new users is as important as retention and monetisation PGC TORONTO Jul 1st, 2022

Gameloft Toronto: Reaching new users is as important as retention and monetisation

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1 What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game DO THIS FIRST Apr 28th, 2022

What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game

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1 Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021 MONETISATION MYTHS BUSTED Apr 14th, 2022

Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021

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1 How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games DARK TIMES Apr 13th, 2022

How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

  • Monetisation
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  • User Interface
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1 Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

Financing LTV in mobile gaming

  • User Acquisition
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Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner UA OK Jan 14th, 2022

Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner

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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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What is CFO Resources? MONEY TALK Jun 1st, 2021

What is CFO Resources?

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NetEase takes its first steps into Polish games market with latest investment VEERING TO VR Jul 6th, 2022

NetEase takes its first steps into Polish games market with latest investment

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Mobile DSP Dataseat acquired by Verve Group VERVE GROUP CONTINUES TO GROW Jul 6th, 2022

Mobile DSP Dataseat acquired by Verve Group

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Soba raises $13.6 million in seed round to help gamers make games PEOPLE'S PLATFORM Jun 30th, 2022

Soba raises $13.6 million in seed round to help gamers make games

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Joffre Capital acquires 25.7% stake in Playtika MINORITY OWNER Jun 29th, 2022

Joffre Capital acquires 25.7% stake in Playtika

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Former Supercell devs raise €5 million in Round A BIT OF A CLASH Jun 28th, 2022

Former Supercell devs raise €5 million in Round A

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Digital Bros, parent company of 505 Games, acquires Puzzle Quest publisher CRACKING THE PUZZLE Jun 27th, 2022

Digital Bros, parent company of 505 Games, acquires Puzzle Quest publisher

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Miniclip to acquire Subway Surfers studio Sybo MONUMENTAL DEAL Jun 25th, 2022

Miniclip to acquire Subway Surfers studio Sybo

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CloudFeather Games raises $1.25 million in seed funding round BOUNTY HUNTING Jun 22nd, 2022

CloudFeather Games raises $1.25 million in seed funding round

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as Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai NO LONGER NICHE Jul 7th, 2022

Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai

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Midcore games are on the rise BIG GAMES, SMALL DEVICES Jul 7th, 2022

Midcore games are on the rise

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1 Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis PASSING THE PEAK Jul 5th, 2022

Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis

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Diablo Immortal earned $49 million in first month BLAZING A TRAIL TO SUCCESS Jul 5th, 2022

Diablo Immortal earned $49 million in first month

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Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021 TURBULENT TIMES Jul 1st, 2022

Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021

  • China
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GameRefinery publishes mobile game market review for June 2022 JUNE'S SUCCESS STORIES Jun 30th, 2022

GameRefinery publishes mobile game market review for June 2022

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Sonic on the big screen boosts mobile games to new heights SONIC ON SCREEN Jun 29th, 2022

Sonic on the big screen boosts mobile games to new heights

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MAG Interactive AB experiences highest revenue quarter since founding, despite a decline in users MAG INTERIM REPORT Jun 29th, 2022

MAG Interactive AB experiences highest revenue quarter since founding, despite a decline in users

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022

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PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021 FEATUREFUL Dec 29th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021

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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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pguk news Oct 1st, 2013

Hands-on with Beyond the Dead, a zombie RPG that lets you fight the undead with LARPers

2 as pgbiz Hall of Fame: Yoshikazu Tanaka Hall of Fame Oct 1st, 2013

Hall of Fame: Yoshikazu Tanaka

1 pgbiz How GREE and IUGO boosted Knights & Dragons' 30-day retention by 50% Feature Aug 27th, 2013

How GREE and IUGO boosted Knights & Dragons' 30-day retention by 50%

as pgbiz Sluggish performance from GREE sees FY13 sales down 4% to $1.5 billion News Aug 15th, 2013

Sluggish performance from GREE sees FY13 sales down 4% to $1.5 billion

as pgbiz Chat attack: GREE's Tellit messenger to close as streamlining continues News Aug 1st, 2013

Chat attack: GREE's Tellit messenger to close as streamlining continues

pgbiz GREE to close UK office to refocus western operations on US News Jul 8th, 2013

GREE to close UK office to refocus western operations on US

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pgbiz GREE and IUGO looking to boost Knights & Dragons' revenue to $5 million/month News Jul 2nd, 2013

GREE and IUGO looking to boost Knights & Dragons' revenue to $5 million/month

2 as pgbiz GREE: More than 40% of our Android mobile revenue comes from just 2 devices News Jul 1st, 2013

GREE: More than 40% of our Android mobile revenue comes from just 2 devices

pgbiz San Francisco Week: GREE on making a mark in the city where big meets small Interview Jun 26th, 2013

San Francisco Week: GREE on making a mark in the city where big meets small

pgbiz GREE pulls out of China as growing pains see profits plummet in Q3 News May 15th, 2013

GREE pulls out of China as growing pains see profits plummet in Q3

pgbiz Sponsored feature: GREE's HR lead Libby Wolfensperger on recruitment best practices Feature May 14th, 2013

Sponsored feature: GREE's HR lead Libby Wolfensperger on recruitment best practices

pguk news Apr 9th, 2013

Hit an upper decker with a major update to GREE's fantasy baseball simulator MLB: Full Deck

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GREE pulls back covers on online strategy game War of Nations

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