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The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third Interview Mar 4th, 2021

The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third

  • Retention
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  • DAUs
  • Live and Kicking
Hot Five: Miniclip invests in Green Horse Games, ironSource snaps up Luna Labs, and Rovio's Darkfire Heroes gets launch date Hot Five Mar 1st, 2021

Hot Five: Miniclip invests in Green Horse Games, ironSource snaps up Luna Labs, and Rovio's Darkfire Heroes gets launch date

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns Job News Feb 1st, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns

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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?

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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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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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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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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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  • Amazon Underground
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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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  • Monetizer
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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

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 Interview Oct 8th, 2019

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

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The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third Interview Mar 4th, 2021

The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third

  • Retention
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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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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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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
Hot Five: Miniclip invests in Green Horse Games, ironSource snaps up Luna Labs, and Rovio's Darkfire Heroes gets launch date Hot Five Mar 1st, 2021

Hot Five: Miniclip invests in Green Horse Games, ironSource snaps up Luna Labs, and Rovio's Darkfire Heroes gets launch date

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Update: All 152 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Mar 5th, 2021

Update: All 152 Apple Arcade games available now

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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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

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Hyper Hippo's Rimmy Spanjer on the increasing importance of theme in mobile gaming HYPER HIPPO Mar 4th, 2021

Hyper Hippo's Rimmy Spanjer on the increasing importance of theme in mobile gaming

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The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third LIVE AND KICKING Mar 4th, 2021

The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third

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Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark on how and when to save a failed game MASTERCLASS Mar 3rd, 2021

Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark on how and when to save a failed game

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AppMagic’s Max Samorukov shares insight on what to expect from upcoming PocketGamer.biz MasterClass: Understanding the Market Through External Data and Tools MASTERCLASS Mar 2nd, 2021

AppMagic’s Max Samorukov shares insight on what to expect from upcoming PocketGamer.biz MasterClass: Understanding the Market Through External Data and Tools

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Master the Meta: Everything you need to know from Roblox’s first Investor Day MASTER THE META Mar 1st, 2021

Master the Meta: Everything you need to know from Roblox’s first Investor Day

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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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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

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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

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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
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as What happened to Pokémon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokémon Sleep?

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The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third LIVE AND KICKING Mar 4th, 2021

The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third

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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"

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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

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

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Master the Meta: Everything you need to know from Roblox’s first Investor Day MASTER THE META Mar 1st, 2021

Master the Meta: Everything you need to know from Roblox’s first Investor Day

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26 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

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How Supercell continues to grow multi-billion dollar hit Clash Royale five-years on LIVE AND KICKING Feb 4th, 2021

How Supercell continues to grow multi-billion dollar hit Clash Royale five-years on

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Get on the experts’ radar and receive feedback on your games with the Journalist Bar at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 JOURNALIST BAR Mar 4th, 2021

Get on the experts’ radar and receive feedback on your games with the Journalist Bar at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6

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UK games industry publishes its first #RaiseTheGame report GROWING INDUSTRY Mar 4th, 2021

UK games industry publishes its first #RaiseTheGame report

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'Dynamic Difficulty' class-action lawsuit against EA gets dropped

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UK consumers spent £4.4 billion on games last year

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The number of women playing games continues to rise

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

Dream Games raises $50 million for casual puzzle titles PUZZLING Mar 1st, 2021

Dream Games raises $50 million for casual puzzle titles

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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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Report: Stadia didn't achieve Google's subscriber expectations

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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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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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IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs

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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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How M&A drove consolidation in the match-3 genre

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Hypercasual titles account for 31% of mobile game downloads in 2020 GET HYPED Mar 3rd, 2021

Hypercasual titles account for 31% of mobile game downloads in 2020

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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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Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5%

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

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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

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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

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Located in Seoul, Republic of Korea, CJ E&M Games is a global entertainment company dedicated to enriching people's lives through fun, social, and massive online gaming.

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Marvel Future Fight’s Dawn of X update adds new super hero uniforms and improvements to conquests and battles

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Marvel Future Fight's latest update introduces six new characters to the popular RPG

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Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020

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Netmarble partners with the NBA and NBPA for new mobile game

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