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Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google Hot Five May 25th, 2020

Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google

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Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic Mobile Mavens Apr 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic

  • Indies
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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
  • Pokemon Masters
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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

  • Sponsored
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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
  • Live Operations
  • Live and Kicking
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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  • Technical Art
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
1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  • Monetisation
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
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
  • Chart of the Week
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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

  • Candy Crush Saga
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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?

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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

  • Stateside
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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

  • 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

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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

  • Jobs
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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 does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  • Monetisation
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
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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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 Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google Hot Five May 25th, 2020

Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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4 as How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 26th, 2020

Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now

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237 53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH May 26th, 2020

53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

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Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Rumble Hockey WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 22nd, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Rumble Hockey

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Games vs Covid-19: Kerbal Space Program 2 pushed back to Fall 2021 WHAT'S UP? May 21st, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: Kerbal Space Program 2 pushed back to Fall 2021

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The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games THE VOODOO APPROACH May 20th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games

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Opinion: Android has finally reached its tipping point 10 YEARS ON May 19th, 2020

Opinion: Android has finally reached its tipping point

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1 PocketGamer.biz's ultimate remote working resource guide HOW TO ROCK REMOTE May 18th, 2020

PocketGamer.biz's ultimate remote working resource guide

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237 53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH May 26th, 2020

53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

  • Soft Launch
The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games THE VOODOO APPROACH May 20th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games

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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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Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

  • Hypercasual
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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Rumble Hockey WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 22nd, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Rumble Hockey

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  • Race Kings
  • Snoopy Pop
  • WWE Tap Mania
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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Dec 19th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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1 56 notable mobile games released in April 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES May 14th, 2020

56 notable mobile games released in April 2020 you may have missed

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO SCRABBLE GO SUCCESS May 26th, 2020

Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO

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as The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats INDIE VIEW May 25th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats

  • Indies
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3 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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Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

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The Big Indie Interviews: Attractive Interactive discusses its creative Big Indie Pitch winning title Paper Game INDIE VIEW May 22nd, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: Attractive Interactive discusses its creative Big Indie Pitch winning title Paper Game

  • Indies
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Making Of: How A Fold Apart used Lightning Rod Games co-founder Mark Laframboise's own long-distance relationship as its basis MAKING OF May 22nd, 2020

Making Of: How A Fold Apart used Lightning Rod Games co-founder Mark Laframboise's own long-distance relationship as its basis

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PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play DEEP DIVES May 21st, 2020

PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play

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as China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19 CHINA COVID-19 GROWTH May 21st, 2020

China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19

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3 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?

  • Game 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
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  • Technical Art
17 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

  • Monetisation
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  • Coin Master
1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  • Monetisation
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  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

  • Hypercasual
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as China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19 CHINA COVID-19 GROWTH May 21st, 2020

China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19

  • China
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PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play DEEP DIVES May 21st, 2020

PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play

  • Hay Day
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Remote Working: King senior level designer David Briggs on maintaining Candy Crush Jelly Saga in the middle of a pandemic JOBS IN GAMES May 20th, 2020

Remote Working: King senior level designer David Briggs on maintaining Candy Crush Jelly Saga in the middle of a pandemic

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Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

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IGDA launches Indie Collective group to aid smaller studios

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as Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong PRIDE May 26th, 2020

Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong

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NFL owners are voting on whether to renew Electronic Art's franchise license or not TOUCHDOWN May 26th, 2020

NFL owners are voting on whether to renew Electronic Art's franchise license or not

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Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

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as Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous SPLASHING CASH May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

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Gamestream secures $3.8 million funding for B2B cloud games platform GAMESTREAM FUNDING May 26th, 2020

Gamestream secures $3.8 million funding for B2B cloud games platform

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SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14% 17% OVERALL GROWTH May 26th, 2020

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

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  • Peacekeeper
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3 as Garena's Free Fire records 80 million daily active users WHERE'S THE FIRE? May 18th, 2020

Garena's Free Fire records 80 million daily active users

  • Record
  • DAUs
  • Free Fire
  • Users
as NetEase unveils Norse mythology-inspired mobile AAA game Project Ragnarok VALHALLA! May 20th, 2020

NetEase unveils Norse mythology-inspired mobile AAA game Project Ragnarok

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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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as MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch MYGAMEZ FUNDING May 21st, 2020

MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch

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The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding NEED FUNDING? May 21st, 2020

The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding

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Take-Two Interactive has 21 games "planned specifically" for mobile 93 IN TOTAL May 21st, 2020

Take-Two Interactive has 21 games "planned specifically" for mobile

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as This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China THIS WEEK IN CHINA May 22nd, 2020

This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China

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Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding SCALING UP May 20th, 2020

Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding

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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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as Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous SPLASHING CASH May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

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MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership LEVEL UP May 21st, 2020

MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership

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as MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch MYGAMEZ FUNDING May 21st, 2020

MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch

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Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding SCALING UP May 20th, 2020

Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding

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Apple acquires virtual reality specialist NextVR NEXT STEPS May 15th, 2020

Apple acquires virtual reality specialist NextVR

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1 Rooster Teeth forms strategic partnership with The Yogscast RT X YOGSCAST May 15th, 2020

Rooster Teeth forms strategic partnership with The Yogscast

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Sumo Digital purchases Snooker 19 studio Lab42 NEW ACQUISITION May 15th, 2020

Sumo Digital purchases Snooker 19 studio Lab42

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AppLovin acquires Game of War developer Machine Zone LOVIN ZONE May 14th, 2020

AppLovin acquires Game of War developer Machine Zone

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SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14% 17% OVERALL GROWTH May 26th, 2020

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

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

US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020

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Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list MEL-LIONARE May 15th, 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list

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Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years BUILDING BANK May 15th, 2020

Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years

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as App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020 WINNER WINNER May 13th, 2020

App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020

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The mobile games market faces the least disruption from coronavirus according to Newzoo MOBILE DOMINANCE May 13th, 2020

The mobile games market faces the least disruption from coronavirus according to Newzoo

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Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020 WHAT A SAVE May 13th, 2020

Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020

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Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion ENOUGH TO AFFORD A BUTLER May 13th, 2020

Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion

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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

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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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AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch GOOGLE EVENT Oct 5th, 2017

AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch

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Gumi Inc.

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Last Updated: May 9th, 2017
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Japanese social mobile company, 20 percent owned by GREE.

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as pgbiz Gumi’s The Alchemist Code racks up five million downloads worldwide News May 2nd, 2018

Gumi’s The Alchemist Code racks up five million downloads worldwide

pgbiz Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development News May 31st, 2017

Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development

as pgbiz Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes 20 million global downloads in time for first anniversary News May 8th, 2017

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes 20 million global downloads in time for first anniversary

as pgbiz Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups News Apr 3rd, 2017

Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups

as pgbiz How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment Interview Feb 27th, 2017

How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment

pgbiz Gumi partners with EUVR to bring VR investment to European developers News Jan 20th, 2017

Gumi partners with EUVR to bring VR investment to European developers

pgbiz Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes eight million downloads in five months outside Japan News Nov 15th, 2016

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes eight million downloads in five months outside Japan

pgbiz Final Fantasy Brave Exvius does 5 million downloads outside Japan News Jul 26th, 2016

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius does 5 million downloads outside Japan

1 pguk new release May 18th, 2016

Phantom of the Kill is a strategy RPG designed by the director of Ghost in the Shell, out now worldwide

as pgbiz Updated: Gumi shutters studios in Canada, Sweden, Germany, Austin and Hong Kong Job News Apr 21st, 2016

Updated: Gumi shutters studios in Canada, Sweden, Germany, Austin and Hong Kong

pgbiz Why Gumi's new Berlin studio is embracing risk to reinvent F2P mobile strategy gaming Interview Jul 29th, 2015

Why Gumi's new Berlin studio is embracing risk to reinvent F2P mobile strategy gaming

pgbiz Gumi chooses Berlin for its new European-focused mobile game development team Job News Jul 29th, 2015

Gumi chooses Berlin for its new European-focused mobile game development team

pguk upcoming Jun 10th, 2015

Gumi will show off turn-based strategy RPG Phantom of the Kill at this year's Anime Expo

11 pgbiz Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015 List Apr 10th, 2015

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015

as pgbiz Gumi looks to 'recover fast' internationally following a 100 jobs 'fast fail' in Japan News Mar 27th, 2015

Gumi looks to 'recover fast' internationally following a 100 jobs 'fast fail' in Japan

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