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How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS Interview Jan 15th, 2021

How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS

  • Making Of
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  • Apple Arcade
  • The First Tree
Hot Five: Yoozoo Games CEO passes away, the legacy of FarmVille, and Apple purges nearly 40,000 games Hot Five Jan 11th, 2021

Hot Five: Yoozoo Games CEO passes away, the legacy of FarmVille, and Apple purges nearly 40,000 games

  • Hot Five
Indie Mavens: How will Apple's App Store Small Business Program impact developers? Mobile Mavens Dec 9th, 2020

Indie Mavens: How will Apple's App Store Small Business Program impact developers?

  • App Store
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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Kolibri hires new VP of marketing, Phoenix Labs expands, and Salesforce snaps up Slack Job News Dec 4th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Kolibri hires new VP of marketing, Phoenix Labs expands, and Salesforce snaps up Slack

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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
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  • 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

  • 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

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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?

  • 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
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  • 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

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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

  • 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
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  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
13 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master monetise?

  • Monetisation
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  • IAP Inspector
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Hot Five: Yoozoo Games CEO passes away, the legacy of FarmVille, and Apple purges nearly 40,000 games Hot Five Jan 11th, 2021

Hot Five: Yoozoo Games CEO passes away, the legacy of FarmVille, and Apple purges nearly 40,000 games

  • Hot Five
How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS Interview Jan 15th, 2021

How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS

  • Making Of
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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Zombie Hunter D-Day WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 15th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Zombie Hunter D-Day

256 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Project Cars GO to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Jan 15th, 2021

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

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Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers GAME DRIVE Jan 13th, 2021

Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers

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How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads LESSONS FROM VOODOO Jan 13th, 2021

How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads

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Update: All 146 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 8th, 2021

Update: All 146 Apple Arcade games available now

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Down on the FarmVille: The rise of Zynga's social gaming icon GOODBYE FARMVILLE Jan 5th, 2021

Down on the FarmVille: The rise of Zynga's social gaming icon

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Is it time for more publishers to add playables to their advertising mix? PLAYABLES Jan 5th, 2021

Is it time for more publishers to add playables to their advertising mix?

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"The IDFApocalypse will force developers to rethink ad models," says AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers 2020 IN REVIEW Jan 1st, 2021

"The IDFApocalypse will force developers to rethink ad models," says AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers

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256 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Project Cars GO to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Jan 15th, 2021

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

  • Soft Launch
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
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  • Hypercasual
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  • This Week In China
1 Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 24: Christmas special offer - 20% off! HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 24th, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 24: Christmas special offer - 20% off!

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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

  • Marvel
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How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads LESSONS FROM VOODOO Jan 13th, 2021

How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads

  • Advertising
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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Zombie Hunter D-Day WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 15th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Zombie Hunter D-Day

Update: All 146 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 8th, 2021

Update: All 146 Apple Arcade games available now

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Speaker Spotlight: "Getting into game mod communities is a fantastic way to learn," says Javier Barnes SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jan 15th, 2021

Speaker Spotlight: "Getting into game mod communities is a fantastic way to learn," says Javier Barnes

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How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS MAKING OF Jan 15th, 2021

How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS

  • Making Of
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Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers GAME DRIVE Jan 13th, 2021

Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers

  • Sponsored
  • Accelerator
  • Developers
  • Game Drive
How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads LESSONS FROM VOODOO Jan 13th, 2021

How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads

  • Advertising
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Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO MASTER THE META Jan 11th, 2021

Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO

  • Master the Meta
as Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon ASK IWATA Jan 8th, 2021

Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon

  • Acquisition
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  • Luigi's Mansion
  • Mario Strikers
How a trip to Antarctica helped bring authenticity to South of the Circle MAKING OF Jan 7th, 2021

How a trip to Antarctica helped bring authenticity to South of the Circle

  • Making Of
  • Apple Arcade
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  • Antarctica
Minecraft Earth failed to cross $500k in lifetime revenue - are location-based games off the map? BRICKED Jan 6th, 2021

Minecraft Earth failed to cross $500k in lifetime revenue - are location-based games off the map?

  • Location-based
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  • Revenue
  • Minecraft Earth
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Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO MASTER THE META Jan 11th, 2021

Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO

  • Master the Meta
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
How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads LESSONS FROM VOODOO Jan 13th, 2021

How Voodoo is driving creativity and innovation in the creation of mobile game ads

  • Advertising
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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?

  • F2P
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  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
26 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

  • Monetisation
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as Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon ASK IWATA Jan 8th, 2021

Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon

  • Acquisition
  • Intellectual Property
  • Luigi's Mansion
  • Mario Strikers
How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS MAKING OF Jan 15th, 2021

How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS

  • Making Of
  • App Store
  • Apple Arcade
  • The First Tree
Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers GAME DRIVE Jan 13th, 2021

Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers

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This Week in Asia: Nintendo Switch hits 1m sales in China, Apple's App Store purge, and Honor of Kings' revenue reign

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Speaker Spotlight: "Getting into game mod communities is a fantastic way to learn," says Javier Barnes SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jan 15th, 2021

Speaker Spotlight: "Getting into game mod communities is a fantastic way to learn," says Javier Barnes

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Epic brings app store battle with Apple and Google to the UK TO BATTLE! Jan 15th, 2021

Epic brings app store battle with Apple and Google to the UK

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$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 15th, 2021

$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year

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Activison Blizzard Staff gave over $1.6 million to charity in December GIVING BACK Jan 15th, 2021

Activison Blizzard Staff gave over $1.6 million to charity in December

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops the charts in Australia DOWN UNDER Jan 15th, 2021

Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops the charts in Australia

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The Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 meeting platform is now LIVE! MEET AND CONNECT Jan 15th, 2021

The Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 meeting platform is now LIVE!

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1 as Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

  • China
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Roblox hires Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing officer WELCOME ABOARD Sep 3rd, 2020

Roblox hires Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing officer

  • Jobs
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Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO MASTER THE META Jan 11th, 2021

Master the Meta: What you need to know before Playtika’s IPO

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

EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

  • Soft Launch
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Five mobile gaming trends to keep an eye on in 2021, according to Newzoo TRENDY Jan 13th, 2021

Five mobile gaming trends to keep an eye on in 2021, according to Newzoo

  • Trends
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IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA CHECK THOSE ADS Jan 11th, 2021

IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA

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European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 11th, 2021

European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year

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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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Digital Bros snaps up Gems of War dev Infinity Plus Two WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 14th, 2021

Digital Bros snaps up Gems of War dev Infinity Plus Two

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Kuato Studios raises $4.5 million as it launches VR title Panic Room MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 14th, 2021

Kuato Studios raises $4.5 million as it launches VR title Panic Room

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as Tilting Point forms live-publishing partnership with South Korean firm Storytaco NEW PARTNERSHIP Jan 13th, 2021

Tilting Point forms live-publishing partnership with South Korean firm Storytaco

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IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA CHECK THOSE ADS Jan 11th, 2021

IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA

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Epic Games snaps up RAD Game Tools WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 8th, 2021

Epic Games snaps up RAD Game Tools

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Niantic snaps up games community platform Mayhem WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 5th, 2021

Niantic snaps up games community platform Mayhem

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Nintendo snaps up Luigi's Mansion 3 dev Next Level Games NINTEN-YAY Jan 5th, 2021

Nintendo snaps up Luigi's Mansion 3 dev Next Level Games

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Nordisk Games acquires 40% of MercurySteam SPLASH THE CASH Jan 4th, 2021

Nordisk Games acquires 40% of MercurySteam

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$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 15th, 2021

$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year

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Mobile consumers spent $143 billion on apps in 2020 BIG SPENDER Jan 13th, 2021

Mobile consumers spent $143 billion on apps in 2020

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European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 11th, 2021

European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year

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as Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day IMPOSTER Jan 7th, 2021

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day

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Over 28 million Americans became mobile gamers last year PROVING POPULAR Jan 7th, 2021

Over 28 million Americans became mobile gamers last year

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Minecraft Earth failed to cross $500k in lifetime revenue - are location-based games off the map? BRICKED Jan 6th, 2021

Minecraft Earth failed to cross $500k in lifetime revenue - are location-based games off the map?

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Digital games spending hit $126.6 billion in 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 6th, 2021

Digital games spending hit $126.6 billion in 2020

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Mobile gaming in the UK has been on the rise over the past year PROVING POPULAR Jan 5th, 2021

Mobile gaming in the UK has been on the rise over the past year

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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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Plain Vanilla

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Last Updated: May 8th, 2014
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The San Francisco-based developer behind the QuizUp series of games.

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pgbiz Teatime Games CEO Thor Fridriksson candidly reflects on the failures of QuizUp and Plain Vanilla Interview Aug 5th, 2020

Teatime Games CEO Thor Fridriksson candidly reflects on the failures of QuizUp and Plain Vanilla

pgbiz Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million News Dec 22nd, 2016

Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million

pgbiz Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works) News Jan 21st, 2016

Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)

6 pgbiz Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014 List Mar 18th, 2014

Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014

pguk news Mar 7th, 2014

Hugely popular iOS trivia game QuizUp is now available on Android for free

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QuizUp generated 10 organic installs per paid download

pgbiz Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: One big arrival and a massive clear out Feature Jan 26th, 2014

Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: One big arrival and a massive clear out

pgbiz Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Heroes of Dragon Age tries my patience and wallet Feature Jan 12th, 2014

Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Heroes of Dragon Age tries my patience and wallet

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Holidays Hot Five: QuizUp cashes up, Clash of Clans crashes out, and what's going to happen in 2014

pgbiz The Charticle: QuizUp - the least successful most successful iPhone game ever The Charticle Jan 3rd, 2014

The Charticle: QuizUp - the least successful most successful iPhone game ever

pgbiz Plain Vanilla's CEO on why QuizUp won't be an easy-come easy-go fad like Draw Something Interview Dec 26th, 2013

Plain Vanilla's CEO on why QuizUp won't be an easy-come easy-go fad like Draw Something

pgbiz Plain Vanilla strikes while QuizUp is hot, raising $22 million Deal Dec 26th, 2013

Plain Vanilla strikes while QuizUp is hot, raising $22 million

pgbiz We had a $1 million UA launch fund but only spent a fraction, says Plain Vanilla CEO of US #1 hit QuizUp Interview Dec 20th, 2013

We had a $1 million UA launch fund but only spent a fraction, says Plain Vanilla CEO of US #1 hit QuizUp

pgbiz Right answer: QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla raises $2 million in funding News Nov 20th, 2013

Right answer: QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla raises $2 million in funding

pgbiz Plain Vanilla's plan to create a socially-powered world-class trivia gaming platform Interview Nov 7th, 2013

Plain Vanilla's plan to create a socially-powered world-class trivia gaming platform

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