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Hot Five: Hay Day Pop soft-launched, how the games industry is tackling coronavirus, and Marvel Duel beta details Hot Five Mar 23rd, 2020

Hot Five: Hay Day Pop soft-launched, how the games industry is tackling coronavirus, and Marvel Duel beta details

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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
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What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit? Mobile Mavens Jan 31st, 2020

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

  • Europe
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  • Politics
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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

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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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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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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
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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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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

  • 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
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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder The Finnsider Nov 14th, 2014

Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

  • Equality
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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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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
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  • IAP Inspector
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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: Hay Day Pop soft-launched, how the games industry is tackling coronavirus, and Marvel Duel beta details Hot Five Mar 23rd, 2020

Hot Five: Hay Day Pop soft-launched, how the games industry is tackling coronavirus, and Marvel Duel beta details

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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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Hot Five: Brawl Stars launched in China, Fallout Shelter Online coming West, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Casual Hot Five Mar 16th, 2020

Hot Five: Brawl Stars launched in China, Fallout Shelter Online coming West, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Casual

  • Hot Five
2 Hall of Fame: Miniclip CEO Robert Small on building one of the most recognisable names in gaming Hot Five Aug 7th, 2018

Hall of Fame: Miniclip CEO Robert Small on building one of the most recognisable names in gaming

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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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  • PUBG
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as This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 27th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall

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  • WWE Tap Mania
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Recap: How has the coronavirus impacted the mobile games industry? CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Mar 27th, 2020

Recap: How has the coronavirus impacted the mobile games industry?

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Games vs Covid-19: How Exploding Kittens is handling multiplayer tabletop gaming in a time of self-isolation WHAT'S UP? Mar 27th, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: How Exploding Kittens is handling multiplayer tabletop gaming in a time of self-isolation

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PocketGamer.biz's ultimate remote working resource guide HOW TO ROCK REMOTE Mar 26th, 2020

PocketGamer.biz's ultimate remote working resource guide

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Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart SHAKING IT UP Mar 25th, 2020

Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart

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Join our new games industry remote working survival Facebook group! REMOTE WORKING SURVIVAL GROUP Mar 24th, 2020

Join our new games industry remote working survival Facebook group!

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Update: All 114 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Mar 23rd, 2020

Update: All 114 Apple Arcade games available now

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230 52 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 Mar 23rd, 2020

52 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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Games vs Covid-19: How Exploding Kittens is handling multiplayer tabletop gaming in a time of self-isolation WHAT'S UP? Mar 27th, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: How Exploding Kittens is handling multiplayer tabletop gaming in a time of self-isolation

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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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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 27th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall

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  • Monument Valley 2
  • Race Kings
  • Snoopy Pop
  • WWE Tap Mania
  • Lost Island: Blast Adventure
Recap: How has the coronavirus impacted the mobile games industry? CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Mar 27th, 2020

Recap: How has the coronavirus impacted the mobile games industry?

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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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as This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons THIS WEEK IN CHINA Mar 27th, 2020

This Week in China: Chinese gamers are spreading anti-coronavirus messages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart SHAKING IT UP Mar 25th, 2020

Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart

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  • Coronavirus
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Live and Kicking: Seven years on, Dumb Ways to Die has turned from a marketing campaign to a standalone business 15 MILLION TIKTOK VIEWS Mar 27th, 2020

Live and Kicking: Seven years on, Dumb Ways to Die has turned from a marketing campaign to a standalone business

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  • Angry Birds
  • Live and Kicking
  • TikTok
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Designing mobile game screenshots that actually convert players DESIGNING SCREENSHOTS Mar 26th, 2020

Designing mobile game screenshots that actually convert players

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  • App Store Optimisation
Indie Spotlight: Pomelo Games on the doubts surrounding sustainability and how Apple Arcade helped create its "purest" game INDIE SPOTLIGHT Mar 25th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Pomelo Games on the doubts surrounding sustainability and how Apple Arcade helped create its "purest" game

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  • Uruguay
  • Indie Spotlight
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Jobs in Games: AppLovin senior developer Kellie Knight explains the value of learning from failure JOBS IN GAMES Mar 24th, 2020

Jobs in Games: AppLovin senior developer Kellie Knight explains the value of learning from failure

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  • California
The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual? RISE OF ULTRACASUAL Mar 24th, 2020

The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual?

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A simple user acquisition template to track your most important metrics TRACK YOUR METRICS Mar 23rd, 2020

A simple user acquisition template to track your most important metrics

  • Advertising
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  • LTV
  • CPI
  • Sponsored
Netspeak Games CEO Callum Cooper-Brighting on the growing focus on social gaming PRACTICALITY AND PASSION Mar 20th, 2020

Netspeak Games CEO Callum Cooper-Brighting on the growing focus on social gaming

  • PGC
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Making Of: Sumo Digital lead game designer Nic Cusworth discusses how Spyder went from game jam winner to Apple Arcade release MAKING OF Mar 20th, 2020

Making Of: Sumo Digital lead game designer Nic Cusworth discusses how Spyder went from game jam winner to Apple Arcade release

  • Making Of
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  • Apple Arcade
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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
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
A simple user acquisition template to track your most important metrics TRACK YOUR METRICS Mar 23rd, 2020

A simple user acquisition template to track your most important metrics

  • Advertising
  • User Acquisition
  • LTV
  • CPI
  • Sponsored
The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual? RISE OF ULTRACASUAL Mar 24th, 2020

The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual?

  • Downloads
  • Revenue
  • Hypercasual
Indie Spotlight: Pomelo Games on the doubts surrounding sustainability and how Apple Arcade helped create its "purest" game INDIE SPOTLIGHT Mar 25th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Pomelo Games on the doubts surrounding sustainability and how Apple Arcade helped create its "purest" game

  • Indies
  • Uruguay
  • Indie Spotlight
  • Apple Arcade
Jobs in Games: AppLovin senior developer Kellie Knight explains the value of learning from failure JOBS IN GAMES Mar 24th, 2020

Jobs in Games: AppLovin senior developer Kellie Knight explains the value of learning from failure

  • Developers
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  • California
How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade A NEW CONTENDER Feb 7th, 2020

How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade

  • Monetisation
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Designing mobile game screenshots that actually convert players DESIGNING SCREENSHOTS Mar 26th, 2020

Designing mobile game screenshots that actually convert players

  • App Store
  • Sponsored
  • App Store Optimisation
Live and Kicking: Seven years on, Dumb Ways to Die has turned from a marketing campaign to a standalone business 15 MILLION TIKTOK VIEWS Mar 27th, 2020

Live and Kicking: Seven years on, Dumb Ways to Die has turned from a marketing campaign to a standalone business

  • Australia
  • Angry Birds
  • Live and Kicking
  • TikTok
  • Dumb Ways to Die
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5 Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Mar 23rd, 2020

Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020

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as Exclusive: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch TOM NOOK REPORTEDLY ECSTATIC Mar 23rd, 2020

Exclusive: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch

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2 Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak SUPER SUPERCELL Mar 26th, 2020

Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak

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King offers UK Candy Crush players unlimited lives to distract from coronavirus SWEET Mar 24th, 2020

King offers UK Candy Crush players unlimited lives to distract from coronavirus

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Update: Games are "exploiting" coronavirus SEO on the App Store

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Buildbox offering $100,000 of game assets in exchange for trying out its codeless game engine FREE STUFF Mar 2nd, 2017

Buildbox offering $100,000 of game assets in exchange for trying out its codeless game engine

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Ubisoft soft-launches five-on-five battler Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SQUADDING UP Mar 23rd, 2020

Ubisoft soft-launches five-on-five battler Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

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as Update: Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan and UK ESCAPE REALITY Mar 25th, 2020

Update: Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan and UK

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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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Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19 "GLOBAL FIGHT" Mar 27th, 2020

Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19

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as Tencent and Huawei partner for cloud games platform ANOTHER ONE? Mar 27th, 2020

Tencent and Huawei partner for cloud games platform

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Crytek teams up with Google to bring the Cryengine to Android TEAMWORK Mar 25th, 2020

Crytek teams up with Google to bring the Cryengine to Android

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Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming MMO IN THE WORKS Mar 20th, 2020

Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming

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Robin Games raises $7 million to bring mobile gaming to 'underserved women audience' NEW LIFESTYLES Mar 19th, 2020

Robin Games raises $7 million to bring mobile gaming to 'underserved women audience'

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Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment ACQUISITION Mar 17th, 2020

Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment

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Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch A HOMERUN? Mar 17th, 2020

Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch

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New studio Bazooka Tango launched by Vainglory creators SUPER EVIL MEGA-OPENING Mar 17th, 2020

New studio Bazooka Tango launched by Vainglory creators

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2 Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak SUPER SUPERCELL Mar 26th, 2020

Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak

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Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart SHAKING IT UP Mar 25th, 2020

Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart

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Tencent reigns supreme as the top-grossing mobile publisher for 2020 APP ANNIE TOP PUBLISHERS Mar 24th, 2020

Tencent reigns supreme as the top-grossing mobile publisher for 2020

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as Exclusive: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch TOM NOOK REPORTEDLY ECSTATIC Mar 23rd, 2020

Exclusive: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch

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5 Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Mar 23rd, 2020

Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020

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AppsFlyer: Mobile game marketers will spend $48.5 billion on user acquisition by 2022 MOBILE UA SPEND Mar 23rd, 2020

AppsFlyer: Mobile game marketers will spend $48.5 billion on user acquisition by 2022

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1 Exclusive: Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months EXCLUSIVE DATA Mar 20th, 2020

Exclusive: Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months

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Only one-third of CEOs in games started their working lives in the industry TO THE TOP Mar 19th, 2020

Only one-third of CEOs in games started their working lives in the industry

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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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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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Plain Vanilla

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The San Francisco-based developer behind the QuizUp series of games.

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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)

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Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014

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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

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

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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

pgbiz QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla announces $2.4 million Series A funding round News Apr 9th, 2013

QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla announces $2.4 million Series A funding round

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