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Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years Hot Five Jul 15th, 2019

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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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Hall of Fame: King CEO Riccardo Zacconi on building a mobile gaming powerhouse

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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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

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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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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years Hot Five Jul 15th, 2019

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

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Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King JOBS IN GAMES Jul 16th, 2019

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Quite Fresh owner Stefan Åhlin on the life of a solo developer INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jul 10th, 2019

Quite Fresh owner Stefan Åhlin on the life of a solo developer

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as PGC Hong Kong: Touchten Games CEO Rokimas Soeharyo on growing live ops LIVE OPS Jul 9th, 2019

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Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile NEXUS INTERVIEW Jul 15th, 2019

Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile

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Quite Fresh owner Stefan Åhlin on the life of a solo developer INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jul 10th, 2019

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as PGC Hong Kong: Dark Horse Digital director Jason Frazer on how to apply knowledge from one field to another successfully PG CONNECTS Jul 12th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Dark Horse Digital director Jason Frazer on how to apply knowledge from one field to another successfully

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Jobs in Games: East Side Games' Elin Jonsson on the misconceptions of being a games producer JOBS IN GAMES Jul 9th, 2019

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as PGC Hong Kong: Touchten Games CEO Rokimas Soeharyo on growing live ops LIVE OPS Jul 9th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Touchten Games CEO Rokimas Soeharyo on growing live ops

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Clash of Clans had its best revenue month for two years in June

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Dr. Mario World tops iOS charts quicker than Harry Potter: Wizards Unite THE DOCTOR IS IN Jul 11th, 2019

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French start-up Million Victories raises $1.4m to shake up strategy genre MILLION DOLLARS Jul 9th, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Harry Potter remains stationary as Pokemon Go makes a comeback CHARTS Jul 12th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Harry Potter remains stationary as Pokemon Go makes a comeback

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

pgbiz QuizUp generated 10 organic installs per paid download News Mar 7th, 2014

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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