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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis

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What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

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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

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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

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As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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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

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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

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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

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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

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223 49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 24th, 2020

49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale

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Game For Peace finally shoots to the pinnacle of global top grossing chart WINNER WINNER Feb 21st, 2020

Game For Peace finally shoots to the pinnacle of global top grossing chart

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Game For Peace finally shoots to the pinnacle of global top grossing chart WINNER WINNER Feb 21st, 2020

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Recap: How has the coronavirus impacted the mobile games industry? CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Feb 26th, 2020

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Indie Spotlight: Why Klei Entertainment looks to stay with Apple Arcade going forward INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 26th, 2020

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Jobs in Games: Kolibri's Chris Ling on how data can impact a game's development JOBS IN GAMES Feb 25th, 2020

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as Is the mobile gaming market ready for hypercasual 2.0? HYPERCASUAL 2.0? Feb 25th, 2020

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Diverse and independent teams are the key to connecting with global audiences COMPANY CULTURE Feb 24th, 2020

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as The effect of coronavirus on consumer mobile gaming habits in China MAHJONG ANYONE? Feb 21st, 2020

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Making Of: How East Side Games got the It's Always Sunny gang to go mobile MAKING OF Feb 21st, 2020

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Huuuge Games teams up with Double Star to release Bow Land - a ground-breaking mobile game BOW LAND Feb 20th, 2020

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Huuuge Games teams up with Double Star to release Bow Land - a ground-breaking mobile game BOW LAND Feb 20th, 2020

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as The effect of coronavirus on consumer mobile gaming habits in China MAHJONG ANYONE? Feb 21st, 2020

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Diverse and independent teams are the key to connecting with global audiences COMPANY CULTURE Feb 24th, 2020

Diverse and independent teams are the key to connecting with global audiences

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Facebook acquires VR and Sonic Boom developer Sanzaru Games HERE COMES THE BOOM Feb 26th, 2020

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as Sega invests in Indian music startup Flutin "GREAT POTENTIAL" Feb 25th, 2020

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Esports firm Tempo Storm raises $3.3 million to launch a game NEXT STEP Feb 21st, 2020

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