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Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI Hot Five Sep 25th, 2023

Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI

  • Unity
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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Week that was Sep 22nd, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

  • Xbox
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  • Pokemon Go
PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam News Sep 14th, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam

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Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Mobile Mavens Aug 22nd, 2023

Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever?

  • Mobile
  • Preservation
  • mobile gaming
PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche Regulars Mar 10th, 2023

PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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as PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good Interview Mar 3rd, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 4th, 2022

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions? Data & Research May 6th, 2022

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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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?

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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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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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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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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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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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Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI Hot Five Sep 25th, 2023

Hot Five: Unity, Unity, Unity… Backlash dominates in PR nightmare, devs look to Unreal, and miHoYo busies itself with AI

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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Week that was Sep 22nd, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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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: Mystic Games gets blunt about blockchain, YouTube Playables roll out, and Candy Crush dethroned Hot Five Sep 11th, 2023

Hot Five: Mystic Games gets blunt about blockchain, YouTube Playables roll out, and Candy Crush dethroned

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Hot Five: Unity whips up a storm, Zynga vets raise $8M for NFT dinosaurs, and Niantic launches a new game Hot Five Sep 18th, 2023

Hot Five: Unity whips up a storm, Zynga vets raise $8M for NFT dinosaurs, and Niantic launches a new game

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Mobile Mavens Aug 22nd, 2023

Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever?

  • Mobile
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Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!” MONOPOLY GO'S TOP TEN SECRETS Sep 26th, 2023

Ten things you may have missed in the #1 mobile game “MONOPOLY GO!”

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7 reasons not to miss MENA, the world's fastest growing games market (+7% in '23) MARKETS & MORE Sep 26th, 2023

7 reasons not to miss MENA, the world's fastest growing games market (+7% in '23)

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Careers Spotlight: Metacore MORE METACOREANS Sep 25th, 2023

Careers Spotlight: Metacore

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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

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Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sep 20th, 2023

Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success

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Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 19th, 2023

Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks

  • Unity Runtime Fee
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Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps” PGC HELSINKI 2023 Sep 15th, 2023

Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps”

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Over 1,200 games professionals gather in Helsinki for the 40th Pocket Gamer Connects conference FINNISH FOMO Sep 15th, 2023

Over 1,200 games professionals gather in Helsinki for the 40th Pocket Gamer Connects conference

  • Finland
  • Helsinki
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Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 13th, 2023

Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it

  • Developers
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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

  • Unity Runtime Fee
Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 19th, 2023

Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks

  • Unity Runtime Fee
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Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sep 20th, 2023

Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success

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The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE] SOFT LAUNCH Sep 4th, 2023

The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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How to win at Pocket Gamer Connects' Big Indie Pitch PITCH LIKE A PRO Sep 5th, 2023

How to win at Pocket Gamer Connects' Big Indie Pitch

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as The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH Sep 13th, 2023

The complete list of Netflix Games

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Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps” PGC HELSINKI 2023 Sep 15th, 2023

Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps”

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CEO Martin Kwasnica on the return of Cherrypick Games Q&A Sep 26th, 2023

CEO Martin Kwasnica on the return of Cherrypick Games

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Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix INTERVIEW Sep 25th, 2023

Frederick Hoffman on Newfangled’s small beginnings to striking deals with Netflix

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Our Incredible Indies panel reflects: Unity cannot be trusted PANEL THOUGHTS Sep 25th, 2023

Our Incredible Indies panel reflects: Unity cannot be trusted

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Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.” INTERVIEW Sep 22nd, 2023

Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.”

  • Mobile
  • Mobile Development
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Will mobile lead the cross-platform future of triple-A gaming? TRIPLE-A GOES MOBILE Sep 22nd, 2023

Will mobile lead the cross-platform future of triple-A gaming?

  • iPhone
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Apple's iPhone 15 is out today: What's new and what's the verdict? IPHONE 15 Sep 22nd, 2023

Apple's iPhone 15 is out today: What's new and what's the verdict?

  • iPhone
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"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it" COMMENT & OPINION Sep 21st, 2023

"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it"

  • Tips
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  • IDFA
  • Game Developer
  • Industry Analysis
  • Mobile Market
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Behind the scenes with Ubisoft RedLynx for the making of Gwen’s Getaway Q&A Sep 20th, 2023

Behind the scenes with Ubisoft RedLynx for the making of Gwen’s Getaway

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Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 13th, 2023

Unity's big cash grab: Unity Runtime Fee explained, what it could mean, and how you can dodge it

  • Developers
  • fees
  • Unity Runtime Fee
"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it" COMMENT & OPINION Sep 21st, 2023

"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it"

  • Tips
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  • IDFA
  • Game Developer
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  • Mobile Market
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Candywriter’s Gabby Bradford Pigott on the value of partnerships INSPIRING WOMEN IN GAMES Sep 19th, 2023

Candywriter’s Gabby Bradford Pigott on the value of partnerships

  • Sponsored
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Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.” INTERVIEW Sep 22nd, 2023

Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.”

  • Mobile
  • Mobile Development
  • Company Development
Behind the scenes with Ubisoft RedLynx for the making of Gwen’s Getaway Q&A Sep 20th, 2023

Behind the scenes with Ubisoft RedLynx for the making of Gwen’s Getaway

  • Game Development
  • New Game
  • Gwens getaway
The challenge of IP rights as Netflix expands further into games Q&A Sep 20th, 2023

The challenge of IP rights as Netflix expands further into games

  • IP
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  • IP
  • mobile gaming
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Dungeon Hunter 6: Rebooting a classic franchise for a new generation COLLABORATIONS Sep 19th, 2023

Dungeon Hunter 6: Rebooting a classic franchise for a new generation

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How to win at Pocket Gamer Connects' Big Indie Pitch PITCH LIKE A PRO Sep 5th, 2023

How to win at Pocket Gamer Connects' Big Indie Pitch

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MapleStory M surpassed $55 million in its first 35 days on the Chinese market SUCCESS IN CHINA Sep 26th, 2023

MapleStory M surpassed $55 million in its first 35 days on the Chinese market

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71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK NOW IN NUMBERS Sep 26th, 2023

71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK

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Screen Actor’s Guild authorises video game strike GAMING STRIKES Sep 26th, 2023

Screen Actor’s Guild authorises video game strike

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Chinese licence approvals are on the up this September, but just how high? LICENCE LIST Sep 26th, 2023

Chinese licence approvals are on the up this September, but just how high?

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Subscription champion Devolver Digital blames subscriptions for fall in revenue DEVOLVER FINANCIALS Sep 26th, 2023

Subscription champion Devolver Digital blames subscriptions for fall in revenue

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Mario Kart Tour to receive final new content in October REACHING THE FINISHING LINE Sep 26th, 2023

Mario Kart Tour to receive final new content in October

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East Side Games co-founder Joshua Nilson leaves after 14 years NEXT STEPS Sep 26th, 2023

East Side Games co-founder Joshua Nilson leaves after 14 years

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What is Everywhere? Inside Leslie Benzies' new game NEXT STOP: EVERYWHERE Sep 26th, 2023

What is Everywhere? Inside Leslie Benzies' new game

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No love lost: AppLovin helpfully releases tool to switch from Unity to Godot or Unreal UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 20th, 2023

No love lost: AppLovin helpfully releases tool to switch from Unity to Godot or Unreal

  • Development
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Unity back down: "I am sorry"… But the Runtime Fee stays UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 22nd, 2023

Unity back down: "I am sorry"… But the Runtime Fee stays

  • Unity Runtime Fee
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Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 21st, 2023

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

  • Unity Runtime Fee
Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 19th, 2023

Unity's biggest games: The big names who'll pay the biggest bucks

  • Unity Runtime Fee
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Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sep 20th, 2023

Brawl Stars $2bn revenue is just the icing on Supercell's success

  • Downloads
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  • Top Performers
The United Game Devs give their verdict on Unity's big backdown UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 22nd, 2023

The United Game Devs give their verdict on Unity's big backdown

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Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths MAKING MYTHS Sep 20th, 2023

Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths

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“We fucked up on many levels..." Unity co-founder David Helgason wades into the Runtime Fee debacle UNITY RUNTIME FEE Sep 18th, 2023

“We fucked up on many levels..." Unity co-founder David Helgason wades into the Runtime Fee debacle

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AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future INTERVIEW May 24th, 2023

AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future

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The key to successful hypercasual prototypes FEATURE May 23rd, 2023

The key to successful hypercasual prototypes

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Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio Q&A May 23rd, 2023

Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio

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Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast Q&A May 19th, 2023

Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast

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Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing Q&A May 17th, 2023

Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing

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Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games PUT PLAYERS FIRST Mar 30th, 2023

Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games

  • Advertising
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A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary INTRINSIC IN GAME ADS Feb 7th, 2023

A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary

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Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising MAKE MORE OF MONETISATION Jan 11th, 2023

Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising

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Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths MAKING MYTHS Sep 20th, 2023

Spectarium raises €5M in Seed Round to bolster personalised AI RPG Myths

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Playtika set to acquire Innplay Labs for up to $300 million ACQUISITION Sep 15th, 2023

Playtika set to acquire Innplay Labs for up to $300 million

  • Acquisition
Mythic Protocol raises $6.5M towards blockchain, collaboration and cross-platform ambitions MYTHIC MANOEUVRES Sep 13th, 2023

Mythic Protocol raises $6.5M towards blockchain, collaboration and cross-platform ambitions

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Zynga, FunPlus and NetEase veterans receive $8M investment for NFT dinosaur game DINO DESIGNS Sep 12th, 2023

Zynga, FunPlus and NetEase veterans receive $8M investment for NFT dinosaur game

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Animoca Brands raises $20 million towards a new metaverse project MAKING A METAVERSE Sep 11th, 2023

Animoca Brands raises $20 million towards a new metaverse project

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Nazara to expand after latest $49M investment INDIAN INCREASE Sep 11th, 2023

Nazara to expand after latest $49M investment

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Is Jagex in line for its sixth new owner in a decade? ACQUISITION Sep 8th, 2023

Is Jagex in line for its sixth new owner in a decade?

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Sumo Group acquires UK developer Midoki to boost live service skills ACQUISITION Sep 6th, 2023

Sumo Group acquires UK developer Midoki to boost live service skills

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71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK NOW IN NUMBERS Sep 26th, 2023

71% of the biggest mobile games use a Unity SDK

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Chile leads the way in installs in Latin America with a 35% increase LATAM ANALYSIS Sep 25th, 2023

Chile leads the way in installs in Latin America with a 35% increase

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miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions AI DEVELOPMENT Sep 21st, 2023

miHoYo co-authors science paper outlining bold AI intentions

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Indian gaming market set to generate $868 million in revenue in 2023 INDIAN MARKET Sep 21st, 2023

Indian gaming market set to generate $868 million in revenue in 2023

  • China
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  • India
  • Revenue
Introducing CrazyLabs' New Ad Report & How It Can Improve Your Game’s Performance AVERAGE REVENUE PER USER Sep 18th, 2023

Introducing CrazyLabs' New Ad Report & How It Can Improve Your Game’s Performance

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Half of all game development could be done by AI within 10 years SURVEY SIGNS Sep 15th, 2023

Half of all game development could be done by AI within 10 years

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China dominates among the top 100 global mobile publishers INDUSTRY INSIGHT Sep 12th, 2023

China dominates among the top 100 global mobile publishers

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  • Industry
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  • Honour of Kings
Are today's developers being held back by a global talent shortage? SUPPLY AND DEMAND Sep 11th, 2023

Are today's developers being held back by a global talent shortage?

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2023 BEST OF 2023 Aug 23rd, 2023

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2023

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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline ACQUIBLIZZ Jul 31st, 2023

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline

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Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and GSN: What has Savvy Games Group bought? SAVVY X SCOPELY Apr 6th, 2023

Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and GSN: What has Savvy Games Group bought?

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