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How Modern Times Group acquired Hutch in the middle of a pandemic with Arnd Benninghoff Interview Jan 26th, 2021

How Modern Times Group acquired Hutch in the middle of a pandemic with Arnd Benninghoff

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Hot Five: Apex Legends accused of 'copying', Angry Birds Journey enters soft launch, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes' huge revenue Hot Five Jan 25th, 2021

Hot Five: Apex Legends accused of 'copying', Angry Birds Journey enters soft launch, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes' huge revenue

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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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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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

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

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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

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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

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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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as How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day Interview Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Peter Moore joins Unity, Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo, and Keywords appoints new COO Job News Jan 22nd, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Peter Moore joins Unity, Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo, and Keywords appoints new COO

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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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Inspired by Jet Set Radio, Apple Arcade racer Warp Drive brought composer Hideki Naganuma onboard Interview Jan 21st, 2021

Inspired by Jet Set Radio, Apple Arcade racer Warp Drive brought composer Hideki Naganuma onboard

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4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021 TRENDY Jan 26th, 2021

4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021

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258 51 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 26th, 2021

51 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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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Cookie Run: Kingdom WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 22nd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Cookie Run: Kingdom

Update: All 148 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 22nd, 2021

Update: All 148 Apple Arcade games available now

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Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player TEN YEARS, TEN SQUARE Jan 22nd, 2021

Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player

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2021 opportunities for growth-minded game publishers THAT'S GROWTH Jan 21st, 2021

2021 opportunities for growth-minded game publishers

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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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258 51 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 26th, 2021

51 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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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

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Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player TEN YEARS, TEN SQUARE Jan 22nd, 2021

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1 Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 24: Christmas special offer - 20% off! HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 24th, 2020

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2021 opportunities for growth-minded game publishers THAT'S GROWTH Jan 21st, 2021

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Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Cookie Run: Kingdom WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 22nd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Cookie Run: Kingdom

Update: All 148 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 22nd, 2021

Update: All 148 Apple Arcade games available now

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How Modern Times Group acquired Hutch in the middle of a pandemic with Arnd Benninghoff JOBS IN GAMES Jan 26th, 2021

How Modern Times Group acquired Hutch in the middle of a pandemic with Arnd Benninghoff

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Need an idea for a hit new game? Ask Ludo AI LUDO AI Jan 26th, 2021

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4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021 TRENDY Jan 26th, 2021

4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021

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Five reasons to attend your first digital conference in 2021 WORKING THE ZOOM Jan 26th, 2021

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Master the Meta: what’s next for the Metaverse? MASTER THE META(VERSE) Jan 25th, 2021

Master the Meta: what’s next for the Metaverse?

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Nordisk Games’ partner and director of operations Markus Windelen on the key advantages of fundraising MEET THE INVESTOR Jan 25th, 2021

Nordisk Games’ partner and director of operations Markus Windelen on the key advantages of fundraising

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Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player TEN YEARS, TEN SQUARE Jan 22nd, 2021

Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player

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Master the Meta: The future of gaming subscriptions MASTER THE META Jan 22nd, 2021

Master the Meta: The future of gaming subscriptions

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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes made up 98% of all revenue from the last five Star Wars mobile games CREDITS WILL DO FINE Jan 18th, 2021

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes made up 98% of all revenue from the last five Star Wars mobile games

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Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player TEN YEARS, TEN SQUARE Jan 22nd, 2021

Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player

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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

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as How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day INDIE SPOTLIGHT Jan 20th, 2021

How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day

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Mobile's golden goose: Hypercasual your way to business growth GROW YOUR BUSINESS Jan 20th, 2021

Mobile's golden goose: Hypercasual your way to business growth

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2021 opportunities for growth-minded game publishers THAT'S GROWTH Jan 21st, 2021

2021 opportunities for growth-minded game publishers

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? MYSTIC MAVENS Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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Master the Meta: The future of gaming subscriptions MASTER THE META Jan 22nd, 2021

Master the Meta: The future of gaming subscriptions

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Xsolla launches new mobile game commerce solution

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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has become Koei Tecmo's best-selling Warriors game TOP DOG Jan 26th, 2021

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Tencent Games forms strategic partnership with RedMagic

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

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Apex Legends accused of 'copying character design' from indie studio NOWWA LIGHTING THE FUSE Jan 21st, 2021

Apex Legends accused of 'copying character design' from indie studio NOWWA

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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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Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server

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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

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A new PUBG Mobile game is on the way TO BATTLE! Jan 19th, 2021

A new PUBG Mobile game is on the way

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Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months SPELLBINDING Jan 21st, 2021

Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Peter Moore joins Unity, Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo, and Keywords appoints new COO TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Jan 22nd, 2021

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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

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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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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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Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel dev Sulake WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 25th, 2021

Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel dev Sulake

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IMVU Inc. secures $35 million in funding MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 25th, 2021

IMVU Inc. secures $35 million in funding

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RuneScape dev Jagex has been acquired AGAIN, this time by The Carlyle Group MOVING ON Jan 25th, 2021

RuneScape dev Jagex has been acquired AGAIN, this time by The Carlyle Group

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Team17 secures Golf With Your Friends in £12m acquisition HOLE IN ONE Jan 21st, 2021

Team17 secures Golf With Your Friends in £12m acquisition

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Opera snaps up YoYo Games for $10 million WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 21st, 2021

Opera snaps up YoYo Games for $10 million

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Miniclip snaps up Online Soccer Manager dev Gamebasics WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Jan 20th, 2021

Miniclip snaps up Online Soccer Manager dev Gamebasics

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

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Kuato Studios raises $6 million as it launches VR title Panic Room MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 14th, 2021

Kuato Studios raises $6 million as it launches VR title Panic Room

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The mobile digital games market was up 5% in December MOBILE MADNESS Jan 25th, 2021

The mobile digital games market was up 5% in December

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62% of parents believe mobile games help mental health MENTALLY STRONG Jan 22nd, 2021

62% of parents believe mobile games help mental health

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Voodoo best-placed in casual breakout chart but Among Us still #1 EXCEPTIONALISM Jan 22nd, 2021

Voodoo best-placed in casual breakout chart but Among Us still #1

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Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months SPELLBINDING Jan 21st, 2021

Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months

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There are nearly 239 million mobile gamers across the US and Canada PLAY TIME Jan 20th, 2021

There are nearly 239 million mobile gamers across the US and Canada

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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes made up 98% of all revenue from the last five Star Wars mobile games CREDITS WILL DO FINE Jan 18th, 2021

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes made up 98% of all revenue from the last five Star Wars mobile games

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as Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year SWITCH IT UP Jan 18th, 2021

Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year

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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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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

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4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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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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The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,542,686

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Colin entered the games industry in 1990, joined DMA Design in 1997 as producer on the GTA franchise, then helped found and was studio manager of Realtime Worlds, where he oversaw Crackdown and online game APB.

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All 4 Games spins off from Channel 4 into independent mobile game publishing label ALL 4 ONE Sep 5th, 2017

All 4 Games spins off from Channel 4 into independent mobile game publishing label

Business as usual, but with more creative control

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All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios SOAR WITH THE EAGLES Jun 15th, 2017

All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios

Return colour to an island and reduce your anxiety while you're at it

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  • Gear VR
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How UK broadcaster Channel 4 expanded from TV to publishing mobile games A SCREEN IS A SCREEN Feb 7th, 2017

How UK broadcaster Channel 4 expanded from TV to publishing mobile games

Colin MacDonald on the growth of All 4 Games

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UK broadcaster Channel 4 unveils new mobile games publishing initiative ALL 4 GAMES Sep 24th, 2015

UK broadcaster Channel 4 unveils new mobile games publishing initiative

"A truly first rate team"

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PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4 INTERVIEW May 14th, 2014

PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4

Broadcaster's games guru on the challenges of money

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PGC: You don't need a publisher but you do need publishing, says Playground's Taht Jan 21st, 2014

PGC: You don't need a publisher but you do need publishing, says Playground's Taht

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PG Connects speaker spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4 Dec 23rd, 2013

PG Connects speaker spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4

Indies need to push boundaries in 2014

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