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Hot Five: Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $70 million, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs, and former Supercell and King artist joins Bandai Namco Mobile Hot Five Jan 24th, 2022

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Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry Mobile Mavens Jan 21st, 2022

Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry

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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net Interview Dec 21st, 2021

How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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2 PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook Comment & Opinion Sep 23rd, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook

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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Aug 13th, 2021

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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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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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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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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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

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 Monetizer Jan 30th, 2015

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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

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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

Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry Mobile Mavens Jan 21st, 2022

Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry

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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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2 PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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as Hot Five: Former Zynga execs launch Dice: Heroes of Whitestone, Tencent raises $3 billion, and Roblox’s Chinese app removed from mainland stores Hot Five Jan 10th, 2022

Hot Five: Former Zynga execs launch Dice: Heroes of Whitestone, Tencent raises $3 billion, and Roblox’s Chinese app removed from mainland stores

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Hot Five: Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $70 million, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs, and former Supercell and King artist joins Bandai Namco Mobile Hot Five Jan 24th, 2022

Hot Five: Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $70 million, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs, and former Supercell and King artist joins Bandai Namco Mobile

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Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard Mobile Mavens Jan 19th, 2022

Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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as How localised experiences keeps Free Fire alive four years on Interview Dec 15th, 2021

How localised experiences keeps Free Fire alive four years on

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266 53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Jan 24th, 2022

53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Angry Birds Journey WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 21st, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Angry Birds Journey

Careers in games: getting started as a UX designer ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Jan 21st, 2022

Careers in games: getting started as a UX designer

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Update: All 231 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 21st, 2022

Update: All 231 Apple Arcade games available now

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Update: 10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY Jan 18th, 2022

Update: 10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

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The challenges of designing nonlinear PvP DON'T HIT ME Dec 31st, 2021

The challenges of designing nonlinear PvP

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Aaron Astle's 2021 Mobile Game of the Year: Pokémon Unite A NEW DIRECTION Dec 30th, 2021

Aaron Astle's 2021 Mobile Game of the Year: Pokémon Unite

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What does the future hold for mobile games advertising? META MONEY Dec 28th, 2021

What does the future hold for mobile games advertising?

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266 53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Jan 24th, 2022

53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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Careers in games: getting started as a UX designer ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Jan 21st, 2022

Careers in games: getting started as a UX designer

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Angry Birds Journey WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 21st, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Angry Birds Journey

Update: All 231 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jan 21st, 2022

Update: All 231 Apple Arcade games available now

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  • Launch
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Update: 10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY Jan 18th, 2022

Update: 10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 FUTURE EARNINGS Jan 30th, 2015

Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14

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What does the future hold for mobile games advertising? META MONEY Dec 28th, 2021

What does the future hold for mobile games advertising?

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Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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Road to Connects London: Yahaha's Patty Toledo on the metaverse and UGC PG CONNECTS LONDON Jan 27th, 2022

Road to Connects London: Yahaha's Patty Toledo on the metaverse and UGC

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Three Dragons discuss Museum inspired tycoon management, AR and what it takes to survive as an Indie INDIE VIEW Jan 26th, 2022

Three Dragons discuss Museum inspired tycoon management, AR and what it takes to survive as an Indie

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DECA Games: from being acquired to acquiring others ACQUISITION ALLIANCE Jan 26th, 2022

DECA Games: from being acquired to acquiring others

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Kim Soares on the launch of Finnish social gaming studio Social First SOCIAL DISTANCE Jan 26th, 2022

Kim Soares on the launch of Finnish social gaming studio Social First

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as Conned Games discuss creating their running town-builder and pitching it at The Big Indie Pitch INDIE VIEW Jan 25th, 2022

Conned Games discuss creating their running town-builder and pitching it at The Big Indie Pitch

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Airnow and Lab Cave talk the importance of a shared vision for acquisitions DONE DEAL Jan 25th, 2022

Airnow and Lab Cave talk the importance of a shared vision for acquisitions

  • Acquisition
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Road to Connects London: Gadsme's Simon Spaull on in-game advertising's untapped potential PG CONNECTS LONDON Jan 25th, 2022

Road to Connects London: Gadsme's Simon Spaull on in-game advertising's untapped potential

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Speaker Spotlight: Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan on building solid financial models for mobile games SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jan 24th, 2022

Speaker Spotlight: Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan on building solid financial models for mobile games

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Case Study: How Panteon bucked the hypercasual trend with ironSource LevelPlay NO MYSTERY HERE Jan 11th, 2022

Case Study: How Panteon bucked the hypercasual trend with ironSource LevelPlay

  • Monetisation
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Voodoo and MagicLab discuss building a successful hypercasual partnership NOW THAT'S MAGIC Jan 20th, 2022

Voodoo and MagicLab discuss building a successful hypercasual partnership

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Ryu Games' Lilly Contino on coming out as trans, representation, and personal achievements PROGRESSIVE PLAY Jan 18th, 2022

Ryu Games' Lilly Contino on coming out as trans, representation, and personal achievements

  • Interview
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Road to Connects London: Playtra's Dan Bernardo on creating off-trend games PG CONNECTS LONDON Jan 20th, 2022

Road to Connects London: Playtra's Dan Bernardo on creating off-trend games

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Speaker Spotlight: Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan on building solid financial models for mobile games SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jan 24th, 2022

Speaker Spotlight: Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan on building solid financial models for mobile games

  • Pocket Gamer Connects
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  • PG Connects London
How Heck Deck shot its way to the top of the App Store MAKING OF Jan 24th, 2022

How Heck Deck shot its way to the top of the App Store

  • Making Of
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DECA Games: from being acquired to acquiring others ACQUISITION ALLIANCE Jan 26th, 2022

DECA Games: from being acquired to acquiring others

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CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round BUILT TO WIN Jan 17th, 2022

CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round

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Sony is searching for a VP of mobile games SONY'S SEARCH Jan 27th, 2022

Sony is searching for a VP of mobile games

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Mobile games industry veteran Vlad Ceraldi moves to indie PC dev Offworld Industries

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Anzu partners with mobile-first data marketplace Kochava Collective PRECISION TARGETING Jan 26th, 2022

Anzu partners with mobile-first data marketplace Kochava Collective

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Speaker Spotlight: Trailmix’s Tristan Clark discusses the importance of a positive workplace culture

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Newzoo: Mobile esports will continue to grow in 2022 ESPORTS EXPECTATIONS Jan 26th, 2022

Newzoo: Mobile esports will continue to grow in 2022

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Now.gg launches Now.gg Fungible Games to create a mobile games metaverse MOBILE METAVERSE Jan 26th, 2022

Now.gg launches Now.gg Fungible Games to create a mobile games metaverse

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Bandai Namco Mobile brings on former Brawl Stars artist Paul Chambers PART OF THE CREW Jan 21st, 2022

Bandai Namco Mobile brings on former Brawl Stars artist Paul Chambers

  • Jobs
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  • Brawl Stars
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as Moonton launches Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs on Binance ASPIRING ASPIRANTS Jan 19th, 2022

Moonton launches Mobile Legends: Bang Bang NFTs on Binance

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  • Mobile Legends
  • NFT
as Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million TOTAL DIVESTMENT Jan 20th, 2022

Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million

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Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo APAC PREDOMINANCE Jan 20th, 2022

Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo

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Disney Twisted-Wonderland gets English release in US and Canada NA RELEASE Jan 21st, 2022

Disney Twisted-Wonderland gets English release in US and Canada

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Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Pethereum.io blockchain metaverse BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN Jan 18th, 2022

Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Pethereum.io blockchain metaverse

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as MaskGun surpasses 60 million downloads in three years MASKGUN MILLIONS Jan 20th, 2022

MaskGun surpasses 60 million downloads in three years

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Rikzu Games' relaxing platformer Leap: A Dragon's Adventure crowned Big Indie Pitch Champion BIG INDIE PITCH Jan 21st, 2022

Rikzu Games' relaxing platformer Leap: A Dragon's Adventure crowned Big Indie Pitch Champion

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Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner UA OK Jan 14th, 2022

Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner

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1 How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level IN-GAME INSIGHT Nov 29th, 2021

How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

How much are your players really worth?

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What is CFO Resources? MONEY TALK Jun 1st, 2021

What is CFO Resources?

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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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PortalOne raises $60 million in Series A round for hybrid games platform FINDING FUNDS Jan 27th, 2022

PortalOne raises $60 million in Series A round for hybrid games platform

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Anzu partners with mobile-first data marketplace Kochava Collective PRECISION TARGETING Jan 26th, 2022

Anzu partners with mobile-first data marketplace Kochava Collective

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Social First launches with $2.5 million backing to create cross-platform, social games OUT OF HIDING Jan 26th, 2022

Social First launches with $2.5 million backing to create cross-platform, social games

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Virtuos acquires Ukrainian studio Volmi Games for undisclosed amount EASTERN EUROPEAN EXPANSION Jan 26th, 2022

Virtuos acquires Ukrainian studio Volmi Games for undisclosed amount

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Pixelynx and Ready Player Me to bring selfie-generated 3D avatars to music metaverse SELFIE SERVICES Jan 25th, 2022

Pixelynx and Ready Player Me to bring selfie-generated 3D avatars to music metaverse

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Modern Times Group selling ESL Gaming for more than $1 billion TRANSACTION TIME Jan 25th, 2022

Modern Times Group selling ESL Gaming for more than $1 billion

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Kwalee acquires French narrative developer Tictales FIRST ONE Jan 24th, 2022

Kwalee acquires French narrative developer Tictales

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as Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million TOTAL DIVESTMENT Jan 20th, 2022

Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million

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Anzu: 66% of UK gamers would welcome more ads in games AD AFFINITY Jan 25th, 2022

Anzu: 66% of UK gamers would welcome more ads in games

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Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo APAC PREDOMINANCE Jan 20th, 2022

Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo

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Genshin Impact drove US Action mobile game spending in 2021 ACTION ADVANCES Jan 14th, 2022

Genshin Impact drove US Action mobile game spending in 2021

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as East versus west: gaming cultures clash in new RPG report RPG REPORT Jan 13th, 2022

East versus west: gaming cultures clash in new RPG report

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Mobile games deals reached $15.5 billion in 2021, says Drake Star ALMIGHTY ACQUISITIONS Jan 12th, 2022

Mobile games deals reached $15.5 billion in 2021, says Drake Star

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PUBG Mobile takes top spot in December 2021 at $244 million GETTING COMFORTABLE Jan 11th, 2022

PUBG Mobile takes top spot in December 2021 at $244 million

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UK mobile games spending increased by 8.1% in 2021 MOBILE MOVES AHEAD Jan 6th, 2022

UK mobile games spending increased by 8.1% in 2021

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In-game ads expected to generate $14 billion by 2028 IN-APP ADS WIDEN Jan 6th, 2022

In-game ads expected to generate $14 billion by 2028

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022

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PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021 FEATUREFUL Dec 29th, 2021

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PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest news stories of 2021 A TIME OF REFLECTION Dec 28th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest news stories of 2021

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Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

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