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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

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

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How do indie developers address accessibility in video games?

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10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads Regulars Oct 17th, 2016

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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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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Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG Interview Aug 25th, 2015

Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG

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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

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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

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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? Comment & Opinion Aug 28th, 2015

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

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

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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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Clash of Clans a US top grosser, weighing up Zynga's Gram acquisition, and Game for Peace makes $14m in three days Hot Five May 20th, 2019

Clash of Clans a US top grosser, weighing up Zynga's Gram acquisition, and Game for Peace makes $14m in three days

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Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway The Charticle Apr 30th, 2019

Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway

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Machine Zone's latest 4X strategy game World War Rising is a top 100 grosser The Charticle May 2nd, 2019

Machine Zone's latest 4X strategy game World War Rising is a top 100 grosser

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2 User acquisition for beginners: A checklist GUIDE TO UA May 21st, 2019

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as Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

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Games industry roundup: US Senator introduces loot box bill, blockchain gaming's state of play, and influencer distrust ROUNDUP May 13th, 2019

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Sam Barlow talks publishing and selling narrative games ahead of his next title Telling Lies

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as Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

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

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Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway KEEP EM PLAYING Apr 30th, 2019

Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway

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Your checklist for commercial success starts with knowing your game profile

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The talent game - part two: Selecting and hiring new talent THE TALENT GAME May 23rd, 2019

The talent game - part two: Selecting and hiring new talent

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Two years on: How Flaregames’ community kept Zombie Gunship Survival alive LIVE AND KICKING May 23rd, 2019

Two years on: How Flaregames’ community kept Zombie Gunship Survival alive

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Indie Spotlight: Ndemic Creations on how games-as-a-service has become the status quo INDIE SPOTLIGHT May 22nd, 2019

Indie Spotlight: Ndemic Creations on how games-as-a-service has become the status quo

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Resolution Games on the fresh momentum in VR and AR in 2019 INTERVIEW May 22nd, 2019

Resolution Games on the fresh momentum in VR and AR in 2019

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Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications JOBS IN GAMES May 21st, 2019

Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

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

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The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent RECRUITMENT ADVICE May 16th, 2019

The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent

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Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy LIVE AND KICKING May 16th, 2019

Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy

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as Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women

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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? MICRO-TRANSACT THAT Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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1 Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US FUNNY FOR BUSINESS Jul 31st, 2018

Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

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

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Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy LIVE AND KICKING May 16th, 2019

Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy

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Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications JOBS IN GAMES May 21st, 2019

Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications

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Weighing up Zynga's $250m Gram acquisition one year on MERGED May 14th, 2019

Weighing up Zynga's $250m Gram acquisition one year on

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The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent RECRUITMENT ADVICE May 16th, 2019

The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent

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as Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for blockchain games platform The Sandbox INVESTOR FUNDS May 23rd, 2019

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as Tencent’s Honour of Kings tops the list for highest grossing mobile game globally in April 2019 SUPERDATA May 23rd, 2019

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Google updates its Glass hardware with new Enterprise Edition 2 NOT QUITE IRON MAN May 23rd, 2019

Google updates its Glass hardware with new Enterprise Edition 2

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as Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019 FINANCIALS May 23rd, 2019

Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019

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11 as Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019 BRAZIL TOPS LIST May 21st, 2019

Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings WEEKLY CHARTS May 20th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings

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Nintendo pulling Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Belgium amidst loot box concerns THE BELL TOLLS May 21st, 2019

Nintendo pulling Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Belgium amidst loot box concerns

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Tapjoy: Mobile games have gone mainstream in the US

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Sweet Escapes is the first independent release from Supercell-backed Redemption Games SWEET RELEASE May 21st, 2019

Sweet Escapes is the first independent release from Supercell-backed Redemption Games

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Activision gives Call of Duty: Mobile the battle royale treatment

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Gameloft launches esports tournament series for Asphalt 9: Legends ESPORTS May 17th, 2019

Gameloft launches esports tournament series for Asphalt 9: Legends

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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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Financing your indie games development studio - part four: Due diligence THE FINAL STEP May 1st, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - part four: Due diligence

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1 A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games MONETISATION DESIGN Nov 14th, 2018

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as Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for blockchain games platform The Sandbox INVESTOR FUNDS May 23rd, 2019

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Gismart partners with Sony to license music for its Karaoke app COME TOGETHER May 21st, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings WEEKLY CHARTS May 20th, 2019

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

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

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as Keep an eye open for Indonesia, the fastest-growing nation in Adjust’s Global App Trends 2019 report REPORT May 17th, 2019

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Tapjoy: Mobile games have gone mainstream in the US

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as Battle royale games have surpassed $2 billion on mobile WINNER WINNER May 17th, 2019

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Veli-Pekka is CEO and founder of Critical Force Entertainment Ltd, a Finnish startup game studio established in 2012. He is a former studio manager of Supercell North, as well as a lecturer and head of Kajak Game Development Lab.

Veli-Pekka is also co-founder of NMP Games Ltd.

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How Critical Force's new CEO is fending off the battle royale threat CRITICAL MOMENT Apr 4th, 2019

How Critical Force's new CEO is fending off the battle royale threat

“After the dust had settled we managed to maintain a stable player base and eventually recovered to our normal DAU numbers"

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Finnish studio Critical Force names ex-CFO Sami Tolonen as its new CEO CRITICAL MOVES Mar 4th, 2019

Finnish studio Critical Force names ex-CFO Sami Tolonen as its new CEO

Former CEO and company founder Veli-Pekka Piirainen to focus on role as chairman of the board

  • Finland
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Critical Force partners up with ElisaViihde and OnePlus for Critical Ops esports push ON TOUR Sep 4th, 2018

Critical Force partners up with ElisaViihde and OnePlus for Critical Ops esports push

The OnePlus Masters tour will be held in eight different locations throughout Finland

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Critical Force snags $6.3 million in funding to scale esports operations for Critical Ops CRITICAL Jun 19th, 2018

Critical Force snags $6.3 million in funding to scale esports operations for Critical Ops

The FPS has also been downloaded over 40 million times since launching in 2015

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as Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads CRITICAL FORCE SEOUL Jun 28th, 2017

Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads

The mobile FPS lines up a new target

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Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA CRITICAL MASS Jun 14th, 2017

Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA

Still considered a soft launch title

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1 Finland's games industry growth is slowing - but a new generation of students could help boost it once again FINNISH GAMES JOBS May 23rd, 2017

Finland's games industry growth is slowing - but a new generation of students could help boost it once again

Developers offer their thoughts on how to fix the country's internal recruitment woes

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1 Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy CRITICAL TRAINING Apr 27th, 2017

Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy

20 students at Kajaani University will get specialist coaching and feedback

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Mobile games industry experts tell us their New Year's resolutions for 2017

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Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports CRITICAL REFORGE Nov 29th, 2016

Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports

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Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch BLOWING UP Nov 16th, 2016

Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch

Running tournaments in North America and Europe

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4 things we learned about Finland, Asia and war games at the Northern Game Summit FUN IN FINLAND Oct 14th, 2016

4 things we learned about Finland, Asia and war games at the Northern Game Summit

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Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market CRITICAL FUNDING Sep 5th, 2016

Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market

Partnering with NHN Entertainment to do so

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