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Hot Five: Pokemon Go sustains, Lineage 2 M teases, and Small Giant's transition to success

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

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What monetisation models work best for indie developers in the current mobile games market?

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

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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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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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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 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 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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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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Hot Five: Pokemon Go sustains, Lineage 2 M teases, and Small Giant's transition to success

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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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5 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

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Rush Wars heads into soft launch, Supercell analysis, and Zynga's growth track Hot Five Sep 2nd, 2019

Rush Wars heads into soft launch, Supercell analysis, and Zynga's growth track

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Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel FASTER, FASTER Sep 11th, 2019

Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel

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MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry

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49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales

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Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel

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MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry

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PGC Helsinki: Sulake's Simo Piispanen will be part of a panel discussing hybrid monetisation

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Zynga senior director of product Heather Houston on 'treating your career as a product' JOBS IN GAMES Sep 11th, 2019

Zynga senior director of product Heather Houston on 'treating your career as a product'

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How KIDS dev Playables thrives in the intersection between animation and games INDIE SPOTLIGHT Sep 11th, 2019

How KIDS dev Playables thrives in the intersection between animation and games

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Interview: How the Game Executive Bootcamp at Finland's AaltoEE will help you grow your business EXECUTIVE ORDERS Sep 11th, 2019

Interview: How the Game Executive Bootcamp at Finland's AaltoEE will help you grow your business

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Playtika's scale is inspiring to us says Wooga's Jens Begemann LOOKING UP Sep 11th, 2019

Playtika's scale is inspiring to us says Wooga's Jens Begemann

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as M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy ZYNGA ZOOMING Sep 12th, 2019

M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy

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Playtika's scale is inspiring to us says Wooga's Jens Begemann

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Zynga senior director of product Heather Houston on 'treating your career as a product'

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How Gummy Drop amassed 1.8 billion hours of gameplay in five years LIVE AND KICKING Sep 12th, 2019

How Gummy Drop amassed 1.8 billion hours of gameplay in five years

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How KIDS dev Playables thrives in the intersection between animation and games INDIE SPOTLIGHT Sep 11th, 2019

How KIDS dev Playables thrives in the intersection between animation and games

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Yacht Club Games' COO James Chan on potential 'sophomore slump' for Shovel Knight sequel SHOVEL TALK Sep 10th, 2019

Yacht Club Games' COO James Chan on potential 'sophomore slump' for Shovel Knight sequel

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Interview: How the Game Executive Bootcamp at Finland's AaltoEE will help you grow your business

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125 million downloads later narrative game Episode is ready to fend off new competition

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Episode partners with Warner Horizon Television for new Pretty Little Liars story

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