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Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years Hot Five Jul 15th, 2019

Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years

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Does Apple and Google's 70/30 revenue share model work for indies? Mobile Mavens May 31st, 2019

Does Apple and Google's 70/30 revenue share model work for indies?

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

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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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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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

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

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight Feature Jun 16th, 2016

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

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

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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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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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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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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm News Sep 15th, 2014

Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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

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

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Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years Hot Five Jul 15th, 2019

Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years

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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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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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2 Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

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

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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How Heyzap's ad mediation boosted Crossy Road's ad revenue by 94% Chart of the Week Jun 4th, 2015

How Heyzap's ad mediation boosted Crossy Road's ad revenue by 94%

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4 as How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

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197 48 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Jul 15th, 2019

48 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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4 videos from Pocket Gamer connects Seattle 2019's Esports Academy track ESPORTS ACADEMY Jul 4th, 2019

4 videos from Pocket Gamer connects Seattle 2019's Esports Academy track

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Check out these Developer Toolkit videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Jul 4th, 2019

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Growth Track GROWTH TRACK Jul 4th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Growth Track

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Trade Trends track TRADE TRENDS Jul 4th, 2019

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Mobile game dev sessions to attend at Develop: Brighton 2019 DEVELOP: BRIGHTON Jul 4th, 2019

Mobile game dev sessions to attend at Develop: Brighton 2019

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Monetizer track MONETIZER Jul 4th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Monetizer track

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as 8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's East Meets West track EAST MEETS WEST Jul 4th, 2019

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Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment ROUNDUP Jun 10th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment

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20 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Apr 3rd, 2019

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

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

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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2 Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans MAKING OF Oct 17th, 2012

Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans

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1 A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake PRE-2000 Mar 14th, 2016

A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake

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197 48 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Jul 15th, 2019

48 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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4 as How does Rules of Survival monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 23rd, 2018

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September EDUCATION TRAINING AND SUCCESS Jul 19th, 2019

IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September

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Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks ELITE GAME DEVELOPERS Jul 19th, 2019

Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks

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Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter LIVE AND KICKING Jul 18th, 2019

Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter

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New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event NEW YORK NEW YORK Jul 17th, 2019

New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event

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Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King JOBS IN GAMES Jul 16th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King

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as PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs NFTS Jul 15th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs

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Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile NEXUS INTERVIEW Jul 15th, 2019

Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile

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as PGC Hong Kong: Kunlun Korea GM Sean Lim on mobile market trends MARKET TRENDS Jul 11th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Kunlun Korea GM Sean Lim on mobile market trends

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Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King JOBS IN GAMES Jul 16th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King

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Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile NEXUS INTERVIEW Jul 15th, 2019

Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile

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Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks ELITE GAME DEVELOPERS Jul 19th, 2019

Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks

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New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event NEW YORK NEW YORK Jul 17th, 2019

New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event

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Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter LIVE AND KICKING Jul 18th, 2019

Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter

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as PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs NFTS Jul 15th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs

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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

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IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September EDUCATION TRAINING AND SUCCESS Jul 19th, 2019

IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September

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Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs ALL TIME HIGH Jul 19th, 2019

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Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June NPD NUMBERS Jul 19th, 2019

Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June

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Yogscast CEO Mark Turpin steps down amidst sexual harassment allegations STEPPING DOWN Jul 17th, 2019

Yogscast CEO Mark Turpin steps down amidst sexual harassment allegations

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1 as Clash of Clans had its best revenue month for two years in June SEASON PASS Jul 12th, 2019

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Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle BUSINESS DEAL Jul 17th, 2019

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as China looks to mobile game in bid to eradicate poverty FIGHTING POVERTY Jul 16th, 2019

China looks to mobile game in bid to eradicate poverty

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger CHARTS Jul 15th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger

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as The top global game advertisers in the US, Japan and South Korea for June 2019 GLOBAL ADVERTISING Jul 16th, 2019

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Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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Niantic and EE partner to bring Wizards Unite bonuses to the UK JUST LIKE MAGIC Jul 19th, 2019

Niantic and EE partner to bring Wizards Unite bonuses to the UK

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Kongregate acquires mobile and web RPG Bit Heroes BUSINESS DEAL Jul 18th, 2019

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Seriously partners with Norwich City football club for Best Fiends sleeve sponsorship BEST CANARIES Jul 18th, 2019

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Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs ALL TIME HIGH Jul 19th, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger CHARTS Jul 15th, 2019

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as Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours MEDICAL BILLS Jul 15th, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Harry Potter remains stationary as Pokemon Go makes a comeback CHARTS Jul 12th, 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

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