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

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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 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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1 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 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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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 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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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

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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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1 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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Hot 5: The rise of Roblox, Call of Duty is mobile's fastest ever launch, and you won't like Ilkka when he's angry Hot Five Oct 14th, 2019

Hot 5: The rise of Roblox, Call of Duty is mobile's fastest ever launch, and you won't like Ilkka when he's angry

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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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5 How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise? The IAP Inspector Jul 7th, 2017

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay LIVEOP LEARNINGS Oct 15th, 2019

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

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as How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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203 52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Oct 2nd, 2019

52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales

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Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective START HERE Sep 20th, 2019

Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective

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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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as What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral EAST AND WEST Sep 5th, 2019

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay LIVEOP LEARNINGS Oct 15th, 2019

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

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5 How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Jul 7th, 2017

How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise?

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How does Last Day on Earth: Survival monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Oct 20th, 2017

How does Last Day on Earth: Survival monetise?

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Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile

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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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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

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Opinion: Here come the Belgians WALLOONED Oct 7th, 2019

Opinion: Here come the Belgians

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Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games WHAT'S NEXT? Oct 7th, 2019

Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games

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Nintendo slouches towards $1 billion of mobile revenue SLOW TRAIN Oct 3rd, 2019

Nintendo slouches towards $1 billion of mobile revenue

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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

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3 Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players SURF'S UP Sep 24th, 2015

Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players

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Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO INDIE SPOTLIGHT Oct 15th, 2019

Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO

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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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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive Jul 25th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive

Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games raises $500,000 INVESTMENT WINDOW Dec 5th, 2017

Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games raises $500,000

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I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain INDIE UNDERCUT Jul 31st, 2015

I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain

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as Win FREE Big Indie Expo Table at G-Star 2019 - ends Tuesday BIG INDIE PITCH Oct 17th, 2019

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as Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE STILL GAME Oct 17th, 2019

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Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 8th, 2019

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

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Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition LESS WORK MORE MONEY Oct 17th, 2019

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PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool COMPLIMENTARY Oct 8th, 2019

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