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"Minorities have to know about the industry and feel welcome to be part of it" Interview Apr 16th, 2021

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Hot Five: Supercell, PES 2021 Mobile, Clash Quest, more Supercell and Puzzle Combat

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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

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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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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 Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

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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

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Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight Week that was Jun 20th, 2015

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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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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

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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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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1 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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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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How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights Interview Apr 15th, 2021

How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights

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Hot Five: Supercell, PES 2021 Mobile, Clash Quest, more Supercell and Puzzle Combat Hot Five Apr 12th, 2021

Hot Five: Supercell, PES 2021 Mobile, Clash Quest, more Supercell and Puzzle Combat

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Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat Interview Apr 8th, 2021

Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat

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Breaking the User Acquisition Glass Ceiling TEST, ITERATE, IMPROVE Apr 15th, 2021

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How to get a job in the games industry CAREERS Apr 12th, 2021

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261 52 top games in soft launch: From Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Apr 12th, 2021

52 top games in soft launch: From Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Apr 8th, 2021

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Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 LOBBYING GUIDE Apr 1st, 2021

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How to keep your game on top: Skill Tree - Fishing Clash’s secret for continued success GONE FISHING Mar 29th, 2021

How to keep your game on top: Skill Tree - Fishing Clash’s secret for continued success

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Immortal Destiny: Darkness Origins WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 26th, 2021

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as This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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261 52 top games in soft launch: From Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Apr 12th, 2021

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

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How to get a job in the games industry CAREERS Apr 12th, 2021

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Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference

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Breaking the User Acquisition Glass Ceiling TEST, ITERATE, IMPROVE Apr 15th, 2021

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Immortal Destiny: Darkness Origins WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 26th, 2021

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Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Apr 8th, 2021

Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now

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"Don’t always assume that you need expensive and professional training to enter the industry" SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 18th, 2021

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Roblox's Jonathan Vlassopulos on music biz meets the metaverse SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 16th, 2021

Roblox's Jonathan Vlassopulos on music biz meets the metaverse

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"Minorities have to know about the industry and feel welcome to be part of it" POC IN MOBILE Apr 16th, 2021

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Drake Star Partners' Michael Metzger on strong consolidation and more interesting IPOs SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 15th, 2021

Drake Star Partners' Michael Metzger on strong consolidation and more interesting IPOs

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Take a gamestorming leap with AI THINK DIFFERENT Apr 15th, 2021

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Ukie's George Osborn on how gaming's 2020 successes should influence 2021 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 15th, 2021

Ukie's George Osborn on how gaming's 2020 successes should influence 2021

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How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights MAKING OF Apr 15th, 2021

How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights

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"There are so many possible entry points to get into the games industry" SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 14th, 2021

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With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again SMARTER MOVES Apr 8th, 2021

With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again

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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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2 IDFA revenue losses causing you stress? Context and audio are the answer LISTEN GOOD Apr 12th, 2021

IDFA revenue losses causing you stress? Context and audio are the answer

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Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy SUPER STRATEGY Apr 12th, 2021

Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy

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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 AI and the future of gaming NEW THINKING Apr 14th, 2021

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Drake Star Partners' Michael Metzger on strong consolidation and more interesting IPOs SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Apr 15th, 2021

Drake Star Partners' Michael Metzger on strong consolidation and more interesting IPOs

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How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights MAKING OF Apr 15th, 2021

How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights

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Now coming to Xbox, Gameloft announces 1 billion Asphalt installs ON AND ON Apr 16th, 2021

Now coming to Xbox, Gameloft announces 1 billion Asphalt installs

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Nintendo's Indie World Showcase spotlights Oxenfree 2, Olli Olli World, and Road 96

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Take advantage of our season pass and save on access to every Pocket Gamer Connects conference this year! CONNECTS SEASON PASS Apr 15th, 2021

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as Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction GOOD LORD Apr 15th, 2021

Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction

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Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play HELLS BELLS Apr 12th, 2021

Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play

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AppLovin files for IPO at a $30 billion valuation GOING PUBLIC Apr 13th, 2021

AppLovin files for IPO at a $30 billion valuation

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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Crash Bandicoot: On the Run generated $700,000 in first week

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Supercell soft-launches Clash Quest in Scandinavia CLASH(IC) Apr 7th, 2021

Supercell soft-launches Clash Quest in Scandinavia

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EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch CEASEFIRE Oct 19th, 2020

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Rovio launches midcore strategy game Darkfire Heroes

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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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Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal ART OF THE DEAL Apr 26th, 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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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell FINDING FUNDING Mar 29th, 2019

The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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as Jambox Games raises $1.1 million for its competitive casual gaming platform HEAD2HEAD Apr 15th, 2021

Jambox Games raises $1.1 million for its competitive casual gaming platform

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as ByteDance snaps up Chinese developer C4games WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Apr 14th, 2021

ByteDance snaps up Chinese developer C4games

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LEGO Ventures invests in learning platform Area9 Lyceum BACK YOU UP Apr 13th, 2021

LEGO Ventures invests in learning platform Area9 Lyceum

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Epic raises $1 billion at a $29 billion valuation THAT'S EPIC Apr 13th, 2021

Epic raises $1 billion at a $29 billion valuation

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Creative Solutions snaps up streaming tech specialist Lightstream WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Apr 13th, 2021

Creative Solutions snaps up streaming tech specialist Lightstream

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AppLovin files for IPO at a $30 billion valuation GOING PUBLIC Apr 13th, 2021

AppLovin files for IPO at a $30 billion valuation

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Tripledot Studios closes $78 million in Series A funding DOT DOT DOT Apr 9th, 2021

Tripledot Studios closes $78 million in Series A funding

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Sandbox buys Fingerprint to create Sandbox Kids WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Mar 31st, 2021

Sandbox buys Fingerprint to create Sandbox Kids

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Zynga’s High Heels is the breakout mobile game of Q1 2021

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as Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction GOOD LORD Apr 15th, 2021

Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction

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Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020 DOWN, DOWN Mar 31st, 2021

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Crash Bandicoot: On the Run - 400% faster than other endless runners VROOM Mar 31st, 2021

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run - 400% faster than other endless runners

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From Trivia Crack to Hago: the rise of party apps PARTY ON Mar 25th, 2021

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Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending HIGH IMPACT Mar 24th, 2021

Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending

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Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year BACK OF THE NET Mar 22nd, 2021

Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year

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From Guardian of Light to Reloaded, here's how Tomb Raider fares on mobile EVERYBODY LOVES A TOMB Mar 22nd, 2021

From Guardian of Light to Reloaded, here's how Tomb Raider fares on mobile

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1 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020 BEST OF 2020 Sep 8th, 2020

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019 MOST READ 2019 Dec 31st, 2019

Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019

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4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 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

Disney shuts down Star Wars: Rivals, Honor of Kings takes $3.5bn in revenue and Tencent unveil Lego Cube

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,558,884

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,830

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as Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers GET CONNECTED Apr 1st, 2021

Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers

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Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency "EXPAND EVEN FURTHER" Mar 10th, 2020

Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency

UK studio set to launch more games than ever in 2020

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Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme A BIGGER SHARE Feb 19th, 2020

Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme

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From Commodore 64 to hyper-casual: David Darling on the resurgence of simple games based on elegant ideas HYPER-CASUAL Sep 12th, 2017

From Commodore 64 to hyper-casual: David Darling on the resurgence of simple games based on elegant ideas

The Codemasters Co-founder and Kwalee CEO on how design and development in the mobile space brings back memories and lessons from his days coding in the 80s

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