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Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs Hot Five Jun 1st, 2020

Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs

  • Hot Five
Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic Mobile Mavens Apr 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

  • Charticle
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon Masters
  • Pokemon Home
Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts Data & Research Dec 4th, 2019

Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts

  • Sponsored
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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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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

  • Marvel
  • Live Operations
  • Live and Kicking
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

  • Jobs
  • Jobs in Games
  • Technical Art
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

  • East Meets West
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?

  • Monetisation
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
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

  • Data
  • Chart of the Week
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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

  • Candy Crush Saga
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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

  • Nintendo Switch
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

  • Promiscuous Gamer
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 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

  • Stateside
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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

  • Week That Was
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

  • F2P
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  • Monetizer
  • Reciprocity
  • Retention
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

  • Equality
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  • Finnsider
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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

  • Hot Five
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

  • Jobs
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  • Technical Art
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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
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?

  • Monetisation
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
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

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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs Hot Five Jun 1st, 2020

Hot Five: Why people still play Garena Free Fire and My Talking Tom Friends hits seven million pre-regs

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Desperate, but not yet dead? The industry responds to Zynga's downward spiral Mobile Mavens Jun 7th, 2013

Desperate, but not yet dead? The industry responds to Zynga's downward spiral

PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration! SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY Jun 1st, 2020

PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration!

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Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 1st, 2020

Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now

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242 54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Jun 1st, 2020

54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

  • Soft Launch
Games vs Covid-19: Bandia Namco cans all physical World Tour Tournaments events WHAT'S UP? May 31st, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: Bandia Namco cans all physical World Tour Tournaments events

  • Coronavirus
Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

  • Hypercasual
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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Super Fowlst 2 WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 22nd, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Super Fowlst 2

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The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games THE VOODOO APPROACH May 20th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games

  • Development
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Opinion: Android has finally reached its tipping point 10 YEARS ON May 19th, 2020

Opinion: Android has finally reached its tipping point

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242 54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Jun 1st, 2020

54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

  • Soft Launch
1 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

  • Marvel
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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Dec 19th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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9 How does Coin Master monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master monetise?

  • Monetisation
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  • IAP Inspector
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Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 1st, 2020

Update: All 123 Apple Arcade games available now

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PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration! SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY Jun 1st, 2020

PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020: Submit your company for consideration!

  • Top 50
The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games THE VOODOO APPROACH May 20th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games

  • Development
  • Sponsored
  • Hypercasual
Games vs Covid-19: Bandia Namco cans all physical World Tour Tournaments events WHAT'S UP? May 31st, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: Bandia Namco cans all physical World Tour Tournaments events

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Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown JOBS IN GAMES Jun 2nd, 2020

Remote Working: Amber head Mihai Sfrijan on balancing the positives and negatives of lockdown

  • Romania
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as What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokemon Sleep?

  • Opinion
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  • Pokemon Sleep
The Voodoo Approach: Orbital Knight publishing director Jan Chichlowski on the importance of testing THE ORBITAL KNIGHT APPROACH Jun 1st, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: Orbital Knight publishing director Jan Chichlowski on the importance of testing

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Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old PRESERVING THE PAST May 29th, 2020

Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old

  • Flash
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The Voodoo Approach: Tower Run creator Lawson He on why partnering with a publisher is crucial THE LAWSON HE APPROACH May 29th, 2020

The Voodoo Approach: Tower Run creator Lawson He on why partnering with a publisher is crucial

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Indie Spotlight: Efecto Studios CEO and co-founder Eivar Rojas Castro on bouncing back from closure BACK FROM THE BRINK May 28th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Efecto Studios CEO and co-founder Eivar Rojas Castro on bouncing back from closure

  • Indies
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Here's how retargeting supports app growth for gaming RETARGETING May 28th, 2020

Here's how retargeting supports app growth for gaming

  • Retargeting
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Remote Working: Clipwire Games' James Aiken on developing from home after just relocating JOBS IN GAMES May 27th, 2020

Remote Working: Clipwire Games' James Aiken on developing from home after just relocating

  • Canada
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21 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

  • Game Design
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18 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

  • Monetisation
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  • Coin Master
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

  • Jobs
  • Jobs in Games
  • Technical Art
1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

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

  • Monetisation
  • Engagement
  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
  • RAID Shadow Legends
as What happened to Pokemon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokemon Sleep?

  • Opinion
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon Sleep
Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old PRESERVING THE PAST May 29th, 2020

Interview: Why Poki is partnering with Nitrome and more to preserve the Flash games of old

  • Flash
  • Partnership
  • Preservation
Remote Working: Clipwire Games' James Aiken on developing from home after just relocating JOBS IN GAMES May 27th, 2020

Remote Working: Clipwire Games' James Aiken on developing from home after just relocating

  • Canada
  • Developers
  • Jobs in Games
  • Remote Working
Indie Spotlight: Efecto Studios CEO and co-founder Eivar Rojas Castro on bouncing back from closure BACK FROM THE BRINK May 28th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Efecto Studios CEO and co-founder Eivar Rojas Castro on bouncing back from closure

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Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure NEW ACQUISITION Jun 3rd, 2020

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Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding SEED FUNDING Jun 2nd, 2020

Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding

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The PocketGamer.biz RoundTable is LIVE! Watch here

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Double Fine Presents is "winding down" after being acquired by Microsoft last year

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Outfit7's My Talking Tom Friends exceeds seven million pre-registrations in six days POPULAR CAT May 28th, 2020

Outfit7's My Talking Tom Friends exceeds seven million pre-registrations in six days

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1 Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA May 27th, 2020

Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020

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Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jun 1st, 2020

Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion

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

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

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IronSource opens up Facebook Audience Network to its in-app bidding platform LevelPlay BETA ONLY May 27th, 2020

IronSource opens up Facebook Audience Network to its in-app bidding platform LevelPlay

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Playrix soft-launches new match-three RPG Puzzle Breakers BREAKOUT Jun 1st, 2020

Playrix soft-launches new match-three RPG Puzzle Breakers

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Fallout Shelter Online revealed for the West, pre-registrations open GO WEST Mar 11th, 2020

Fallout Shelter Online revealed for the West, pre-registrations open

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as Square Enix branches out into "entertainment AI" with forming of new company EXPANSION May 29th, 2020

Square Enix branches out into "entertainment AI" with forming of new company

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success KEEP TESTING Jan 14th, 2020

Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success

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

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

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1 Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 1st, 2019

Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process

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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

Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal

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

Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch

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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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Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure NEW ACQUISITION Jun 3rd, 2020

Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure

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Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding SEED FUNDING Jun 2nd, 2020

Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding

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Homa Games absorbs free-to-play mobile games specialist IRL Team JOINED FORCES Jun 2nd, 2020

Homa Games absorbs free-to-play mobile games specialist IRL Team

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Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jun 1st, 2020

Zynga to acquire Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.8 billion

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Sega and Paramount Pictures reteam for Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel LIVE AND LEARN May 29th, 2020

Sega and Paramount Pictures reteam for Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel

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Update: EA secures NFL license for Madden games until May 2026 TOUCHDOWN May 29th, 2020

Update: EA secures NFL license for Madden games until May 2026

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Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa 1.5 MILLION USERS May 28th, 2020

Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa

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as Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous SPLASHING CASH May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

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Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER May 28th, 2020

Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue

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The record for weekly mobile game downloads has been broken during the coronavirus outbreak MOBILE DOMINANCE May 27th, 2020

The record for weekly mobile game downloads has been broken during the coronavirus outbreak

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Little Nightmares scares up two million sales WAKE UP May 27th, 2020

Little Nightmares scares up two million sales

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SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14% 17% OVERALL GROWTH May 26th, 2020

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

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US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY May 18th, 2020

US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020

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Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list MEL-LIONARE May 15th, 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list

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Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years BUILDING BANK May 15th, 2020

Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years

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as App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020 WINNER WINNER May 13th, 2020

App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 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

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019 EVENT RECAP Nov 5th, 2019

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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5 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019 BEST OF 2019 Oct 1st, 2019

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019

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Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 INDIE SHOWCASE Jan 14th, 2019

Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 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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5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018 GETTING KOLSCH WITH THE INDUSTRY Aug 31st, 2018

5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018

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4 The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018 BEST OF 2018 Aug 21st, 2018

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch GOOGLE EVENT Oct 5th, 2017

AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch

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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,241,219

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CCP lays off 100 staff as it quits VR to focus on PC and mobile

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Finnish developer PlayRaven partners with CCP for Eve mobile game Project Aurora

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