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Angry Birds the latest big IP to flock to Facebook Instant Games FLY BY May 9th, 2018

Angry Birds the latest big IP to flock to Facebook Instant Games

Joins Disney Tsum Tsum as latest hit mobile title to release on the platform

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The key user numbers behind the rapidly growing chat app games market KEY FIGURES Feb 13th, 2018

The key user numbers behind the rapidly growing chat app games market

Coolgames CEO Laurens Rutten offers the big stats showing off the opportunity of messaging apps

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"Playing games on messaging platforms will definitely become as ubiquitous as playing downloadable apps" CHAT APP REVOLUTION Feb 6th, 2018

"Playing games on messaging platforms will definitely become as ubiquitous as playing downloadable apps"

Coolgames CEO Laurens Rutten on developing HTML5 titles for chat apps

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