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Joel Julkunen
Head of Game Analysis, GameRefinery, a Liftoff company
Last Updated:
Oct 15th, 2019
Articles featuring Joel Julkunen
Articles featuring Joel Julkunen

GameRefinery: renovation features in every top 100 US casual mobile game
Players are motivated by a drive to "clean up space" and redecorate

US social casino users still spending post-pandemic; Q2 2021 was a record $260 million
iOS social casino spending in US reached $1 billion during height of pandemic

GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on 2019: the year mobile gaming got more IPs and went more core
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