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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis

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What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit? Mobile Mavens Jan 31st, 2020

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

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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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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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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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East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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as As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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

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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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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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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 Week that was Jun 20th, 2015

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

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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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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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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 Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis

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2 Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

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221 51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 17th, 2020

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1 10 YEARS ON: Developers have lost faith in the App Store 10 YEARS ON Feb 12th, 2020

10 YEARS ON: Developers have lost faith in the App Store

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1 35 notable mobile games released in January 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Feb 6th, 2020

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Cookies Must Die WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 31st, 2020

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10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers 10 YEARS ON Jan 28th, 2020

10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers

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Time for a new free app analytics tool

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Territory report: data and interviews from the UK games scene MARKET OVERVIEW Dec 21st, 2019

Territory report: data and interviews from the UK games scene

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221 51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 17th, 2020

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

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Indie Spotlight: Panda Arcade studio manager Alicia Jakovich on why the middle ground can be beneficial INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 19th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Panda Arcade studio manager Alicia Jakovich on why the middle ground can be beneficial

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Tripling your team - keeping your culture

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Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design

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as The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Feb 13th, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing

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Supercell: Why it’s not about the money SMALL BEAUTIFUL Feb 13th, 2020

Supercell: Why it’s not about the money

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as Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 12th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade

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South Korea mobile game opportunities - and how to unlock them GET INTO SOUTH KOREA Feb 12th, 2020

South Korea mobile game opportunities - and how to unlock them

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Supercell: Why it’s not about the money SMALL BEAUTIFUL Feb 13th, 2020

Supercell: Why it’s not about the money

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as The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Feb 13th, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing

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Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down LIVE AND KICKING Feb 14th, 2020

Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down

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

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How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade

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Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design JOBS IN GAMES Feb 18th, 2020

Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design

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as Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 12th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade

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Former Rovio and Dodreams execs close pre-seed investment round for Helsinki-based start-up Flowstate Games

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Google unveils first new Stadia games since launch

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as Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 14th, 2020

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PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020

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Disney Sorcerer's Arena pre-registration opens ahead of global launch A WHOLE NEW WORLD Feb 14th, 2020

Disney Sorcerer's Arena pre-registration opens ahead of global launch

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as Pivoting from Super Smash Bros. to Dark Souls: The making of Pascal's Wager MAKING OF Feb 14th, 2020

Pivoting from Super Smash Bros. to Dark Souls: The making of Pascal's Wager

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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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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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Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix ANIME AND ANIMATION Feb 19th, 2020

Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix

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Ride & Crash Games partners with Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth for 8-bit mobile game SECOND COLLABORATION Feb 19th, 2020

Ride & Crash Games partners with Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth for 8-bit mobile game

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Embracer Group snaps up Saber Interactive in deal worth $525 million CASH AND STOCK Feb 19th, 2020

Embracer Group snaps up Saber Interactive in deal worth $525 million

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Nifty Games signs licensing deal with NBA for its first game BOOMSHAKALAKA Feb 18th, 2020

Nifty Games signs licensing deal with NBA for its first game

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Rovio and Duolingo partner for crossover promotion in Angry Birds 2 BIRD BONANZA Feb 18th, 2020

Rovio and Duolingo partner for crossover promotion in Angry Birds 2

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as Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 14th, 2020

Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding

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Bit Fry Game Studios raises additional $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 13th, 2020

Bit Fry Game Studios raises additional $3.5 million in funding

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Azerion fully acquires Spil Games SPIL IT Feb 12th, 2020

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PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020 MAKING MONEY Feb 10th, 2020

PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020

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There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019 GETTING COMPETITIVE Feb 10th, 2020

There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019

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Female representation in the games industry still "significantly" below UK national average

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Can international mobile game developers still find success in China? MOBILE MAVENS Mar 28th, 2017

Can international mobile game developers still find success in China?

Is there still a way in for developers from abroad?

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Tips and tricks on how to survive and make the most out of GDC 2017

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Why did Take-Two buy Social Point? MOBILE MAVENS Feb 21st, 2017

Why did Take-Two buy Social Point?

What's the motivation for the $250 million deal?

  • Acquisition
  • Mavens
  • Mobile Mavens
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1 The Mobile Mavens' Games of the Year 2016 MOBILE MAVENS Dec 20th, 2016

The Mobile Mavens' Games of the Year 2016

Pokemon GO, Clash Royale, Crashlands and more

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  • Mobile Mavens
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User acquisition experts talk about the "new wave" of UA NEW WAVE UA Jan 18th, 2016

User acquisition experts talk about the "new wave" of UA

A brave new world of user acquisition?

  • User Acquisition
  • PGC
  • Esports
  • SEO
  • PGC London
2 Is a 200 basis point increase for Dawn of Titans' 30-day retention significant? LONG-TERM PLAYERS Dec 1st, 2015

Is a 200 basis point increase for Dawn of Titans' 30-day retention significant?

Monetizer Mavens get numerate

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  • Retention
  • Monetizer Mavens
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as What does Miitomo tell us about Nintendo's mobile strategy? HELLO WORLD Nov 2nd, 2015

What does Miitomo tell us about Nintendo's mobile strategy?

Mobile Mavens on Nintendo's first pass

  • Mavens
  • Mobile Mavens
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  • Free-to-Start
  • Miitomo
Are you buying an Apple TV? Apple goes unconsole Oct 30th, 2015

Are you buying an Apple TV?

Mobile Mavens debate Apple TV

  • Mavens
  • Apple TV
  • Mobile Mavens
Does the Vivendi-proposed Gameloft-Ubisoft merger make sense? SHARING Oct 23rd, 2015

Does the Vivendi-proposed Gameloft-Ubisoft merger make sense?

Our Mavens talk triple French

  • M&A
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Primed with a Twitch: Will Amazon ever be a serious gaming company? MOBILE MAVENS Aug 29th, 2014

Primed with a Twitch: Will Amazon ever be a serious gaming company?

Our Mavens go Prime

  • Fire TV
  • Twitch
  • Fire
  • Amazon
Love your game vs. Hope you die: Is Twitter worth the hate? MOBILE MAVENS Aug 25th, 2014

Love your game vs. Hope you die: Is Twitter worth the hate?

The Mavens think personal about social media

  • Mavens
  • Twitter
  • WeLoveGameDevs
Monetizer Mavens on their best games of 2014 so far MONETIZER MAVENS Aug 19th, 2014

Monetizer Mavens on their best games of 2014 so far

Learning from the best

  • Hearthstone
  • Clash of Clans
  • Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
  • Monetizer Mavens
  • Kim Kardashian
  • Real Racing
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