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Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming Hot Five May 23rd, 2022

Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions? Data & Research May 6th, 2022

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads? Mobile Mavens Apr 29th, 2022

Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads?

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net Interview Dec 21st, 2021

How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook Comment & Opinion Sep 23rd, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook

  • Advertising
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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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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?

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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

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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 After Hours Oct 22nd, 2016

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 Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

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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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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1 Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group Hot Five May 9th, 2022

Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group

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1 Hot Five: Supercell's 45% revenue increase, Garena Free Fire banned in India, and FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores Hot Five Feb 21st, 2022

Hot Five: Supercell's 45% revenue increase, Garena Free Fire banned in India, and FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores

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Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming Hot Five May 23rd, 2022

Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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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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Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed Hot Five May 16th, 2022

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 26th, 2022

The mobile games industry glossary

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Update May 25: The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH May 25th, 2022

Update May 25: The complete list of Netflix Games

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27 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB May 24th, 2022

27 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY May 23rd, 2022

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271 Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends SOFT LAUNCH May 23rd, 2022

Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 20th, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 20th, 2022

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now

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Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 LIVE ON TV May 12th, 2022

Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022

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271 Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends SOFT LAUNCH May 23rd, 2022

Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends

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27 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 20th, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 20th, 2022

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10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY May 23rd, 2022

10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 26th, 2022

The mobile games industry glossary

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Update May 25: The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH May 25th, 2022

Update May 25: The complete list of Netflix Games

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week HIRING NOW Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time" MAKING OF May 26th, 2022

Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time"

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Should you use a countdown – or Pokémon – in your TikTok ads? UA EYE May 25th, 2022

Should you use a countdown – or Pokémon – in your TikTok ads?

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as Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

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1 Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation" ISLAND GO May 24th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

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Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer JOIN THE COVEN May 19th, 2022

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

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How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias UA EYE May 18th, 2022

How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias

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Three core ways to validate your game ideas VALIDATED May 17th, 2022

Three core ways to validate your game ideas

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Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail THE OREGON TRAIL May 17th, 2022

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

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Interview: Apple talks iPhone games and the App Store Feb 23rd, 2009

Interview: Apple talks iPhone games and the App Store

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs NOT JUST FOR KARL Feb 9th, 2022

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs

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Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer JOIN THE COVEN May 19th, 2022

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

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1 Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation" ISLAND GO May 24th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

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1 For tech giants, all roads lead to mobile gaming EYES ON NETFLIX May 13th, 2022

For tech giants, all roads lead to mobile gaming

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as Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

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How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias UA EYE May 18th, 2022

How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias

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How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM May 4th, 2022

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

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Indie developers unite! Pitch your game to experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto

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Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million JOIN THE COLLECTIVE May 26th, 2022

Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million

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Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands LOOT BOX LULL May 26th, 2022

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Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure

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Mobile gaming to exceed 60% of entire games market in 2022

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as Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA Get in the SEA May 26th, 2022

Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA

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Zynga donating $50,000 for Pride Month PLANS FOR PRIDE May 25th, 2022

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Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels WEB-BASED TO WEB3 Apr 14th, 2022

Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels

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TikTok wants to release in-app games this year TIKTOK TESTING May 20th, 2022

TikTok wants to release in-app games this year

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Bluestacks launches Creator Studio and Creator Hub for modding mobile games

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Deliver It 3D, Angry Birds Classic, and Football Manager are the fastest-growing iOS games in 2022 PINPOINTING POPULARITY May 20th, 2022

Deliver It 3D, Angry Birds Classic, and Football Manager are the fastest-growing iOS games in 2022

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Azra Games raises $15 million for former Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes exec's blockchain gaming project BACKING BLOCKCHAIN May 20th, 2022

Azra Games raises $15 million for former Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes exec's blockchain gaming project

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Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries

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Former Disney and Sony exec appointed president of Genvid Entertainment

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What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game DO THIS FIRST Apr 28th, 2022

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Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021

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How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

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Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

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Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner UA OK Jan 14th, 2022

Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner

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1 How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level IN-GAME INSIGHT Nov 29th, 2021

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Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million JOIN THE COLLECTIVE May 26th, 2022

Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million

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as Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA Get in the SEA May 26th, 2022

Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA

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Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE May 24th, 2022

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Zynga acquisition by Take-Two now completed

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Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

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Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment

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Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games

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Mobile gaming to exceed 60% of entire games market in 2022

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Huuuge announces Q1 2022 results with $84 million in revenue DOUBLE DIGIT DEVELOPMENT May 25th, 2022

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57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China MEETING MILESTONES May 17th, 2022

57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China

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Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022 CHINA'S CLIMB May 17th, 2022

Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022

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Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds ROLLING IN REVENUE May 13th, 2022

Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds

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Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement ROCKY ROBLOX REPORT May 12th, 2022

Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement

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Despite record Q1 2022 for declared M&A, value of closed deals decreased

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022

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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,807,919

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,021,684

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,395,178

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In-game audio ad platform Odeeo raise $1 million in seed funding HEARING ADS Sep 3rd, 2021

In-game audio ad platform Odeeo raise $1 million in seed funding

Suggests in-game audio ads accompany gameplay

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Full conference schedule revealed for January’s Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 SCHEDULE REVEALED Dec 9th, 2019

Full conference schedule revealed for January’s Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020

Check out what’s happening at the two day-mobile games industry conference next month

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Rovio and Hatch join Finnish seminar to discuss how to monetise effectively and ethically MONETISED Oct 11th, 2018

Rovio and Hatch join Finnish seminar to discuss how to monetise effectively and ethically

Event taking place in Finland and will be streamed online

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Jobs in Games: Rovio's Michail Katkoff shares insights on the role of a product manager JOBS IN GAMES Jan 26th, 2018

Jobs in Games: Rovio's Michail Katkoff shares insights on the role of a product manager

Advice on the skills you need to be a success in the role

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Are casual games maturing? Lessons from Angry Birds 2 BIRD IS THE WORD Jan 15th, 2018

Are casual games maturing? Lessons from Angry Birds 2

Om Tandon breaks down what makes Rovio's hit game such a success

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Ex-FunPlus studio lead Michail Katkoff heads to Rovio as product management director THE DECONSTRUCTOR OF FUN Jan 4th, 2018

Ex-FunPlus studio lead Michail Katkoff heads to Rovio as product management director

Will also play a key role in direct development

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How Angry Birds 2 significantly increased its revenues within a year FLYING HIGH Jul 17th, 2017

How Angry Birds 2 significantly increased its revenues within a year

Michail Katkoff deconstructs the changes that breathed new life into the game

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7 reasons why you can't stop playing Supercell's Clash Royale RETENTION ROYALE Apr 26th, 2017

7 reasons why you can't stop playing Supercell's Clash Royale

Michail Katkoff analyses why the hit mobile game is so addictive

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Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff leaves Zynga for FunPlus NEW STUDIO LEAD May 23rd, 2016

Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff leaves Zynga for FunPlus

Deconstructor of Fun editor jumps ship

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Here's why players are churning in Clash Royale DECONSTRUCTOR OF CHURN May 20th, 2016

Here's why players are churning in Clash Royale

Michail Katkoff on why players are losing interest

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4 Monetizer Mavens on the simple, sophisticated, genius, and extremely aggressive gacha monetisation (and retention) of Clash Royale CROWNED Apr 13th, 2016

Monetizer Mavens on the simple, sophisticated, genius, and extremely aggressive gacha monetisation (and retention) of Clash Royale

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Is Super Evil's longterm approach to Vainglory monetisation coherent? MOBA OR MOBA$$$ Jul 15th, 2015

Is Super Evil's longterm approach to Vainglory monetisation coherent?

Our Monetizer Mavens look ahead

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1 Forget monetisation - F2P success is all about retention and engagement HEART OF THE MATTER Mar 17th, 2015

Forget monetisation - F2P success is all about retention and engagement

Monetizer Mavens rethink their core

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When it comes to monetization in 2015, we have all the questions... STATE OF PLAY Jan 13th, 2015

When it comes to monetization in 2015, we have all the questions...

Monetizer Mavens on the unknowns

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1 2014 in Review: Monetizer Mavens on Hearthstone, chart stasis, and waiting for the next big change MONETIZER MAVENS Dec 29th, 2014

2014 in Review: Monetizer Mavens on Hearthstone, chart stasis, and waiting for the next big change

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