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Hot 5: Halfbrick returns, a new mobile gaming taxonomy, and 6 years of Marvel Puzzle Quest Hot Five Oct 21st, 2019

Hot 5: Halfbrick returns, a new mobile gaming taxonomy, and 6 years of Marvel Puzzle Quest

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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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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour Mobile Mavens Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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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

  • Jobs
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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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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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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
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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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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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  • Amazon Underground
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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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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm News Sep 15th, 2014

Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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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Hot 5: Halfbrick returns, a new mobile gaming taxonomy, and 6 years of Marvel Puzzle Quest Hot Five Oct 21st, 2019

Hot 5: Halfbrick returns, a new mobile gaming taxonomy, and 6 years of Marvel Puzzle Quest

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

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour Mobile Mavens Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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

Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it?

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as Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential REGION FOCUS Oct 22nd, 2019

Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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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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as How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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203 52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Oct 2nd, 2019

52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales

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Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective START HERE Sep 20th, 2019

Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective

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Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel FASTER, FASTER Sep 11th, 2019

Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel

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as MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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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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Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment ROUNDUP Jun 10th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment

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as Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential REGION FOCUS Oct 22nd, 2019

Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential

  • MENA
  • Region Focus: MENA
  • Lebanon
as How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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  • Honor of Kings
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2 Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans MAKING OF Oct 17th, 2012

Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig JOBS IN GAMES Oct 23rd, 2019

How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig

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Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO INDIE SPOTLIGHT Oct 15th, 2019

Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour FALSE START Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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1 Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile CROSSHAIR RIVALS Oct 9th, 2019

Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile

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  • Brno
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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
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  • Technical Art
1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

  • Platform
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  • San Mateo
Opinion: Here come the Belgians WALLOONED Oct 7th, 2019

Opinion: Here come the Belgians

  • Loot Boxes
  • Belgium
Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games WHAT'S NEXT? Oct 7th, 2019

Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games

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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

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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
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1 Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile CROSSHAIR RIVALS Oct 9th, 2019

Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile

  • FPS
  • Czech
  • Shooter
  • Brno
  • Shadowgun War Games
3 Why the 70:30 App Store revenue split is doomed TIME TO RECALCULATE Dec 14th, 2018

Why the 70:30 App Store revenue split is doomed

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  • Revenue
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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? MICRO-TRANSACT THAT Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO INDIE SPOTLIGHT Oct 15th, 2019

Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO

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  • OXXO
Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour FALSE START Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig JOBS IN GAMES Oct 23rd, 2019

How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig

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Empires & Puzzles storms past $500 million in lifetime revenue $$$ Oct 23rd, 2019

Empires & Puzzles storms past $500 million in lifetime revenue

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International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominations for IMGA MENA 2019 VOTE FOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE NOW Oct 23rd, 2019

International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominations for IMGA MENA 2019

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Gismart's Cool Goal! rakes in 35 million downloads TOP GAME Oct 23rd, 2019

Gismart's Cool Goal! rakes in 35 million downloads

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IronSource releases automated adtech LevelPlay so game devs can earn more with less work

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as Tencent gains majority stake in consortium that owns Supercell SMALL MARGINS Oct 22nd, 2019

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Italian operator TIM launches €2 per month gaming subscription service with Gameloft TIM LOVES GAMES Oct 22nd, 2019

Italian operator TIM launches €2 per month gaming subscription service with Gameloft

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as Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE STILL GAME Oct 17th, 2019

Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE

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Nominations for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020 are now open BATTLE OF THE BEST Oct 17th, 2019

Nominations for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020 are now open

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Riot Games goes mobile with official League of Legends game and autobattler Teamfight Tactics MOBILE MOBA Oct 16th, 2019

Riot Games goes mobile with official League of Legends game and autobattler Teamfight Tactics

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Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition LESS WORK MORE MONEY Oct 17th, 2019

Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition

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as Jetpack Joyride studio Halfbrick returns with fast-paced PVP Magic Brick Wars RASKULLS FACE OFF Oct 18th, 2019

Jetpack Joyride studio Halfbrick returns with fast-paced PVP Magic Brick Wars

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You'll need a cable to use Stadia's wireless controller with PC or mobile NOT ENTIRELY WIRELESS Oct 17th, 2019

You'll need a cable to use Stadia's wireless controller with PC or mobile

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Motorola announcing foldable RAZR phone on 13 November FOLD IT SHARP Oct 18th, 2019

Motorola announcing foldable RAZR phone on 13 November

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Switch surpasses 15 million sales in North America BEST SELLER Oct 18th, 2019

Switch surpasses 15 million sales in North America

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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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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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Financing your indie games development studio - Part one STUDIO FINANCE Mar 29th, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - Part one

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Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz CASUAL COMPETITION Oct 22nd, 2019

Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz

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Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million PARISIAN AMBITION Oct 21st, 2019

Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million

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  • Paris
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Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition LESS WORK MORE MONEY Oct 17th, 2019

Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition

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as Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE STILL GAME Oct 17th, 2019

Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE

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NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million UK POWERHOUSE Oct 14th, 2019

NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million

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1 Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round ESPORTS BOOST Oct 10th, 2019

Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round

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PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool COMPLIMENTARY Oct 8th, 2019

PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool

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1 Unity continues M&A drive acquiring liveops outfit ChilliConnect MORE TOOLS Oct 3rd, 2019

Unity continues M&A drive acquiring liveops outfit ChilliConnect

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Why mobile games need a new taxonomy WHAT’S YOUR MARKET? Oct 17th, 2019

Why mobile games need a new taxonomy

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Tencent tops September mobile publisher grossing chart CHARTS Oct 11th, 2019

Tencent tops September mobile publisher grossing chart

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1 Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe BIG SELLER Oct 10th, 2019

Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe

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Mario Kart Tour does 90 million downloads but monetisation lags FAST START Oct 3rd, 2019

Mario Kart Tour does 90 million downloads but monetisation lags

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1 as Call of Duty: Mobile hits 3 million downloads on launch day OUT WITH A BANG Oct 2nd, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile hits 3 million downloads on launch day

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as Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year LEVELLING UP Oct 1st, 2019

Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year

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as Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month GOOD START Oct 1st, 2019

Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month

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Mario Kart Tour races to 20 million downloads in 24 hours POLE POSITION Sep 27th, 2019

Mario Kart Tour races to 20 million downloads in 24 hours

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6 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

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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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Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017

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Monetizer Mavens discuss if Apple Arcade is just for the kids WALLED GARDEN Sep 18th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens discuss if Apple Arcade is just for the kids

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Could all F2P mobile games benefit from a Battle Pass like Clash of Clans has?

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Monetizer Mavens on what Apple Arcade needs to do to be successful

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Video: Nicholas Lovell on why your on-ramp needs to be better than Facebook's

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Nicholas Lovell on how to extend your player sessions

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

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Forget monetisation - F2P success is all about retention and engagement

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Why Kabam chose LTV over ARPDAU LONG GAME Feb 18th, 2015

Why Kabam chose LTV over ARPDAU

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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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Learn how to Acquire, Engage and Monetise at PG Connects London 2015 Nov 27th, 2014

Learn how to Acquire, Engage and Monetise at PG Connects London 2015

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Carrots and sticks: How F2P designers should balance wither and daily rewards MONETIZER MAVENS Nov 26th, 2014

Carrots and sticks: How F2P designers should balance wither and daily rewards

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UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners” Oct 16th, 2014

UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners”

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Monetisation experts Eric Seufert, Nicholas Lovell and Mark Sorrell speaking at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015

First speakers for Acquire, Engage, Monetise track announced

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