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Hot Five: Why people still play Coin Master, Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Legends, and how Covid-19 is impacting mobile advertising Hot Five Apr 6th, 2020

Hot Five: Why people still play Coin Master, Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Legends, and how Covid-19 is impacting mobile advertising

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

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

  • Europe
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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

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3 as How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise? The IAP Inspector Aug 11th, 2017

How does $1 billion hit Summoners War 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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Hot Five: Why people still play Coin Master, Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Legends, and how Covid-19 is impacting mobile advertising Hot Five Apr 6th, 2020

Hot Five: Why people still play Coin Master, Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Legends, and how Covid-19 is impacting mobile advertising

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4 as How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

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15 exclusive one-on-one chats with games industry experts from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 HYPRMX INTERVIEWS Apr 9th, 2020

15 exclusive one-on-one chats with games industry experts from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020

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1 48 notable mobile games released in March 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Apr 8th, 2020

48 notable mobile games released in March 2020 you may have missed

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Games vs Covid-19: No new games will be certified in Japan until 8 May WHAT'S UP? Apr 7th, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: No new games will be certified in Japan until 8 May

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PGC Digital: KPIs to watch for and how to improve them PGC DIGITAL Apr 7th, 2020

PGC Digital: KPIs to watch for and how to improve them

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PGC Digital: Indie survival in a digital landscape PGC DIGITAL Apr 6th, 2020

PGC Digital: Indie survival in a digital landscape

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231 54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Apr 6th, 2020

54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

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It's remote working month on PocketGamer.biz! REMOTE WORKING MONTH Apr 6th, 2020

It's remote working month on PocketGamer.biz!

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Update: All 115 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Apr 6th, 2020

Update: All 115 Apple Arcade games available now

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231 54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Apr 6th, 2020

54 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

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Games vs Covid-19: No new games will be certified in Japan until 8 May WHAT'S UP? Apr 7th, 2020

Games vs Covid-19: No new games will be certified in Japan until 8 May

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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

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as This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Undersea Solitaire Tripeaks WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Apr 3rd, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Undersea Solitaire Tripeaks

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1 48 notable mobile games released in March 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Apr 8th, 2020

48 notable mobile games released in March 2020 you may have missed

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

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Making Of: How Shantae and the Seven Sirens found its way to being an Apple Arcade launch title MAKING OF Apr 9th, 2020

Making Of: How Shantae and the Seven Sirens found its way to being an Apple Arcade launch title

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as ASO for China: Intro to localisation practices ASO IN CHINA Apr 9th, 2020

ASO for China: Intro to localisation practices

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Indie Spotlight: How thatgamecompany transitioned from console to mobile with Sky: Children of Light SKY SOARING Apr 8th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: How thatgamecompany transitioned from console to mobile with Sky: Children of Light

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How Kolibri Games is adapting to the challenge of remote working NOT SO IDLE Apr 8th, 2020

How Kolibri Games is adapting to the challenge of remote working

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Remote Working: How Wooga's Marco Rizzotti is developing character designs from home REMOTE WORKING MONTH Apr 8th, 2020

Remote Working: How Wooga's Marco Rizzotti is developing character designs from home

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Beyond the office: What remote work can teach us about the strength of our culture BEYOND THE OFFICE Apr 7th, 2020

Beyond the office: What remote work can teach us about the strength of our culture

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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1: Eight of the best sessions you shouldn't miss EDITOR'S CHOICE Apr 3rd, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1: Eight of the best sessions you shouldn't miss

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Making Of: How Bossa Studio's love of game jams led to Apple Arcade title Hogwash MAKING OF Apr 2nd, 2020

Making Of: How Bossa Studio's love of game jams led to Apple Arcade title Hogwash

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16 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

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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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  • RAID Shadow Legends
How Covid-19 is impacting the mobile advertising industry RISING DEMAND Apr 1st, 2020

How Covid-19 is impacting the mobile advertising industry

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Remote Working: How Wooga's Marco Rizzotti is developing character designs from home REMOTE WORKING MONTH Apr 8th, 2020

Remote Working: How Wooga's Marco Rizzotti is developing character designs from home

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Making Of: How Bossa Studio's love of game jams led to Apple Arcade title Hogwash MAKING OF Apr 2nd, 2020

Making Of: How Bossa Studio's love of game jams led to Apple Arcade title Hogwash

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Making Of: How Shantae and the Seven Sirens found its way to being an Apple Arcade launch title MAKING OF Apr 9th, 2020

Making Of: How Shantae and the Seven Sirens found its way to being an Apple Arcade launch title

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How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade A NEW CONTENDER Feb 7th, 2020

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

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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1: Eight of the best sessions you shouldn't miss EDITOR'S CHOICE Apr 3rd, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1: Eight of the best sessions you shouldn't miss

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as Double Eleven hires Ian Ng as Malaysian studio head WELCOME ABOARD Apr 9th, 2020

Double Eleven hires Ian Ng as Malaysian studio head

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Microsoft is bringing Project xCloud streaming service to Western Europe STREAMING Apr 9th, 2020

Microsoft is bringing Project xCloud streaming service to Western Europe

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GDC Summer registrations are now open TAKE TWO Apr 9th, 2020

GDC Summer registrations are now open

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Google Stadia Pro is free for two months TRY IT OUT Apr 9th, 2020

Google Stadia Pro is free for two months

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1 Cooking Mama: Cookstar launch spoiled by cryptocurrency mining rumours and potential lawsuits WILL MAMA FIX IT? Apr 9th, 2020

Cooking Mama: Cookstar launch spoiled by cryptocurrency mining rumours and potential lawsuits

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PGC Digital: East Side Games on how it handles live ops, even when working remotely

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Scrabble Go experiences the best launch ever for a mobile word game WORD UP Apr 7th, 2020

Scrabble Go experiences the best launch ever for a mobile word game

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as Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever APP ANNIE Apr 3rd, 2020

Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever

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Vainglory’s surprise shutdown averted by Super Evil Megacorp EMERGENCY RESCUE Apr 7th, 2020

Vainglory’s surprise shutdown averted by Super Evil Megacorp

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Epic Games reveals details of J.J. Abrams' mobile game Spyjinx, launches beta THE SPY WHO JINXED ME Apr 3rd, 2020

Epic Games reveals details of J.J. Abrams' mobile game Spyjinx, launches beta

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Idle Coffee Corp dev StarBerry raises $1.1 million HOT STUFF Apr 3rd, 2020

Idle Coffee Corp dev StarBerry raises $1.1 million

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as China’s largest sandbox game sees sales spike with Hasbro brand TRANSFORMERS ROLL OUT Apr 8th, 2020

China’s largest sandbox game sees sales spike with Hasbro brand

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as Sony sets up $100 million Covid-19 global relief fund "UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES" Apr 3rd, 2020

Sony sets up $100 million Covid-19 global relief fund

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Buildbox offering $100,000 of game assets in exchange for trying out its codeless game engine FREE STUFF Mar 2nd, 2017

Buildbox offering $100,000 of game assets in exchange for trying out its codeless game engine

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success KEEP TESTING Jan 14th, 2020

Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success

  • Mobile Games University
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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1 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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Idle Coffee Corp dev StarBerry raises $1.1 million HOT STUFF Apr 3rd, 2020

Idle Coffee Corp dev StarBerry raises $1.1 million

  • Berlin
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Epic Games reveals details of J.J. Abrams' mobile game Spyjinx, launches beta THE SPY WHO JINXED ME Apr 3rd, 2020

Epic Games reveals details of J.J. Abrams' mobile game Spyjinx, launches beta

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Niantic acquires 6D.ai to further its AR goals AR ACQUISITION Mar 31st, 2020

Niantic acquires 6D.ai to further its AR goals

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as Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million MAGES;ACQUISITION Mar 30th, 2020

Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million

  • Japan
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Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19 "GLOBAL FIGHT" Mar 27th, 2020

Enthusiast Gaming joins forces with Twitch to raise money against COVID-19

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as Tencent and Huawei partner for cloud games platform ANOTHER ONE? Mar 27th, 2020

Tencent and Huawei partner for cloud games platform

  • Cloud
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Crytek teams up with Google to bring the Cryengine to Android TEAMWORK Mar 25th, 2020

Crytek teams up with Google to bring the Cryengine to Android

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Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming MMO IN THE WORKS Mar 20th, 2020

Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming

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  • Cloud
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Words With Friends booms in troubled times FAMILY & FRIENDS Apr 9th, 2020

Words With Friends booms in troubled times

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Five Chinese and Japanese mobile gaming myths investigated DATA DRIVEN Apr 8th, 2020

Five Chinese and Japanese mobile gaming myths investigated

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as Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever APP ANNIE Apr 3rd, 2020

Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever

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Mobile apps will generate $171 billion through consumer spending in 2024 SO MUCH MONEY Apr 2nd, 2020

Mobile apps will generate $171 billion through consumer spending in 2024

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One year on: A deep dive into Cultist Simulator's sales since launch CULTIST SIMULATOR SALES Apr 2nd, 2020

One year on: A deep dive into Cultist Simulator's sales since launch

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Average price of announced iPad games is $3.52 10 YEARS ON Mar 31st, 2020

Average price of announced iPad games is $3.52

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Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak SUPER SUPERCELL Mar 26th, 2020

Exclusive: Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid coronavirus outbreak

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Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart SHAKING IT UP Mar 25th, 2020

Candy Crush Soda Saga splashes onto global top grossing chart

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019 MOST READ 2019 Dec 31st, 2019

Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019 EVENT RECAP Nov 5th, 2019

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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5 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 GETTING KOLSCH WITH THE INDUSTRY Aug 31st, 2018

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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  • Fortnite
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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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,228,057

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Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,441,983

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,130,017

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How useful is influencer marketing to an indie mobile game developer? INDIE MAVENS May 10th, 2017

How useful is influencer marketing to an indie mobile game developer?

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How do indie developers measure and define success? INDIE MAVENS Apr 7th, 2017

How do indie developers measure and define success?

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Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games? INDIE MAVENS Mar 23rd, 2017

Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games?

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How will integrated reviews and ratings in iOS games affect indie developers? INDIE MAVENS Feb 3rd, 2017

How will integrated reviews and ratings in iOS games affect indie developers?

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How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games? INDIE MAVENS Dec 1st, 2016

How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games?

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Are paid apps dead or is there still life in premium mobile games for indies? INDIE MAVENS Aug 30th, 2016

Are paid apps dead or is there still life in premium mobile games for indies?

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1 Will the success of Slither.io have a lasting effect on indie mobile games? NEXTGEN SNAKE May 20th, 2016

Will the success of Slither.io have a lasting effect on indie mobile games?

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Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process DON'T PUSH IT May 3rd, 2016

Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process

Don't confuse passion with servitude

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How useful was GDC 2016 for our Indie Mavens? Did they even go? INDIE MAVENS Apr 6th, 2016

How useful was GDC 2016 for our Indie Mavens? Did they even go?

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What do the Indie Mavens think of Clash Royale? Have they even played it yet? INDIE MAVENS Mar 16th, 2016

What do the Indie Mavens think of Clash Royale? Have they even played it yet?

Will it be another feather in Supercell's cap?

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VR, console brands, paid, Apple TV... Indie Mavens on the trends they expect to see in 2016 INDIE MAVENS Mar 3rd, 2016

VR, console brands, paid, Apple TV... Indie Mavens on the trends they expect to see in 2016

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Indie Mavens discuss the biggest news and their best games of 2015 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Dec 21st, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss the biggest news and their best games of 2015

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Indie Mavens discuss livestreaming as a marketing tool LIVE ON AIR Nov 20th, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss livestreaming as a marketing tool

The next big thing

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Indie Mavens discuss the difficulties of supporting iOS games TROUBLESHOOTERS Nov 6th, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss the difficulties of supporting iOS games

A Sisyphean task

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Are indie devs interested in supporting Apple TV? SMARTER BOX Oct 5th, 2015

Are indie devs interested in supporting Apple TV?

Indie Mavens debate Apple's new box

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