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Hot Five: Niantic has a new star, Epic warns of "degradation in quality", and new games hit the market Hot Five Oct 9th, 2023

Hot Five: Niantic has a new star, Epic warns of "degradation in quality", and new games hit the market

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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days Week that was Oct 6th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam News Sep 14th, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam

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Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Mobile Mavens Aug 22nd, 2023

Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever?

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PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche Regulars Mar 10th, 2023

PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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as PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good Interview Mar 3rd, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 4th, 2022

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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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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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 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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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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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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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

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

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PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche Regulars Mar 10th, 2023

PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Feature Nov 4th, 2022

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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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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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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PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam News Sep 14th, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - Hot gaming trends and ad formats that are losing steam

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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days WEEK THAT WAS Dec 1st, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization AD MO METRICS Dec 1st, 2023

Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization

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New release roundup: From the return of Dynasty Warriors to a 'brand new' retro-fuelled 16-bit kart racer FIVE NEW GAMES Dec 1st, 2023

New release roundup: From the return of Dynasty Warriors to a 'brand new' retro-fuelled 16-bit kart racer

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Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners BEST OF THE BEST Dec 1st, 2023

Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners

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Apple unveils App Store Award winners. These are the best apps and games of 2023 APPLE PICKING Dec 1st, 2023

Apple unveils App Store Award winners. These are the best apps and games of 2023

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PG Connects Advent Calendar: A Daily Festive Treat FESTIVE SURPRISES Dec 1st, 2023

PG Connects Advent Calendar: A Daily Festive Treat

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KEK Entertainment's Georgy Egorov talks crossplay's new prominence as gaming’s "new reality" CROSSPLAY CLARITY Nov 30th, 2023

KEK Entertainment's Georgy Egorov talks crossplay's new prominence as gaming’s "new reality"

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Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO STATE OF PLAY Nov 30th, 2023

Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Noice: Is this the future of livestreaming? LIBERATING LIVESTREAMS Nov 21st, 2023

Everything you ever wanted to know about Noice: Is this the future of livestreaming?

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Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days WEEK THAT WAS Nov 24th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days

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MENAP gaming market is poised to grow to $2.8Bn by 2026, but there are challenges ahead GROWTH POTENTIAL Nov 24th, 2023

MENAP gaming market is poised to grow to $2.8Bn by 2026, but there are challenges ahead

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Mattel163’s CEO Amy Huang on transforming classic brands into digital experiences WOMEN IN GAMES Nov 21st, 2023

Mattel163’s CEO Amy Huang on transforming classic brands into digital experiences

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New release roundup: The best new mobile games from sports manga adaptations to risqué word games… FIVE NEW GAMES Nov 24th, 2023

New release roundup: The best new mobile games from sports manga adaptations to risqué word games…

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OpenAI's chaos is over: Sam Altman is back on the throne. So what just happened and what's next? "AI'LL BE BACK" Nov 22nd, 2023

OpenAI's chaos is over: Sam Altman is back on the throne. So what just happened and what's next?

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Pocket Gamer Connects establishes supportive partnership with Global Game Jam GLOBAL GAME JAM Nov 27th, 2023

Pocket Gamer Connects establishes supportive partnership with Global Game Jam

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Game Analysis: Deconstructing Idle Bank Tycoon by Kolibri Games IN DEPTH Nov 27th, 2023

Game Analysis: Deconstructing Idle Bank Tycoon by Kolibri Games

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Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization AD MO METRICS Dec 1st, 2023

Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization

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Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO STATE OF PLAY Nov 30th, 2023

Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO

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Why Gamescom merged with BIG Festival to bring the expo to Brazil BIG EXCLUSIVE Nov 28th, 2023

Why Gamescom merged with BIG Festival to bring the expo to Brazil

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Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs? JOBS CRISIS Nov 24th, 2023

Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs?

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Anime at your fingertips: Crunchyroll on it’s new Game Vault offering Q&A Nov 24th, 2023

Anime at your fingertips: Crunchyroll on it’s new Game Vault offering

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Unlocking the potential for Web3 on mobile Q&A Nov 23rd, 2023

Unlocking the potential for Web3 on mobile

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"All the stars aligned. Now it’s full steam ahead!" MTG's CEO Maria Redin looks back at 2023 Q&A Nov 21st, 2023

"All the stars aligned. Now it’s full steam ahead!" MTG's CEO Maria Redin looks back at 2023

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Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels COOKIN' IT UP Nov 17th, 2023

Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels

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Anime at your fingertips: Crunchyroll on it’s new Game Vault offering Q&A Nov 24th, 2023

Anime at your fingertips: Crunchyroll on it’s new Game Vault offering

  • Subscription
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Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs? JOBS CRISIS Nov 24th, 2023

Why is the UK games industry struggling to fill vacancies despite mass layoffs?

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Unlocking the potential for Web3 on mobile Q&A Nov 23rd, 2023

Unlocking the potential for Web3 on mobile

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"All the stars aligned. Now it’s full steam ahead!" MTG's CEO Maria Redin looks back at 2023 Q&A Nov 21st, 2023

"All the stars aligned. Now it’s full steam ahead!" MTG's CEO Maria Redin looks back at 2023

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Behind the scenes: The making of Dino Bash Travel Through Time Q&A Nov 10th, 2023

Behind the scenes: The making of Dino Bash Travel Through Time

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Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels COOKIN' IT UP Nov 17th, 2023

Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels

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Christian Lövstedt on The Battle Of Polytopia’s journey to 20 million downloads INTERVIEW Nov 14th, 2023

Christian Lövstedt on The Battle Of Polytopia’s journey to 20 million downloads

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Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO STATE OF PLAY Nov 30th, 2023

Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO

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Microsoft in discussions with potential partners over mobile app store for games MICROSOFT MOBILE Dec 1st, 2023

Microsoft in discussions with potential partners over mobile app store for games

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Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners BEST OF THE BEST Dec 1st, 2023

Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners

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Apple unveils App Store Award winners. These are the best apps and games of 2023

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Pocket Gamer Connects London teams up with SpecialEffect for fundraising initiative

RovioCon 23 sees unveiling of new industry inclusivity guide ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY Nov 30th, 2023

RovioCon 23 sees unveiling of new industry inclusivity guide

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Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy is on its way to mobile with Netflix NEXT FOR NETFLIX Nov 30th, 2023

Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy is on its way to mobile with Netflix

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MENAP gaming market is poised to grow to $2.8Bn by 2026, but there are challenges ahead GROWTH POTENTIAL Nov 24th, 2023

MENAP gaming market is poised to grow to $2.8Bn by 2026, but there are challenges ahead

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Thunderful explores sale of Bridge Constructor publisher Headup Games nearly three years after €11m acquisition HEADS UP Nov 24th, 2023

Thunderful explores sale of Bridge Constructor publisher Headup Games nearly three years after €11m acquisition

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OpenAI's chaos is over: Sam Altman is back on the throne. So what just happened and what's next? "AI'LL BE BACK" Nov 22nd, 2023

OpenAI's chaos is over: Sam Altman is back on the throne. So what just happened and what's next?

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NFTs incoming: Matr1x doubles funding to $20M ahead of its debut Web3 mobile launch NFT NOW Nov 27th, 2023

NFTs incoming: Matr1x doubles funding to $20M ahead of its debut Web3 mobile launch

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PG.biz Podcast - My.Games’ Elena Grigorian on smart strategies for surviving an industry downturn LISTEN LEARN LOVE Nov 24th, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - My.Games’ Elena Grigorian on smart strategies for surviving an industry downturn

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Gardenscapes joins forces with alternative game distribution platform Catappult NEW PARTNERSHIP Nov 6th, 2023

Gardenscapes joins forces with alternative game distribution platform Catappult

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State of the games industry: “I think the technical term for it is a clusterf**k” TRULY Nov 29th, 2023

State of the games industry: “I think the technical term for it is a clusterf**k”

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as Mobile Game of the Week: Warhammer 40,000 Warpforge WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Nov 24th, 2023

Mobile Game of the Week: Warhammer 40,000 Warpforge

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AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future INTERVIEW May 24th, 2023

AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future

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The key to successful hypercasual prototypes FEATURE May 23rd, 2023

The key to successful hypercasual prototypes

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Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio Q&A May 23rd, 2023

Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio

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Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast Q&A May 19th, 2023

Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast

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Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing Q&A May 17th, 2023

Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing

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Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games PUT PLAYERS FIRST Mar 30th, 2023

Are in-game ads the answer for developers? We asked Marc Merrill of Riot Games

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A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary INTRINSIC IN GAME ADS Feb 7th, 2023

A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary

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Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising MAKE MORE OF MONETISATION Jan 11th, 2023

Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising

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Sony sets sights on mobile in strategic partnership with NCSoft PARTNERSHIP POWER Nov 29th, 2023

Sony sets sights on mobile in strategic partnership with NCSoft

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KEK Entertainment raises $8M in seed round to build "platform-agnostic IP" PLATFORM POWER Nov 28th, 2023

KEK Entertainment raises $8M in seed round to build "platform-agnostic IP"

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NFTs incoming: Matr1x doubles funding to $20M ahead of its debut Web3 mobile launch NFT NOW Nov 27th, 2023

NFTs incoming: Matr1x doubles funding to $20M ahead of its debut Web3 mobile launch

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Layer AI seed round raises $1.8M to bolster generative game art production PRODUCTION POWER Nov 22nd, 2023

Layer AI seed round raises $1.8M to bolster generative game art production

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SBI Holdings reveals ¥100BN fund to bolster Web3 in Japan WEB3 WORLD Nov 14th, 2023

SBI Holdings reveals ¥100BN fund to bolster Web3 in Japan

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Games livestreaming start-up Noice raises $21 million VERY NOICE Nov 9th, 2023

Games livestreaming start-up Noice raises $21 million

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Following 200M downloads, Blacklight Studio Works concludes its maiden funding round FUNDING IN INDIA Nov 7th, 2023

Following 200M downloads, Blacklight Studio Works concludes its maiden funding round

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Animoca Brands partners with Saudi Arabia in $50M deal to bring Web3 to NEOM SAUDI FORESIGHT Nov 7th, 2023

Animoca Brands partners with Saudi Arabia in $50M deal to bring Web3 to NEOM

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Video games add £1.3 billion to UK economy in "spillover technology" TECH SPLASH Nov 29th, 2023

Video games add £1.3 billion to UK economy in "spillover technology"

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Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more VALORANT VALIANCE Nov 29th, 2023

Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more

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Ten Square Games sees record quarterly growth with Hunting Clash MAU up 82% TEN SQUARE TURNAROUND Nov 28th, 2023

Ten Square Games sees record quarterly growth with Hunting Clash MAU up 82%

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Are core games the road to success? 49% yearly revenue growth projected in India until 2028 INDIAN INSIGHT Nov 28th, 2023

Are core games the road to success? 49% yearly revenue growth projected in India until 2028

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Bluepoch’s debut time travel game Reverse: 1999 reaches $15 million 1999 REASONS TO PLAY Nov 27th, 2023

Bluepoch’s debut time travel game Reverse: 1999 reaches $15 million

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Adjust and TikTok boast 220% iOS app conversion leap with SKAdNetwork 4 INCREASING CONVERSIONS Nov 23rd, 2023

Adjust and TikTok boast 220% iOS app conversion leap with SKAdNetwork 4

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Huuuge Games’ adjusted net profit rose 80% in the first three quarters of 2023 FINANCIAL FINDINGS Nov 23rd, 2023

Huuuge Games’ adjusted net profit rose 80% in the first three quarters of 2023

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China’s gaming rebound is go and on track for $47.8 billion revenue this year PREDICTING PROSPERITY Nov 22nd, 2023

China’s gaming rebound is go and on track for $47.8 billion revenue this year

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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline ACQUIBLIZZ Oct 13th, 2023

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline

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From Wooga to Innplay Labs: Inside Playtika’s shopping spree PLAYTIKA ACQUISITIONS Oct 2nd, 2023

From Wooga to Innplay Labs: Inside Playtika’s shopping spree

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