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Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games Interview May 14th, 2021

Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games

  • Diversity
  • POC in Mobile
Hot Five: Finnish boom as Metacore gets $180 million and Small Giant $240 million Hot Five May 10th, 2021

Hot Five: Finnish boom as Metacore gets $180 million and Small Giant $240 million

  • Hot Five
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns Job News Feb 1st, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns

  • Jobs
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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

  • Monetisation
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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?

  • Charticle
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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

  • Sponsored
  • App Annie Series
  • Sand Balls
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

  • Hot Five
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

  • Marvel
  • Live Ops
  • Live and Kicking
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

  • East Meets West
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

  • Data
  • Chart of the Week
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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

  • Candy Crush Saga
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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

  • Nintendo Switch
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

  • Promiscuous Gamer
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?

  • F2P
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  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
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

  • Stateside
  • Going Global
  • Diversity
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

  • Week That Was
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

  • F2P
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  • Monetizer
  • Reciprocity
  • Retention
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

  • Equality
  • Finland
  • Finnsider
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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

2014 in Review: The top 10 most read stories on PocketGamer.biz Hot Five Dec 22nd, 2014

2014 in Review: The top 10 most read stories on PocketGamer.biz

  • IAP
  • Windows Phone
  • User Acquisition
  • Flappy Bird
  • Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
  • Metal
  • Growth Hacking
  • 2014 In Review
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

  • Hot Five
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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  • Technical Art
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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail Interview May 12th, 2021

How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail

  • Making Of
  • Apple Arcade
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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?

  • F2P
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games Interview May 14th, 2021

Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games

  • Diversity
  • POC in Mobile
262 51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH May 11th, 2021

51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

  • Soft Launch
Building a (new) company culture NEW WAYS May 10th, 2021

Building a (new) company culture

  • Romania
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  • Bucharest
Using player motivations for user acquisition EXPAND THE POOL May 6th, 2021

Using player motivations for user acquisition

  • User Acquisition
  • Sponsored
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‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce GROWTH SPURT May 5th, 2021

‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce

  • User Acquisition
  • Berlin
  • Poland
  • Sponsored
Updated: 23 mobile games that have generated +$1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB May 5th, 2021

Updated: 23 mobile games that have generated +$1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
  • Billions
2 Why collaborating with a mobile games publisher is so painful, it's good for you THE FACTS Apr 27th, 2021

Why collaborating with a mobile games publisher is so painful, it's good for you

  • Publishing
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Breaking the User Acquisition Glass Ceiling TEST, ITERATE, IMPROVE Apr 15th, 2021

Breaking the User Acquisition Glass Ceiling

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  • Best Practice
  • IDFA
How to get a job in the games industry CAREERS Apr 12th, 2021

How to get a job in the games industry

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2014 in Review: The top 10 most read stories on PocketGamer.biz Hot 10 Dec 22nd, 2014

2014 in Review: The top 10 most read stories on PocketGamer.biz

  • IAP
  • Windows Phone
  • User Acquisition
  • Flappy Bird
  • Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
  • Metal
  • Growth Hacking
  • 2014 In Review
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

  • China
  • Cloud
  • Animal Crossing
  • Hypercasual
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262 51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH May 11th, 2021

51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

  • Soft Launch
Building a (new) company culture NEW WAYS May 10th, 2021

Building a (new) company culture

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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
  • Live Ops
  • Live and Kicking
Updated: 23 mobile games that have generated +$1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB May 5th, 2021

Updated: 23 mobile games that have generated +$1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
  • Billions
‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce GROWTH SPURT May 5th, 2021

‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce

  • User Acquisition
  • Berlin
  • Poland
  • Sponsored
Using player motivations for user acquisition EXPAND THE POOL May 6th, 2021

Using player motivations for user acquisition

  • User Acquisition
  • Sponsored
  • Best Practice
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Mediatonic’s Arran Topalian on building a pitch from concept to doc WORKING YOUR PITCH May 14th, 2021

Mediatonic’s Arran Topalian on building a pitch from concept to doc

  • MasterClasses
Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games POC IN MOBILE May 14th, 2021

Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games

  • Diversity
  • POC in Mobile
Poornima Seetharaman and Vimal Sathish on mastering data for engaging game design DATA-DRIVEN May 13th, 2021

Poornima Seetharaman and Vimal Sathish on mastering data for engaging game design

  • Webinar
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What is a data warehouse and why do hit studios use them? BIG DATA SMARTS May 13th, 2021

What is a data warehouse and why do hit studios use them?

  • Sponsored
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How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic DRIVING DOWN CPI May 12th, 2021

How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic

  • CPI
  • Sponsored
  • Turkey
  • Hypercasual
How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail MAKING OF May 12th, 2021

How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail

  • Making Of
  • Apple Arcade
  • The Oregon Trail
Why Gree may win the law but lose its Supercell patent war UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES May 12th, 2021

Why Gree may win the law but lose its Supercell patent war

  • Patents
  • Lawsuit
Top Roblox game Adopt Me devs launch as Uplift Games FLYING HIGH May 11th, 2021

Top Roblox game Adopt Me devs launch as Uplift Games

  • UK
  • Roblox
  • California
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13 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

  • Game Design
  • Free Fire
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
  • Jobs in Games
  • Technical Art
Why Zynga’s Chartboost acquisition is more strategic than reactive SMALL GAINS May 10th, 2021

Why Zynga’s Chartboost acquisition is more strategic than reactive

  • M&A
  • Hypercasual
  • Adtech
Why Gree may win the law but lose its Supercell patent war UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES May 12th, 2021

Why Gree may win the law but lose its Supercell patent war

  • Patents
  • Lawsuit
How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic DRIVING DOWN CPI May 12th, 2021

How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic

  • CPI
  • Sponsored
  • Turkey
  • Hypercasual
How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail MAKING OF May 12th, 2021

How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail

  • Making Of
  • Apple Arcade
  • The Oregon Trail
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?

  • F2P
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games POC IN MOBILE May 14th, 2021

Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games

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  • POC in Mobile
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Rovio teams up with Burger King to offer Angry Birds plushies and AR game

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as Krafton snaps up mobile games studio Dreamotion ANOTHER ADD May 14th, 2021

Krafton snaps up mobile games studio Dreamotion

  • M&A
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Animoca Brands raises $88,888,888 to fuel blockchain game growth SWEET NUMBERS May 13th, 2021

Animoca Brands raises $88,888,888 to fuel blockchain game growth

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as Nexon's 2021 Q1 revenue grows 7% to $806 million DOUBLING DOWN May 13th, 2021

Nexon's 2021 Q1 revenue grows 7% to $806 million

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Apple App Store rejected 1 million apps in 2020 RISKY BUSINESS May 13th, 2021

Apple App Store rejected 1 million apps in 2020

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EA's 2021 mobile revenue was $781 million TRICKY TIMES May 13th, 2021

EA's 2021 mobile revenue was $781 million

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Blacknut releases cloud gaming service for iOS STREAMING May 13th, 2021

Blacknut releases cloud gaming service for iOS

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Turkish-developed mobile games accounted for 20% of US top 100 DELIGHT May 10th, 2021

Turkish-developed mobile games accounted for 20% of US top 100

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  • Turkey
  • Hypercasual
1 Zynga pays Small Giant $240 million in second performance earn-out BIGGER CASH May 6th, 2021

Zynga pays Small Giant $240 million in second performance earn-out

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1 as Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

  • China
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  • Android
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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell READ 5 NOW Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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Roblox: In the metaverse, we can improve on reality BEYOND GAMES May 10th, 2021

Roblox: In the metaverse, we can improve on reality

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Supersonic launches new hypercasual analytics plaform LiveGames FULL VISION May 11th, 2021

Supersonic launches new hypercasual analytics plaform LiveGames

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as China announces a new playtime logging system for all gamers GOT YOUR NUMBER May 7th, 2021

China announces a new playtime logging system for all gamers

  • China
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BoomBit Group tripled revenues to $35.7 million in 2020 BOOM TIMES May 10th, 2021

BoomBit Group tripled revenues to $35.7 million in 2020

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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

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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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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

  • Jobs
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2 User acquisition for beginners: A checklist GUIDE TO UA May 21st, 2019

User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

  • User Acquisition
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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

  • Investment
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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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as Krafton snaps up mobile games studio Dreamotion ANOTHER ADD May 14th, 2021

Krafton snaps up mobile games studio Dreamotion

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  • Seoul
  • South Korea
Animoca Brands raises $88,888,888 to fuel blockchain game growth SWEET NUMBERS May 13th, 2021

Animoca Brands raises $88,888,888 to fuel blockchain game growth

  • Funding
  • Hong Kong
  • Blockchain
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Apptopia raises $20 million in Series C funding MORE DATA May 11th, 2021

Apptopia raises $20 million in Series C funding

  • Funding
  • Boston
  • Series C
BigBrain raises $4.5 million in funding to launch real-money trivia game BIG BRAIN TIME May 7th, 2021

BigBrain raises $4.5 million in funding to launch real-money trivia game

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  • Seed Round
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  • New York
Ace Games raises $7 million in seed funding NEW BLOOD May 6th, 2021

Ace Games raises $7 million in seed funding

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  • Turkey
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Zynga acquires adtech outfit Chartboost for $250 million in cash BIG DEAL May 6th, 2021

Zynga acquires adtech outfit Chartboost for $250 million in cash

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Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion UA EXPANSION May 5th, 2021

Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion

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League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall MORE CINEMATIC May 5th, 2021

League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall

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Hypercasual downloads grew 20% in Q1 2021, with Simulation leading the charge FASTER, FASTER May 14th, 2021

Hypercasual downloads grew 20% in Q1 2021, with Simulation leading the charge

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Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021 TESTING TIMES May 6th, 2021

Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021

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Mobile to drive Brazil games market to $2.3 billion in 2021 MOBILE FIRST May 6th, 2021

Mobile to drive Brazil games market to $2.3 billion in 2021

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How May the Fourth drives growth for Star Wars content THE CONTENT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR May 4th, 2021

How May the Fourth drives growth for Star Wars content

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Why fashion increasingly plays well with gaming LOOKING SMART Apr 28th, 2021

Why fashion increasingly plays well with gaming

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Zynga’s High Heels is the breakout mobile game of Q1 2021 VERTIGINOUS Apr 16th, 2021

Zynga’s High Heels is the breakout mobile game of Q1 2021

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as Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction GOOD LORD Apr 15th, 2021

Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction

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Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020 DOWN, DOWN Mar 31st, 2021

Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020

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1 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020 BEST OF 2020 Sep 8th, 2020

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020

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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

  • Gamescom
  • Top 50
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Indie Mavens on the opportunities of making lots of small games BIGGER ISN'T ALWAYS BETTER Nov 27th, 2015

Indie Mavens on the opportunities of making lots of small games

Can you be true to yourself while still turning a profit?

  • Mavens
  • Development
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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

  • Apple
  • App Store
  • Mavens
  • Indie Mavens
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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