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

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All Apple Arcade games available now [UPDATE]

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CDPR on mobile, where have they been and where are they going?

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The latest and most interesting mobile games on the blockchain. [UPDATED AUGUST 3] BLOCKCHAIN MOBILE GAMES Dec 7th, 2022

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Marika Appel has been at Supercell for over ten years, and is still as passionate as ever

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Live Tech CEO Samuel Worsley on ITV's KnockOut Live World Cup and the future of the second screen INTERVIEW Dec 2nd, 2022

Live Tech CEO Samuel Worsley on ITV's KnockOut Live World Cup and the future of the second screen

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"Not measuring up in long term engagement": Space Ape's Simon Hade on Boom Beach: Frontlines shutdown INTERVIEW Nov 30th, 2022

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Sophie Brugmann: having diverse leadership teams can lead to incredible symbiosis at the top

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The future of the African mobile gaming market with Waheed Adam INSIGHTS Dec 6th, 2022

The future of the African mobile gaming market with Waheed Adam

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Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes UPDATES Dec 9th, 2022

Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes

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Devolver Digital announces “Devolver Tumble Time” ANNOUNCEMENTS Dec 9th, 2022

Devolver Digital announces “Devolver Tumble Time”

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Magic Eden appoints Chris Akhavan as Chief Gaming Officer

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Guillermo Arias joins Digital Development Management’s investment services division

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Tencent aims to branch from mobile for their big international push

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Desta developer Ustwo reveals why they took the game to Netflix

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Nintendo sees mobile gaming as a marketing strategy as opposed to a revenue generator MOBILE REVENUE Dec 5th, 2022

Nintendo sees mobile gaming as a marketing strategy as opposed to a revenue generator

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Hybridcasual: a winning formula?

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How to hire a CFO for your mobile games studio

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What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game

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Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021 MONETISATION MYTHS BUSTED Apr 14th, 2022

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

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How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games DARK TIMES Apr 13th, 2022

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

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

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FTC vote to sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard ACQUIVISION BLIZZARD Dec 9th, 2022

FTC vote to sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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The Mirror platform aims to someday be "akin to a next-gen Roblox" A PLATFORM TO EMPOWER Dec 8th, 2022

The Mirror platform aims to someday be "akin to a next-gen Roblox"

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Flick partners with PlanetPlay as part of environmental commitment PLAYING FOR THE PLANET Dec 7th, 2022

Flick partners with PlanetPlay as part of environmental commitment

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Keywords Studios to acquire Californian company Helpshift for $75 million NEW ACQUISITION Dec 7th, 2022

Keywords Studios to acquire Californian company Helpshift for $75 million

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Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse platform PIXELYNX MUSIC METAVERSE Dec 6th, 2022

Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse platform PIXELYNX

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Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round SUCCESSFUL FUNDING ROUND Nov 29th, 2022

Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round

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X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch BUSINESS CASUAL Nov 23rd, 2022

X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch

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Zynga subsidiary Rollic acquires hypercasual games studio Popcore ACQUISITIONS Nov 17th, 2022

Zynga subsidiary Rollic acquires hypercasual games studio Popcore

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CALM research finds gaming has a positive impact on mental health PEOPLE POSITIVITY Dec 8th, 2022

CALM research finds gaming has a positive impact on mental health

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GameRefinery’s November 2022 report delves into the state of the mobile market GAMEREFINERY REPORT Dec 8th, 2022

GameRefinery’s November 2022 report delves into the state of the mobile market

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The top ten gaming industry deals of 2022 (so far) DRAKE STAR REPORT Dec 8th, 2022

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as $1.5 billion revenue and 1.1 billion downloads weekly - how healthy is the mobile games market? BILLIONS AND BEYOND Dec 7th, 2022

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Bucking the downturn: Q3 Daily Active Users and Downloads are both on the up SOCIALPETA REPORT Nov 23rd, 2022

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Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue NEWZOO REPORT Nov 21st, 2022

Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022 NEWS Nov 21st, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022

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What is the world’s top mobile game franchise? TOP CAT Nov 21st, 2022

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

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Articles featuring Riccardo Zacconi

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MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round NEW ENTRANT Oct 7th, 2021

MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round

Investment led by Play Ventures

  • Estonia
  • Funding
  • Seed Round
  • Merge Genre
King CEO Riccardo Zacconi steps down after 16 years JOB NEWS May 29th, 2019

King CEO Riccardo Zacconi steps down after 16 years

Will move to chairman role from July 1st, 2019

  • Jobs
  • Sweden
King's Mel Morris, Riccardo Zacconi and Sebastian Knutsson named in UK's Rich List GAMES' WEALTHIEST May 13th, 2019

King's Mel Morris, Riccardo Zacconi and Sebastian Knutsson named in UK's Rich List

Wealthiest games industry entrepreneurs worth more than £2.2 billion combined

  • Britain
  • Rich list
King snaps up former Snapchat exec Brian Ames as its new President of Advertising ADVERTISING AMES May 17th, 2017

King snaps up former Snapchat exec Brian Ames as its new President of Advertising

From chat to Candy Crush

  • Advertising
  • Jobs
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

Crushing it with Candy Crush Saga

  • Candy Crush Saga
  • Hall of Fame
King to release two non-Candy Crush titles in 2016 WHAT'S NEXT? May 18th, 2016

King to release two non-Candy Crush titles in 2016

Group synergies

  • Candy Crush Saga
  • Non-Candy Crush
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King for $5.9 billion KING ACQUIRED Feb 23rd, 2016

Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King for $5.9 billion

Creates the "largest game network in the world"

  • Financials
  • M&A
  • Acquisition
  • NYSE:KING
  • NASDAQ:ATVI
Fewer players, fewer payers: King sees 2015 sales slide 12% to $2 billion FINAL QUARTER Feb 12th, 2016

Fewer players, fewer payers: King sees 2015 sales slide 12% to $2 billion

Candy crushing

  • Financials
  • Candy Crush Saga
  • NYSE:KING
  • Relative Decline
  • 31 December 2015
King's relative decline continues with FY15 Q3 sales down 2% to $480 million ON THE SLIDE Nov 5th, 2015

King's relative decline continues with FY15 Q3 sales down 2% to $480 million

Candy Crush matures more

  • Financials
  • NYSE:KING
  • Relative Decline
  • 30 September 2015
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion TAKES THE CROWN Nov 3rd, 2015

Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion

All cash deal will close in Spring 2016

  • M&A
  • Acquisition
  • Consolidation
  • NYSE:KING
  • NASDAQ:ATVI
Despite the strength of 'non-Candy Crush Saga business', King sees FY14 Q3 sales drop 13% to $514 million FINANCIALS Nov 6th, 2014

Despite the strength of 'non-Candy Crush Saga business', King sees FY14 Q3 sales drop 13% to $514 million

But cash pile rises to $976 million

  • Financials
  • Candy Crush Saga
  • NYSE:KING
  • 30 September 2014
  • MGABPPU
  • Non-Candy Crush
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