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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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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

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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?

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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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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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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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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

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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

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

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224 50 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 28th, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale

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Game For Peace finally shoots to the pinnacle of global top grossing chart

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10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers 10 YEARS ON Jan 28th, 2020

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Jobs in Games: Kolibri's Chris Ling on how data can impact a game's development JOBS IN GAMES Feb 25th, 2020

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as Is the mobile gaming market ready for hypercasual 2.0? HYPERCASUAL 2.0? Feb 25th, 2020

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as The effect of coronavirus on consumer mobile gaming habits in China MAHJONG ANYONE? Feb 21st, 2020

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as The effect of coronavirus on consumer mobile gaming habits in China MAHJONG ANYONE? Feb 21st, 2020

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as Is the mobile gaming market ready for hypercasual 2.0? HYPERCASUAL 2.0? Feb 25th, 2020

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Jobs in Games: Kolibri's Chris Ling on how data can impact a game's development JOBS IN GAMES Feb 25th, 2020

Jobs in Games: Kolibri's Chris Ling on how data can impact a game's development

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Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down STUDIO CLOSURE Feb 27th, 2020

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Report: Apple will require all App Store games to have ISBNs in China from July

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as Update: Apple removes Plague Inc. from China App Store citing illegal content "ODDS ARE STACKED" Feb 27th, 2020

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EA pulls out of GDC 2020 due to coronavirus concerns DROPPING OUT Feb 25th, 2020

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as Nexon profits grow to $1.03 billion as MapleStory M sees impressive revenue growth NEXON FINANCIALS Q4 FY19 Feb 20th, 2020

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Unity Technologies backs out of GDC 2020 due to concerns around coronavirus UNITY OUT Feb 27th, 2020

Unity Technologies backs out of GDC 2020 due to concerns around coronavirus

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New studio FunCraft raises $1.8 million in funding HOW FUN Feb 27th, 2020

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Roblox raises $150 million in funding, platform now valued at $4 billion

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as Sega invests in Indian music startup Flutin "GREAT POTENTIAL" Feb 25th, 2020

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? POKEMON DAY CHARTICLE Feb 27th, 2020

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Where do indies and innovative ideas fit in the current mobile games market? INDIE MAVENS Dec 7th, 2018

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Which marketplace has been better for indie developers: The App Store or Google Play? INDIE MAVENS Jul 5th, 2018

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Is ad revenue a good revenue generator for indies in 2018? INDIE MAVENS May 16th, 2018

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