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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hot Five: AI funding, UK development turmoil and a new player in livestreaming HOT FIVE Nov 27th, 2023

Hot Five: AI funding, UK development turmoil and a new player in livestreaming

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

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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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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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Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part two INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Nov 22nd, 2023

Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part two

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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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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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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

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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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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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Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part one INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Nov 20th, 2023

Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part one

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Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part two INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Nov 22nd, 2023

Publishing perfection: Making the most of today's landscape: Part two

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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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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

  • Growth
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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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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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Halli Bjornsson on a decade of Avakin Life and what comes next for Lockwood Publishing Q&A Nov 7th, 2023

Halli Bjornsson on a decade of Avakin Life and what comes next for Lockwood Publishing

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

Unlocking the potential for Web3 on mobile

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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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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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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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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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Product Madness’ Ayşe Betül Eser on building a winning user acquisition strategy WOMEN IN GAMES Nov 1st, 2023

Product Madness’ Ayşe Betül Eser on building a winning user acquisition strategy

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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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Half a million raised for disabled gamers during SpecialEffect’s One Special Day 2023 SPECIAL SPECTACULAR Nov 28th, 2023

Half a million raised for disabled gamers during SpecialEffect’s One Special Day 2023

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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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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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One Piece: Thousand Storm is the latest Japanese mobile game reaching end of service NOT SO MONKEY DORY Nov 27th, 2023

One Piece: Thousand Storm is the latest Japanese mobile game reaching end of service

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ByteDance to pull back from games and pull the plug on Nuverse plans TACTICAL TURNAROUND Nov 27th, 2023

ByteDance to pull back from games and pull the plug on Nuverse plans

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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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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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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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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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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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Xsolla releases first ever State Of Play report, offering insight into the future of mobile games DOWNLOAD STATE OF PLAY Nov 21st, 2023

Xsolla releases first ever State Of Play report, offering insight into the future of mobile games

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Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years TUMULTUOUS TIMES Nov 22nd, 2023

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years

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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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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

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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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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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TapNation generates $16.1 million in latest funding round FUNDING SUCCESS Nov 6th, 2023

TapNation generates $16.1 million in latest funding round

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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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Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years TUMULTUOUS TIMES Nov 22nd, 2023

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years

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