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Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens Interview Feb 25th, 2021

Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens

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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Apple Arcade
  • Nuts
Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas Hot Five Feb 22nd, 2021

Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: PlayStation mobile push, Apple engineering head moves to mysterious project, and Jagex gets acquired again Job News Jan 29th, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: PlayStation mobile push, Apple engineering head moves to mysterious project, and Jagex gets acquired again

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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?

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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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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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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

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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

  • Marvel
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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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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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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

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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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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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  • 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

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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

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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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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

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

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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

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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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
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
"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care" Interview Feb 19th, 2021

"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care"

  • Finland
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Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life Interview Feb 24th, 2021

Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life

  • Android
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  • Nintendo Switch
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Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas Hot Five Feb 22nd, 2021

Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas

  • Hot Five
258 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Feb 24th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Dungeon Knight: 3D Idle RPG WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Feb 19th, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Dungeon Knight: 3D Idle RPG

Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Feb 19th, 2021

Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now

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The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

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Can opt-ins save niche targeting? TARGET ACQUIRED Feb 3rd, 2021

Can opt-ins save niche targeting?

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An app economy on steroids: How to grab a piece of the action APP ECONOMY Feb 1st, 2021

An app economy on steroids: How to grab a piece of the action

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Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development INTO MOBILE Jan 27th, 2021

Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development

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4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021 TRENDY Jan 26th, 2021

4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021

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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

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258 50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Feb 24th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Crash Bandicoot: On the Run and Pokémon Unite to Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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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

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Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference

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The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

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Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Feb 19th, 2021

Update: All 151 Apple Arcade games available now

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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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Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development INTO MOBILE Jan 27th, 2021

Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development

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Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens MAKING OF Feb 25th, 2021

Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens

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Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work MASTERCLASS Feb 25th, 2021

Appfluencer's Brett Bauer on how collecting the right data at the right time can make your game more profitable with less work

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Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 24th, 2021

Team Meat's Tommy Refenes on finding success without giving up your life

  • Android
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  • Nintendo Switch
  • Indie
  • Super Meat Boy
Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game MASTERCLASS Feb 23rd, 2021

Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game

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"To see an idea drawn on digital paper turn into something playable is incredible" JOBS IN GAMES Feb 23rd, 2021

"To see an idea drawn on digital paper turn into something playable is incredible"

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Master the Meta: what Stillfront’s results tell us about the company’s future MASTER THE META Feb 22nd, 2021

Master the Meta: what Stillfront’s results tell us about the company’s future

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King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever" CRASH GRAB? Feb 19th, 2021

King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"

  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Free-to-play
  • Endless Runner
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"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care" POC IN MOBILE Feb 19th, 2021

"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care"

  • Finland
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  • POC in Mobile
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King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever" CRASH GRAB? Feb 19th, 2021

King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"

  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Free-to-play
  • Endless Runner
  • Microtransactions
  • Level Design
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
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  • Technical Art
Zynga’s plan to accelerate growth in 2021 XPLATFORM PLAY Feb 19th, 2021

Zynga’s plan to accelerate growth in 2021

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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?

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  • Amazon Underground
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The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY PHONE CASE STUDY Feb 16th, 2021

The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY

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"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care" POC IN MOBILE Feb 19th, 2021

"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care"

  • Finland
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as What happened to Pokémon Sleep? MISSINGNO Jun 2nd, 2020

What happened to Pokémon Sleep?

  • Opinion
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Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game MASTERCLASS Feb 23rd, 2021

Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game

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NetEase had a successful fourth quarter with $3 billion in net revenue MONEY MONEY MONEY Feb 25th, 2021

NetEase had a successful fourth quarter with $3 billion in net revenue

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Wappier release player retention guide for developers and publishers KEEP EM COMING Feb 25th, 2021

Wappier release player retention guide for developers and publishers

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Niantic banned more than five million players for cheating in 2020 CATCH EM ALL Feb 25th, 2021

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Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year GROWING MARKET Feb 25th, 2021

Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year

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Revealed: 16 tracks covering essential games industry insight at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6. Two new tracks coming your way... ESSENTIAL INSIGHT Feb 25th, 2021

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PUBG: New State is coming to mobile devices later this year WINNER, WINNER Feb 25th, 2021

PUBG: New State is coming to mobile devices later this year

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Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server NAKAMA 3.0 Jan 25th, 2021

Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server

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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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Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 19th, 2021

Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus

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EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch CEASEFIRE Oct 19th, 2020

EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

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Rovio confirms April launch for upcoming fantasy RPG Darkfire Heroes

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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invests $3 billion in major games companies MONEY MONEY MONEY Feb 19th, 2021

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invests $3 billion in major games companies

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Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 23rd, 2021

Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games

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Rovio appoints Ben Mattes as its SVP for future of gaming and Angry Birds brand strategy TAKING FLIGHT Feb 22nd, 2021

Rovio appoints Ben Mattes as its SVP for future of gaming and Angry Birds brand strategy

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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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Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process

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

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Financing your indie games development studio - part four: Due diligence THE FINAL STEP May 1st, 2019

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Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal ART OF THE DEAL Apr 26th, 2019

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

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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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IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs BETTER TOGETHER Feb 23rd, 2021

IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs

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Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 23rd, 2021

Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games

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Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Feb 19th, 2021

Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus

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EA completes its purchase of Codemasters

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My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games EXTRA CHEESE PLEASE Feb 9th, 2021

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TinyBuild acquires three new studios

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EA snaps up Design Home creator Glu Mobile

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Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year GROWING MARKET Feb 25th, 2021

Mobile games ad revenue grew by 8% last year

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App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025 MONEY BAGS Feb 23rd, 2021

App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025

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Very accessible, highly competitive: the top grossing Bingo games

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Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5% ON THE UP Feb 15th, 2021

Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5%

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Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue MONEY MONEY MONEY Jan 29th, 2021

Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue

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League of Legends: Wild Rift is breakout core mobile game RIDING HIGH Jan 28th, 2021

League of Legends: Wild Rift is breakout core mobile game

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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

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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

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Jon Hare

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Articles featuring Jon Hare

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The geography game: Is the UK's toxic attitude to F2P holding developers back? MOBILE MAVENS Jun 30th, 2014

The geography game: Is the UK's toxic attitude to F2P holding developers back?

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2 Firing blanks: Is there any hope for the FPS on mobile? MOBILE MAVENS May 5th, 2014

Firing blanks: Is there any hope for the FPS on mobile?

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4 2014: The year when studios 'stop trying to be the next Supercell' The Year Ahead Jan 15th, 2014

2014: The year when studios 'stop trying to be the next Supercell'

Our Mobile Gaming Mavens on the year ahead

1 Is it worth developers sacrificing their freedom to foster funding? Nov 26th, 2013

Is it worth developers sacrificing their freedom to foster funding?

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Will a BlackBerry buyout save its bacon? Aug 19th, 2013

Will a BlackBerry buyout save its bacon?

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Gunning for innovation: Has The Drowning changed touchscreen controls forever? Aug 12th, 2013

Gunning for innovation: Has The Drowning changed touchscreen controls forever?

Our Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss

1 Is monetisation more important than good game design? The debate rages on... Jul 24th, 2013

Is monetisation more important than good game design? The debate rages on...

Part two of our Mobile Gaming Mavens debate

6 Is monetisation more important than good game design? Jul 22nd, 2013

Is monetisation more important than good game design?

Our Mobile Gaming Mavens debate

1 Made in Britain: Do developers have a responsibility to reflect their national culture in play? Apr 29th, 2013

Made in Britain: Do developers have a responsibility to reflect their national culture in play?

The Mobile Gaming Mavens talk tax breaks

Was EA right to take Real Racing 3 free-to-play? The Mobile Game Mavens debate Feb 19th, 2013

Was EA right to take Real Racing 3 free-to-play? The Mobile Game Mavens debate

Cue an argument about indies' competitive advantage

1 Can Nvidia's Project Shield go on the attack? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate Jan 21st, 2013

Can Nvidia's Project Shield go on the attack? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate

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2 Is Curiosity a calamity? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens reveal all Nov 19th, 2012

Is Curiosity a calamity? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens reveal all

Merkin' on Molyneux?

Is games journalism corrupt? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens reveal all Nov 12th, 2012

Is games journalism corrupt? The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens reveal all

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1 The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the 'disastrous' App Store update Oct 1st, 2012

The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the 'disastrous' App Store update

Should Apple to sing to our tune?

The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the real cost of user acquisition Sep 3rd, 2012

The PocketGamer.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the real cost of user acquisition

Industry heading for a crash?

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