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Aspyr Media's Mallie Rust on the "happy accident" that lead to games Interview May 18th, 2021

Aspyr Media's Mallie Rust on the "happy accident" that lead to games

  • Marketing
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Hot Five: Zynga's Chartboost deal, winning Gree may lose, and Turkish game riding high in the US Hot Five May 17th, 2021

Hot Five: Zynga's Chartboost deal, winning Gree may lose, and Turkish game riding high in the US

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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

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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

  • 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
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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?

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  • Amazon Underground
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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

  • Stateside
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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

  • 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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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

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

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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

  • 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
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
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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

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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
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 17th, 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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Using player motivations for user acquisition EXPAND THE POOL May 6th, 2021

Using player motivations for user acquisition

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

‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce

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  • Berlin
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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
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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

  • User Acquisition
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  • 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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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 17th, 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
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
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  • Flappy Bird
  • Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
  • Metal
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  • 2014 In Review
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
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  • Live and Kicking
Building a (new) company culture NEW WAYS May 10th, 2021

Building a (new) company culture

  • Romania
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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
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Opinion: The painful progression of DeNA and GREE's $500 million US expansion Oct 24th, 2011

Opinion: The painful progression of DeNA and GREE's $500 million US expansion

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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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New challenges ahead: The industry trends that will affect game developers most in 2021 WHAT'S NEXT? May 18th, 2021

New challenges ahead: The industry trends that will affect game developers most in 2021

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Aspyr Media's Mallie Rust on the "happy accident" that lead to games JOBS IN GAMES May 18th, 2021

Aspyr Media's Mallie Rust on the "happy accident" that lead to games

  • Marketing
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Master The Meta: Another beat for Unity MASTER THE META May 17th, 2021

Master The Meta: Another beat for Unity

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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
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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

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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?

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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
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  • Turkey
  • Hypercasual
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
  • Crossing the Jordan
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

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The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile OUT SWINGING May 18th, 2021

The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile

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Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios ALLIANCE May 18th, 2021

Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios

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  • Angouleme
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Devolver Digital gearing up for $1.4 billion IPO

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'Alive and well' Google Stadia breaks through 3 million app downloads

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Reality Clash enables Admix's In-Play tech for advertising in AR

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Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game THE GAME IS AFOOT May 18th, 2021

Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game

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as Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days CROSS-PROMOTION May 17th, 2021

Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days

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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

  • Investment
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  • Turkey
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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

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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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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
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as Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days CROSS-PROMOTION May 17th, 2021

Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days

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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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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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as Uma Musume: Pretty Derby storms mobile revenue chart for April 2021, Honor of Kings still top DARK HORSE May 12th, 2021

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby storms mobile revenue chart for April 2021, Honor of Kings still top

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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

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

User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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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

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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

  • Investment
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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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The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile OUT SWINGING May 18th, 2021

The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile

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  • Los Angeles
Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios ALLIANCE May 18th, 2021

Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios

  • Acquisition
  • France
  • UK
  • Angouleme
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Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game THE GAME IS AFOOT May 18th, 2021

Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game

  • Sweden
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Madfinder Games raises $6 million from Nuverse EXPANDING May 17th, 2021

Madfinder Games raises $6 million from Nuverse

  • Funding
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as Xbox Game Studios' mysterious hookup with Call of Duty: Mobile dev Timi MYSTERY BOX May 17th, 2021

Xbox Game Studios' mysterious hookup with Call of Duty: Mobile dev Timi

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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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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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Apptopia raises $20 million in Series C funding MORE DATA May 11th, 2021

Apptopia raises $20 million in Series C funding

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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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1 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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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019

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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

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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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CSR Racing 2 and Words With Friends 2’s strong performance extends Zynga’s profit streak FOUR IN A ROW May 3rd, 2018

CSR Racing 2 and Words With Friends 2’s strong performance extends Zynga’s profit streak

Plus Willy Wonka’s Sweet Adventure in testing

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Mark Pincus’ decision to relinquish Zynga majority voting rights reflects “my confidence in the company” ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE May 2nd, 2018

Mark Pincus’ decision to relinquish Zynga majority voting rights reflects “my confidence in the company”

Founding CEO is stepping back

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"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance FOCUS ON THE DETAILS Dec 1st, 2017

"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance

The Zynga co-founder on creativity, failing fast and why the small details in games matter

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Were the 21 months Dawn of Titans spent in soft launch a waste of time?

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Zynga puts its trust in operational excellence, as ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau becomes its surprise new CEO ALL CHANGE AGAIN Mar 1st, 2016

Zynga puts its trust in operational excellence, as ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau becomes its surprise new CEO

Pincus reverts to chairman role

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Social casino growth sees Zynga post $3 million profit in FY15 Q3 JACKPOT Nov 4th, 2015

Social casino growth sees Zynga post $3 million profit in FY15 Q3

Beats guidance

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Mobile majority Zynga sees FY15 Q1 sales down 5% to $183 million HARD TIMES May 8th, 2015

Mobile majority Zynga sees FY15 Q1 sales down 5% to $183 million

Losses will continue

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  • 31 March 2015
Mattrick out as Mark Pincus regains control at Zynga SOMETHING OLD Apr 8th, 2015

Mattrick out as Mark Pincus regains control at Zynga

Time for a CEO swap

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Zynga founder Pincus out, as Alex Garden becomes head of studios GARDEN-IN' & LEAVE Apr 24th, 2014

Zynga founder Pincus out, as Alex Garden becomes head of studios

New chief marketing and visual officers hired

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