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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot

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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

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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

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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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Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight

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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

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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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Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

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Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 18th, 2020

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Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study CASE STUDY Sep 18th, 2020

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Post-COVID, a global approach is helping China’s mobile publishers achieve sustainable growth

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Why Temple Gates is digitising board games for a new generation on mobile

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as How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China REMOTE WORKING Sep 29th, 2020

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Jam City's John Peterson on the continued growth of the studio through M&A SPONSORED Sep 28th, 2020

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POC in Mobile: Fellow Traveller's Des Gayle on what's changed in the games industry and what hasn't

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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

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Starloop Studios CEO Jesus Bosch discusses why developers are looking to partner more closely with outsourcing firms

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POC in Mobile: Fellow Traveller's Des Gayle on what's changed in the games industry and what hasn't

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From The Boys to Hellboy, four years of partnerships in Legendary: Game of Heroes LIVE AND KICKING Sep 24th, 2020

From The Boys to Hellboy, four years of partnerships in Legendary: Game of Heroes

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as How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China REMOTE WORKING Sep 29th, 2020

How a last-minute university course switch lead Tom Van Dam to ByteDance and China

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11 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

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Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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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

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Sumo Group acquires co-development specialist Pipeworks in a $100 million deal WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Sep 30th, 2020

Sumo Group acquires co-development specialist Pipeworks in a $100 million deal

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