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Hot Five: Rovio cancels Phoenix Rangers, Apple rejects Facebook Gaming App, and we speak to Supercell's Hay Day Pop designer Hot Five Jun 29th, 2020

Hot Five: Rovio cancels Phoenix Rangers, Apple rejects Facebook Gaming App, and we speak to Supercell's Hay Day Pop designer

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Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic

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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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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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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 Interview Oct 8th, 2019

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 Chart of the Week Oct 31st, 2017

2017 - the year not much happened in mobile games, says Verto

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

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Hot Five: Rovio cancels Phoenix Rangers, Apple rejects Facebook Gaming App, and we speak to Supercell's Hay Day Pop designer Hot Five Jun 29th, 2020

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Update: All 125 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 29th, 2020

Update: All 125 Apple Arcade games available now

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Mobile games jobs weekly: Rogue Games shakes up its leadership, Luna Labs makes six hires, and Tom Hall joins Resolution Games TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Jun 26th, 2020

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Mobile games jobs weekly: Square Enix and SockMonkey look to expand, while Tastypill ups recruitment TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Jun 19th, 2020

Mobile games jobs weekly: Square Enix and SockMonkey look to expand, while Tastypill ups recruitment

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Opinion: Why a growing disquiet stalks the corridors of WWDC 2010 10 YEARS ON Jun 10th, 2020

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246 51 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot Mobile to Hay Day Pop and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Jun 29th, 2020

51 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot Mobile to Hay Day Pop and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

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Mobile games jobs weekly: Rogue Games shakes up its leadership, Luna Labs makes six hires, and Tom Hall joins Resolution Games TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Jun 26th, 2020

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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay LIVEOP LEARNINGS Oct 15th, 2019

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Mobile Game of the Week: Hellrider 3

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Dec 19th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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Update: All 125 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jun 29th, 2020

Update: All 125 Apple Arcade games available now

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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

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Can subscriptions give F2P game monetization the shake-up it needs? RECURRING PROFITS Jul 2nd, 2020

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Making Of: How Tilting Point made SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off ready for soft launch in 10 months I'M READY I'M READY Jul 2nd, 2020

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Why we need to drop the "remote": Five tips for digitally leading a team DROP THE REMOTE Jul 1st, 2020

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Indie Spotlight: Black Bears CEO Oleg Kapitonov on why the studio is unlikely to return to an office format TOWERLANDS Jul 1st, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Black Bears CEO Oleg Kapitonov on why the studio is unlikely to return to an office format

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How Wooga levels up to premium player support: A ModSquad case study TAKING CARE OF OTHERS Jun 30th, 2020

How Wooga levels up to premium player support: A ModSquad case study

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Remote Working: How Luna Labs CEO Steven Chard runs the company across London and Minsk from home JOBS IN GAMES Jun 30th, 2020

Remote Working: How Luna Labs CEO Steven Chard runs the company across London and Minsk from home

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The big game company that couldn't: Nintendo's mobile rethink NINTENDO'S RETHINK Jun 30th, 2020

The big game company that couldn't: Nintendo's mobile rethink

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Interview: HB Studios' senior audio designer John McCarthy on the music and commentary of PGA Tour 2K21 WELCOME TO THE CLUB Jun 29th, 2020

Interview: HB Studios' senior audio designer John McCarthy on the music and commentary of PGA Tour 2K21

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Opinion: I completed Pokemon Cafe Mix in two days, and I probably won't go back ORDER UP Jun 25th, 2020

Opinion: I completed Pokemon Cafe Mix in two days, and I probably won't go back

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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

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POC in Mobile: The Game Band lead animator Cedric Adams on why we need diverse main characters #BLACKLIVESMATTER Jun 26th, 2020

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

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18 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

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Interview: HB Studios' senior audio designer John McCarthy on the music and commentary of PGA Tour 2K21 WELCOME TO THE CLUB Jun 29th, 2020

Interview: HB Studios' senior audio designer John McCarthy on the music and commentary of PGA Tour 2K21

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Indie Spotlight: Black Bears CEO Oleg Kapitonov on why the studio is unlikely to return to an office format TOWERLANDS Jul 1st, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Black Bears CEO Oleg Kapitonov on why the studio is unlikely to return to an office format

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Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Game Studio THE FRENCH CONNECTION Jul 2nd, 2020

Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Game Studio

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as PUBG Mobile shoots through $3 billion in lifetime revenue JOIN THE FIGHT Jul 2nd, 2020

PUBG Mobile shoots through $3 billion in lifetime revenue

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Update: Zynga closes acquisition of Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.85 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jul 2nd, 2020

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as Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console APPLE ISBN Jul 2nd, 2020

Apple's China App Store ISBN crackdown begins with update to its developer console

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Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja leaves the company KODISOJA LEAVES Jun 29th, 2020

Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja leaves the company

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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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Voodoo signs a new deal with Snapchat

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Supercell's Brawl Stars officially launches in China

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Roblox Mobile hits $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue CELEBRATE Jun 26th, 2020

Roblox Mobile hits $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue

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Keywords acquires development studio Coconut Lizard

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Apple changes up its App Store review policies REVIEWED POLICY Jun 26th, 2020

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Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Game Studio THE FRENCH CONNECTION Jul 2nd, 2020

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Update: Zynga closes acquisition of Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.85 billion NEW ACQUISITION Jul 2nd, 2020

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Discord raises $100 million to expand beyond games A NEW DIRECTION Jul 1st, 2020

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as PUBG Mobile shoots through $3 billion in lifetime revenue JOIN THE FIGHT Jul 2nd, 2020

PUBG Mobile shoots through $3 billion in lifetime revenue

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Over half of gamers prefer spending on brands "with a purpose", finds Gameloft

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as What happened to Dr. Mario World? BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW Jun 26th, 2020

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There will be 2.5 billion mobile gamers worldwide at the end of 2020 ON THE RISE Jun 25th, 2020

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SuperData: Digital games spending dropped 3% to $10.2 billion in May 2020 DIGITAL DATA Jun 23rd, 2020

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as Supercell's Brawl Stars shoots through $17.5 million revenue in China HAVE A BRAWL Jun 17th, 2020

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Last Updated: Sep 14th, 2015
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Articles featuring Mike Hines

Articles featuring Mike Hines

How to maximise organic downloads for your mobile game ORGANIC GROWTH Jan 13th, 2017

How to maximise organic downloads for your mobile game

Mike Hines tells all

  • Indies
  • Downloads
  • PGC
  • PGC Video
  • PGC Helsinki
What were the mobile gaming fads and trends of 2016? FAD OR TREND? Jan 3rd, 2017

What were the mobile gaming fads and trends of 2016?

Oscar Clark finds out

  • Trends
  • PGC
  • Fad
  • PGC Video
  • PGC Helsinki
as Amazon, Boomlagoon, Google, Flaregames, EA and more unveiled for PGC Bangalore 2016 INDIA CALLING Mar 7th, 2016

Amazon, Boomlagoon, Google, Flaregames, EA and more unveiled for PGC Bangalore 2016

First wave of speaker announcements showcases diversity of conference content

  • Big Indie Pitch
  • India
  • PGC
  • PGC Bangalore
Video: Amazon's Mike Hines on the new mobile gaming reality A NEW REALITY Nov 10th, 2015

Video: Amazon's Mike Hines on the new mobile gaming reality

The industry is maturing, and we need to mature with it

  • PGC
  • Esports
  • PGC Video
  • PGC San Francisco
  • Superfans
as Simple marketing tricks for indie devs NOTICE ME Sep 14th, 2015

Simple marketing tricks for indie devs

Getting noticed and getting downloaded

  • Indies
  • User Acquisition
  • PGC
  • PGC Video
  • PGC Bangalore
as Amazon's Mike Hines on how the top 50 games are driven by superfans BIG SPENDERS Aug 21st, 2015

Amazon's Mike Hines on how the top 50 games are driven by superfans

Keep your fans close

  • PGC
  • PGC Video
  • PGC Bangalore
  • Superfans
as Google, Amazon and Microsoft talk app store best practices APP-Y DAYS Aug 19th, 2015

Google, Amazon and Microsoft talk app store best practices

Get noticed and make money

  • PGC
  • Best Practice
  • PGC Video
  • PGC Bangalore
Amazon's Mike Hines on moving from players and IAPs to fans and alternative revenue streams LEVELLING UP Jul 14th, 2015

Amazon's Mike Hines on moving from players and IAPs to fans and alternative revenue streams

A new way to play

  • Twitch
  • PGC
Amazon, Google and Tango talk Acquire, Engage, Monetize at PG Connects San Francisco 2015 MARKETING MASTERCLASS Jun 5th, 2015

Amazon, Google and Tango talk Acquire, Engage, Monetize at PG Connects San Francisco 2015

How to get, keep and monetize players

  • San Francisco
  • PGC
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