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as How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game Interview Sep 14th, 2021

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as How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game Interview Sep 14th, 2021

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 Monetizer Jan 30th, 2015

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

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Six years on, how Gameloft sustains Order & Chaos 2: Redemption

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266 54 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Sep 13th, 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

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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Aug 13th, 2021

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 FUTURE EARNINGS Jan 30th, 2015

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Update: All 213 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 3rd, 2021

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Run of Life indie dev Tarek Mongy on how to have a hypercasual hit HYPERCASUAL HELP Sep 16th, 2021

Run of Life indie dev Tarek Mongy on how to have a hypercasual hit

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as How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game MAKING OF Sep 14th, 2021

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as Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to generate $10 billion MO' MONEY Sep 9th, 2021

Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to generate $10 billion

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PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka on bringing web hit Shell Shockers to mobile SMASHING TIMES Sep 8th, 2021

PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka on bringing web hit Shell Shockers to mobile

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1 "I’m a double minority - I’m a woman, and I’m black. You definitely see it and feel it." POC IN MOBILE Sep 10th, 2021

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as Honor of Kings is the first mobile game to generate $10 billion MO' MONEY Sep 9th, 2021

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as How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game MAKING OF Sep 14th, 2021

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Ludus Venture Studio’s İsmet Gökşen on the benefits of early-stage investment

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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

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Why all games should be empowering their fans via user-generated content

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Ukie launches new UK games industry census SURVEYING THE SYSTEM Sep 16th, 2021

Ukie launches new UK games industry census

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Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles CROSS-PLAY CRUSADE Sep 16th, 2021

Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles

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Harry Potter: Magic Awakened's perfect launch: it's China's top grossing mobile game

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as Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation UNICORN STARTUP Sep 16th, 2021

Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation

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Apple announces iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini

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Zynga reveals more details of cross-platform shooter Star Wars: Hunters

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Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million DIVERSIFICATION Sep 15th, 2021

Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million

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PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch BACK FOR BRAINS Sep 13th, 2021

PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch

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

Updated: EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

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Update: App Annie to pay $10 million following SEC securities fraud charge IN DEEP SCHMITT Sep 15th, 2021

Update: App Annie to pay $10 million following SEC securities fraud charge

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Updated: Apple ordered to allow pricing transparency

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1 as New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days BIGGER BOOST Sep 10th, 2021

New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days

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as Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million SCALING NOW Sep 14th, 2021

Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million

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as Harry Potter: Magic Awakened launches in China this September MAGIC OR MUGGLE Aug 23rd, 2021

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened launches in China this September

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as Pre-register now for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: ISEKAI Memories TIME TO SLIME Sep 8th, 2021

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success

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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

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Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles CROSS-PLAY CRUSADE Sep 16th, 2021

Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles

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  • Series A
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  • Cross-play
as Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation UNICORN STARTUP Sep 16th, 2021

Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation

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Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million DIVERSIFICATION Sep 15th, 2021

Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million

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Lightfox Games partners with Tribe Gaming in Knight’s Edge JOIN THE TRIBE Sep 15th, 2021

Lightfox Games partners with Tribe Gaming in Knight’s Edge

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as Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million SCALING NOW Sep 14th, 2021

Blockchain gaming platform Immutable raises $60 million

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Sumo Group acquires Auroch Digital for $8.3 million STRATEGICALLY SIGNIFICANT Sep 14th, 2021

Sumo Group acquires Auroch Digital for $8.3 million

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Stillfront Group acquires Jordan-based gaming startup Jawaker for $205 million MENA EXPANSION Sep 13th, 2021

Stillfront Group acquires Jordan-based gaming startup Jawaker for $205 million

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Venture Valley dev partners with Discovery Education PLAY THE ENTREPRENEUR Sep 10th, 2021

Venture Valley dev partners with Discovery Education

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Annual US mobile casino game spending reaches $4.8 billion JACKPOT Sep 15th, 2021

Annual US mobile casino game spending reaches $4.8 billion

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1 as New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days BIGGER BOOST Sep 10th, 2021

New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days

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1 PUBG Mobile does $270 million, Honor of Kings $256 million during August 2021 BANG BANG BANK Sep 8th, 2021

PUBG Mobile does $270 million, Honor of Kings $256 million during August 2021

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Among Us drives rapid imposter-themed mobile game growth NOT SUS Sep 3rd, 2021

Among Us drives rapid imposter-themed mobile game growth

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as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle accumulates $3 billion in lifetime revenue SUPER SPENDING Aug 19th, 2021

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle accumulates $3 billion in lifetime revenue

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Clash Royale generates highest monthly revenue for two years

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Internet-obsessed Merge Mansion closes in on $40 million revenue

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PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue WINNER WINNER Aug 13th, 2021

PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021 BEST OF 2021 Sep 6th, 2021

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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as Simple marketing tricks for indie devs NOTICE ME Sep 14th, 2015

Simple marketing tricks for indie devs

Getting noticed and getting downloaded

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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

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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

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  • Best Practice
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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

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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

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