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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

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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

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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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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 Week that was Jun 20th, 2015

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

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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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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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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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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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How does Pokemon Cafe Mix monetise? The IAP Inspector Jul 30th, 2020

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9 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

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246 55 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Aug 3rd, 2020

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Update: All 128 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Jul 27th, 2020

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2 Update: PocketGamer.biz's ultimate remote working resource guide HOW TO ROCK REMOTE Jul 8th, 2020

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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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246 55 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH Aug 3rd, 2020

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Mobile Game of the Week: Merge Dungeon

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

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How does Battle Legion monetise? THE IAP INSPECTOR Jul 27th, 2020

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How does Pokemon Cafe Mix monetise? IN-APP PURCHASE INSPECTOR Jul 30th, 2020

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Master the Meta: How Electronic Arts and Roblox are shattering records MASTER THE META Aug 3rd, 2020

Master the Meta: How Electronic Arts and Roblox are shattering records

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POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games #BLACKLIVESMATTER Jul 31st, 2020

POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games

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Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers JIMINY CRICKET Jul 30th, 2020

Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers

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Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers discusses how dynamic in-game advertising can improve revenue and retention CHANGING ADS Jul 30th, 2020

Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers discusses how dynamic in-game advertising can improve revenue and retention

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Live and Kicking: Four years after launching, Niantic is already planning for Pokemon GO Fest 2030 EEVEELUTION Jul 30th, 2020

Live and Kicking: Four years after launching, Niantic is already planning for Pokemon GO Fest 2030

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as HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market HTML5 GAMES Jul 29th, 2020

HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market

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Indie Spotlight: Why Mousetrap Games CEO Edward Mężyk believes indies have no boundaries BIG INDIE PITCH WINNER Jul 29th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Why Mousetrap Games CEO Edward Mężyk believes indies have no boundaries

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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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as HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market HTML5 GAMES Jul 29th, 2020

HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market

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

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Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers JIMINY CRICKET Jul 30th, 2020

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POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games #BLACKLIVESMATTER Jul 31st, 2020

POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games

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The future of gaming with 5G THE FUTURE IS 5G Jul 28th, 2020

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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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Remote Working: Why internships are important according to Sega associate production manager Jasmin Hernandez JOBS IN GAMES Jul 28th, 2020

Remote Working: Why internships are important according to Sega associate production manager Jasmin Hernandez

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as Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore $100 MILLION RISE Aug 3rd, 2020

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Epic Games has given $42 million to 600 developers as part of its MegaGrants scheme

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2K forms partnership with OneTeam Partners and the NFLPA TOUCHDOWN Jul 31st, 2020

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Lab Cave partners with Sunnyside Studios to develop Groovy The Martian games MOVER OVER MARVIN Jul 30th, 2020

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Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million

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Polyarc raises $9 million for AR development A DIFFERENT REALITY Jul 29th, 2020

Polyarc raises $9 million for AR development

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as Konami is teaming with Shengqu Games for a new Castlevania mobile title SLAYED Jul 28th, 2020

Konami is teaming with Shengqu Games for a new Castlevania mobile title

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Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star NEW ACQUISITION Jul 27th, 2020

Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star

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Games publisher Leaf teams up with Cypress Hill rapper B Real for musician's first game BUSTING RHYMES Jul 24th, 2020

Games publisher Leaf teams up with Cypress Hill rapper B Real for musician's first game

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as Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore $100 MILLION RISE Aug 3rd, 2020

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SuperData: XR will generate $6.9bn in 2020

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