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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis

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What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit? Mobile Mavens Jan 31st, 2020

What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?

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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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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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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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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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as As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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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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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis Hot Five Feb 17th, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile makes $176 million, Supercell isn't about the money, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Tennis

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

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2 Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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4 as How does Rules of Survival monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 23rd, 2018

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221 51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 17th, 2020

51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale

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1 10 YEARS ON: Developers have lost faith in the App Store 10 YEARS ON Feb 12th, 2020

10 YEARS ON: Developers have lost faith in the App Store

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1 35 notable mobile games released in January 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Feb 6th, 2020

35 notable mobile games released in January 2020 you may have missed

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Cookies Must Die WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Jan 31st, 2020

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10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers 10 YEARS ON Jan 28th, 2020

10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers

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as Time for a new free app analytics tool GOLDEN DATA Jan 16th, 2020

Time for a new free app analytics tool

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Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 advent calendar: Day 24: Christmas special offer - 20% off EVENT Dec 24th, 2019

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 advent calendar: Day 24: Christmas special offer - 20% off

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Territory report: data and interviews from the UK games scene MARKET OVERVIEW Dec 21st, 2019

Territory report: data and interviews from the UK games scene

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221 51 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Angry Birds Tennis to Minecraft Earth and Tetris Royale SOFT LAUNCH Feb 17th, 2020

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

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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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35 notable mobile games released in January 2020 you may have missed

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10 YEARS ON: Developers have lost faith in the App Store

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Nintendo's overwhelming Directs are exactly what Animal Crossing: New Horizons needs CHANGE THE MESSAGE Feb 20th, 2020

Nintendo's overwhelming Directs are exactly what Animal Crossing: New Horizons needs

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Indie Spotlight: Panda Arcade studio manager Alicia Jakovich on why the middle ground can be beneficial

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Tripling your team - keeping your culture

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Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design JOBS IN GAMES Feb 18th, 2020

Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design

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Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down LIVE AND KICKING Feb 14th, 2020

Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down

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as The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Feb 13th, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing

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Supercell: Why it’s not about the money SMALL BEAUTIFUL Feb 13th, 2020

Supercell: Why it’s not about the money

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as Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 12th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade

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Supercell: Why it’s not about the money SMALL BEAUTIFUL Feb 13th, 2020

Supercell: Why it’s not about the money

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as The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing CORONAVIRUS IMPACT Feb 13th, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus epidemic to China's games industry: A view from Beijing

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Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down LIVE AND KICKING Feb 14th, 2020

Nearly seven years on, Sonic Dash is showing no signs of slowing down

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1 How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

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How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade A NEW CONTENDER Feb 7th, 2020

How Snap Games tackles exclusivity, monetisation, and competition from Apple Arcade

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Tripling your team - keeping your culture KEEPING CULTURE Feb 19th, 2020

Tripling your team - keeping your culture

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Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design JOBS IN GAMES Feb 18th, 2020

Behaviour Interactive's Daniel Guertin on how to get a job in game design

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as Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Feb 12th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: The Gentlebros CEO Desmond Wong on leaving Koei Tecmo and the allure of Apple Arcade

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as Netmarble's profits fell to $136 million in 2019 despite steady performance in North America NETMARBLE FINANCIALS Q4 FY19 Feb 20th, 2020

Netmarble's profits fell to $136 million in 2019 despite steady performance in North America

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Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme A BIGGER SHARE Feb 19th, 2020

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Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix ANIME AND ANIMATION Feb 19th, 2020

Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix

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Former Rovio and Dodreams execs close pre-seed investment round for Helsinki-based start-up Flowstate Games NEW STUDIO Feb 14th, 2020

Former Rovio and Dodreams execs close pre-seed investment round for Helsinki-based start-up Flowstate Games

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GDC 2020 will go ahead with heavy restrictions for Chinese companies SHOW MUST GO ON Feb 17th, 2020

GDC 2020 will go ahead with heavy restrictions for Chinese companies

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Google unveils first new Stadia games since launch

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Forces of Freedom closes down F2P version to avoid financial difficulties

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as Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 14th, 2020

Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding

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Disney Sorcerer's Arena pre-registration opens ahead of global launch A WHOLE NEW WORLD Feb 14th, 2020

Disney Sorcerer's Arena pre-registration opens ahead of global launch

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as Pivoting from Super Smash Bros. to Dark Souls: The making of Pascal's Wager MAKING OF Feb 14th, 2020

Pivoting from Super Smash Bros. to Dark Souls: The making of Pascal's Wager

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Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme A BIGGER SHARE Feb 19th, 2020

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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

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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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Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix ANIME AND ANIMATION Feb 19th, 2020

Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix

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Ride & Crash Games partners with Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth for 8-bit mobile game SECOND COLLABORATION Feb 19th, 2020

Ride & Crash Games partners with Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth for 8-bit mobile game

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Embracer Group snaps up Saber Interactive in deal worth $525 million CASH AND STOCK Feb 19th, 2020

Embracer Group snaps up Saber Interactive in deal worth $525 million

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Nifty Games signs licensing deal with NBA for its first game BOOMSHAKALAKA Feb 18th, 2020

Nifty Games signs licensing deal with NBA for its first game

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Rovio and Duolingo partner for crossover promotion in Angry Birds 2 BIRD BONANZA Feb 18th, 2020

Rovio and Duolingo partner for crossover promotion in Angry Birds 2

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as Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 14th, 2020

Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding

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Bit Fry Game Studios raises additional $3.5 million in funding EXPANSION Feb 13th, 2020

Bit Fry Game Studios raises additional $3.5 million in funding

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Azerion fully acquires Spil Games SPIL IT Feb 12th, 2020

Azerion fully acquires Spil Games

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ASMR games Soap Cutting and Woodturning hit top 5 on global most downloaded chart AND RELAX Feb 12th, 2020

ASMR games Soap Cutting and Woodturning hit top 5 on global most downloaded chart

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PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020 MAKING MONEY Feb 10th, 2020

PUBG Mobile generated $176.3 million in revenue in January 2020

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There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019 GETTING COMPETITIVE Feb 10th, 2020

There was an 87% increase in esports jobs in 2019

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Winners take more: The most successful mobile games are growing fastest ACCELERATING Feb 10th, 2020

Winners take more: The most successful mobile games are growing fastest

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Female representation in the games industry still "significantly" below UK national average

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2020: What's next for hypercasual?

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as Sony's Fate/Grand Order accumulates over $4 billion in lifetime revenue SENSOR TOWER Jan 31st, 2020

Sony's Fate/Grand Order accumulates over $4 billion in lifetime revenue

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Honour of Kings, PUBG Mobile and AFK Arena climb global top grossing chart CHINA ON THE UP Jan 31st, 2020

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 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 HOT FIVE Sep 24th, 2018

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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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AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch GOOGLE EVENT Oct 5th, 2017

AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch

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The Sims surpasses $5 billion in lifetime revenue NOTHING SIMULATED Oct 30th, 2019

The Sims surpasses $5 billion in lifetime revenue

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