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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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Supercell's Thunderdome: Flood Rush vs Squad Busters SOFT-LAUNCH Jun 5th, 2023

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CEO of SuperGaming: “Battle royales are a frictionless entry point for Indians to play games” INTERVIEW Jun 7th, 2023

CEO of SuperGaming: “Battle royales are a frictionless entry point for Indians to play games”

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Noah Rosenfield talks Addagrams: “People enjoy investing in the betterment of themselves.” INTERVIEW Jun 1st, 2023

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Subscription is death (without upsell) SUBS AS SERVICE May 30th, 2023

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NetEase introduces Canada-based Bad Brain Game Studios BAD BRAIN May 24th, 2023

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Sybo's game director Eoin O’Doherty talks Subway Surfers on the game's anniversary INTERVIEW May 15th, 2023

Sybo's game director Eoin O’Doherty talks Subway Surfers on the game's anniversary

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CipSoft’s Manuel Roth discusses TibiaME’s past, and its future INTERVIEW May 22nd, 2023

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"Just make something and put it out there": Kaleidoscope Games discuss getting started in game development INDIE VIEW May 15th, 2023

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The Activism Game: How games can provoke positive change for good GAME DEV REBELLION May 24th, 2023

The Activism Game: How games can provoke positive change for good

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Microsoft and the UK's CMA begin their appeal tribunal on July 24 ACQUIBLIZZ Jun 1st, 2023

Microsoft and the UK's CMA begin their appeal tribunal on July 24

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Mobile Game of the Week: Tiny Shop

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EA mobile developer Firemonkeys Studio hit with mass layoffs

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MENA gaming revenue projected to close in on $6 billion by 2027

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Stranger Things: 1984 developer BonusXP to shut down CLOSURES Jun 2nd, 2023

Stranger Things: 1984 developer BonusXP to shut down

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FunPlus joins 2023 Green Game Jam GREEN GAMING Jun 1st, 2023

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Apple does not collect commission on 90% of $1.1 trillion in app store sales REPORTS Jun 2nd, 2023

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AppsFlyer’s Adam Smart on why cross-platform is the future

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The key to successful hypercasual prototypes

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Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio Q&A May 23rd, 2023

Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio

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Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast Q&A May 19th, 2023

Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast

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Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing Q&A May 17th, 2023

Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing

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Turkish studio Spektra Games receives $1.25m investment FUNDING Jun 5th, 2023

Turkish studio Spektra Games receives $1.25m investment

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority blocks the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal ACQUIBLIZZ Apr 26th, 2023

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SuperDuperSecretCo raises $1m to make a chess battle royale game CHESS WITH A CHANGE Apr 25th, 2023

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Mobile gaming declined 6.7% in 2022 NEWZOO REPORT May 31st, 2023

Mobile gaming declined 6.7% in 2022

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Weather the storm: global games market forecast to decline in 2022 INSIGHT Jul 13th, 2022

Weather the storm: global games market forecast to decline in 2022

Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls investigates the anticipated downfall in the global games market: a reversal in fortune after the market’s 26% expansion during the pandemic

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Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis PASSING THE PEAK Jul 5th, 2022

Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis

Inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cited as causes of the fall

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation INSIGHT Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls explores the rapid explosion and caution of gaming subscription services, and if it will be the dominant form of monetisation

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions? INSIGHT May 6th, 2022

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls pinpoints the driving forces, impactful newcomers, and outside competition behind Q1 2022's groundbreaking M&A in his monthly column

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Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard LARGEST GAMING ACQUISITION [AGAIN] Jan 19th, 2022

Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Industry responds to near-$70 billion acquisition

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Take-Two makes bold move to transform its business with Zynga acquisition $12.7 BILLION ACQUISITION Jan 11th, 2022

Take-Two makes bold move to transform its business with Zynga acquisition

How Zynga could change Take-Two’s business

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What Newzoo, App Annie and IHS think about Activision Blizzard's $5.9 billion King deal GOOD, BAD, HOPEFUL Nov 3rd, 2015

What Newzoo, App Annie and IHS think about Activision Blizzard's $5.9 billion King deal

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