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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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  • Retention
  • IAP Inspector
WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn Hot Five Mar 25th, 2019

WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn

  • Hot Five
Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

  • Mavens
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as Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

  • China
  • Charticle
  • Asia
  • MOBA
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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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10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads Regulars Oct 17th, 2016

10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight Feature Jun 16th, 2016

All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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  • Finland
  • Germany
  • RPG
  • Tampere
  • Karlsruhe
  • Idle Game
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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

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?

  • F2P
  • Disruption
  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG Interview Aug 25th, 2015

Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG

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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

  • F2P
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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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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm News Sep 15th, 2014

Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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

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

  • Monetisation
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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?

  • F2P
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  • Free-to-Start
  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
1 Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day Hot Five Mar 11th, 2019

Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day

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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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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  • IAP Inspector
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WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn Hot Five Mar 25th, 2019

WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn

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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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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

  • F2P
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  • Monetizer
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Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained ROUNDUP Mar 25th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Mar 14th, 2019

11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track

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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy track ESPORTS ACADEMY Mar 14th, 2019

6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy track

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Game Changers: Cloud and Connected Experiences track CLOUD GAMING Mar 14th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Game Changers: Cloud and Connected Experiences track

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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Culture Club track CULTURE CLUB Mar 13th, 2019

8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Culture Club track

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4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track INFLUENCER INSIGHTS Mar 13th, 2019

4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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178 51 top games in soft launch: From DC: Unchained and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

51 top games in soft launch: From DC: Unchained and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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

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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained ROUNDUP Mar 25th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained

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1 A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake PRE-2000 Mar 14th, 2016

A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake

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

Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14

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Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay MAKING OF Aug 18th, 2015

Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay

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as Facebook partner on using UnrealFront’s Cinemagraph ad creative to market your mobile game CINEMAGRAPH ADS Mar 26th, 2019

Facebook partner on using UnrealFront’s Cinemagraph ad creative to market your mobile game

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1 Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it EXTRA LIFE Mar 25th, 2019

Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it

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

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

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Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 20th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat

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GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech NEW REALITIES Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech

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How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation AUTOMATED FUTURE Mar 18th, 2019

How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation

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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? EXISTING FANS Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

  • Mavens
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How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC? GDC 2019 Mar 15th, 2019

How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?

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1 Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it EXTRA LIFE Mar 25th, 2019

Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it

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  • iOS
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Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 20th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat

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as Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women

  • Jobs
  • Women in Games
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Jobs in Games
  • International Women's Day 2019
How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

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

  • Monetisation
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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

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

  • Advertising
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  • programmatic
GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech NEW REALITIES Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech

  • GDC
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  • Unity
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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? EXISTING FANS Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics MORE JOB LOSSES Mar 26th, 2019

EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics

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Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack INDIE Mar 26th, 2019

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack

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as PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute LEGAL Mar 26th, 2019

PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute

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Take-Two founder and former CEO Ryan Brant dies at 49

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Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co MOVING ON UP Mar 26th, 2019

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as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever FIGHT Mar 20th, 2019

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever

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Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion? VALUE MULTIPLIER Apr 26th, 2016

Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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as GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder SHOOT Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder

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1 GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed AND THE WINNER IS Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed

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as GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform WELCOME EXPLORERS Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform

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GDC 2019: Epic launches $100 million MegaGrants funding initiative for creators EPIC INVESTMENT Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Epic launches $100 million MegaGrants funding initiative for creators

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Apple unveils premium games subscription service Apple Arcade for autumn 2019 launch APPLE ARCADE Mar 25th, 2019

Apple unveils premium games subscription service Apple Arcade for autumn 2019 launch

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1 A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games MONETISATION DESIGN Nov 14th, 2018

A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games

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7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign MARKETING MEMES Aug 30th, 2018

7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign

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How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat SNAPCHAT MEMES Aug 20th, 2018

How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat

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9 steps to using analytics in your game GUIDE TO ANALYTICS Aug 29th, 2017

9 steps to using analytics in your game

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Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers UA GUIDE Jun 19th, 2017

Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers

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as How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India INDIAN MAVENS May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out UP TO SCRATCH Mar 30th, 2017

Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out

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1 Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts TALK THE TALK Feb 14th, 2017

Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts

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Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co MOVING ON UP Mar 26th, 2019

Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co

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Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million LOCATION Mar 21st, 2019

Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million

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GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase YOU SPIN ME ROUND Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase

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GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry INVESTMENT Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry

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GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience GRAB YOUR RAY GUN Mar 19th, 2019

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as GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China CLOUD TECH Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China

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GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine ACQUISITION NEWS Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine

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as GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets CALL OF DUTY Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets

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1 Mobile gaming brought in 20 per cent more revenue than PC and console in 2018 REPORT Mar 20th, 2019

Mobile gaming brought in 20 per cent more revenue than PC and console in 2018

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as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever FIGHT Mar 20th, 2019

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls CHARTS Mar 18th, 2019

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Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media SPECIFIC SHARING Mar 15th, 2019

Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media

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as Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending SPEND Mar 14th, 2019

Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

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as Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate RANKED Mar 13th, 2019

Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year TO GRINGOTTS Mar 13th, 2019

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year

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Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 INDIE SHOWCASE Jan 14th, 2019

Meet the indie studios coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 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

Disney shuts down Star Wars: Rivals, Honor of Kings takes $3.5bn in revenue and Tencent unveil Lego Cube

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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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9 Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017 BEST OF 2017 Sep 29th, 2017

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12 Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016 BEST OF THE BEST May 3rd, 2016

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The art of the sale SMART SALES Dec 12th, 2017

The art of the sale

Scientific Revenue CEO William Grosso discusses monetisation and how to best use discounts

  • IAP
  • Monetisation
  • Sales
The future of in-app purchase monetisation in mobile games LOOKING AHEAD May 16th, 2017

The future of in-app purchase monetisation in mobile games

Scientific Revenue's William Grosso discusses the evolving monetisation landscape

  • IAP
  • Monetisation
  • Annuity
How to design mobile game annuities and track the right metrics PGC LONDON PREVIEW Jan 12th, 2017

How to design mobile game annuities and track the right metrics

Scientific Revenue CEO William Grosso on how to level up your monetisation

  • Monetisation
  • PG Connects
  • Metrics
  • PG Connects London
  • Monetisation Design
  • Annuity
What are the mobile game monetisation trends of 2016? TRENDING IN 2016 Oct 12th, 2016

What are the mobile game monetisation trends of 2016?

Scientific Revenue CEO William Grosso tells all

  • Monetisation
  • Trends
  • PG Connects
  • Metrics
  • PG Connects Video
  • PG Connects Helsinki
Asking the right questions: Scientific Revenue on the monetisation mistakes most developers make PGC HELSINKI SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Aug 31st, 2016

Asking the right questions: Scientific Revenue on the monetisation mistakes most developers make

CEO William Grosso breaks it down

  • IAP
  • Revenue
  • PG Connects
  • PG Connects Helsinki
Eric Seufert, Gram Games, Next Games, Tilting Point, Mana Cube and Flaregames are latest PG Connects Helsinki 2016 speakers POCKET POWER Jul 28th, 2016

Eric Seufert, Gram Games, Next Games, Tilting Point, Mana Cube and Flaregames are latest PG Connects Helsinki 2016 speakers

Gotta catch 'em all

  • PG Connects
  • PG Connects Helsinki
Monetize, Retain, Acquire track schedule for PG Connects Vancouver 2016 revealed TRACK ATTACK Jun 3rd, 2016

Monetize, Retain, Acquire track schedule for PG Connects Vancouver 2016 revealed

Join us on June 28th for some of the best advice you'll hear this year

  • PG Connects
  • PG Connects Vancouver
Help yourself and your fellow developers by sharing IAP Best Practices in Scientific Revenue's survey ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE Mar 11th, 2016

Help yourself and your fellow developers by sharing IAP Best Practices in Scientific Revenue's survey

Wisdom of a Crowd of Game Developers

  • IAP
  • Survey
  • Best Practice
1 5 ways in which mobile game monetization will change in 2016 LITTLE, MORE OFTEN Dec 16th, 2015

5 ways in which mobile game monetization will change in 2016

William Grosso consults his crystal ball

  • IAP
  • Monetisation
  • Fraud
  • 2016 in Preview
as Scientific Revenue's IAP optimization SDK added to Chukong's SDKBOX IT'S DYNAMIC Dec 9th, 2015

Scientific Revenue's IAP optimization SDK added to Chukong's SDKBOX

Easier revenue optimization for Cocos2d-x

  • IAP
  • Cocos2d
  • SDK
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