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One dev's journey from police constable to level designer, PlayStation vet heads to Disney, and the Yogscast CEO steps down Hot Five Jul 22nd, 2019

One dev's journey from police constable to level designer, PlayStation vet heads to Disney, and the Yogscast CEO steps down

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Does Apple and Google's 70/30 revenue share model work for indies? Mobile Mavens May 31st, 2019

Does Apple and Google's 70/30 revenue share model work for indies?

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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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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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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

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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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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?

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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

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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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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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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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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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Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years Hot Five Jul 15th, 2019

Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years

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

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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One dev's journey from police constable to level designer, PlayStation vet heads to Disney, and the Yogscast CEO steps down Hot Five Jul 22nd, 2019

One dev's journey from police constable to level designer, PlayStation vet heads to Disney, and the Yogscast CEO steps down

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197 49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Jul 22nd, 2019

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4 videos from Pocket Gamer connects Seattle 2019's Esports Academy track ESPORTS ACADEMY Jul 4th, 2019

4 videos from Pocket Gamer connects Seattle 2019's Esports Academy track

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Check out these Developer Toolkit videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Jul 4th, 2019

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Growth Track GROWTH TRACK Jul 4th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Growth Track

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Trade Trends track TRADE TRENDS Jul 4th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Trade Trends track

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Mobile game dev sessions to attend at Develop: Brighton 2019 DEVELOP: BRIGHTON Jul 4th, 2019

Mobile game dev sessions to attend at Develop: Brighton 2019

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Monetizer track MONETIZER Jul 4th, 2019

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Monetizer track

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as 8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's East Meets West track EAST MEETS WEST Jul 4th, 2019

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Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment ROUNDUP Jun 10th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment

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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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20 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Apr 3rd, 2019

20 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion

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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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2 Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans MAKING OF Oct 17th, 2012

Chart rush: The making of Clash of Clans

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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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197 49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Jul 22nd, 2019

49 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales

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

How does Rules of Survival monetise?

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Industry leaders and games creators reunite in Cologne with MeetToMatch GET NETWORKING Jul 22nd, 2019

Industry leaders and games creators reunite in Cologne with MeetToMatch

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IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September EDUCATION TRAINING AND SUCCESS Jul 19th, 2019

IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September

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Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks ELITE GAME DEVELOPERS Jul 19th, 2019

Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks

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Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter LIVE AND KICKING Jul 18th, 2019

Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter

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New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event NEW YORK NEW YORK Jul 17th, 2019

New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event

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Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King JOBS IN GAMES Jul 16th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King

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as PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs NFTS Jul 15th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs

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Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile NEXUS INTERVIEW Jul 15th, 2019

Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile

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Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King JOBS IN GAMES Jul 16th, 2019

Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King

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Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks ELITE GAME DEVELOPERS Jul 19th, 2019

Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks

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New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event NEW YORK NEW YORK Jul 17th, 2019

New York’s biggest two-day game convention Play NYC returns for third annual event

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Wargaming Nexus wants to find the next Fortnite on mobile

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IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September EDUCATION TRAINING AND SUCCESS Jul 19th, 2019

IGDA Helsinki Hub gathers games developers this September

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Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter LIVE AND KICKING Jul 18th, 2019

Four years on: Bethesda on the mutation of surprise hit Fallout Shelter

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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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as PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs NFTS Jul 15th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs

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as Zynga taps classic major IP for newly soft-launched FarmVille 3 - Animals DEJA MOO Jul 22nd, 2019

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as Supercell pulls games out of Vietnam in face of regulations REGULATORY BRAWL Jul 22nd, 2019

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Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce stepping down JOB NEWS Jul 22nd, 2019

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Ex-Visceral GM Steve Papoutsis headlines new recruits at PUBG Corp's Striking Distance studio JOB NEWS Jul 22nd, 2019

Ex-Visceral GM Steve Papoutsis headlines new recruits at PUBG Corp's Striking Distance studio

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Games industry roundup: Id Software vet Tim Willits to depart, Google Stadia's Reddit AMA, and Facebook slapped with $5bn fine ROUNDUP Jul 22nd, 2019

Games industry roundup: Id Software vet Tim Willits to depart, Google Stadia's Reddit AMA, and Facebook slapped with $5bn fine

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as East Meets West: WeGame mobile streaming, NetEase acquires minority stake in Behaviour, and why Tencent is helping publish Drodo Auto Chess EAST MEETS WEST Jul 22nd, 2019

East Meets West: WeGame mobile streaming, NetEase acquires minority stake in Behaviour, and why Tencent is helping publish Drodo Auto Chess

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Yogscast CEO Mark Turpin steps down amidst sexual harassment allegations STEPPING DOWN Jul 17th, 2019

Yogscast CEO Mark Turpin steps down amidst sexual harassment allegations

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PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing JOB NEWS Jul 16th, 2019

PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing

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as China looks to mobile game in bid to eradicate poverty FIGHTING POVERTY Jul 16th, 2019

China looks to mobile game in bid to eradicate poverty

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Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle BUSINESS DEAL Jul 17th, 2019

Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle

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as Zynga India moves to new studio in Bangalore MOVING LOCATION Jul 18th, 2019

Zynga India moves to new studio in Bangalore

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger CHARTS Jul 15th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger

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Ubisoft: Cost of porting games to Stadia not that high STREAMING SERVICE Jul 19th, 2019

Ubisoft: Cost of porting games to Stadia not that high

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1 Subway Surfers is the most downloaded game of all time on Google Play HIT Oct 26th, 2018

Subway Surfers is the most downloaded game of all time on Google Play

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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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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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Financing your indie games development studio - Part one STUDIO FINANCE Mar 29th, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - Part one

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Niantic and EE partner to bring Wizards Unite bonuses to the UK JUST LIKE MAGIC Jul 19th, 2019

Niantic and EE partner to bring Wizards Unite bonuses to the UK

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Kongregate acquires mobile and web RPG Bit Heroes BUSINESS DEAL Jul 18th, 2019

Kongregate acquires mobile and web RPG Bit Heroes

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Seriously partners with Norwich City football club for Best Fiends sleeve sponsorship BEST CANARIES Jul 18th, 2019

Seriously partners with Norwich City football club for Best Fiends sleeve sponsorship

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Horizon Blockchain Games raises $3.75 million seed investment NEW HORIZONS Jul 18th, 2019

Horizon Blockchain Games raises $3.75 million seed investment

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Esports outfit 100 Thieves raises $35m FUNDING NEWS Jul 17th, 2019

Esports outfit 100 Thieves raises $35m

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Pixion Games raises $2 million to fund mobile esports development ESPORTS FUNDING Jul 17th, 2019

Pixion Games raises $2 million to fund mobile esports development

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Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle BUSINESS DEAL Jul 17th, 2019

Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle

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as Snap and Baidu renew sales partnership to continue reach in Asia ONGOING PARTNERSHIP Jul 16th, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle strikes up US top grossing spot CHARTS Jul 22nd, 2019

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Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs ALL TIME HIGH Jul 19th, 2019

Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs

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Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June NPD NUMBERS Jul 19th, 2019

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as Dr. Mario World encapsulates five million downloads in first week MEDICALLY SOUND Jul 19th, 2019

Dr. Mario World encapsulates five million downloads in first week

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2 18.6 million people in Germany play games on their smartphones MOBILE GAMING Jul 16th, 2019

18.6 million people in Germany play games on their smartphones

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as The top global game advertisers in the US, Japan and South Korea for June 2019 GLOBAL ADVERTISING Jul 16th, 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger CHARTS Jul 15th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Honor of Kings is only the third top grosser in China as it faces a new challenger

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as Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours MEDICAL BILLS Jul 15th, 2019

Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours

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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

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