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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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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?

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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

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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

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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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

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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

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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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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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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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 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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How does Coin Master monetise?

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

Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay

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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

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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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Pocket Gamer’s ultimate GDC 2019 party guide EVENTS Mar 1st, 2019

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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

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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

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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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as Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious QUARTER MILE AT A TIME Mar 14th, 2019

Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious

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

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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

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

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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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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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Top 10 best-selling indie games on the Nintendo Switch so far

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East Meets West: Pocket Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong, and Tencent's games make $19bn

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

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

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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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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

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9 steps to using analytics in your game

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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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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

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

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

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Indie Spotlight: Arcane Circus’s Molly Heady-Carroll on the accessibility of the mobile market and finding the balance in life Interview Mar 8th, 2018

Indie Spotlight: Arcane Circus’s Molly Heady-Carroll on the accessibility of the mobile market and finding the balance in life

"Defining what you want and don’t want is vital to creating a clear plan for yourself to reaching your goals. This definition can be surprisingly different for each person"

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Sony unveils Xperia XZ2 phone with built-in rumble and 4K HDR filming

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Google launches its augmented reality SDK ARCore on Android

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HMD Global unveils five new Nokia phones including relaunched 8810 feature phone

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Our top 10 most anticipated mobile games: from Assassin's Creed: Rebellion and Exiles of Embermark to The Sims Mobile and Brawl Stars

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Norwegian Consumer Council claims Nintendo's "no refunds" policy on Switch eShop is not compliant with EU law News Feb 22nd, 2018

Norwegian Consumer Council claims Nintendo's "no refunds" policy on Switch eShop is not compliant with EU law

Nintendo says that it is fully compliant

New educational mobile games studio Ultra Creative Games sets up shop in Vancouver News Feb 22nd, 2018

New educational mobile games studio Ultra Creative Games sets up shop in Vancouver

Headed up by former IGG senior game designer Matthew Tomporowski

Apple's Search Ads fall in rank in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index due to higher costs and lower ROI News Feb 22nd, 2018

Apple's Search Ads fall in rank in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index due to higher costs and lower ROI

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Bulb Boy developer Bulbware partners with YouTuber PewDiePie for upcoming mobile game Poopdie News Feb 22nd, 2018

Bulb Boy developer Bulbware partners with YouTuber PewDiePie for upcoming mobile game Poopdie

PewDiePie providing creative direction with Bulbware handling development

Fyber absorbs Heyzap and Inneractive as part of its rebranding efforts News Feb 22nd, 2018

Fyber absorbs Heyzap and Inneractive as part of its rebranding efforts

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Report: Apple to refresh its line of iPad products in March 2018

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Sony ForwardWorks' No Heroes Allowed! Dash! clears 500,000 downloads in three days

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as Bandai Namco and Sega partner to bring Pac-Man and Sonic together on mobile for the first time News Feb 21st, 2018

Bandai Namco and Sega partner to bring Pac-Man and Sonic together on mobile for the first time

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British Games Institute hopes to "turbo-charge" industry agenda with National Videogame Foundation merger News Feb 21st, 2018

British Games Institute hopes to "turbo-charge" industry agenda with National Videogame Foundation merger

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