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Hot Five: Supercell invests in 2UP Games, The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia wants SNK, and ByteDance launches publishing arm Hot Five Nov 30th, 2020

Hot Five: Supercell invests in 2UP Games, The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia wants SNK, and ByteDance launches publishing arm

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios Feature Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios

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"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon Interview Nov 27th, 2020

"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon

  • Diversity
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  • California
  • POC in Mobile
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Nexon nominates former TikTok CEO, Retro Studios hires Marisa Palumbo, and Keywords Studios brings in Fumiko Okura Job News Nov 20th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Nexon nominates former TikTok CEO, Retro Studios hires Marisa Palumbo, and Keywords Studios brings in Fumiko Okura

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Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office? Mobile Mavens Oct 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office?

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  • USA
  • Coronavirus
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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

  • Monetisation
  • IAP Inspector
  • Free-to-play
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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

  • Charticle
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon Masters
  • Pokemon Home
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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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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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 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 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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  • Reciprocity
  • Retention
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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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

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

How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting Interview Nov 26th, 2020

How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting

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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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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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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
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
  • Monetisation
  • Monetizer
  • Reciprocity
  • Retention
"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon Interview Nov 27th, 2020

"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios Feature Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios

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King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile A YEAR OF TRANSITION Dec 1st, 2020

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile

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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 1: Week-long conference HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 1st, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 1: Week-long conference

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3 30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Dec 1st, 2020

30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed

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253 50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Nov 30th, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Heroes War: Counterattack WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Heroes War: Counterattack

Update: All 143 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Nov 27th, 2020

Update: All 143 Apple Arcade games available now

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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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253 50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Nov 30th, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads PERFORMANCE INDEX Sep 9th, 2020

Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads

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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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King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile A YEAR OF TRANSITION Dec 1st, 2020

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile

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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - Swordigo, Zuma's Revenge! HD Mar 31st, 2012

Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - Swordigo, Zuma's Revenge! HD

13 Mobile Game of the Week: Heroes War: Counterattack WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Heroes War: Counterattack

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios

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3 30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Dec 1st, 2020

30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed

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King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile A YEAR OF TRANSITION Dec 1st, 2020

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile

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  • Microtransactions
Master the Meta: a first look at Roblox MASTER THE META Nov 30th, 2020

Master the Meta: a first look at Roblox

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"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon POC IN MOBILE Nov 27th, 2020

"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon

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How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting LIVE AND KICKING Nov 26th, 2020

How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting

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The Pathless: From Abzû to Apple Arcade headliner to launch BREATH OF THE WHO? Nov 25th, 2020

The Pathless: From Abzû to Apple Arcade headliner to launch

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How John Evelyn ended up making a hand-drawn, first-person adventure for Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Nov 25th, 2020

How John Evelyn ended up making a hand-drawn, first-person adventure for Apple Arcade

  • Indies
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Aquiris business director Sandro Manfredini explains the troubles of building personal relationships over video REMOTE WORK Nov 24th, 2020

Aquiris business director Sandro Manfredini explains the troubles of building personal relationships over video

  • Business
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Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS Nov 23rd, 2020

Google Stadia: The good, the bad and the ugly of the cloud-streaming platform's first year

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13 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

  • Game Design
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How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting LIVE AND KICKING Nov 26th, 2020

How Disney Magic Kingdoms has kept the magic alive for four years and counting

  • Live and Kicking
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Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot JOBS IN GAMES Oct 8th, 2019

Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot

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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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King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile A YEAR OF TRANSITION Dec 1st, 2020

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile

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  • Microtransactions
Master the Meta: a first look at Roblox MASTER THE META Nov 30th, 2020

Master the Meta: a first look at Roblox

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"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon POC IN MOBILE Nov 27th, 2020

"It’s important to create a culture where it is okay to be different," says SciPlay QA Manager Ronny Yoon

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  • California
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How John Evelyn ended up making a hand-drawn, first-person adventure for Apple Arcade INDIE SPOTLIGHT Nov 25th, 2020

How John Evelyn ended up making a hand-drawn, first-person adventure for Apple Arcade

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Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha NEW ACQUISITION Dec 1st, 2020

Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha

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233 Playground - the first step for your game in China

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Universal Studios Japan is opening its Nintendo attraction on February 4th

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More US consumers over the age of 45 are playing games

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Genshin Impact takes home the Best Game accolade at the Google Play Awards HIGH IMPACT Dec 1st, 2020

Genshin Impact takes home the Best Game accolade at the Google Play Awards

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Over 46 per cent of mobile games devs see immersive in-game ads as a key opportunity CHECK THOSE ADS Dec 1st, 2020

Over 46 per cent of mobile games devs see immersive in-game ads as a key opportunity

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1 as Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers TAPPED OUT Mar 8th, 2018

Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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Supercell cancels new casual match-three puzzler Hay Day Pop HAD ITS HEYDAY Nov 30th, 2020

Supercell cancels new casual match-three puzzler Hay Day Pop

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell READ 5 NOW Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince might acquire a majority stake in SNK ROYALTY Nov 26th, 2020

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince might acquire a majority stake in SNK

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EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch CEASEFIRE Oct 19th, 2020

EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

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Supercell backs new studio 2UP Games with $2.8 million investment TEAM WORK Nov 25th, 2020

Supercell backs new studio 2UP Games with $2.8 million investment

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ByteDance launches mobile games store and publishing arm

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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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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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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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Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha NEW ACQUISITION Dec 1st, 2020

Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha

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Kahoot acquires language learning dev Drops WANNA LEARN Nov 24th, 2020

Kahoot acquires language learning dev Drops

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as Bandai Namco backs Genies with $3 million investment MONEY MONEY MONEY Nov 23rd, 2020

Bandai Namco backs Genies with $3 million investment

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Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios SPLASH THE CASH Nov 18th, 2020

Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios

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Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners

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Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two BIG MONEY Nov 10th, 2020

Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two

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Lockwood Publishing secures $25 million in Series A funding round

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Over 46 per cent of mobile games devs see immersive in-game ads as a key opportunity CHECK THOSE ADS Dec 1st, 2020

Over 46 per cent of mobile games devs see immersive in-game ads as a key opportunity

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Hearthstone led the way but the card-battler genre is moving on A DEEPER DECK Dec 1st, 2020

Hearthstone led the way but the card-battler genre is moving on

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as Nexon’s The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon is #1 Korean action RPG BLOWN TO THE TOP Nov 24th, 2020

Nexon’s The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon is #1 Korean action RPG

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Genshin Impact was the highest-grossing digital title in October 2020 MAKE AN IMPACT Nov 23rd, 2020

Genshin Impact was the highest-grossing digital title in October 2020

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Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US DRIVE BY Nov 18th, 2020

Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US

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Mobile games saw $58.7 billion in player spending between Q1 and Q3 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Nov 16th, 2020

Mobile games saw $58.7 billion in player spending between Q1 and Q3 2020

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Players in the US and UK would like to see more diversity in games EMBRACE DIVERSITY Nov 12th, 2020

Players in the US and UK would like to see more diversity in games

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The demand for mobile games rose by 45 per cent this year SO POPULAR Nov 12th, 2020

The demand for mobile games rose by 45 per cent this year

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1 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020 BEST OF 2020 Sep 8th, 2020

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020

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Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019 MOST READ 2019 Dec 31st, 2019

Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019

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4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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5 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019 BEST OF 2019 Oct 1st, 2019

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019

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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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Capybara Games' Grindstone is the latest Apple Arcade exclusive to jump to Switch News Aug 18th, 2020

Capybara Games' Grindstone is the latest Apple Arcade exclusive to jump to Switch

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Sensor Tower expands platform with new Game Taxonomy and ARPDAU features News Aug 12th, 2020

Sensor Tower expands platform with new Game Taxonomy and ARPDAU features

Game Taxonomy developed in partnership with Deconstructor of Fun

Ukie unveils 15 finalists for its UK Game of the Show award News Aug 7th, 2020

Ukie unveils 15 finalists for its UK Game of the Show award

Winner to be crowned on August 24th

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AdInMo adds Preston Rabi and Ana Stewart to its board of directors

"We're extremely pleased to welcome both Ana and Preston to the board"

Top Eleven developer Nordeus scores a new eight-storey office in Belgrade News Apr 18th, 2019

Top Eleven developer Nordeus scores a new eight-storey office in Belgrade

Nordeus promises a people-first building with family, accessibility and ecological concerns in mind

as Plug In Digital continues expansion by opening office in China News Apr 17th, 2019

Plug In Digital continues expansion by opening office in China

Publisher and distributor expands Eastward following $2.25m funding round

as Save the date! Free London mini-summit and mixer this May News Apr 17th, 2019

Save the date! Free London mini-summit and mixer this May

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Brawl With The Stars brings Stranger Things to Supercell's arena fighter News Apr 15th, 2019

Brawl With The Stars brings Stranger Things to Supercell's arena fighter

Brawl Stars bets on fan favourites in a new show hosted by mobile esports influencer Chief Pat

Join us for the PG Christmas Mixer in association with Ogury News Nov 30th, 2018

Join us for the PG Christmas Mixer in association with Ogury

Free relaxed networking, panel discussions and drinks in central London

Tencent, Unity, Jumpship, NetEase, FunPlus and Makers Fund to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 News Nov 21st, 2018

Tencent, Unity, Jumpship, NetEase, FunPlus and Makers Fund to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019

It’s business first with these speakers covering investment, strategy and the global market

1 Google’s Change the Game winners are now available on the Play Store News Nov 9th, 2018

Google’s Change the Game winners are now available on the Play Store

$10,000 Grand Prize goes to Washington student for her game, Mazu

Come learn from industry experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges News Nov 8th, 2018

Come learn from industry experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges

CGX brings its international series of mentor networking sessions to Europe’s biggest B2B event for the mobile games industry

as The 3rd International Mobile Game Awards SEA names its winners News Oct 30th, 2018

The 3rd International Mobile Game Awards SEA names its winners

In a high-quality competition, no single game stood out above the rest to take home Grand Prix winner

as India Game Developers Conference 2018 reveals its first wave of speakers News Oct 29th, 2018

India Game Developers Conference 2018 reveals its first wave of speakers

Five speakers from studios including Avalanche, Zynga, Geogrify and Tabtale have confirmed attendance at this year's IGDC

Habbo Hotel developer opens new MMORPG Hotel Hideaway on iOS and Android News Apr 10th, 2018

Habbo Hotel developer opens new MMORPG Hotel Hideaway on iOS and Android

Studio to bring AR functionality using Apple’s ARKit in spring

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Omdia: Consumers will spend $3.2bn on VR this year News Dec 1st, 2020

Omdia: Consumers will spend $3.2bn on VR this year

Second Sonic movie enters production next year News Dec 1st, 2020

Second Sonic movie enters production next year

Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha News Dec 1st, 2020

Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha

233 Playground - the first step for your game in China News Dec 1st, 2020

233 Playground - the first step for your game in China

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Universal Studios Japan is opening its Nintendo attraction on February 4th

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile Feature Dec 1st, 2020

King president Humam Sakhnini addresses Candy Crush longevity, diversity and utilising Activision IP to bring Crash Bandicoot to mobile

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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 advent calendar: Day 1: Week-long conference

3 30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed Feature Dec 1st, 2020

30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed

253 50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer Feature Nov 30th, 2020

50 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Project Cars GO and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios Feature Nov 27th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Small Giant Games appoint new CEO, Mediatonic expands, and redundancies hit Bossa Studios

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