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Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming Hot Five May 23rd, 2022

Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

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

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads? Mobile Mavens Apr 29th, 2022

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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook

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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

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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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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming Hot Five May 23rd, 2022

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1 Hot Five: Tilting Point bullish on blockchain, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, and Zynga’s Bernard Kim to join Match Group Hot Five May 9th, 2022

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1 Hot Five: Supercell's 45% revenue increase, Garena Free Fire banned in India, and FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores Hot Five Feb 21st, 2022

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022 Feature May 6th, 2022

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

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as How localised experiences keeps Free Fire alive four years on Interview Dec 15th, 2021

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Streets of Rage 4 WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 27th, 2022

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 26th, 2022

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27 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB May 24th, 2022

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271 Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends SOFT LAUNCH May 23rd, 2022

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271 Updated May 23: 62 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Snap to Power Rangers: Morphin Legends SOFT LAUNCH May 23rd, 2022

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Streets of Rage 4 WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 27th, 2022

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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 26th, 2022

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Update May 25: The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH May 25th, 2022

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week HIRING NOW Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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Solsten's Josh Rivers: "You need to know who your audience is, and why might they come to my game" PG CONNECTS SEATTLE May 27th, 2022

Solsten's Josh Rivers: "You need to know who your audience is, and why might they come to my game"

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Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time" MAKING OF May 26th, 2022

Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time"

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Should you use a countdown – or Pokémon – in your TikTok ads? UA EYE May 25th, 2022

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as Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

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1 Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation" ISLAND GO May 24th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

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Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer JOIN THE COVEN May 19th, 2022

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

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How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias UA EYE May 18th, 2022

How Playrix mastered appealing to their players' anchoring bias

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Three core ways to validate your game ideas VALIDATED May 17th, 2022

Three core ways to validate your game ideas

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Interview: Apple talks iPhone games and the App Store Feb 23rd, 2009

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Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs NOT JUST FOR KARL Feb 9th, 2022

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs

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1 Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation" ISLAND GO May 24th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

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Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer JOIN THE COVEN May 19th, 2022

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

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as Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

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1 For tech giants, all roads lead to mobile gaming EYES ON NETFLIX May 13th, 2022

For tech giants, all roads lead to mobile gaming

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Should you use a countdown – or Pokémon – in your TikTok ads? UA EYE May 25th, 2022

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Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time" MAKING OF May 26th, 2022

Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time"

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Elevate your brand at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto’s Ads x Brands x Games Summit this summer! BOOST YOUR BRAND May 27th, 2022

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Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million JOIN THE COLLECTIVE May 26th, 2022

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1 Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales removed from app stores TAKEN BY THE DEMOGORGON May 24th, 2022

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What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game DO THIS FIRST Apr 28th, 2022

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Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

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1 How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level IN-GAME INSIGHT Nov 29th, 2021

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Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town WE GUCCI May 27th, 2022

Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town

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Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million JOIN THE COLLECTIVE May 26th, 2022

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as Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA Get in the SEA May 26th, 2022

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Mobile gaming to exceed 60% of entire games market in 2022

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Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022

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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,808,168

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,021,933

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,395,303

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  1. Games (1,012,957 active)
  2. Business (483,954 active)
  3. Education (416,502 active)
  4. Lifestyle (412,202 active)
  5. Utilities (307,524 active)
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Everdale - Supercell's takes on The Sims meets Animal Crossing

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Jagex continues hiring spree with former Codemasters CFO Rashid Varachia

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Internet-obsessed Merge Mansion closes in on $40 million revenue

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