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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes

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How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise?

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Indie Mavens: Weighing up the benefits between digital and physical events for indies

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

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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

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How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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

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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

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

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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 The Finnsider Nov 14th, 2014

Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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

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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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1 How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay Feature Oct 15th, 2019

How players pushed Marvel Puzzle Quest beyond midcore to embrace competitive gameplay

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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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10 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

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249 51 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Sep 21st, 2020

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Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 18th, 2020

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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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Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 18th, 2020

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Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study CASE STUDY Sep 18th, 2020

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Why now is the perfect time for mid-size casual studios to open up to hypercasual GOING HYPER Sep 22nd, 2020

Why now is the perfect time for mid-size casual studios to open up to hypercasual

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Remote Working: Nadav Ashnkenazy's five-year rise to general manager at Supersonic JOBS IN GAMES Sep 22nd, 2020

Remote Working: Nadav Ashnkenazy's five-year rise to general manager at Supersonic

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POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 18th, 2020

POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams

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as Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre GLADIATORS READY Sep 17th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre

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as Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura JOBS IN GAMES Sep 16th, 2020

Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura

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Apple Arcade is a "welcome alternative to the free-to-play title", says Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones ARCADE ANNIVERSARY Sep 16th, 2020

Apple Arcade is a "welcome alternative to the free-to-play title", says Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones

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

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Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura JOBS IN GAMES Sep 16th, 2020

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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 Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre GLADIATORS READY Sep 17th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre

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POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 18th, 2020

POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams

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as Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Chinese strategy games account for 56 per cent of genre revenues in the US SMART STRATEGY Sep 22nd, 2020

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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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Gree wins its patent infringement lawsuit against Supercell CASE CLOSED Sep 21st, 2020

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

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Voodoo sues Rollic over plagiarism in hypercasual title Wood Shop

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Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars

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Unity makes $1.3 billion through its IPO on NYSE MONEY MONEY MONEY Sep 18th, 2020

Unity makes $1.3 billion through its IPO on NYSE

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Master the Meta: How gaming's most underrated acquirer struck another incredible deal MASTER THE META Sep 21st, 2020

Master the Meta: How gaming's most underrated acquirer struck another incredible deal

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Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success KEEP TESTING Jan 14th, 2020

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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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1 Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process JOBS IN GAMES Jul 1st, 2019

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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Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion BIG ACQUISITION Sep 21st, 2020

Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion

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as Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding FUNDING Sep 21st, 2020

Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding

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Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games METAWEAR Sep 17th, 2020

Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games

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Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million STILLFRONT ACQUISITION Sep 17th, 2020

Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million

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Keywords acquires Heavy Iron Studios

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Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys

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Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games NEW ACQUISITION Sep 16th, 2020

Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games

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Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion ARM ACQUISITION Sep 14th, 2020

Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

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Chinese strategy games account for 56 per cent of genre revenues in the US SMART STRATEGY Sep 22nd, 2020

Chinese strategy games account for 56 per cent of genre revenues in the US

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PUBG Mobile shoots through the most revenue in August 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Sep 15th, 2020

PUBG Mobile shoots through the most revenue in August 2020

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days

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as PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

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as PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months PLAYER VERY WELL KNOWN Sep 11th, 2020

PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months

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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

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The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023 MAKING MONEY Sep 8th, 2020

The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023

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Pokemon Masters EX catches $75 million in its first year CATCH EM ALL Sep 4th, 2020

Pokemon Masters EX catches $75 million in its first year

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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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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

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Apple unveils iOS 8, Quiz RPG gains on Puzzle & Dragons, and the PG E3 Party Guide is live Week that was Jun 7th, 2014

Apple unveils iOS 8, Quiz RPG gains on Puzzle & Dragons, and the PG E3 Party Guide is live

The past 7 days in bite-sized portions

as Singapore startup Booster Media raises $1.5 million Deal Jun 6th, 2014

Singapore startup Booster Media raises $1.5 million

LucasArts alumnus up and running

1 Pool Live Tour dev Geewa announces $4.2 million financing round Deal Jun 6th, 2014

Pool Live Tour dev Geewa announces $4.2 million financing round

Three new games planned for 2014

Nix Hydra on 9m Egg Baby downloads with zero marketing, $5m in VC cash, and the future of games for girls Interview Jun 4th, 2014

Nix Hydra on 9m Egg Baby downloads with zero marketing, $5m in VC cash, and the future of games for girls

'We’ve only scratched the surface'

Sweet news: Marmalade's cross-platform SDK goes free News Jun 4th, 2014

Sweet news: Marmalade's cross-platform SDK goes free

Supporting iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store, BlackBerry and Tizen

2 How TreSensa's Fortumo hook up lets you monetise unbanked HTML5 gamers via carrier billing Interview Jun 4th, 2014

How TreSensa's Fortumo hook up lets you monetise unbanked HTML5 gamers via carrier billing

Thinking globally

1 as Quiz RPG hits 26 million; is poised to dethrone Puzzle & Dragons' download total in Japan News Jun 4th, 2014

Quiz RPG hits 26 million; is poised to dethrone Puzzle & Dragons' download total in Japan

The race is on

App Annie acquires Distimo, Kakao merges with Daum, and EA shutters Mythic Week that was May 31st, 2014

App Annie acquires Distimo, Kakao merges with Daum, and EA shutters Mythic

The past 7 days in bite-sized portions

Marketing costs rise as competition slows between top ranked apps News May 30th, 2014

Marketing costs rise as competition slows between top ranked apps

Marketing dollars flood into mobile

1 Money matters: Skillz multiplayer cash tournament platform launches for iOS News May 29th, 2014

Money matters: Skillz multiplayer cash tournament platform launches for iOS

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NativeX launches customisable native mobile ad exchange for F2P games News May 28th, 2014

NativeX launches customisable native mobile ad exchange for F2P games

Extracting maximum value

Data derby: App Annie acquires analytics rival Distimo News May 28th, 2014

Data derby: App Annie acquires analytics rival Distimo

And wraps up a $17 million funding round

Nerfing rogues and gaming grans: The making of Hearthstone Feature May 28th, 2014

Nerfing rogues and gaming grans: The making of Hearthstone

Bringing Battle.net to a whole new platform

as Kids app publisher TabTale acquires Coco Play, establishes operations in China Deal May 23rd, 2014

Kids app publisher TabTale acquires Coco Play, establishes operations in China

All eyes east

Has SoulCalibur: Unbreakable Soul sold its soul? The IAP Inspector May 23rd, 2014

Has SoulCalibur: Unbreakable Soul sold its soul?

IAPs from the players' perspective

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