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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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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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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye Feature Oct 5th, 2021

How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook Comment & Opinion Sep 23rd, 2021

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

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Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming Mobile Mavens Aug 31st, 2021

Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming

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Hot Five: Everdale, Everdale, Everdale... Hot Five Aug 30th, 2021

Hot Five: Everdale, Everdale, Everdale...

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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Aug 13th, 2021

10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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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?

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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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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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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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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

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' Interview Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital Interview Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack Interview Nov 10th, 2021

Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye Feature Oct 5th, 2021

How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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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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Why Heroes of the Dark is Gameloft Sofia's most ambitious project yet Interview Oct 26th, 2021

Why Heroes of the Dark is Gameloft Sofia's most ambitious project yet

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Dec 3rd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 3rd, 2021

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Nov 29th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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as Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play MOST WANTED LIST Nov 18th, 2021

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

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as Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista MOBILE GAMES INDEX Nov 10th, 2021

Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista

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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Nov 29th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Dec 3rd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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as This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

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Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 3rd, 2021

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar

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Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games BLOCK BUSTER Dec 3rd, 2021

Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games

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1 Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating INDIE VIEW Dec 1st, 2021

Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating

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1 Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres INDIE VIEW Nov 29th, 2021

Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres

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1 The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types NEVER THE TWAIN Nov 24th, 2021

The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types

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2 What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list WHAT'S NEXT? Nov 24th, 2021

What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list

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Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation WHAT'S NEXT? Nov 23rd, 2021

Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation

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Where to get ideas for future creatives CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING Nov 23rd, 2021

Where to get ideas for future creatives

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

  • Making Of
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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

  • Acquisition
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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital DONE DEAL Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

  • Acquisition
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  • Bristol
  • United Kingdom
  • Done Deal
1 Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres INDIE VIEW Nov 29th, 2021

Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres

  • Indies
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  • PGC Digital
Five years on, how Gardenscapes changed the match-three market LIVE AND KICKING Oct 28th, 2021

Five years on, how Gardenscapes changed the match-three market

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Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games BLOCK BUSTER Dec 3rd, 2021

Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games

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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on LIVE AND KICKING Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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Gismart surpasses 450 million hypercasual downloads MEGA MILESTONE Dec 3rd, 2021

Gismart surpasses 450 million hypercasual downloads

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as Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021 FANTASY IS FINAL Dec 3rd, 2021

Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021

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No exclusive titles for Steam Deck, says Valve EXCLUDING EXCLUSIVES Dec 3rd, 2021

No exclusive titles for Steam Deck, says Valve

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N3twork scaled Idle Necromancer's DAUs by 970% DEAD GOOD Dec 3rd, 2021

N3twork scaled Idle Necromancer's DAUs by 970%

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Playstack launches Interact SDK for less interruptive mobile game ads

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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

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Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

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Homa Games acquires Ducky Games LUCKY DUCKY Nov 30th, 2021

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games

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as PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial A TASTE OF PREMIUM Nov 29th, 2021

PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial

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Last chance to nominate your team for The Big Indie Awards

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as Gamevil rebrands as Com2uS Holdings to focus on blockchain and NFT projects BLOCKCHAIN BRANDING Dec 1st, 2021

Gamevil rebrands as Com2uS Holdings to focus on blockchain and NFT projects

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

How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

How much are your players really worth?

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What is CFO Resources? MONEY TALK Jun 1st, 2021

What is CFO Resources?

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

Soft launch to worldwide launch: Optimizing your creative for global success

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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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Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay BREEZY Dec 2nd, 2021

Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay

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Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games GOTIVA’S GOT IT Dec 2nd, 2021

Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games

  • Startup
  • Funding
  • Seed Round
  • Blockchain
  • Puzzle
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo
Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games CREATE TO DOMINATE Dec 1st, 2021

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

  • Israel
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  • Luck-puzzler
Homa Games acquires Ducky Games LUCKY DUCKY Nov 30th, 2021

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games

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as PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial A TASTE OF PREMIUM Nov 29th, 2021

PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial

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as Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business FOLLOWING SUIT Nov 25th, 2021

Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business

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Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations MENA EXPANSION Nov 25th, 2021

Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations

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Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing PLUGGED IN Nov 24th, 2021

Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing

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as Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021 FANTASY IS FINAL Dec 3rd, 2021

Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021

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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

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A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development DOWNLOAD NOW Nov 25th, 2021

A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development

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as Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue ANOTHER CHICKEN DINNER Nov 25th, 2021

Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue

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Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021 MATCH MADNESS Nov 25th, 2021

Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021

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95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo ARISING AFRICA Nov 24th, 2021

95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo

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as What does the holiday season have in store for developers and publishers? HAPPY HOLIDAYS Nov 23rd, 2021

What does the holiday season have in store for developers and publishers?

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2 as 'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck? SICK SQUID Nov 19th, 2021

'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck?

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021 BEST OF 2021 Sep 6th, 2021

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021

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The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 finalists TOP TALENT Jul 8th, 2021

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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

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019 EVENT RECAP Nov 5th, 2019

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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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,791,074

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Carter Dotson is diversifying

I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain Stateside Jul 31st, 2015

I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain

Carter Dotson is conflicted

1 Why Apple needs to get into the mobile game publishing business Stateside Jul 17th, 2015

Why Apple needs to get into the mobile game publishing business

Carter Dotson has a radical proposal

Why the full-time indie game development dream is dead Stateside Jul 10th, 2015

Why the full-time indie game development dream is dead

Carter Dotson sees a dream become a nightmare

1 Mobile game developers need to value their work and increasingly that starts with price Stateside Jul 3rd, 2015

Mobile game developers need to value their work and increasingly that starts with price

Carter Dotson wants to pay upfront

Was Apple right to yank games using the Confederate Flag? Comment & Opinion Jun 26th, 2015

Was Apple right to yank games using the Confederate Flag?

Mavens debate a great cultural divide

3 Despite Everyplay, Kamcord, Twitch and YouTube Gaming, Apple can win the gameplay video war Stateside Jun 26th, 2015

Despite Everyplay, Kamcord, Twitch and YouTube Gaming, Apple can win the gameplay video war

Carter Dotson explains the strategy

Why Apple was right to ease iOS app development barriers Stateside Jun 15th, 2015

Why Apple was right to ease iOS app development barriers

Carter Dotson applauds new freedoms

Why non-fault refunds are good for the games industry Stateside Jun 5th, 2015

Why non-fault refunds are good for the games industry

Carter Dotson applauds Steam move

1 Why mobile gaming's success is defined as much by its misses as its hits Stateside May 29th, 2015

Why mobile gaming's success is defined as much by its misses as its hits

Carter Dotson takes an ecosystem view

1 In the confused world of creative attribution, the App Store approvals process is a busted flush Stateside May 2nd, 2015

In the confused world of creative attribution, the App Store approvals process is a busted flush

Carter Dotson says put up or start working

Why the industry thrives on Apple's benevolent dictatorship Stateside Apr 24th, 2015

Why the industry thrives on Apple's benevolent dictatorship

Carter Dotson on the good and bad of Apple dominance

6 Is your PR incompetent? Stateside Apr 17th, 2015

Is your PR incompetent?

Carter Dotson bites the hands that feeds

1 Is Netflixification the future of premium mobile gaming? Stateside Apr 10th, 2015

Is Netflixification the future of premium mobile gaming?

Carter Dotson wants all-he-can-play

Will tomorrow's gamers experience today's games? Stateside Mar 27th, 2015

Will tomorrow's gamers experience today's games?

Carter Dotson says no game left behind

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