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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Week that was Mar 17th, 2023

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PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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as PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good Interview Mar 3rd, 2023

PG.biz Podcast - gaming for good

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Mobile Mavens: The 2022 Wrap!

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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

Top 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

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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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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 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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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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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Week that was Mar 17th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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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

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PG.biz podcast - Finding and growing your niche

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Mobile Mavens: The 2022 Wrap!

Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it?

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

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as Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault BUILDING AN EMPIRE Mar 21st, 2023

Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault

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Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.” Q&A Mar 21st, 2023

Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.”

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Mobile Masterworks: Jetpack Joyride MOBILE MASTERWORKS Mar 20th, 2023

Mobile Masterworks: Jetpack Joyride

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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Mar 20th, 2023

Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE] SOFT LAUNCH Mar 20th, 2023

The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games Q&A Mar 17th, 2023

Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games

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Mobile Game of the Week: Highwater WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 17th, 2023

Mobile Game of the Week: Highwater

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Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two TRENDS 2023 Mar 15th, 2023

Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two

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The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE] SOFT LAUNCH Mar 20th, 2023

The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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UK budget ups tax relief for British game companies TAXES Mar 16th, 2023

UK budget ups tax relief for British game companies

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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Mar 20th, 2023

Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games Q&A Mar 17th, 2023

Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games

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Mobile Game of the Week: Highwater WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 17th, 2023

Mobile Game of the Week: Highwater

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as The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH Mar 15th, 2023

The complete list of Netflix Games

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Stefano Corazza: AI will enable new Roblox users to create much faster ROBLOX REVEALS Mar 13th, 2023

Stefano Corazza: AI will enable new Roblox users to create much faster

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as Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault BUILDING AN EMPIRE Mar 21st, 2023

Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault

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Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.” Q&A Mar 21st, 2023

Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.”

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Dream Games CEO Soner Aydemir talks Royal Match and future expansion INTERVIEW Mar 20th, 2023

Dream Games CEO Soner Aydemir talks Royal Match and future expansion

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Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days VIEWS WEEK Mar 17th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

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Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games Q&A Mar 17th, 2023

Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games

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Game Dev Rebellion: Jennifer Estaris and Joost Vervoort on activism in games GAME DEV REBELLION Mar 17th, 2023

Game Dev Rebellion: Jennifer Estaris and Joost Vervoort on activism in games

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Matej Lancaric on iOS14: “If you’re testing creatives on iOS, just stop” TALKS Mar 17th, 2023

Matej Lancaric on iOS14: “If you’re testing creatives on iOS, just stop”

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David Fernandez Remesal of Sandsoft Games: "Why MENA’s gaming growth isn’t just about business" MOBILE MENA Mar 16th, 2023

David Fernandez Remesal of Sandsoft Games: "Why MENA’s gaming growth isn’t just about business"

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Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two TRENDS 2023 Mar 15th, 2023

Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two

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Marc Whitten of Unity: "There are more players… But payers are in decline." UNITY GAMING REPORT Mar 14th, 2023

Marc Whitten of Unity: "There are more players… But payers are in decline."

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Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games Q&A Mar 17th, 2023

Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games

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Game Dev Rebellion: Jennifer Estaris and Joost Vervoort on activism in games GAME DEV REBELLION Mar 17th, 2023

Game Dev Rebellion: Jennifer Estaris and Joost Vervoort on activism in games

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Stefano Corazza: AI will enable new Roblox users to create much faster ROBLOX REVEALS Mar 13th, 2023

Stefano Corazza: AI will enable new Roblox users to create much faster

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"What we used to think of as a gamer - a bored teenager with a console - is no longer correct" - Liat Barer of Odeeo WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 10th, 2023

"What we used to think of as a gamer - a bored teenager with a console - is no longer correct" - Liat Barer of Odeeo

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Scrapping stereotypes in the metaverse with Dubit's Regine Weiner and Steph Whitley NEXT-LEVEL INCLUSIVITY Mar 10th, 2023

Scrapping stereotypes in the metaverse with Dubit's Regine Weiner and Steph Whitley

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Mob Control: hybridising a hypercasual hit CROWD CONTROL Oct 13th, 2022

Mob Control: hybridising a hypercasual hit

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Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically” CROQUET X UNITY Mar 21st, 2023

Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically”

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as Tencent brings smash hit Merge Mansion to China as raft of new licences LICENCES & INTERNATIONAL RELEASES Mar 21st, 2023

Tencent brings smash hit Merge Mansion to China as raft of new licences

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PUBG Mobile upgraded with immersive Dolby Atmos in audio update

Study finds one in three Brits are gaming during remote working hours BRITISH GAMING Mar 20th, 2023

Study finds one in three Brits are gaming during remote working hours

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Subway Surfers hits 4bn downloads MILESTONES Mar 20th, 2023

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Microsoft hopes to launch its mobile app store next year MICROSOFT APP STORE Mar 20th, 2023

Microsoft hopes to launch its mobile app store next year

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Candy Crush Saga breaks records with All Stars Tournament CANDY CRUSH THE COMPETITION Mar 20th, 2023

Candy Crush Saga breaks records with All Stars Tournament

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as Chinese games industry publishes draft of rules for self-regulation CHINESE GAMING INDUSTRY Mar 14th, 2023

Chinese games industry publishes draft of rules for self-regulation

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UK budget ups tax relief for British game companies TAXES Mar 16th, 2023

UK budget ups tax relief for British game companies

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S8UL partners with Krafton to launch Road to Valor: Empires in India NEW PARTNERSHIP Mar 15th, 2023

S8UL partners with Krafton to launch Road to Valor: Empires in India

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Flexion launches Vikingard on alternative app stores FLEXION X NETEASE Mar 14th, 2023

Flexion launches Vikingard on alternative app stores

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as NetEase launches Exptional Global label for international releases NEW LABEL Mar 16th, 2023

NetEase launches Exptional Global label for international releases

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Honor of Kings becomes Brazil’s most successful free mobile game RELEASES Mar 15th, 2023

Honor of Kings becomes Brazil’s most successful free mobile game

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A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary INTRINSIC IN GAME ADS Feb 7th, 2023

A recipe for success: bringing intrinsic in-game ads to Cooking Diary

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Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising MAKE MORE OF MONETISATION Jan 11th, 2023

Five reasons why it’s more critical than ever to look to in-game advertising

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as How to turn a hypercasual game concept into an IAP-driven Hybridcasual ZOMBIE DEFENCE SUCCESS Dec 22nd, 2022

How to turn a hypercasual game concept into an IAP-driven Hybridcasual

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Cheat codes to master the hybridcasual genre MAKE YOUR GAMES GREATER Dec 8th, 2022

Cheat codes to master the hybridcasual genre

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Hybridcasual: a winning formula? HYBRID CASUAL HELP Nov 24th, 2022

Hybridcasual: a winning formula?

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How to hire a CFO for your mobile games studio SUPERSTAR CFOs Aug 16th, 2022

How to hire a CFO for your mobile games studio

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How to value a mobile games studio MOBILE PRICE INDEX Aug 9th, 2022

How to value a mobile games studio

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

What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game

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Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically” CROQUET X UNITY Mar 21st, 2023

Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically”

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ByteBrew partners with Mintegral to offer ad measurements and tracking tools to users PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP Mar 20th, 2023

ByteBrew partners with Mintegral to offer ad measurements and tracking tools to users

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Odeeo and Any Ever partner to offer new touchpoint for audio campaigns AUDIO ADS Mar 20th, 2023

Odeeo and Any Ever partner to offer new touchpoint for audio campaigns

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S8UL partners with Krafton to launch Road to Valor: Empires in India NEW PARTNERSHIP Mar 15th, 2023

S8UL partners with Krafton to launch Road to Valor: Empires in India

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Brazilian Web3 dev Jungle raises $6 million in funding round WEB 3 IP Mar 13th, 2023

Brazilian Web3 dev Jungle raises $6 million in funding round

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Matchday secures $21 million in seed funding SOCCER GOES MOBILE Mar 8th, 2023

Matchday secures $21 million in seed funding

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Former Riot Games execs raise $55 million in Series A for new studio Believer A TEAM OF VETERANS Mar 7th, 2023

Former Riot Games execs raise $55 million in Series A for new studio Believer

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Immutable partners with Mineloader to speed up development of Guild of Guardians READYING AN RPG Mar 6th, 2023

Immutable partners with Mineloader to speed up development of Guild of Guardians

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as Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault BUILDING AN EMPIRE Mar 21st, 2023

Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault

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Study finds one in three Brits are gaming during remote working hours BRITISH GAMING Mar 20th, 2023

Study finds one in three Brits are gaming during remote working hours

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Unity Report: More players are turning to mobile, but paying less UNITY REPORT Mar 14th, 2023

Unity Report: More players are turning to mobile, but paying less

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RPG ad spend surged in 2022 amid massive rise across platforms APPSFLYER REPORT Mar 13th, 2023

RPG ad spend surged in 2022 amid massive rise across platforms

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India saw a 32% rise in hypercasual installs in 2022 APPSFLYER REPORT Mar 13th, 2023

India saw a 32% rise in hypercasual installs in 2022

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Genshin Impact revenue reached an 11-month high in February as Chinese devs flourish again BACK ON TRACK Mar 13th, 2023

Genshin Impact revenue reached an 11-month high in February as Chinese devs flourish again

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February was a huge month for crossovers and events GAMEREFINERY REPORT Mar 9th, 2023

February was a huge month for crossovers and events

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Brazil and Mexico saw 20% growth in in-app spending in 2022 LATIN AMERICAN MARKET Mar 7th, 2023

Brazil and Mexico saw 20% growth in in-app spending in 2022

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Seven more fireside chats with the mobile world's movers & shakers from PGC London 2023 FIRESIDE CHATS PART TWO Mar 20th, 2023

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Pocket Gamer Connects Advent Calendar: Days 23-24: A final thank you and happy holidays!

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as The Top 30 MENA Game Makers of 2022 BEST OF MENA 2022 Dec 2nd, 2022

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

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

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,052,099

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UI and soft sell is key to F2P retailing, says Deep Loot dev Interview Mar 24th, 2015

UI and soft sell is key to F2P retailing, says Deep Loot dev

"If you've already done six impossible things this morning, why not try making a F2P game?"

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Ric Moore on ripping App Store data to find the most efficiently monetising F2P games Interview Mar 20th, 2015

Ric Moore on ripping App Store data to find the most efficiently monetising F2P games

Ex-Bossa man is digging deep

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Final speakers for F2P Summit 2015 announced News Mar 19th, 2015

Final speakers for F2P Summit 2015 announced

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Ex-Candy Crush Saga games guru Tommy Palm to keynote F2P: Summit News Feb 25th, 2015

Ex-Candy Crush Saga games guru Tommy Palm to keynote F2P: Summit

Former King exec heads to Shoreditch

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Supercell called out at F2P conference, the making of Monument Valley, and does Family Guy deserve your cash? Hot Five Apr 28th, 2014

Supercell called out at F2P conference, the making of Monument Valley, and does Family Guy deserve your cash?

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How Surgeon Simulator rode the viral wave of 2.3 million YouTube videos News Apr 24th, 2014

How Surgeon Simulator rode the viral wave of 2.3 million YouTube videos

Bossa Studios' Roberta Lucca on being F2P without being F2P

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Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically”

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Tencent brings smash hit Merge Mansion to China as raft of new licences

PUBG Mobile upgraded with immersive Dolby Atmos in audio update News 3 hours, 39 minutes ago

PUBG Mobile upgraded with immersive Dolby Atmos in audio update

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Study finds one in three Brits are gaming during remote working hours

Big Fish Games expands with new office in New Orleans News Mar 20th, 2023

Big Fish Games expands with new office in New Orleans

as Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault Feature 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault

Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.” Feature 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.”

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Mobile Masterworks: Jetpack Joyride

Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time Feature Mar 20th, 2023

Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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The latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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Marc Whitten of Unity: "There are more players… But payers are in decline."

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