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Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed Hot Five May 16th, 2022

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed

  • Facebook
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  • Mobile Legends
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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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  • Mobile Legends
  • Free Fire
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  • Garena Free Fire
  • Upstream
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?

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

Updated: what crucial lessons can Microsoft and Sony take from mobile for in-game ads?

  • Monetisation
  • Microsoft
  • In-app ads
  • Free-To-Play
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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

  • Europe
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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net Interview Dec 21st, 2021

How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

  • Making Of
  • Interview
  • Rocket League Sideswipe
PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

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

  • Podcast
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

  • Advertising
  • Monetisation
  • Podcast
How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

  • Monetisation
  • IAP Inspector
  • Hot Wheels
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
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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

  • East Meets West
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

  • Data
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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

  • Nintendo Switch
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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  • Going Global
  • Diversity
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

  • Week That Was
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
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

  • Equality
  • Finland
  • Finnsider
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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

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed Hot Five May 16th, 2022

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed

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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

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

  • Hot Five
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  • FIFA
  • Most Read
  • Garena Free Fire
  • Job news
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

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

  • Acquisition
  • Hot Five
  • Most Read
  • Wordle
  • Web3
  • Arclight Rumble
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
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

  • Europe
  • Jobs in Games
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  • USA
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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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  • Streaming
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  • Upstream
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?

  • Acquisition
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  • NFT
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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 20th, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 20th, 2022

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now

  • iOS
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  • Launch
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  • iPhone
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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 17th, 2022

The mobile games industry glossary

  • Investment
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  • Gacha
  • Acquisition
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25 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB May 17th, 2022

25 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
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270 Updated May 16: 60 top games in soft launch: From Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH May 16th, 2022

Updated May 16: 60 top games in soft launch: From Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

  • Soft Launch
Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 LIVE ON TV May 12th, 2022

Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022

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

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

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  • Streaming
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  • Mobile Legends
  • Free Fire
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Garena Free Fire
  • Upstream
Update May 4: The complete list of Netflix Games A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH May 4th, 2022

Update May 4: The complete list of Netflix Games

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  • Stranger Things
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270 Updated May 16: 60 top games in soft launch: From Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH May 16th, 2022

Updated May 16: 60 top games in soft launch: From Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

  • Soft Launch
25 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB May 17th, 2022

25 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

  • Revenue
  • Billions
13 Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile WHAT WE'RE PLAYING May 20th, 2022

Mobile Game of the Week: Apex Legends Mobile

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 20th, 2022

Update: All 248 Apple Arcade games available now

  • iOS
  • iPad
  • Launch
  • Apple TV
  • iPhone
  • Apple Arcade
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The mobile games industry glossary THE MOBILE GAMES GLOSSARY May 17th, 2022

The mobile games industry glossary

  • Investment
  • Advertising
  • User Acquisition
  • Gacha
  • Acquisition
  • KPIs
  • Live Ops
  • Blockchain
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  • NFT
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Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 LIVE ON TV May 12th, 2022

Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022

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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

  • F2P
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  • Monetizer
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  • Retention
10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time MONOPOLY MONEY May 2nd, 2022

10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

  • Minecraft
  • Acquisition
  • Deal
  • Clash of Clans
  • The Elder Scrolls
  • Fallout
  • Candy Crush
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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

  • Diversity
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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

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

Three core ways to validate your game ideas

  • Data
  • Player Habits
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Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail THE OREGON TRAIL May 17th, 2022

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

  • Diversity
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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

  • User Acquisition
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How important is the jelly mechanic in your ad campaigns? UA EYE May 12th, 2022

How important is the jelly mechanic in your ad campaigns?

  • User Acquisition
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  • Merge Genre
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Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves" PROGRESSIVE PLAY May 11th, 2022

Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves"

  • Mobile-first
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Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies DOLLA DOLLA BILLS May 11th, 2022

Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies

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

Three core ways to validate your game ideas

  • Data
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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

  • User Acquisition
  • UA Eye
  • Fishdom
Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail THE OREGON TRAIL May 17th, 2022

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

  • Diversity
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  • Apple Arcade
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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

  • Diversity
  • Blockchain
  • Tomb Raider Reloaded
  • Pandemic
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

  • User Acquisition
  • Netflix
  • Social Media
How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM May 4th, 2022

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

  • Prototype
  • Rhythm Games
  • Mobile Game Awards
  • Beatstar
Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves" PROGRESSIVE PLAY May 11th, 2022

Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves"

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Former Codemasters, Jagex execs establish new studio SOULFUL May 20th, 2022

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Tencent revenue growth slows to a crawl following China’s crackdown on tech companies CITES REGULATORY CRACKDOWN May 20th, 2022

Tencent revenue growth slows to a crawl following China’s crackdown on tech companies

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Deliver It 3D, Angry Birds Classic, and Football Manager are the fastest-growing iOS games in 2022

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Former Disney and Sony exec appointed president of Genvid Entertainment

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Dr Jakin Vela appointed new IGDA executive director

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Axie Infinity’s utility currency devalued to $0.004 CRYPTO CURVES May 16th, 2022

Axie Infinity’s utility currency devalued to $0.004

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  • NFT
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Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels WEB-BASED TO WEB3 Apr 14th, 2022

Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels

  • Blockchain
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Bluestacks launches Creator Studio and Creator Hub for modding mobile games MOBILE MODS Feb 23rd, 2022

Bluestacks launches Creator Studio and Creator Hub for modding mobile games

  • User Generated Content
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  • Modding
Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries APEX PREDATOR May 18th, 2022

Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries

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Former King team raises $3 million to bring Bitcoin to mobile gaming BLKCHN May 16th, 2022

Former King team raises $3 million to bring Bitcoin to mobile gaming

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Eric Seufert launches $10 million investment fund supported by Supercell, Huuuge Games £10 MILLION FUND May 16th, 2022

Eric Seufert launches $10 million investment fund supported by Supercell, Huuuge Games

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Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games

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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

  • Monetisation
  • Testing
  • A/B Testing
  • Hypercasual
  • In-app ads
Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021 MONETISATION MYTHS BUSTED Apr 14th, 2022

Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021

  • Sponsored
How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games DARK TIMES Apr 13th, 2022

How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

  • Monetisation
  • Player Habits
  • User Experience
  • User Interface
  • Dark patterns
Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

Financing LTV in mobile gaming

  • User Acquisition
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Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner UA OK Jan 14th, 2022

Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner

  • User Acquisition
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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

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

How much are your players really worth?

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

What is CFO Resources?

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Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo MAMMA MIA May 18th, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

  • Investment
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Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores ALTERNATIVE APP STORE AGREEMENT May 18th, 2022

Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores

  • Publishing
  • Android
  • Partnership
  • Huawei
Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment ACQUISITION May 17th, 2022

Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment

  • Acquisition
Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games IP INTEGRATION May 16th, 2022

Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games

  • Indies
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exmox acquires Testerheld to develop new portfolio features and content GROWING IN GERMANY May 13th, 2022

exmox acquires Testerheld to develop new portfolio features and content

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  • Hamburg
Media and Games Invest acquires AxesInMotion in entirety for $58 million ACQUIRING AXESINMOTION Apr 29th, 2022

Media and Games Invest acquires AxesInMotion in entirety for $58 million

  • Acquisition
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  • Spain
Horizon Chase devs reach publishing agreement with Epic Games VIVA! Apr 28th, 2022

Horizon Chase devs reach publishing agreement with Epic Games

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  • Brazil
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Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield enters Web3 with WAX Studios partnership TCG CREATOR ENTERS BLOCKCHAIN BRAWL Apr 28th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield enters Web3 with WAX Studios partnership

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  • Collectible Cards
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Pangle and Newzoo’s hypercasual report explores the eastern and western market divide HYPERCASUAL HEIGHTS May 19th, 2022

Pangle and Newzoo’s hypercasual report explores the eastern and western market divide

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  • Data
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  • hyper-casual
57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China MEETING MILESTONES May 17th, 2022

57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China

  • China
  • App Store
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  • Revenue
  • PUBG Mobile
Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022 CHINA'S CLIMB May 17th, 2022

Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022

  • China
  • Revenue
  • Industry
Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds ROLLING IN REVENUE May 13th, 2022

Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds

  • Revenue
  • Clash Royale
  • Honor of Kings
  • tencent
Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement ROCKY ROBLOX REPORT May 12th, 2022

Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement

  • Revenue
  • Report
  • Stocks
Despite record Q1 2022 for declared M&A, value of closed deals decreased GIMME THAT May 12th, 2022

Despite record Q1 2022 for declared M&A, value of closed deals decreased

  • Acquisition
  • Funding
  • Blockchain
Mobile game revenue decreased for first time ever in Q1 2022 REVENUE REPORT May 12th, 2022

Mobile game revenue decreased for first time ever in Q1 2022

  • Downloads
  • Revenue
  • Report
How to survive a user acquisition nightmare APP-OCALYPSE NOW? May 10th, 2022

How to survive a user acquisition nightmare

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

PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022

  • Star Wars
  • Plants vs Zombies
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Apex Legends
  • Undawn
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PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021 FEATUREFUL Dec 29th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest features of 2021

  • Star Wars
  • Pokémon GO
  • Clash Royale
  • 2021 in Review
PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest news stories of 2021 A TIME OF REFLECTION Dec 28th, 2021

PocketGamer.biz’s top five biggest news stories of 2021

  • Plants vs Zombies
  • World of Warcraft
  • Axie Infinity
  • 2021 in Review
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021 BEST OF 2021 Sep 6th, 2021

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

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,021,297

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DevGAMM Spring 2021 goes online this May 12-14 News Mar 19th, 2021

DevGAMM Spring 2021 goes online this May 12-14

Join DevGAMM Spring 2021 that will be held online which includes expert speakers, reviews, roundtables and workshops

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DevGAMM 2020 goes online and offline on November 9-20 - tickets are available now News Oct 8th, 2020

DevGAMM 2020 goes online and offline on November 9-20 - tickets are available now

DevGAMM goes hybrid with both online and offline aspects of the conference, inviting industry professionals from around the world to take part as well as holding networking events in live venues

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DevGAMM lands in Minsk on 21-22 November News Nov 1st, 2019

DevGAMM lands in Minsk on 21-22 November

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Tickets still available for DevGAMM Minsk 2017 on November 16th and 17th News Nov 14th, 2017

Tickets still available for DevGAMM Minsk 2017 on November 16th and 17th

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Registration opened and first sessions revealed for DevGAMM Minsk 2015 News Oct 23rd, 2015

Registration opened and first sessions revealed for DevGAMM Minsk 2015

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DevGAMM Moscow 2015 kicks off on Friday 15 May News May 8th, 2015

DevGAMM Moscow 2015 kicks off on Friday 15 May

Checking out the Russian dev scene

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2 Wrapping up DevGAMM Moscow 2014 News Jun 7th, 2014

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DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming News Apr 24th, 2014

DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming

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