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How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters Feature Jun 22nd, 2021

How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters

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Hot Five: Krafton's $5 billion IPO, KPIs for hypercasual success and Batman goes AR Hot Five Jun 21st, 2021

Hot Five: Krafton's $5 billion IPO, KPIs for hypercasual success and Batman goes AR

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Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games Interview Jun 15th, 2021

Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns Job News Feb 1st, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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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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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

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

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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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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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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

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

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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Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success Interview Jun 9th, 2021

Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success

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Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games Interview Jun 15th, 2021

Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games

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

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How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters MAKING OF Jun 22nd, 2021

How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters

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264 53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Mighty Doom to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Jun 14th, 2021

53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Mighty Doom to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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as Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover CHINA IN YOUR HANDS Jun 11th, 2021

Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover

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How mobile game developers are using football sponsorship to reach new audiences THE GAME HAS CHANGED May 25th, 2021

How mobile game developers are using football sponsorship to reach new audiences

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Building a (new) company culture NEW WAYS May 10th, 2021

Building a (new) company culture

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Using player motivations for user acquisition EXPAND THE POOL May 6th, 2021

Using player motivations for user acquisition

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264 53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Mighty Doom to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Jun 14th, 2021

53 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Mighty Doom to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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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

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

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

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Updated: 23 mobile games that have generated +$1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB May 5th, 2021

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13 How does Coin Master monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Feb 7th, 2018

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How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters MAKING OF Jun 22nd, 2021

How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters

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as Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover CHINA IN YOUR HANDS Jun 11th, 2021

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BoomHits announces world's biggest hypercasual competition with $2 mililon prize fund BOOM BOOM Jun 22nd, 2021

BoomHits announces world's biggest hypercasual competition with $2 mililon prize fund

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How Compiled World's Anton Kasabutski built Nimble Dash after work INDIE VIEW Jun 22nd, 2021

How Compiled World's Anton Kasabutski built Nimble Dash after work

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Looking for your mobile games studio to be acquired? Here's what recent M&A data is telling founders GEAR UP Jun 22nd, 2021

Looking for your mobile games studio to be acquired? Here's what recent M&A data is telling founders

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InMobi's Saurav Dutta on rethinking in-game advertising MASS MARKETING Jun 21st, 2021

InMobi's Saurav Dutta on rethinking in-game advertising

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as How Portal, Little Nightmares and Limbo inspired Nakul Verma FLYING SOLO Jun 21st, 2021

How Portal, Little Nightmares and Limbo inspired Nakul Verma

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as The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio MORE THAN SILVER LININGS Jun 18th, 2021

The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio

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Building Better: Bandai Namco Mobile's new approach to development BANDAI NAMCO BARCELONA Jun 17th, 2021

Building Better: Bandai Namco Mobile's new approach to development

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Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX INDIE VIEW Jun 17th, 2021

Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX

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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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What are the key KPIs for a successful hypercasual game? GOOD TO GO Jun 17th, 2021

What are the key KPIs for a successful hypercasual game?

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Building Better: Bandai Namco Mobile's new approach to development BANDAI NAMCO BARCELONA Jun 17th, 2021

Building Better: Bandai Namco Mobile's new approach to development

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Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success STAR POWER Jun 9th, 2021

Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success

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Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX INDIE VIEW Jun 17th, 2021

Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX

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Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games PREHISTORIC PLAY Jun 15th, 2021

Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games

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as The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio MORE THAN SILVER LININGS Jun 18th, 2021

The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio

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BoomHits announces world's biggest hypercasual competition with $2 mililon prize fund BOOM BOOM Jun 22nd, 2021

BoomHits announces world's biggest hypercasual competition with $2 mililon prize fund

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Rovio gains exclusive rights for Moomin mobile games NEW MOOMINPAPPA Jun 21st, 2021

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell READ 5 NOW Nov 4th, 2019

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

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as Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme EXPANSION Jun 17th, 2021

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Explore the opportunities of in-play advertising with PGbiz RoundTable on 29 June IN-PLAY AD OPPORTUNITIES Jun 17th, 2021

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Pollen VC now allows devs to borrow four times their game's monthly revenue

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as PUBG: New State has broken 17 million global pre-registrations ANTICIPATION Jun 18th, 2021

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User acquisition for beginners: A checklist

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch

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Mojang and Sega partner to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to Minecraft BIG THE CAT MISSING Jun 23rd, 2021

Mojang and Sega partner to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to Minecraft

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Rovio gains exclusive rights for Moomin mobile games NEW MOOMINPAPPA Jun 21st, 2021

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as Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme EXPANSION Jun 17th, 2021

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as Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio TURKEY THRIVING Jun 11th, 2021

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as Top 100 mobile games accounted for 54% of global revenues in 2020 WINNERS TAKE ALL Jun 21st, 2021

Top 100 mobile games accounted for 54% of global revenues in 2020

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Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue 3,600 NEW HIRES Jun 9th, 2021

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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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as Fate/Grand Order developer Type-Moon opens new subsidiary studio Job News Sep 3rd, 2019

Fate/Grand Order developer Type-Moon opens new subsidiary studio

New location is headed up by Dragon Quest Builders series director Kazuya Niinou

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as Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help bump Square Enix to profits of $348 million News May 14th, 2018

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help bump Square Enix to profits of $348 million

Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light and Kingdom Hearts Union X also given nods

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  • Dragon Quest
  • 31 March 2018
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help grow Square Enix profits to $204 million News Feb 6th, 2018

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help grow Square Enix profits to $204 million

Dragon Quest Rivals goes unmentioned despite initial success

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  • Revenue
  • Final Fantasy
  • Dragon Quest
  • 31 December 2017
as Square Enix sales up to $2.25 billion as Final Fantasy Brave Exvius sees global success News May 11th, 2017

Square Enix sales up to $2.25 billion as Final Fantasy Brave Exvius sees global success

Mobius Final Fantasy goes unmentioned once more

  • Japan
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  • Revenue
  • Final Fantasy
  • Dragon Quest
  • Mobius Final Fantasy
  • 31 March 2017
as Hoshi No Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius boost Square Enix's FY16 sales 28% to $2 billion News May 13th, 2016

Hoshi No Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius boost Square Enix's FY16 sales 28% to $2 billion

Old brands sparkle

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  • 31 March 2016
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