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How MobileFreeToPlay's Adam Telfer deconstructs games and why you should too Interview Oct 24th, 2017

How MobileFreeToPlay's Adam Telfer deconstructs games and why you should too

A look at the process of game analysis and its value to developers

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part three: Monetisation and the future of 4X games Comment & Opinion Aug 31st, 2017

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part three: Monetisation and the future of 4X games

Anil Das-Gupta uncovers just how the developer is able to make hit after hit

as A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye Comment & Opinion Aug 30th, 2017

A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye

Exclusive currencies and limited gachas don't stop this game from being fun

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part two: The game design Comment & Opinion Aug 14th, 2017

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part two: The game design

Anil Das-Gupta uncovers just how the developer is able to make hit after hit

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part one: The history Comment & Opinion Aug 7th, 2017

Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part one: The history

Anil Das-Gupta uncovers just how the developer is able to make hit after hit

as How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million from 10 million installs Comment & Opinion Jul 24th, 2017

How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million from 10 million installs

Wargaming's Anil Das-Gupta on how Nintendo has been able to quickly leverage the IP successfully on mobile, and what more it could do

Brawl Stars versus Clash Royale: Designing a strong gacha Comment & Opinion Jul 19th, 2017

Brawl Stars versus Clash Royale: Designing a strong gacha

Adam Telfer delves into the monetisation of two of the hottest games on mobile

How Angry Birds 2 significantly increased its revenues within a year Comment & Opinion Jul 17th, 2017

How Angry Birds 2 significantly increased its revenues within a year

Michail Katkoff deconstructs the changes that breathed new life into the game

Deconstructing Clash of Clans' game-changing Builder Base update Comment & Opinion Jun 22nd, 2017

Deconstructing Clash of Clans' game-changing Builder Base update

Peter Knudson breaks down Supercell's big update to the hit game

Deconstructing NBA Live Mobile: Why EA can't replicate Madden Mobile's success Comment & Opinion Jun 12th, 2017

Deconstructing NBA Live Mobile: Why EA can't replicate Madden Mobile's success

Vinayak Sathyamoorthy breaks down the reasons why basketball may not precisely fit the EA Sports Mobile template

5 reasons Strike of Kings is perfectly designed to be the next big mobile eSport Feature Jun 7th, 2017

5 reasons Strike of Kings is perfectly designed to be the next big mobile eSport

A look at Tencent's mobile MOBA and how it all comes together

Deconstructing Gardenscapes' big pivot to success Comment & Opinion May 24th, 2017

Deconstructing Gardenscapes' big pivot to success

Wooga's Adam Telfer analyses the game's history and reasons behind its current success

Transformers: Forged to Fight - A game worth paying $750 million for? Comment & Opinion May 12th, 2017

Transformers: Forged to Fight - A game worth paying $750 million for?

Wargaming's Anil Das-Gupta deconstructs the game's design

7 reasons why you can't stop playing Supercell's Clash Royale Comment & Opinion Apr 26th, 2017

7 reasons why you can't stop playing Supercell's Clash Royale

Michail Katkoff analyses why the hit mobile game is so addictive

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