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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes

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How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise?

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Indie Mavens: Weighing up the benefits between digital and physical events for indies

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

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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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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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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2 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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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes

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249 52 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Sep 21st, 2020

52 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 18th, 2020

Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Auto Brawl Chess WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Sep 18th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Auto Brawl Chess

Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study CASE STUDY Sep 18th, 2020

Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study

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Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital: 15 of the most exciting sessions EDITOR'S CHOICE Sep 11th, 2020

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital: 15 of the most exciting sessions

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What top mobile publisher Miniclip can offer developers

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Say hello to our Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital Diamond Sponsor Agora! DIAMOND SPONSOR Sep 10th, 2020

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Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads PERFORMANCE INDEX Sep 9th, 2020

Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads

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249 52 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Sep 21st, 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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Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference

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

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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Dec 19th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Sep 18th, 2020

Update: All 135 Apple Arcade games available now

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Auto Brawl Chess WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Sep 18th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Auto Brawl Chess

Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study CASE STUDY Sep 18th, 2020

Persona.ly exceeds Animoca Brands' Crazy Defense Heroes ROAS KPIs by 70% - Mobile UA case study

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POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 18th, 2020

POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams

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as Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre GLADIATORS READY Sep 17th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre

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as Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game MY LITTLE WORLD Sep 17th, 2020

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

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Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura JOBS IN GAMES Sep 16th, 2020

Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura

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Apple Arcade is a "welcome alternative to the free-to-play title", says Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones ARCADE ANNIVERSARY Sep 16th, 2020

Apple Arcade is a "welcome alternative to the free-to-play title", says Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones

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Master the Meta: Everything you need to know about the upcoming IDFA changes MASTER THE META Sep 14th, 2020

Master the Meta: Everything you need to know about the upcoming IDFA changes

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Speaker Spotlight: get up to speed on mobile ads at PGC Helsinki with AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Sep 14th, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: get up to speed on mobile ads at PGC Helsinki with AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers

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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

  • Jobs
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11 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

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Remote Working: "Love the games you want to be hired to make," says Storm8's Amber Okamura JOBS IN GAMES Sep 16th, 2020

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2 Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm? MICRO-TRANSACT THAT Aug 28th, 2015

Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?

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Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre GLADIATORS READY Sep 17th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: How Colossi Games is taking on the survival genre

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as Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18% WECHAT MINI GAMES Sep 18th, 2020

Unprecedented growth in China's HTML5 games market: WeChat Mini Game revenue up 18%

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21 Why are people still playing Coin Master? KEEP SPINNING Mar 31st, 2020

Why are people still playing Coin Master?

  • Monetisation
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POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams DIVERSITY MATTERS Sep 18th, 2020

POC in Mobile: Chase Bethea's journey as a game composer and the many benefits of game jams

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Gree wins its patent infringement lawsuit against Supercell CASE CLOSED Sep 21st, 2020

Gree wins its patent infringement lawsuit against Supercell

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My.Games invests in mobile games developer Hypemasters INVESTMENT Sep 21st, 2020

My.Games invests in mobile games developer Hypemasters

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Report: US government is investigating Tencent's games investments

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ByteDance wants to value TikTok at $60 billion in its US deal MONEY MONEY MONEY Sep 21st, 2020

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Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million STILLFRONT ACQUISITION Sep 17th, 2020

Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million

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Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers

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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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Unity makes $1.3 billion through its IPO on NYSE MONEY MONEY MONEY Sep 18th, 2020

Unity makes $1.3 billion through its IPO on NYSE

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PGC Helsinki Digital: How the Finnish games industry has grown over 25 years PGC DIGITAL Sep 15th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: How the Finnish games industry has grown over 25 years

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Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games METAWEAR Sep 17th, 2020

Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Loot boxes are still the "number one monetisation method used in core games" globally on mobile "DOMINANT" Sep 15th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Loot boxes are still the "number one monetisation method used in core games" globally on mobile

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Bunch secures $20 million in Series A funding SERIES A FUNDING Sep 18th, 2020

Bunch secures $20 million in Series A funding

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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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Financing your indie games development studio - part three: Structuring an investment deal

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

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

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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell FINDING FUNDING Mar 29th, 2019

The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion BIG ACQUISITION Sep 21st, 2020

Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion

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as Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding FUNDING Sep 21st, 2020

Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding

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Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games METAWEAR Sep 17th, 2020

Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games

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Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million STILLFRONT ACQUISITION Sep 17th, 2020

Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million

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Keywords acquires Heavy Iron Studios WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Sep 17th, 2020

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Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys ACQUISITION Sep 16th, 2020

Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys

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Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games NEW ACQUISITION Sep 16th, 2020

Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games

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Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion ARM ACQUISITION Sep 14th, 2020

Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion

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PUBG Mobile shoots through the most revenue in August 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Sep 15th, 2020

PUBG Mobile shoots through the most revenue in August 2020

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PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days

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as PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

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as PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months PLAYER VERY WELL KNOWN Sep 11th, 2020

PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months

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Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads PERFORMANCE INDEX Sep 9th, 2020

Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads

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The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023 MAKING MONEY Sep 8th, 2020

The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023

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Pokemon Masters EX catches $75 million in its first year CATCH EM ALL Sep 4th, 2020

Pokemon Masters EX catches $75 million in its first year

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Simulation games had great revenue growth in H1 2020 ON THE RISE Aug 18th, 2020

Simulation games had great revenue growth in H1 2020

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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

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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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4 The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018 BEST OF 2018 Aug 21st, 2018

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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Apple set to show off new iPhones on September 12th News Sep 3rd, 2018

Apple set to show off new iPhones on September 12th

Three new iPhone X devices are scheduled to headline the Cupertino event this month

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Apple flaunts iPhone X gaming capabilities with Vainglory demonstration News Jul 26th, 2018

Apple flaunts iPhone X gaming capabilities with Vainglory demonstration

Bionic chip commercial provides a marketing platform for Super Evil Megacorp’s MOBA

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Apple posts best second quarter ever with revenues of $61 billion News May 3rd, 2018

Apple posts best second quarter ever with revenues of $61 billion

International sales accounted for 65 per cent of Q2 revenue

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  • 31 March 2018
Apple posts all-time revenue record of $88.3 billion for its Q1 FY18 News Feb 2nd, 2018

Apple posts all-time revenue record of $88.3 billion for its Q1 FY18

Sales of its iPhones drop, but revenues from the sales grow

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  • 31 December 2017
Apple opens pre-orders for iPhone X a week ahead of its release News Oct 27th, 2017

Apple opens pre-orders for iPhone X a week ahead of its release

Already sold out of its initial run

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  • iPhone X
Apple unveils the future of its smartphones with the iPhone X News Sep 12th, 2017

Apple unveils the future of its smartphones with the iPhone X

Set to launch on November 3rd

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  • iPhone X
Rumour: Apple to unveil three new iPhones at its special event keynote including the iPhone X News Sep 11th, 2017

Rumour: Apple to unveil three new iPhones at its special event keynote including the iPhone X

According to some code in the iOS 11 firmware

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  • iPhone X
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