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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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How do indie developers address accessibility in video games?

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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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 Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG Interview Aug 25th, 2015

Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG

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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

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3 Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 Monetizer Jan 30th, 2015

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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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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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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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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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? The Charticle May 20th, 2019

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries The Charticle Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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Clash of Clans a US top grosser, weighing up Zynga's Gram acquisition, and Game for Peace makes $14m in three days Hot Five May 20th, 2019

Clash of Clans a US top grosser, weighing up Zynga's Gram acquisition, and Game for Peace makes $14m in three days

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Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway The Charticle Apr 30th, 2019

Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway

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Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo

Machine Zone's latest 4X strategy game World War Rising is a top 100 grosser The Charticle May 2nd, 2019

Machine Zone's latest 4X strategy game World War Rising is a top 100 grosser

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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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54 top games in soft launch: From Game of Thrones Slots Casino and Angry Birds Pop 2 to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Candy Crush Tales

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as Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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Games industry roundup: US Senator introduces loot box bill, blockchain gaming's state of play, and influencer distrust ROUNDUP May 13th, 2019

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Sam Barlow talks publishing and selling narrative games ahead of his next title Telling Lies TELLING TALES May 10th, 2019

Sam Barlow talks publishing and selling narrative games ahead of his next title Telling Lies

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Your checklist for commercial success starts with knowing your game profile USER ACQUISITION May 7th, 2019

Your checklist for commercial success starts with knowing your game profile

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as Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later 10 YEARS OF MINECRAFT May 17th, 2019

Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later

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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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20 mobile games that have made more than $1 billion BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Apr 3rd, 2019

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3 as Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT Mar 8th, 2018

Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries

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Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway KEEP EM PLAYING Apr 30th, 2019

Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway

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Your checklist for commercial success starts with knowing your game profile

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The talent game - part two: Selecting and hiring new talent THE TALENT GAME May 23rd, 2019

The talent game - part two: Selecting and hiring new talent

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Two years on: How Flaregames’ community kept Zombie Gunship Survival alive LIVE AND KICKING May 23rd, 2019

Two years on: How Flaregames’ community kept Zombie Gunship Survival alive

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Indie Spotlight: Ndemic Creations on how games-as-a-service has become the status quo INDIE SPOTLIGHT May 22nd, 2019

Indie Spotlight: Ndemic Creations on how games-as-a-service has become the status quo

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Resolution Games on the fresh momentum in VR and AR in 2019 INTERVIEW May 22nd, 2019

Resolution Games on the fresh momentum in VR and AR in 2019

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Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications JOBS IN GAMES May 21st, 2019

Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent RECRUITMENT ADVICE May 16th, 2019

The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent

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Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy LIVE AND KICKING May 16th, 2019

Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy

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as Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women

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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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1 Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US FUNNY FOR BUSINESS Jul 31st, 2018

Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US

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Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy LIVE AND KICKING May 16th, 2019

Five years on: Pixonic on keeping the War Robots community happy

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent RECRUITMENT ADVICE May 16th, 2019

The talent game - part one: Attracting new talent

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Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications JOBS IN GAMES May 21st, 2019

Jobs in Games: CD Projekt Red’s Hollie Bennett on going from midwife to head of communications

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Weighing up Zynga's $250m Gram acquisition one year on MERGED May 14th, 2019

Weighing up Zynga's $250m Gram acquisition one year on

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as Tencent and Riot Games working on mobile version of League of Legends POTENTIALLY HUGE May 23rd, 2019

Tencent and Riot Games working on mobile version of League of Legends

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SIERRA7 hits the bullseye and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 BIG INDIE PITCH May 23rd, 2019

SIERRA7 hits the bullseye and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019

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Google updates its Glass hardware with new Enterprise Edition 2 NOT QUITE IRON MAN May 23rd, 2019

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as Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019 FINANCIALS May 23rd, 2019

Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019

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Pocket Gamer Connects returns to Helsinki in 2019!

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as For the first time since launch Lineage 2 is no longer Netmarble’s biggest sales driver FINANCIAL DECLINES May 23rd, 2019

For the first time since launch Lineage 2 is no longer Netmarble’s biggest sales driver

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10 as Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019 BRAZIL TOPS LIST May 21st, 2019

Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings WEEKLY CHARTS May 20th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings

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Blizzard learned a "huge number of lessons" from Diablo Immortal reveal NO JOKE May 22nd, 2019

Blizzard learned a "huge number of lessons" from Diablo Immortal reveal

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Nintendo pulling Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Belgium amidst loot box concerns THE BELL TOLLS May 21st, 2019

Nintendo pulling Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in Belgium amidst loot box concerns

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Tapjoy: Mobile games have gone mainstream in the US NEW RESEARCH May 17th, 2019

Tapjoy: Mobile games have gone mainstream in the US

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as Microsoft and Sony set aside rivalry to team up on cloud gaming BIG DEAL May 16th, 2019

Microsoft and Sony set aside rivalry to team up on cloud gaming

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Sweet Escapes is the first independent release from Supercell-backed Redemption Games SWEET RELEASE May 21st, 2019

Sweet Escapes is the first independent release from Supercell-backed Redemption Games

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Gameloft launches esports tournament series for Asphalt 9: Legends

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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 two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

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The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell

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Financing your indie games development studio - Part one

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1 A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games MONETISATION DESIGN Nov 14th, 2018

A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games

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7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign MARKETING MEMES Aug 30th, 2018

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Gameloft reveals two new Disney games for mobile A WHOLE NEW WORLD May 22nd, 2019

Gameloft reveals two new Disney games for mobile

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as Tencent acquires Malmo developer Sharkmob M&A May 22nd, 2019

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Gismart partners with Sony to license music for its Karaoke app COME TOGETHER May 21st, 2019

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Battle royale Garena Free Fire generated $90 million in Q1 2019

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings WEEKLY CHARTS May 20th, 2019

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as Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? GAME OF THRONES May 20th, 2019

Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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as Keep an eye open for Indonesia, the fastest-growing nation in Adjust’s Global App Trends 2019 report REPORT May 17th, 2019

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Tapjoy: Mobile games have gone mainstream in the US

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as Battle royale games have surpassed $2 billion on mobile WINNER WINNER May 17th, 2019

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More than half of the world’s mobile gamers are based in Asia

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as Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea KOREA STARS May 14th, 2019

Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea

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Mountains takes home Best Mobile Game prize from The Game Awards 2018 News Dec 7th, 2018

Mountains takes home Best Mobile Game prize from The Game Awards 2018

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Monument Valley 2 wins Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards News Dec 11th, 2017

Monument Valley 2 wins Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards

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