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How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn Hot Five Mar 25th, 2019

WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn

  • Hot Five
Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

  • Mavens
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as Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? The Charticle Dec 13th, 2018

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

  • China
  • Charticle
  • Asia
  • MOBA
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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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10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads Regulars Oct 17th, 2016

10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads

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All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight Feature Jun 16th, 2016

All loot, no hassle: the making of Nonstop Knight

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  • RPG
  • Tampere
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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?

  • F2P
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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 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

  • F2P
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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 News Sep 15th, 2014

Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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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How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? The IAP Inspector Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  • Monetisation
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1 Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day Hot Five Mar 11th, 2019

Rogue Games raises $1.25m, Blizzard job cuts, and International Women's Day

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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  • IAP Inspector
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WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn Hot Five Mar 25th, 2019

WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn

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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? Mobile Mavens Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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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

  • F2P
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Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained ROUNDUP Mar 25th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track DEVELOPER TOOLKIT Mar 14th, 2019

11 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Developer Toolkit track

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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy track ESPORTS ACADEMY Mar 14th, 2019

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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Game Changers: Cloud and Connected Experiences track

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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Culture Club track

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4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track INFLUENCER INSIGHTS Mar 13th, 2019

4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insights track

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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177 51 top games in soft launch: From DC: Unchained and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

51 top games in soft launch: From DC: Unchained and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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

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

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Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained ROUNDUP Mar 25th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained

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1 A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake PRE-2000 Mar 14th, 2016

A Brief History of Mobile Games: In the beginning, there was Snake

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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

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Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay MAKING OF Aug 18th, 2015

Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay

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as Facebook partner on using UnrealFront’s Cinemagraph ad creative to market your mobile game CINEMAGRAPH ADS Mar 26th, 2019

Facebook partner on using UnrealFront’s Cinemagraph ad creative to market your mobile game

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1 Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it EXTRA LIFE Mar 25th, 2019

Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it

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How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 20th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat

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GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech NEW REALITIES Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech

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How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation AUTOMATED FUTURE Mar 18th, 2019

How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation

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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? EXISTING FANS Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC? GDC 2019 Mar 15th, 2019

How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?

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1 Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it EXTRA LIFE Mar 25th, 2019

Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it

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Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat VOODOO DEVELOPMENT MAGIC Mar 20th, 2019

Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat

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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

  • Jobs
  • Women in Games
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Jobs in Games
  • International Women's Day 2019
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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How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise? SHARP SHINY THINGS Mar 25th, 2019

How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

  • Monetisation
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GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech NEW REALITIES Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

  • Advertising
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Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games? EXISTING FANS Mar 18th, 2019

Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?

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EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics MORE JOB LOSSES Mar 26th, 2019

EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics

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Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack INDIE Mar 26th, 2019

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack

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as PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute LEGAL Mar 26th, 2019

PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute

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Take-Two founder and former CEO Ryan Brant dies at 49

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A record 29,000 people attended GDC 2019, organisers say

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Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co

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as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever FIGHT Mar 20th, 2019

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever

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Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion? VALUE MULTIPLIER Apr 26th, 2016

Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?

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as GDC 2019: All the top news in one place GDC ROUNDUP Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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as GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder SHOOT Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder

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1 GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed AND THE WINNER IS Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed

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as GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform WELCOME EXPLORERS Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform

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GDC 2019: Epic launches $100 million MegaGrants funding initiative for creators EPIC INVESTMENT Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Epic launches $100 million MegaGrants funding initiative for creators

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GDC 2019: Google launches new first-party studio Stadia Games and Entertainment

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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

7 best practices for using memes in your marketing campaign

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How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat SNAPCHAT MEMES Aug 20th, 2018

How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat

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9 steps to using analytics in your game GUIDE TO ANALYTICS Aug 29th, 2017

9 steps to using analytics in your game

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Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers UA GUIDE Jun 19th, 2017

Top user acquisition strategies for indie games developers

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as How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India INDIAN MAVENS May 8th, 2017

How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India

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Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out UP TO SCRATCH Mar 30th, 2017

Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out

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1 Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts TALK THE TALK Feb 14th, 2017

Mobile Games University - How to get a job in games: Interview tips from the experts

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Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co MOVING ON UP Mar 26th, 2019

Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co

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Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million LOCATION Mar 21st, 2019

Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million

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GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase YOU SPIN ME ROUND Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase

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GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry

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GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience GRAB YOUR RAY GUN Mar 19th, 2019

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as GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China CLOUD TECH Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China

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GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine ACQUISITION NEWS Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine

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as GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets CALL OF DUTY Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets

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1 Mobile gaming brought in 20 per cent more revenue than PC and console in 2018 REPORT Mar 20th, 2019

Mobile gaming brought in 20 per cent more revenue than PC and console in 2018

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as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever FIGHT Mar 20th, 2019

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls CHARTS Mar 18th, 2019

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Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media SPECIFIC SHARING Mar 15th, 2019

Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media

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as Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending SPEND Mar 14th, 2019

Sony's Fate/Grand Order hits $3 billion in player spending

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? ALL IN Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

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as Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate RANKED Mar 13th, 2019

Tencent and NetEase top App Annie's Top 52 app publishers list for 2018 as APAC companies dominate

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year TO GRINGOTTS Mar 13th, 2019

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year

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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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The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch GOOGLE EVENT Oct 5th, 2017

AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch

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Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 214,477

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 3,549,379

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Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences

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as Tencent introduces social credit score system to combat cheaters and reward good behaviour News Apr 12th, 2018

Tencent introduces social credit score system to combat cheaters and reward good behaviour

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EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics News 4 minutes ago

EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack News 16 minutes ago

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack

as PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute News 34 minutes ago

PUBG Corp and NetEase settle the battle royale cloning dispute

Take-Two founder and former CEO Ryan Brant dies at 49 News 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

Take-Two founder and former CEO Ryan Brant dies at 49

A record 29,000 people attended GDC 2019, organisers say News 3 hours, 22 minutes ago

A record 29,000 people attended GDC 2019, organisers say

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained Feature Mar 25th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Google Stadia insights, Blockchain Game Alliance opens up, and TikTok explained

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GDC 2019: All the top news in one place

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as GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder News Mar 21st, 2019

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1 GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed News Mar 21st, 2019

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as GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform News Mar 20th, 2019

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GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform

as Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever News Mar 20th, 2019

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2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready? Comment & Opinion Mar 13th, 2019

2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?

Ustwo, Annapurna, LEGO, Bossa, SEGA, Platinum Games and more making games for Apple Arcade subscription service News Mar 25th, 2019

Ustwo, Annapurna, LEGO, Bossa, SEGA, Platinum Games and more making games for Apple Arcade subscription service

1 Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it Comment & Opinion Mar 25th, 2019

Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it

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