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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? Mobile Mavens Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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Voodoo racks up 1.5bn downloads, mobile user retention and session data, and Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards winners revealed

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How does Brawl Stars monetise?

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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?

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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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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 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

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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How does Brawl Stars monetise? The IAP Inspector Dec 19th, 2018

How does Brawl Stars monetise?

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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?

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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? Mobile Mavens Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track LIVE OPS LANDSCAPE Feb 15th, 2019

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track

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166 49 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

49 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down ROUNDUP Feb 11th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down

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Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019 FINANCIALS CALENDAR Feb 6th, 2019

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019

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Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future FACEBOOK ROUNDTABLE Feb 6th, 2019

Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future

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3 reasons you need to be at Ludicious in Switzerland this week SWISS CHEERS Jan 30th, 2019

3 reasons you need to be at Ludicious in Switzerland this week

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Region Focus: Inside Vancouver's top games companies REGION FOCUS Jan 29th, 2019

Region Focus: Inside Vancouver's top games companies

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1 Adapt or disrupt: A practical guide to surviving in a golden age of games HOW TO Jan 28th, 2019

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166 49 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Feb 12th, 2019

49 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

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Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future FACEBOOK ROUNDTABLE Feb 6th, 2019

Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future

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5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track LIVE OPS LANDSCAPE Feb 15th, 2019

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Live Ops Landscape track

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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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How does Brawl Stars monetise? STREAMLINED Dec 19th, 2018

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Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019 FINANCIALS CALENDAR Feb 6th, 2019

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019

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Pocket.watch on how partnering with influencers gives it an edge in the mobile games market YOUTUBE X GAMES Feb 21st, 2019

Pocket.watch on how partnering with influencers gives it an edge in the mobile games market

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Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together" SOCIAL GAMING Feb 20th, 2019

Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together"

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1 Why Activision Blizzard’s mobile strategy is between a rock and a hard place TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? Feb 19th, 2019

Why Activision Blizzard’s mobile strategy is between a rock and a hard place

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as How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China KEYS TO SUCCESS Feb 14th, 2019

How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China

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After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Feb 12th, 2019

After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point

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1 More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019 ALL SYSTEMS GO Feb 7th, 2019

More games, more M&A, more growth: Why Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau is bullish for 2019

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Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018 TUNED IN Feb 7th, 2019

Music apps-focused Gismart wants to double its headcount and enter the publishing business after successful 2018

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1 Why Activision Blizzard’s mobile strategy is between a rock and a hard place TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? Feb 19th, 2019

Why Activision Blizzard’s mobile strategy is between a rock and a hard place

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Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together" SOCIAL GAMING Feb 20th, 2019

Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together"

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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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as How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China KEYS TO SUCCESS Feb 14th, 2019

How JoyPac delivered a top 10 success in China

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After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Feb 12th, 2019

After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point

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Pocket.watch on how partnering with influencers gives it an edge in the mobile games market YOUTUBE X GAMES Feb 21st, 2019

Pocket.watch on how partnering with influencers gives it an edge in the mobile games market

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as Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West? EASTERN STARS Dec 13th, 2018

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

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What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019? WELL?! Feb 1st, 2019

What industry trends do mobile indies see on the horizon for 2019?

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as Chinese publisher East2West opens its USA branch in San Francisco INTERNATIONAL Feb 21st, 2019

Chinese publisher East2West opens its USA branch in San Francisco

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as Tencent brings in new broadcasting rules to police hurtful content across its products TENCENT RULES Feb 21st, 2019

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Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months LIFE FINDS A WAY Feb 21st, 2019

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Activision Blizzard shuts down King’s San Francisco studio as it focuses on European development EUROPE A PRIORITY Feb 15th, 2019

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Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Feb 15th, 2019

Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million

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as Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing CHARTS Feb 18th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Coin Master overtakes Candy Crush Saga in Great Britain and Ireland for top grossing

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as China officially recognises esports as a profession THE CROWD GOES WILD Feb 15th, 2019

China officially recognises esports as a profession

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

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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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Keywords’ latest acquisition is Dutch UA tools provider GetSocial CLOUD Feb 21st, 2019

Keywords’ latest acquisition is Dutch UA tools provider GetSocial

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Ex-Disney and Pixar animators raised $2m for new Texas mobile studio Tonk Tonk Games TONK YOU VERY MUCH Feb 20th, 2019

Ex-Disney and Pixar animators raised $2m for new Texas mobile studio Tonk Tonk Games

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as Human: Fall Flat coming to mobile in China as 505 Games partners with X.D. Network HUMAN STAND TALL Feb 15th, 2019

Human: Fall Flat coming to mobile in China as 505 Games partners with X.D. Network

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Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push publishing efforts on mobile and PC WIRED Feb 15th, 2019

Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push publishing efforts on mobile and PC

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Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months LIFE FINDS A WAY Feb 21st, 2019

Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months

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Fire Emblem Heroes has grossed over $500 million in two years

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Ofcom reckons almost 90 per cent of gamers aged between 12 and 15 are playing online OFCOM Jan 30th, 2019

Ofcom reckons almost 90 per cent of gamers aged between 12 and 15 are playing online

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Candy Crush Friends Saga smashes past $10 million revenue worldwide News Nov 7th, 2018

Candy Crush Friends Saga smashes past $10 million revenue worldwide

Almost three-quarters of the game's audience is playing on Android devices

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Candy Crush Friends Saga swipes 10 million downloads in its first week News Oct 22nd, 2018

Candy Crush Friends Saga swipes 10 million downloads in its first week

But King’s sweet puzzling franchise is continuing to trend downwards

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King’s Candy Crush Friends Saga lands on App Store and Google Play after global launch News Oct 11th, 2018

King’s Candy Crush Friends Saga lands on App Store and Google Play after global launch

A 3D-focused event to be hosted in New York to celebrate the launch

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as Tencent brings in new broadcasting rules to police hurtful content across its products News Feb 21st, 2019

Tencent brings in new broadcasting rules to police hurtful content across its products

Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months News Feb 21st, 2019

Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months

as Razer lays off 30 staff as mobile future is put in doubt News Feb 21st, 2019

Razer lays off 30 staff as mobile future is put in doubt

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49 top games in soft launch: From Cyber Hunter and Rocket Rabbids to Gears POP! and Candy Crush Tales

Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down Feature Feb 11th, 2019

Games industry roundup: Why Introversion sold Prison Architect, blockchain's EverDreamSoft rethinks business, and Machinima shuts down

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019 Feature Feb 6th, 2019

Mobile games industry financials calendar 2019

Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future Feature Feb 6th, 2019

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China blocks new game approvals again as it strives to clear extensive backlog

Ubisoft mobile bookings soar 77.6 per cent over the first three quarters of the publisher’s FY2019 News Feb 18th, 2019

Ubisoft mobile bookings soar 77.6 per cent over the first three quarters of the publisher’s FY2019

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