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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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Hot 5: The rise of Roblox, Call of Duty is mobile's fastest ever launch, and you won't like Ilkka when he's angry Hot Five Oct 14th, 2019

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour Mobile Mavens Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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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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as East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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as As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? The Charticle Aug 26th, 2019

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

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1 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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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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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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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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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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1 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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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour Mobile Mavens Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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Hot 5: The rise of Roblox, Call of Duty is mobile's fastest ever launch, and you won't like Ilkka when he's angry Hot Five Oct 14th, 2019

Hot 5: The rise of Roblox, Call of Duty is mobile's fastest ever launch, and you won't like Ilkka when he's angry

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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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5 How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise? The IAP Inspector Jul 7th, 2017

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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive Mobile Mavens Jul 25th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive

I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain Stateside Jul 31st, 2015

I like it, but I wish Zynga hadn't made Mountain Goat Mountain

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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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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as How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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203 52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales SOFT LAUNCH Oct 2nd, 2019

52 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Payday: Crime War and Candy Crush Tales

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Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective START HERE Sep 20th, 2019

Apple Arcade - the First Time User Experience perspective

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Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel FASTER, FASTER Sep 11th, 2019

Build fast and start playing: How Ministry of Games created its Rapid Development Funnel

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MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry REGION FOCUS Sep 10th, 2019

MENA Region Focus: Behind the scenes on the Saudi Arabian games industry

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as What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral EAST AND WEST Sep 5th, 2019

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Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Oct 16th, 2019

Updated: 21 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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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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Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment ROUNDUP Jun 10th, 2019

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5 How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise? IAP INSPECTOR Jul 7th, 2017

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as How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global OUTWARD BOUND Oct 9th, 2019

How Jordan is building on solid foundations to take its game sector global

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Riding with Rovio: The making of Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage Jul 3rd, 2013

Riding with Rovio: The making of Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage

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How does Last Day on Earth: Survival monetise?

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Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO INDIE SPOTLIGHT Oct 15th, 2019

Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour FALSE START Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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1 Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile CROSSHAIR RIVALS Oct 9th, 2019

Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile

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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

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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

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Opinion: Here come the Belgians WALLOONED Oct 7th, 2019

Opinion: Here come the Belgians

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Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games WHAT'S NEXT? Oct 7th, 2019

Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on a unique career in social games

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Nintendo slouches towards $1 billion of mobile revenue SLOW TRAIN Oct 3rd, 2019

Nintendo slouches towards $1 billion of mobile revenue

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1 Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform BEYOND GAMING Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

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

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1 Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile CROSSHAIR RIVALS Oct 9th, 2019

Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile

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Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour FALSE START Oct 9th, 2019

Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour

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3 Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players SURF'S UP Sep 24th, 2015

Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players

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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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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive Jul 25th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive

Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games raises $500,000 INVESTMENT WINDOW Dec 5th, 2017

Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games raises $500,000

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Riot Games goes mobile with official League of Legends game and autobattler Teamfight Tactics MOBILE MOBA Oct 16th, 2019

Riot Games goes mobile with official League of Legends game and autobattler Teamfight Tactics

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Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan - applications close next week! EVENT Oct 16th, 2019

Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan - applications close next week!

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Learn more about investment in the Show Me The Money track at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan PGC JORDAN Oct 15th, 2019

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as Win FREE expo space, plus travel and accommodation for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan - ends Thursday EVENT Oct 15th, 2019

Win FREE expo space, plus travel and accommodation for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan - ends Thursday

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MENA indie devs can win a trip to PG Connects Jordan 2019 COMPETITION Oct 2nd, 2019

MENA indie devs can win a trip to PG Connects Jordan 2019

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Apple and Google pull apps from their storefronts due to Hong Kong protests CONTINUED PROTESTS Oct 11th, 2019

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Supercell, Tencent, King, Wargaming, Facebook and more already confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020

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Tencent tops September mobile publisher grossing chart CHARTS Oct 11th, 2019

Tencent tops September mobile publisher grossing chart

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as Mighty Kingdom wins Studio of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2019 GCAP RECAP Oct 10th, 2019

Mighty Kingdom wins Studio of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2019

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Mario Kart Tour was the most downloaded mobile title in September CHARTS Oct 11th, 2019

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjurs $154 million in lifetime revenue MAKING MAGIC Oct 10th, 2019

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjurs $154 million in lifetime revenue

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as Success of Untitled Goose Game shows devs can find their own 'sustainable bubbles' HONK HONK Oct 10th, 2019

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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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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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NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million UK POWERHOUSE Oct 14th, 2019

NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million

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1 Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round ESPORTS BOOST Oct 10th, 2019

Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round

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PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool COMPLIMENTARY Oct 8th, 2019

PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool

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1 Unity continues M&A drive acquiring liveops outfit ChilliConnect MORE TOOLS Oct 3rd, 2019

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CVC buys minority stake in mobile game monetisation outfit IronSource for $400 million BIG DEAL Oct 3rd, 2019

CVC buys minority stake in mobile game monetisation outfit IronSource for $400 million

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as Skydance and Firefly Games partner for Terminator: Dark Fate mobile game THE FUTURE IS NOT SET Oct 1st, 2019

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London Venture Partners raises $80 million to fund game startups FUNDING Sep 26th, 2019

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Tencent tops September mobile publisher grossing chart CHARTS Oct 11th, 2019

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Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe BIG SELLER Oct 10th, 2019

Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe

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Mario Kart Tour does 90 million downloads but monetisation lags FAST START Oct 3rd, 2019

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as Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year LEVELLING UP Oct 1st, 2019

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as Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month GOOD START Oct 1st, 2019

Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month

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Mario Kart Tour races to 20 million downloads in 24 hours POLE POSITION Sep 27th, 2019

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as Niko Partners: Asian cloud games market to reach $3 billion by 2023 ANALYTICS REPORT Sep 27th, 2019

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

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