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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick Interview Sep 28th, 2021

How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick

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PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook

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Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming Mobile Mavens Aug 31st, 2021

Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming

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Hot Five: Everdale, Everdale, Everdale...

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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Aug 13th, 2021

10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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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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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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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 Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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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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  • Monetizer
  • Reciprocity
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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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PG.biz week that was: Gamevil likes Amazon Appstore, Honeycomb will be open, AGON stops, Zipline starts, HTC profits, Xoom hasn't, 4th & Battery rejected, and Apple gets game PR Week that was Apr 9th, 2011

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How does Coin Master monetise?

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How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick Interview Sep 28th, 2021

How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye Feature Oct 5th, 2021

How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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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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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Aug 13th, 2021

10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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Six years on, how Gameloft sustains Order & Chaos 2: Redemption Interview Sep 7th, 2021

Six years on, how Gameloft sustains Order & Chaos 2: Redemption

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Townscaper WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Oct 22nd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Townscaper

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo POC IN MOBILE Oct 21st, 2021

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo

  • United Kingdom
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1 6 top tips for game devs to adapt to app store and privacy regulation changes WHAT TO DO Oct 13th, 2021

6 top tips for game devs to adapt to app store and privacy regulation changes

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How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye MAKING OF Oct 5th, 2021

How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Oct 4th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

  • Soft Launch
How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick MAKING OF Sep 28th, 2021

How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick

  • Making Of
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How Remedy Quest teaches players about Covid-19 and viruses MAKING OF Sep 21st, 2021

How Remedy Quest teaches players about Covid-19 and viruses

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

How much are your players really worth?

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262 50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Oct 4th, 2021

50 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Townscaper WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Oct 22nd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Townscaper

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo POC IN MOBILE Oct 21st, 2021

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo

  • United Kingdom
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as This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country THIS WEEK IN CHINA Apr 3rd, 2020

This Week In China: Second wave of game approvals goes through, and Tencent files the first 5G-related lawsuit in the country

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick

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How Remedy Quest teaches players about Covid-19 and viruses MAKING OF Sep 21st, 2021

How Remedy Quest teaches players about Covid-19 and viruses

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  • Scotland
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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Aug 13th, 2021

Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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  • Pokémon GO
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  • PUBG Mobile
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How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months IDLE WORLD Oct 21st, 2021

How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months

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Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo POC IN MOBILE Oct 21st, 2021

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo

  • United Kingdom
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How to step up your mobile game advertising with influencer marketing INFLUENCER INSIGHT Oct 20th, 2021

How to step up your mobile game advertising with influencer marketing

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The power of brand injections in mobile games BRAND ENGAGEMENT Oct 18th, 2021

The power of brand injections in mobile games

  • IP
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as JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army INDIE VIEW Oct 18th, 2021

JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army

  • Indies
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as Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat INDIE VIEW Oct 15th, 2021

Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat

  • Indies
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The slow inexorable rise of Skillz A NEW WAY TO PAY Oct 14th, 2021

The slow inexorable rise of Skillz

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Mobile marketing is crucial for a successful app in the post-COVID-19 era INSPIRATION ONLINE Oct 11th, 2021

Mobile marketing is crucial for a successful app in the post-COVID-19 era

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Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo POC IN MOBILE Oct 21st, 2021

Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo

  • United Kingdom
  • POC in Mobile
as JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army INDIE VIEW Oct 18th, 2021

JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army

  • Indies
  • Big Indie Pitch
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The power of brand injections in mobile games BRAND ENGAGEMENT Oct 18th, 2021

The power of brand injections in mobile games

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How to step up your mobile game advertising with influencer marketing INFLUENCER INSIGHT Oct 20th, 2021

How to step up your mobile game advertising with influencer marketing

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How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick MAKING OF Sep 28th, 2021

How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick

  • Making Of
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How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months IDLE WORLD Oct 21st, 2021

How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months

  • Monetisation
  • Growth
  • Sponsored
  • Idle Game
as Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat INDIE VIEW Oct 15th, 2021

Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat

  • Indies
  • Big Indie Pitch
  • PGC Digital
The slow inexorable rise of Skillz A NEW WAY TO PAY Oct 14th, 2021

The slow inexorable rise of Skillz

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  • Skill-based
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PUBG: New State will launch worldwide on November 11

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Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity HIGHLIGHTING DIVERSITY Oct 22nd, 2021

Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity

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The Battle of Polytopia players have donated $185,000 for African solar power

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Language learning game Influent lands on iOS devices

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Tracks for November's Beyond Games conference have been revealed

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MTG appoints Daniel Frechen as new Head of M&A and Strategy STILL GROWING Oct 8th, 2021

MTG appoints Daniel Frechen as new Head of M&A and Strategy

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  • Sweden
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Going mobile-first, Facebook Gaming now has 45 cloud games available MOBILE FIRST Oct 21st, 2021

Going mobile-first, Facebook Gaming now has 45 cloud games available

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Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games BUZZING Oct 21st, 2021

Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games

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  • Los Angeles
as Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016 MAGICAL LAUNCH Oct 18th, 2021

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016

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Gismart’s three Snapchat games attract nearly 90 million players

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Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion FULL HOUSE Oct 18th, 2021

Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion

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Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity HIGHLIGHTING DIVERSITY Oct 22nd, 2021

Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity

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  • Diversity
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1 Roblox announces World Party, its first metaverse music festival ROBLOX RAVE Oct 21st, 2021

Roblox announces World Party, its first metaverse music festival

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How much are your players really worth? RESIDUAL VALUE CALCULATOR Sep 8th, 2021

How much are your players really worth?

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What is CFO Resources? MONEY TALK Jun 1st, 2021

What is CFO Resources?

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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 ART OF THE DEAL Apr 26th, 2019

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

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Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games BUZZING Oct 21st, 2021

Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games

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  • Los Angeles
Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion PACKING THE PIE Oct 21st, 2021

Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion

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  • London
  • Cloud Gaming
as Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation BOOSTING BLOCKCHAIN Oct 20th, 2021

Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation

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Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion FULL HOUSE Oct 18th, 2021

Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion

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IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million NEWS Oct 15th, 2021

IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million

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Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud SPREAD THE LOAD Oct 14th, 2021

Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud

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Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe CARD SHARP Oct 14th, 2021

Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe

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Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups ROCKET FUEL Oct 12th, 2021

Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups

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Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity HIGHLIGHTING DIVERSITY Oct 22nd, 2021

Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity

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Power in numbers: Improbable on why you should enable crossplay BY THE NUMBERS Oct 21st, 2021

Power in numbers: Improbable on why you should enable crossplay

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PUBG Mobile is the most downloaded mobile game worldwide following the release of Battlegrounds India DOWNLOAD DEMOGRAPHICS Oct 20th, 2021

PUBG Mobile is the most downloaded mobile game worldwide following the release of Battlegrounds India

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App Annie’s Game IQ gets smarter GRANULARITY GREATNESS Oct 19th, 2021

App Annie’s Game IQ gets smarter

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Zynga's High Heels hits one hundred million downloads FASHION SENSE Oct 15th, 2021

Zynga's High Heels hits one hundred million downloads

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81% of media buyers plan in-game ad spending increase over next 12 months AD INSIGHT Oct 13th, 2021

81% of media buyers plan in-game ad spending increase over next 12 months

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Get your holiday season all wrapped up WHAT'S NEXT? Oct 13th, 2021

Get your holiday season all wrapped up

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Weekly consumer mobile games spend grows by 35% in Q3 2021 GAMES GROWTH Oct 8th, 2021

Weekly consumer mobile games spend grows by 35% in Q3 2021

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021 BEST OF 2021 Sep 6th, 2021

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021

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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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4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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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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Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io News Sep 17th, 2021

Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io

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PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka on bringing web hit Shell Shockers to mobile Interview Sep 8th, 2021

PopCap co-founder Jason Kapalka on bringing web hit Shell Shockers to mobile

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Enthusiast Gaming acquires Addicting Games for $34 million News Sep 7th, 2021

Enthusiast Gaming acquires Addicting Games for $34 million

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PGC Digital: Xsolla's Miikka Luotio on the benefits of going cross-platform News Feb 9th, 2021

PGC Digital: Xsolla's Miikka Luotio on the benefits of going cross-platform

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