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Hot Five: Supercell, PES 2021 Mobile, Clash Quest, more Supercell and Puzzle Combat News Apr 12th, 2021

Hot Five: Supercell, PES 2021 Mobile, Clash Quest, more Supercell and Puzzle Combat

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"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions" Interview Apr 9th, 2021

"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions"

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Hot Five: Crash Bandicoot does 8 million, how A.I. is changing mobile, and MTG buys Ninja Kiwi Hot Five Mar 29th, 2021

Hot Five: Crash Bandicoot does 8 million, how A.I. is changing mobile, and MTG buys Ninja Kiwi

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns Job News Feb 1st, 2021

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns

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Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

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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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1 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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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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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

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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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Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat Interview Apr 8th, 2021

Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell News Nov 4th, 2019

Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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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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1 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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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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"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions" Interview Apr 9th, 2021

"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions"

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Hot Five: The best Crash Bandicoot: On the Run data and 3 new Supercell games News Apr 5th, 2021

Hot Five: The best Crash Bandicoot: On the Run data and 3 new Supercell games

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How to get a job in the games industry CAREERS Apr 12th, 2021

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261 52 top games in soft launch: From Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Apr 12th, 2021

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Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Apr 8th, 2021

Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now

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Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 LOBBYING GUIDE Apr 1st, 2021

Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021

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ByteBrew’s free app tracking transparency SDK BYTEBREW Mar 30th, 2021

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How to keep your game on top: Skill Tree - Fishing Clash’s secret for continued success GONE FISHING Mar 29th, 2021

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Immortal Destiny: Darkness Origins WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 26th, 2021

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1 G Fuel CEO and founder Cliff Morgan on controversial creators and the growth of mobile esports G FUEL Mar 26th, 2021

G Fuel CEO and founder Cliff Morgan on controversial creators and the growth of mobile esports

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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

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261 52 top games in soft launch: From Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Pokémon Unite to Tomb Raider Reloaded and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Apr 12th, 2021

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1 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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Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Apr 8th, 2021

Update: All 187 Apple Arcade games available now

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Get excited for PG Connects Seattle 2020 with these six videos from last year's conference SIX OF THE BEST Mar 9th, 2020

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Immortal Destiny: Darkness Origins WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Mar 26th, 2021

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Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 LOBBYING GUIDE Apr 1st, 2021

Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021

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

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Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy SUPER STRATEGY Apr 12th, 2021

Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy

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IDFA revenue losses causing you stress? Context and audio are the answer LISTEN GOOD Apr 12th, 2021

IDFA revenue losses causing you stress? Context and audio are the answer

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"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions" POC IN MOBILE Apr 9th, 2021

"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions"

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With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again SMARTER MOVES Apr 8th, 2021

With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again

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Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat MAKING OF Apr 8th, 2021

Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat

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How AI is disrupting the game creation process SMARTER THINKING Apr 7th, 2021

How AI is disrupting the game creation process

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as The Big Indie interviews: Runner-up Minidragon tells us all about their latest game Tiny Fantasy INDIE VIEW Apr 7th, 2021

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LVP's Harry Hamer on helping to scale truly transformational companies MEET THE INVESTOR Apr 6th, 2021

LVP's Harry Hamer on helping to scale truly transformational companies

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With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again SMARTER MOVES Apr 8th, 2021

With Clash expansions, Supercell is rewriting the mobile game playbook - again

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Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat MAKING OF Apr 8th, 2021

Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat

  • Making Of
  • Launch
  • Match-3
  • Empires & Puzzles
  • Puzzle Combat
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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How Zynga manages its ad strategy in an era of consolidation TRUST, SCALE and ARPDAU Apr 6th, 2021

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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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"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions" POC IN MOBILE Apr 9th, 2021

"Visibility means promoting more developers of colour to leadership positions"

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Master the Meta: The state of hypercasual MASTER THE META Apr 6th, 2021

Master the Meta: The state of hypercasual

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5 questions to inspire great ad creative for mobile games STORYTELLING Apr 5th, 2021

5 questions to inspire great ad creative for mobile games

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Be in the know with CFO 101 at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 PGC DIGITAL Apr 12th, 2021

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Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play HELLS BELLS Apr 12th, 2021

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After 500 million hypercasual downloads in China, Ohayoo looks to go global

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Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy SUPER STRATEGY Apr 12th, 2021

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Join Clash 3D remains the most downloaded mobile game WHAT A CLASH Apr 12th, 2021

Join Clash 3D remains the most downloaded mobile game

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Wargaming expects to hire +100 in new Lithuanian studio NEW TERRITORY Apr 12th, 2021

Wargaming expects to hire +100 in new Lithuanian studio

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Konami's eFootball PES 2021 Mobile scores 400 million downloads IT'S A GOAL Apr 7th, 2021

Konami's eFootball PES 2021 Mobile scores 400 million downloads

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Supercell soft-launches Clash Quest in Scandinavia CLASH(IC) Apr 7th, 2021

Supercell soft-launches Clash Quest in Scandinavia

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Supercell announces trio of new Clash games - Clash Mini, Clash Quest and Clash Heroes

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Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell

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Rovio soft-launches new narrative puzzle game Supernatural City WELCOME TO NEW GATEWAY Apr 9th, 2021

Rovio soft-launches new narrative puzzle game Supernatural City

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EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch CEASEFIRE Oct 19th, 2020

EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch

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as Tencent's Timi Studios hit revenues of $10 billion in 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Apr 6th, 2021

Tencent's Timi Studios hit revenues of $10 billion in 2020

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CrazyLabs exceeds 4 billion downloads THAT'S CRAZY Apr 9th, 2021

CrazyLabs exceeds 4 billion downloads

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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

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Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch PITCH PERFECT Apr 10th, 2019

Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch

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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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Tripledot Studios closes $78 million in Series A funding DOT DOT DOT Apr 9th, 2021

Tripledot Studios closes $78 million in Series A funding

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Sandbox buys Fingerprint to create Sandbox Kids WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Mar 31st, 2021

Sandbox buys Fingerprint to create Sandbox Kids

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NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs secures $305 million in funding SUPER FLOW Mar 30th, 2021

NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs secures $305 million in funding

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AR outfit Blippar secures $5 million in pre-Series A funding REALITY CHECK Mar 29th, 2021

AR outfit Blippar secures $5 million in pre-Series A funding

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Digital Turbine to acquire Fyber for $600 million WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Mar 23rd, 2021

Digital Turbine to acquire Fyber for $600 million

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ByteDance snaps up Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Mar 22nd, 2021

ByteDance snaps up Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology

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Keywords enters the Australian market with Tanalus Media investment DOWN UNDER Mar 18th, 2021

Keywords enters the Australian market with Tanalus Media investment

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Super League Gaming snaps up live streaming platform Mobcrush GETTING COMPETITIVE Mar 12th, 2021

Super League Gaming snaps up live streaming platform Mobcrush

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Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020 DOWN, DOWN Mar 31st, 2021

Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020

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Crash Bandicoot: On the Run - 400% faster than other endless runners VROOM Mar 31st, 2021

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run - 400% faster than other endless runners

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From Trivia Crack to Hago: the rise of party apps PARTY ON Mar 25th, 2021

From Trivia Crack to Hago: the rise of party apps

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Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending HIGH IMPACT Mar 24th, 2021

Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending

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Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year BACK OF THE NET Mar 22nd, 2021

Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year

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From Guardian of Light to Reloaded, here's how Tomb Raider fares on mobile EVERYBODY LOVES A TOMB Mar 22nd, 2021

From Guardian of Light to Reloaded, here's how Tomb Raider fares on mobile

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Whatever happened to mobile racers? STILL VROOMING Mar 19th, 2021

Whatever happened to mobile racers?

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Mobile was the top-earning games platform in 2020 MOBILE MADNESS Mar 15th, 2021

Mobile was the top-earning games platform in 2020

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1 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020 BEST OF 2020 Sep 8th, 2020

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

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019 EVENT RECAP Nov 5th, 2019

4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019

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5 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019 BEST OF 2019 Oct 1st, 2019

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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4 The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018 BEST OF 2018 Aug 21st, 2018

The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018

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