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Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes Hot Five Sep 21st, 2020

Hot Five: PUBG Mobile revenue tops August, Storm8's Amber Okamura talks remote working, and everything you need to know about IDFA changes

  • Hot Five
How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise? The IAP Inspector Jul 30th, 2020

How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise?

  • IAP Inspector
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Indie Mavens: Weighing up the benefits between digital and physical events for indies Mobile Mavens Jul 6th, 2020

Indie Mavens: Weighing up the benefits between digital and physical events for indies

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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?

  • Charticle
  • Pokémon Go
  • Pokemon
  • Pokemon Masters
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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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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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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

  • Marvel
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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

  • Jobs
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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

  • Week That Was
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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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

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

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

  • Hot Five
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

  • Jobs
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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

  • Marvel
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  • Live and Kicking
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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  • Amazon Underground
  • Crossing the Jordan
10 How does Coin Master monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 7th, 2018

How does Coin Master monetise?

  • Monetisation
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How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise? The IAP Inspector Jul 30th, 2020

How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise?

  • IAP Inspector
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2 Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it? Mobile Mavens Oct 22nd, 2014

Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it?

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Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO CASE STUDY Oct 21st, 2020

Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO

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249 48 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Oct 19th, 2020

48 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Oct 16th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Poor Thief! WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Oct 16th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Poor Thief!

Update: All 138 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Oct 16th, 2020

Update: All 138 Apple Arcade games available now

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1 29 notable mobile games released in September 2020 you may have missed NEW GAMES Oct 13th, 2020

29 notable mobile games released in September 2020 you may have missed

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Sumo acquires Pipeworks, Huuuge Groups hires new CFO, and Krafton merges with PUBG Corp TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Oct 2nd, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Sumo acquires Pipeworks, Huuuge Groups hires new CFO, and Krafton merges with PUBG Corp

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Mobile games jobs weekly: Former Sumo director joins Supercell, Microsoft acquires Zenimax, and Snap Games snaps up more TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Sep 25th, 2020

Mobile games jobs weekly: Former Sumo director joins Supercell, Microsoft acquires Zenimax, and Snap Games snaps up more

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249 48 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer SOFT LAUNCH Oct 19th, 2020

48 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Legends and Crash Bandicoot: On the Run to Hay Day Pop and The Witcher: Monster Slayer

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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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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Oct 16th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec

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13 Mobile Game of the Week: Poor Thief! WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Oct 16th, 2020

Mobile Game of the Week: Poor Thief!

Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO CASE STUDY Oct 21st, 2020

Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO

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Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Dec 19th, 2019

Updated: 22 mobile games that have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime sales

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

How does Coin Master monetise?

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2 Why Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is "the biggest, most robust game Zynga's ever launched" URAMAGICIAN Sep 23rd, 2020

Why Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells is "the biggest, most robust game Zynga's ever launched"

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InnoGames's Omoloro Oyegoke on why "removing barriers of entry" will attract more people of colour to games POC IN MOBILE Oct 23rd, 2020

InnoGames's Omoloro Oyegoke on why "removing barriers of entry" will attract more people of colour to games

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Speaker Spotlight: CCP Games brand manager on how the games industry can thrive despite COVID SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Oct 22nd, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: CCP Games brand manager on how the games industry can thrive despite COVID

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 1: ISBN, copyright, and taxes YODO1 Oct 22nd, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 1: ISBN, copyright, and taxes

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How Snake inspired Tree Men Games' Pako Caravan MAKING OF Oct 22nd, 2020

How Snake inspired Tree Men Games' Pako Caravan

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The best mobile ads formats for user acquisition and how to plan your strategy STARLOOP Oct 22nd, 2020

The best mobile ads formats for user acquisition and how to plan your strategy

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1 as Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

  • Japan
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Speaker Spotlight: Call of Duty: Mobile associate product manager on how publishing will evolve SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Oct 21st, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: Call of Duty: Mobile associate product manager on how publishing will evolve

  • Speaker Spotlight
Lozange Labs's Matt and Ava Loz on how the App Store editor can make or break a game INDIE SPOTLIGHT Oct 21st, 2020

Lozange Labs's Matt and Ava Loz on how the App Store editor can make or break a game

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1 as Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem LIVE AND KICKING Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost game director Yuji Okada on the two-year success of Nintendo's hidden gem

  • Japan
  • Live and Kicking
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11 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

  • Game Design
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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

  • Jobs
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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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Why Lion Studios' Amy Choi believes studying data analytics is a must for aspiring game developers REMOTE WORKING Oct 20th, 2020

Why Lion Studios' Amy Choi believes studying data analytics is a must for aspiring game developers

  • Data
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Master the Meta: Why Genshin Impact is far more important than you think MASTER THE META Oct 12th, 2020

Master the Meta: Why Genshin Impact is far more important than you think

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Rewarded ad monetisation: The 3 most effective ways to rocket revenues ROCKET REVENUE Oct 20th, 2020

Rewarded ad monetisation: The 3 most effective ways to rocket revenues

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How Roblox software engineer Corey Robinson began designing levels at 14 REMOTE WORKING Oct 13th, 2020

How Roblox software engineer Corey Robinson began designing levels at 14

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Call of Duty: Mobile shoots its way through 300 million downloads PUT EM UP Oct 23rd, 2020

Call of Duty: Mobile shoots its way through 300 million downloads

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Riot Games welcomes Jason Bunge as its first-ever CMO WELCOME ABOARD Oct 23rd, 2020

Riot Games welcomes Jason Bunge as its first-ever CMO

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Stadia creative director Hutchinson insists streamers should pay royalties PAY UP Oct 23rd, 2020

Stadia creative director Hutchinson insists streamers should pay royalties

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Speaker Spotlight: CCP Games brand manager on how the games industry can thrive despite COVID SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Oct 22nd, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: CCP Games brand manager on how the games industry can thrive despite COVID

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as Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50% LOST IN TRANSLATION? Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50%

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Gen Z mobile users more likely to play games, but spend less time in top titles PLAY TIME Oct 22nd, 2020

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Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 1: ISBN, copyright, and taxes YODO1 Oct 22nd, 2020

Yodo1’s guide to publishing your mobile game in China, part 1: ISBN, copyright, and taxes

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AppsFlyer welcomes Adam Smart as its new director of product for gaming WELCOME ABOARD Oct 22nd, 2020

AppsFlyer welcomes Adam Smart as its new director of product for gaming

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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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1 Among Us hits 86.6 million downloads two years after release JOIN US Sep 16th, 2020

Among Us hits 86.6 million downloads two years after release

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

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

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Playtika looks to go public as it confidentially files for an IPO GOING PUBLIC Oct 19th, 2020

Playtika looks to go public as it confidentially files for an IPO

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as Yodo1 announces transition to a fully remote company from 1st December, 2020 GOING REMOTE Oct 16th, 2020

Yodo1 announces transition to a fully remote company from 1st December, 2020

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Riot Games is launching a regional open beta for League of Legends: Wild Rift BORN TO BE WILD Oct 19th, 2020

Riot Games is launching a regional open beta for League of Legends: Wild Rift

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Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS Oct 16th, 2020

Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Rovio CEO plans exit, Supercell looks to bolster team, and Anzu recruits Activision Blizzard exec

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Master the Meta: Why Genshin Impact is far more important than you think MASTER THE META Oct 12th, 2020

Master the Meta: Why Genshin Impact is far more important than you think

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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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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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Devolver picks up Serious Sam developer Croteam TWO BECOME ONE Oct 22nd, 2020

Devolver picks up Serious Sam developer Croteam

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Blizzard veterans raise $4.7m to fund new studio Frost Giant TALKING STRATEGY Oct 21st, 2020

Blizzard veterans raise $4.7m to fund new studio Frost Giant

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Alliance Entertainment acquires US games rental service GameFly FLYING HIGH Oct 19th, 2020

Alliance Entertainment acquires US games rental service GameFly

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MyTona teams with Netflix to bring Stranger Things to Cooking Diaries ENTER THE UPSIDE DOWN Oct 13th, 2020

MyTona teams with Netflix to bring Stranger Things to Cooking Diaries

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UK National Videogame Museum receives $522,000 grant NVM SUPPORT Oct 13th, 2020

UK National Videogame Museum receives $522,000 grant

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as Streaming platforms Huya and DouYu are merging TWO BECOME ONE Oct 13th, 2020

Streaming platforms Huya and DouYu are merging

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Vungle adapts to post-IDFA era with acquisition of automated UA platform AlgoLift MACHINE SMARTS Oct 13th, 2020

Vungle adapts to post-IDFA era with acquisition of automated UA platform AlgoLift

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as Com2uS purchases Out of the Park Developments "PROGRESSIVE STRIDES" Oct 13th, 2020

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as Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50% LOST IN TRANSLATION? Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50%

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Gen Z mobile users more likely to play games, but spend less time in top titles PLAY TIME Oct 22nd, 2020

Gen Z mobile users more likely to play games, but spend less time in top titles

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Roblox surpasses $2 billion in player spending on mobile BUILDING UP Oct 22nd, 2020

Roblox surpasses $2 billion in player spending on mobile

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Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO CASE STUDY Oct 21st, 2020

Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO

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as Honor of Kings reigns supreme as the top-earning mobile game in September IT'S AN HONOUR Oct 20th, 2020

Honor of Kings reigns supreme as the top-earning mobile game in September

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as Japan is responsible for 22% of mobile games global revenue in the first nine months of 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Oct 19th, 2020

Japan is responsible for 22% of mobile games global revenue in the first nine months of 2020

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Google was the top mobile publisher via downloads in September TOP OF THE WORLD Oct 16th, 2020

Google was the top mobile publisher via downloads in September

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Voodoo was the top hypercasual publisher through downloads in Q3 2020 TOP DOG Oct 15th, 2020

Voodoo was the top hypercasual publisher through downloads in Q3 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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5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018 GETTING KOLSCH WITH THE INDUSTRY Aug 31st, 2018

5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018

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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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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,422,695

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,864

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,636,559

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,220,717

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  2. Business (447,181 active)
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as What game developers need to know about China's local server requirements Comment & Opinion Aug 19th, 2020

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as User Acquisition in China: Capturing the world's largest mobile gaming audience Comment & Opinion Aug 12th, 2020

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as [Updated Daily] Apple China News: Complete timeline of App Store ISBN developments News Aug 3rd, 2020

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as HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market Comment & Opinion Jul 29th, 2020

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