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Women "underserved" in mobile games market, $1m potato artist joins Animoca Brands, and Empires & Puzzles hits 34m installs Hot Five Jun 24th, 2019

Women "underserved" in mobile games market, $1m potato artist joins Animoca Brands, and Empires & Puzzles hits 34m installs

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Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?

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Hall of Fame: King CEO Riccardo Zacconi on building a mobile gaming powerhouse

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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

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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

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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

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Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight

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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm

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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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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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Women "underserved" in mobile games market, $1m potato artist joins Animoca Brands, and Empires & Puzzles hits 34m installs Hot Five Jun 24th, 2019

Women "underserved" in mobile games market, $1m potato artist joins Animoca Brands, and Empires & Puzzles hits 34m installs

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How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?

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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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48 top games in soft launch: From Marvel Super War and Disney Sorcerer’s Arena to Call of Duty: Mobile and Candy Crush Tales

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E3 2019: All the mobile game news in one place

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Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded

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E3 2019: All the mobile game news in one place E3 MOBILE Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019: All the mobile game news in one place

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as PGC Hong Kong: Twitchy Finger founder and CEO Edward Li on future opportunities for developers PGC Hong Kong 2019 Jun 26th, 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Twitchy Finger founder and CEO Edward Li on future opportunities for developers

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as PGC Hong Kong: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Jun 25th, 2019

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The 2019 mobile game marketing strategies that work

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How to monetise your IAP-based game with ads AD MONETISATION Jun 24th, 2019

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Games for Change: How students are leading the charge for positive social change GAMES FOR CHANGE Jun 21st, 2019

Games for Change: How students are leading the charge for positive social change

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What’s Good Games’ Andrea Rene on the state of mobile, Apple Arcade and 12 years in the games industry 'BUSIEST LADY IN THE BIZ' Jun 21st, 2019

What’s Good Games’ Andrea Rene on the state of mobile, Apple Arcade and 12 years in the games industry

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as Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East LIVE AND KICKING Jun 20th, 2019

Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East

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The 2019 mobile game marketing strategies that work MARKETING STRATEGIES Jun 24th, 2019

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What’s Good Games’ Andrea Rene on the state of mobile, Apple Arcade and 12 years in the games industry

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1 “Women are most definitely underserved in the mobile games market” STYLE SPACES Jun 19th, 2019

“Women are most definitely underserved in the mobile games market”

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Games for Change: How students are leading the charge for positive social change GAMES FOR CHANGE Jun 21st, 2019

Games for Change: How students are leading the charge for positive social change

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How this award-winning studio uses Smartlook to make its games better SMART DESIGN Jun 20th, 2019

How this award-winning studio uses Smartlook to make its games better

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as Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East LIVE AND KICKING Jun 20th, 2019

Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East

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How to monetise your IAP-based game with ads AD MONETISATION Jun 24th, 2019

How to monetise your IAP-based game with ads

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Ordia, Photographs and G30 - A Memory Maze win big at European Google Play Indie Games Showcase 2019

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PUBG Corp opens new game development studio Striking Distance

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Brazil's Independent Games Festival 2019 kicks off today BIG FESTIVAL Jun 26th, 2019

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as Check out the Instant Games and Hyper-casual track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong INSTANT GAMES AND HYPER-CASUAL Jun 26th, 2019

Check out the Instant Games and Hyper-casual track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

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as Jordanian publisher Tamatem working with NokNok studio to bring I Love Mart to MENA region I LOVE MENA Jun 26th, 2019

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Gumi Cryptos acquires $1.67 million worth of shares in Double Jump.Tokyo

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Google confirms it will no longer be making tablets REASSIGNED Jun 26th, 2019

Google confirms it will no longer be making tablets

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LEGO Tower-inspired model sets new Guinness World record for largest brick diorama WORLD RECORD Jun 24th, 2019

LEGO Tower-inspired model sets new Guinness World record for largest brick diorama

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Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director

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Report: Tencent and Asus to unveil new gaming phone in July

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as Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US TRADE WAR Jun 21st, 2019

Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US

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1 A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games MONETISATION DESIGN Nov 14th, 2018

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as Jordanian publisher Tamatem working with NokNok studio to bring I Love Mart to MENA region I LOVE MENA Jun 26th, 2019

Jordanian publisher Tamatem working with NokNok studio to bring I Love Mart to MENA region

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as Gumi Cryptos acquires $1.67 million worth of shares in Double Jump.Tokyo ACQUISITION Jun 26th, 2019

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