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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – August 15 2022 Feature Aug 15th, 2022

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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

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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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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 Feature Jun 10th, 2022

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Hot Five: August 1st. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more Hot Five Aug 1st, 2022

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52 of the latest and most interesting mobile games on the blockchain. [UPDATE] BLOCKCHAIN MOBILE GAMES Aug 10th, 2022

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Should Unity join AppLovin, buy IronSource or just stay as they are? The mobile industry weighs in! EXPERT OPINION Aug 11th, 2022

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InnoGames publishes salary bands for 80% of employees SALARY TRANSPARENCY Jul 19th, 2022

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Should Unity join AppLovin, buy IronSource or just stay as they are? The mobile industry weighs in! EXPERT OPINION Aug 11th, 2022

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Apple Arcade allowed Halfbrick to 'put aside the complex business model of F2P' for Jetpack Joyride 2 ARCADE POWER Aug 11th, 2022

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as Dunali Games sit down with us to discuss innovation and survival in indie game development INDIE VIEW Aug 12th, 2022

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PlayStation Mobile seeking to acquire mobile studios to help realise expansion goals

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as Latest financials from Square Enix reveal noticeable declines POSSIBLE ACQUISITION Aug 9th, 2022

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Square Enix announces soft launch of Avatar: Generations THE MOBILE NATION ATTACKS Aug 12th, 2022

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Unity rejects AppLovin acquisition and reaffirms its commitment to ironSource merger

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Unity attracts major, local investors as it expands into the Chinese market

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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,815,822

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,029,587

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,398,769

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How innovation is transforming Dinosaur Park - Jurassic Tycoon Comment & Opinion Aug 8th, 2022

How innovation is transforming Dinosaur Park - Jurassic Tycoon

Appquantum break down the successes of the game.

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Niantic unveils latest AR game Peridot News Apr 14th, 2022

Niantic unveils latest AR game Peridot

Pokémon Go creator's latest AR title harness original IP

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Bidstack partners with Game Tap Studios to bring in-game and in-menu ads News Feb 22nd, 2022

Bidstack partners with Game Tap Studios to bring in-game and in-menu ads

Will be included in 3 Game Tap titles, including Flying Car Real Driving

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How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane Interview Dec 7th, 2021

How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane

Vincent Borcard talks the challenges and lessons of a solo indie developer

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Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort News Oct 4th, 2021

Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort

Building from beta to global publishing

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Simulation games revenue was up 62% in the US last year News Jan 28th, 2021

Simulation games revenue was up 62% in the US last year

The casino genre was most popular for downloads

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SuperGaming reveals community playtest figures as Indus' trailer premieres in Time Square

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Mobile game subscription service Unleashd expands with two new titles

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Square Enix announces soft launch of Avatar: Generations

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – August 15 2022

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82 of the latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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Mobile Game of the Week: Poinpy

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10 biggest video game acquisitions of all time

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