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Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

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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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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... Hot Five Aug 30th, 2021

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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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

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' Interview Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

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Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital Interview Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

  • Acquisition
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  • Bristol
  • United Kingdom
  • Done Deal
Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on Interview Nov 18th, 2021

Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on

  • Boom Beach
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  • Live and Kicking
1 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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1 PGbiz Podcast #5 - The future of app monetisation with Facebook Comment & Opinion Sep 23rd, 2021

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

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Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack Interview Nov 10th, 2021

Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack

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1 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 Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane MAKING OF Dec 7th, 2021

How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane

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Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar - Day 7: Get ready for The Global Connects Party HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 7th, 2021

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar - Day 7: Get ready for The Global Connects Party

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262 51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Dec 6th, 2021

51 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: Rocket League Sideswipe WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Dec 3rd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

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as Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play MOST WANTED LIST Nov 18th, 2021

Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play

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as Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista MOBILE GAMES INDEX Nov 10th, 2021

Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista

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262 51 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded SOFT LAUNCH Dec 6th, 2021

51 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: Rocket League Sideswipe WHAT WE'RE PLAYING Dec 3rd, 2021

Mobile Game of the Week: Rocket League Sideswipe

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar - Day 7: Get ready for The Global Connects Party HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 7th, 2021

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022 advent calendar - Day 7: Get ready for The Global Connects Party

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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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How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

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Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Nov 26th, 2021

Updated: Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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  • Revenue
  • Pokémon GO
  • Honor of Kings
  • PUBG Mobile
  • Top 10
Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

  • Acquisition
  • Done Deal
How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

  • Making Of
  • Canada
  • Apple Arcade
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How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane MAKING OF Dec 7th, 2021

How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane

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The Metaverse is the next big thing, but what will it mean for gaming? METAVERSE MATTERS Dec 7th, 2021

The Metaverse is the next big thing, but what will it mean for gaming?

  • Virtual Reality
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Tilting Point on synergistic growth by supercharging its developers' success ALIGNED INCENTIVES Dec 7th, 2021

Tilting Point on synergistic growth by supercharging its developers' success

  • Publishing
  • New York
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N3TWORK explains how to leverage the holiday spirit to boost mobile game revenues NAUGHTY OR NICE? Dec 6th, 2021

N3TWORK explains how to leverage the holiday spirit to boost mobile game revenues

  • Monetisation
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Standing up for the female perspective through storytelling PASSION TO START Dec 6th, 2021

Standing up for the female perspective through storytelling

  • Diversity
  • Slovakia
  • United Kingdom
1 Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games BLOCK BUSTER Dec 3rd, 2021

Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games

  • Sponsored
  • Blockchain
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1 Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating INDIE VIEW Dec 1st, 2021

Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating

  • Indies
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1 Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres INDIE VIEW Nov 29th, 2021

Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres

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1 Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games BLOCK BUSTER Dec 3rd, 2021

Busting myths about blockchain, NFTs, and play-and-earn monetisation for games

  • Sponsored
  • Blockchain
  • NFT
  • Play-to-Earn
Standing up for the female perspective through storytelling PASSION TO START Dec 6th, 2021

Standing up for the female perspective through storytelling

  • Diversity
  • Slovakia
  • United Kingdom
How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game MAKING OF Nov 9th, 2021

How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game

  • Making Of
  • United Kingdom
  • Retro Bowl
1 Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating INDIE VIEW Dec 1st, 2021

Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating

  • Indies
  • Big Indie Pitch
  • PGC Digital
The Metaverse is the next big thing, but what will it mean for gaming? METAVERSE MATTERS Dec 7th, 2021

The Metaverse is the next big thing, but what will it mean for gaming?

  • Virtual Reality
  • Sponsored
  • Metaverse
  • NFT
Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming' DONE DEAL Nov 3rd, 2021

Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'

  • Acquisition
  • Done Deal
How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade MAKING OF Nov 23rd, 2021

How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade

  • Making Of
  • Canada
  • Apple Arcade
  • LEGO Star Wars
Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital DONE DEAL Oct 27th, 2021

Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital

  • Acquisition
  • Sheffield
  • Bristol
  • United Kingdom
  • Done Deal
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Jam City partners with No Kid Hungry for in-game event in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery CHOCOLATE FROG HUNT Dec 7th, 2021

Jam City partners with No Kid Hungry for in-game event in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

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  • In-game Events
  • Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
  • USA
Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily GEN X GAMERS Dec 7th, 2021

Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily

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MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock INDIE INVESTMENTS Dec 7th, 2021

MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock

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as Pokémon Unite surpasses 50 million downloads in four months MACHAMP MILESTONE Dec 7th, 2021

Pokémon Unite surpasses 50 million downloads in four months

  • Android
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  • iOS
  • Nintendo Switch
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Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games A JOINT JOURNEY Dec 7th, 2021

Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games

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Facebook and Genvid launch Pac-Man Community MULTIPLAYER PAC-MAN Dec 7th, 2021

Facebook and Genvid launch Pac-Man Community

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Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation STRENGTHENING STUDIOS Dec 6th, 2021

Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation

  • Funding
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  • Turkey
  • Istanbul
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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

  • Downloads
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Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games CREATE TO DOMINATE Dec 1st, 2021

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

  • Israel
  • Funding
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Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe TIME TO CONQUER Dec 2nd, 2021

Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe

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Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games GOTIVA’S GOT IT Dec 2nd, 2021

Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games

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  • Blockchain
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
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as Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December M FOR MOBILE Nov 11th, 2021

Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December

  • Europe
  • Launch
  • USA
  • North America
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Wildlife Studios is opening a new mobile games studio in Sweden EUROPEAN EXPANSION Dec 2nd, 2021

Wildlife Studios is opening a new mobile games studio in Sweden

  • Sweden
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Voodoo shares the secrets of hypercasual development at Paris HQ INSIDE TRACK Dec 2nd, 2021

Voodoo shares the secrets of hypercasual development at Paris HQ

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Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay BREEZY Dec 2nd, 2021

Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay

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  • United Kingdom
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1 How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level IN-GAME INSIGHT Nov 29th, 2021

How in-game ads have taken APPS to the next level

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

How much are your players really worth?

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

What is CFO Resources?

  • Financials
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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

  • Jobs
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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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  • Mobile Games University
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MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock INDIE INVESTMENTS Dec 7th, 2021

MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock

  • Investment
  • Indies
  • Europe
Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games A JOINT JOURNEY Dec 7th, 2021

Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games

  • Investment
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  • USA
  • Cyprus
Tamatem Games raises $11 million for MENA expansion, backed by Krafton MOBILE IN MENA Dec 6th, 2021

Tamatem Games raises $11 million for MENA expansion, backed by Krafton

  • Funding
  • Series B
  • Arabic
Esports group 100 Thieves raises $60 million at $460 million valuation ESPORTS EXPANSION Dec 3rd, 2021

Esports group 100 Thieves raises $60 million at $460 million valuation

  • Funding
  • Esports
  • Series C
  • USA
Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay BREEZY Dec 2nd, 2021

Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay

  • Funding
  • Roblox
  • United Kingdom
Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games GOTIVA’S GOT IT Dec 2nd, 2021

Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games

  • Startup
  • Funding
  • Seed Round
  • Blockchain
  • Puzzle
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo
Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games CREATE TO DOMINATE Dec 1st, 2021

Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games

  • Israel
  • Funding
  • Seed Round
  • Luck-puzzler
Homa Games acquires Ducky Games LUCKY DUCKY Nov 30th, 2021

Homa Games acquires Ducky Games

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  • Idle Game
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Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily GEN X GAMERS Dec 7th, 2021

Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily

  • Match-3
  • Report
  • Gen x
as How to plan and build a successful mobile game GLOBAL MOBILE Dec 6th, 2021

How to plan and build a successful mobile game

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as Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021 FANTASY IS FINAL Dec 3rd, 2021

Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021

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Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game BEAST BOOSTS BRAWL STARS Dec 1st, 2021

Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game

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A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development DOWNLOAD NOW Nov 25th, 2021

A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development

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as Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue ANOTHER CHICKEN DINNER Nov 25th, 2021

Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue

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Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021 MATCH MADNESS Nov 25th, 2021

Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021

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95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo ARISING AFRICA Nov 24th, 2021

95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo

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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 Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 finalists TOP TALENT Jul 8th, 2021

The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 finalists

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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

  • Top 50
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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