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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

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All Apple Arcade games available now [UPDATE]

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CDPR on mobile, where have they been and where are they going?

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What does it mean for Activision-Blizzard and Take-Two to be mobile first?

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Marika Appel has been at Supercell for over ten years, and is still as passionate as ever

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Genre mashing and meta morphing: How Match 3 and casual games are evolving

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Live Tech CEO Samuel Worsley on ITV's KnockOut Live World Cup and the future of the second screen INTERVIEW Dec 2nd, 2022

Live Tech CEO Samuel Worsley on ITV's KnockOut Live World Cup and the future of the second screen

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Genre mashing and meta morphing: How Match 3 and casual games are evolving

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"Not measuring up in long term engagement": Space Ape's Simon Hade on Boom Beach: Frontlines shutdown INTERVIEW Nov 30th, 2022

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Sophie Brugmann: having diverse leadership teams can lead to incredible symbiosis at the top

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The future of the African mobile gaming market with Waheed Adam INSIGHTS Dec 6th, 2022

The future of the African mobile gaming market with Waheed Adam

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Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes UPDATES Dec 9th, 2022

Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes

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Devolver Digital announces “Devolver Tumble Time” ANNOUNCEMENTS Dec 9th, 2022

Devolver Digital announces “Devolver Tumble Time”

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The Game Awards were held last night, but how did mobile gaming do?

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Vampire Survivors surprise launches on mobile

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Magic Eden appoints Chris Akhavan as Chief Gaming Officer

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Guillermo Arias joins Digital Development Management’s investment services division

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China blamed for Goddess of Victory: Nikke censorship, despite being unavailable in China

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Tencent aims to branch from mobile for their big international push

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SYBO appoints Rovio Vet, Philip Hickey, as new Chief Marketing Officer

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Nintendo sees mobile gaming as a marketing strategy as opposed to a revenue generator MOBILE REVENUE Dec 5th, 2022

Nintendo sees mobile gaming as a marketing strategy as opposed to a revenue generator

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Desta developer Ustwo reveals why they took the game to Netflix

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Hybridcasual: a winning formula?

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How to hire a CFO for your mobile games studio

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What you need to do before monetising your hypercasual game

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Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021 MONETISATION MYTHS BUSTED Apr 14th, 2022

Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021

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How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games DARK TIMES Apr 13th, 2022

How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

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Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

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FTC vote to sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard ACQUIVISION BLIZZARD Dec 9th, 2022

FTC vote to sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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The Mirror platform aims to someday be "akin to a next-gen Roblox" A PLATFORM TO EMPOWER Dec 8th, 2022

The Mirror platform aims to someday be "akin to a next-gen Roblox"

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Flick partners with PlanetPlay as part of environmental commitment PLAYING FOR THE PLANET Dec 7th, 2022

Flick partners with PlanetPlay as part of environmental commitment

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Keywords Studios to acquire Californian company Helpshift for $75 million NEW ACQUISITION Dec 7th, 2022

Keywords Studios to acquire Californian company Helpshift for $75 million

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Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse platform PIXELYNX MUSIC METAVERSE Dec 6th, 2022

Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse platform PIXELYNX

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Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round SUCCESSFUL FUNDING ROUND Nov 29th, 2022

Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round

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X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch BUSINESS CASUAL Nov 23rd, 2022

X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch

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Zynga subsidiary Rollic acquires hypercasual games studio Popcore ACQUISITIONS Nov 17th, 2022

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CALM research finds gaming has a positive impact on mental health PEOPLE POSITIVITY Dec 8th, 2022

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GameRefinery’s November 2022 report delves into the state of the mobile market GAMEREFINERY REPORT Dec 8th, 2022

GameRefinery’s November 2022 report delves into the state of the mobile market

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The top ten gaming industry deals of 2022 (so far) DRAKE STAR REPORT Dec 8th, 2022

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as $1.5 billion revenue and 1.1 billion downloads weekly - how healthy is the mobile games market? BILLIONS AND BEYOND Dec 7th, 2022

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Bucking the downturn: Q3 Daily Active Users and Downloads are both on the up SOCIALPETA REPORT Nov 23rd, 2022

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Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue NEWZOO REPORT Nov 21st, 2022

Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022 NEWS Nov 21st, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022

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What is the world’s top mobile game franchise? TOP CAT Nov 21st, 2022

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Pocket Gamer Connects Advent Calendar: Get caught up with everything about PG Connects London! TIME TO CELEBRATE Dec 9th, 2022

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

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