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Mobile Masterworks: Jetpack Joyride MOBILE MASTERWORKS Mar 21st, 2023

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Mob Control: hybridising a hypercasual hit CROWD CONTROL Oct 13th, 2022

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Game Dev Rebellion: Jennifer Estaris and Joost Vervoort on activism in games GAME DEV REBELLION Mar 17th, 2023

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ironSource's Anna Popereko: Seven ways to increase revenue from merge games EXPERT ANALYSIS Mar 21st, 2023

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