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Shattering Muslim stereotypes with Islamic Relief's mobile game
Ultimatum Games' Shahid Ahmad explains why an idle clicker was perfect for the charity
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Scopely announces $200m in Series D funding
Financing will be used to accelerate mergers, acquisitions, and investment strategies
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Gameloft partners with TIM Italy for new mobile subscription service
TIM I love games costs €2/week for access to over 700 games sans in-app purchases or ads
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GameClub's "greatest hits anthology" of mobile games launches today
VP of business development Eli Hodapp shares his goals for the subscription service and how it differs from Apple Arcade
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Empires and Puzzles surpasses $500m lifetime revenue
Match-three puzzler is most profitable in Zynga's portfolio
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How Riot Games' Legends of Runeterra will bring "true free-to-play" to the CCG space
League of Legends developer ditches random packs for rewards scaled to play time and wild cards that let you buy anything
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MadBox raises $16.5m to broaden mobile portfolio
Startup also plans to open second office in Barcelona
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Yodo1's AI-driven whale hunt is a bad look for the games industry | Opinion
Transformers players spending $150k grabbed headlines, but Yodo1's GCAP talk raised tough questions about responsible monetisation in mobile
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Big spending whales aren't the problem with free-to-play games | Opinion
A player spending $150k on a mobile game isn't a problem -- but we should still be conscious of players that struggle with compulsion
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Mario Kart Tour was the third most-downloaded mobile game in Q3 2019
Sensor Tower: Nintendo's racer doesn't make it to top 100 grossing despite record-breaking downloads to start
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Tilting Point acquires monetization firm Gondola
User acquisition and marketing outfit picks up in-game offer and ad optimization company
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Deca acquires four games from Gree
Indie publisher grabs midcore titles Knights and Dragons, Crime City, Modern War, and Kingdom Age from Japanese mobile outfit
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Space Ape Games: "Chasing whales is not our strategy"
Mobile studio co-founder clarifies monetisation practices after Transformers: Earth Wars player spends $150,000
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Stellaris mobile beta taken offline over stolen Halo assets
"This was a clear mistake on our part," says Galaxy Command team
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Niantic announces Wayfarer program to improve in-game play locations
Program currently in beta for Ingress players, coming to Pokemon Go players later
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Apple is selling Xbox controllers
Microsoft's GamePad available through mobile giant's online store following Apple Arcade launch
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery reaches $150m in revenue
Jam City's title has been downloaded 54.6 million times across iOS and Android
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Mario Kart Tour's Gold Pass has potential - if done right | Opinion
GameRefinery's Joel Julkenen analyses how Nintendo is experimenting with the increasingly popular Battle Pass model
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Call of Duty Mobile sees best first-week downloads of any mobile game
Sensor Tower: Tencent's adaptation of Activision's famous franchise shoots ahead of Mario Kart Tour with 100m downloads
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PUBG Mobile envisions esports for casuals
Tencent Games' Neo Liu discusses the company's efforts to build high- and low-end competitive scenes around its mobile survival shooter
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NPD Group: 73% of Americans play video games
Survey finds "notable increase" in both engagement and spending among younger audience
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Redundancies expected as Rovio reshuffles its licensing division
Up to 20 employees could be made redundant as the mobile developer refocuses its brand licensing division on key products
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Tenacious Entertainment raises $3.3m
Mobile studio from ex-ArenaNet developers prepares to staff up for 2020 debut game
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CVC Funds acquires $400m minority stake in IronSource
IronSource describes CVC as "perfect partner" as it stays on track to gross $1 billion in 2019
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Acquisition and conversion costs threaten a mobile bust | Opinion
Acquisition and retention costs for mobile games show no signs of plateauing -- for many firms, this segment is becoming unsustainable