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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

Game Refinery

Digital Chess, one of the first video games ever created, has experienced a massive revival on mobile, with hundreds of Chess games available to download from the iOS store. million people signing up to the browser-turned-mobile game Chess.com and a 603% leap in chess book sales in the US; it now even has an exclusive game on Netflix.

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Bukola Akingbade of Kucheza Gaming on nurturing dreams and shaping industries

PreMortem.Games

Her Nigerian-based studio aims to use the power of video games to engage and get future generations ready to pursue careers in gaming. So far she has facilitated the awards of esports athletes between the ages of 8 and 18 with rewards such as dedicated gaming laptops and Amazon vouchers.

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AWS gears up for action-packed Gamescom and Devcom 2024

AWS Games

Join CleverTap Gaming and AWS for an immersive, inspiring experience with some of the brightest minds in mobile and console gaming at the Product x LiveOps Symposium, which takes place from 16:00-17:30 CET. Register here.

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Supercell's Record Year: Crushing It, But At What Cost?

Deconstructor of Fun

billion (+77% YoY) EBITDA: 876 million (+78% YoY) Monthly Active Users: 300 million, the highest since 2014 This is a massive turnaround from 2023 when Supercell fell out of the top 10 mobile publishers. The team experimented with everything from esport to UGC and even went as far as removing gacha - only to put it back in.

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Deconstructor of Fun

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company.

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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

Supercell announced over a year ago that they will be opening a studio in North America. TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? One could wonder if this makes Ryan a bold choice to lead the studio. Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got ? Subscribe here!

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The Story of Oscar Esio and Africacomicade’s Community Impact

PreMortem.Games

This venture involved work in embedded systems, IoT projects, animations, and mobile app development. In 2023, Africacomicade’s referrals led Nigerian-based Dash Studios and Deluxe Creation Entertainment to win competitions and funding. Despite initial success, Esio also ventured into agriculture, cultivating cucumbers and maize.

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