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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

Game Refinery

Chess has also become something of an esports sensation, which started after grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura coached streamer xQc on chess over Twitch and eventually led to the creation of a dedicated group of prolific streamers setting up an amateur chess tournament called Pogchamps on Chess.com.

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10 Years of Excellence - Deconstruction of Supercell

Deconstructor of Fun

Brawl Stars is an action-packed, esports-focused MOBA and thus it didn’t cannibalize existing games: in fact, Clash of Clans remained stable, Clash Royale continued its rate of decline, and Supercell’s total revenues in 2018 grew. In the first quarter of 2020 Supercell soft-launched their second title with a puzzle core - Hay Day Pop.

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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

Deconstructor of Fun

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. They are meant more for trend analysis based on estimations, rather than an exact numbers.

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