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August 2025

Gamescom 2025: Floor Notes from a First-Timer
Lessons from My First Gamescom: Energy, Execution, and the Gap to Close. 363#
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💰 $77M+ poured into gaming last week, here’s where the money went
Covering gaming startup funding, AI game studios, investments, partnerships [Week of August 5, 2025] 362#
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Google is proposing RMG games in PlayStore — do we even need it in APK-first India
RMG should uplift, not threaten the ecosystem, 361#
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💰 $78M+ poured into gaming last week, let’s break down where and why
Covering gaming startup funding, AI game studios, investments, partnerships [Week of July 29, 2025] 360#
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GDD template and checklist for prompts
a 40-point checklist from Vision→LiveOps to build better games, 359#
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July 2025

LiveOps Benchmarks: Top Casual Hits Now Run 97 Events a Month
Did you know race mechanics headline 70% of the charts? Steal these LiveOps benchmarks, 358#
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$500M+ Poured Into Gaming — Weekly Roundup (Week of July 21, 2025)
Covering AI-native studios, crowdfunding shakeups, and big publisher moves [Week of July 21, 2025], 357#
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Candy-crushing reality check
The AI we trained is now taking our seats, 356#
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What dominated global charts in June?
💰Highest earning games and 🎯 most downloaded games of ̨June 2025, 355#
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Top 8 Game Industry Investments and Partnerships – Week of July 15, 2025
Investment round-up from the third week of July 2025, 354#
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Kammelna, a 2015 card game, has earned $1M+ in KSA
The Baloot game report card, 353#
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