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Building Forever Franchises: 13 Years of Lessons from Zynga's EVP Studios, Ya… — full-depth archive read rewrite

Oliver Grant full-depth rewrite of the 2026-01-27 archive on Building Forever Franchises: 13 Years of Lessons from Zynga's EVP Studios, Ya… — secondary source, hedged metrics, ≥80% source coverage.

Oliver Grant

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Sustaining a Live Mobile Franchise: Past Year Ten

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Sustaining a Live Mobile Franchise: Past Year Ten

PGC London 2026: five things UA teams actually talked about

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PGC London 2026: five things UA teams actually talked about

Hyper-casual creative economics in 2026

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market intelligence

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5 min read

Hyper-casual creative economics in 2026

Playables nearly doubled their share of creative. Sensor Tower's State of Mobile, read from the brief

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playable ads

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Playables nearly doubled their share of creative. Sensor Tower's State of Mobile, read from the brief

Post-Block Blast playbook: three generations of block puzzles

creative strategy

market intelligence

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15 min read

Post-Block Blast playbook: three generations of block puzzles

Discord as an acquisition channel for mid-core

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media buying

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4 min read

Discord as an acquisition channel for mid-core

The economics of creative velocity

creative strategy

market intelligence

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4 min read

The economics of creative velocity

Block Puzzle Genre Economics: Why the Format Never Stops

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market intelligence

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5 min read

Block Puzzle Genre Economics: Why the Format Never Stops

Bid shading: the margin you never see in automated buying

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media buying

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Bid shading: the margin you never see in automated buying

2,500 creatives a quarter: reading AppsFlyer's State of Gaming 2026

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market intelligence

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4 min read

2,500 creatives a quarter: reading AppsFlyer's State of Gaming 2026

China's outbound publishers: the UA playbook

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5 min read

China's outbound publishers: the UA playbook