The mobile gaming world is incredibly dynamic, and that is clear from a glance at the November game download data collected by market researcher AppAnnie.
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Consider, for instance, the battle among the “big three.” I could be referring to just about any game or publisher. But in this case, it’s the stamina of three games that have stayed at the top of the charts for a year: GungHo Entertainment’s Puzzle & Dragons, King’s Candy Crush Saga, and Supercell’s Clash of Clans.
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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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