Mobile Mavens Mobile Mavens: The industry has its say on Squad Busters ability to draw in “untapped audiences” with its “influence from a range of genres”
Mobile Mavens Mobile Mavens: The industry wades in on Squad Busters from its “transformative impact” to being “corporate box ticking”
May 20, 2024 Soft Launch 55 top mobile games in soft launch: Squad Busters, Battle Guys: Royale, Plants vs. Zombies 3, LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, and more The top mobile games in soft launch right now
May 14, 2024 In Depth Matej Lančarič's Squad Busters deep dive: Under the skin of 2024's biggest launch yet UA and marketing expert Matej Lančarič examines the changes made throughout the game's development and its ongoing global launch strategy
May 14, 2024 Soft Launch Guys Stumble Guys dev Kitka Games soft-launches new mobile title Battle Guys: Royale New title promises to be "most streamlined, easy-to-learn - hard-to-master" battle royale game of 2024
May 7, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell’s Squad Busters supremacy, Brawl Stars bounces back, and a games industry journey at King Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
May 3, 2024 Soft Launch Success Squad Busters has 20 million pre registrations with 30 million in its sights Supercell's on-going countdown to the games global release just celebrated its first major landmark
May 2, 2024 Squad Busters Science Game Analysis: The evolution of Squad Busters Game design expert Jakub Remiar takes a closer look at the tweaks Squad Busters has undertaken as it preps for its global launch
April 29, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell’s Squad Busters levels up, retro Nintendo on iOS, and Genshin Impact’s worst month yet Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
April 23, 2024 Super Start Supercell’s Squad Busters ranks No. 1 for App Store game downloads in all soft launch countries Multiplayer action game tops rankings in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, Spain and Sweden
April 23, 2024 Busting Out Supercell’s Squad Busters soft launches today with over 100,000 Google Play downloads Multiplayer squad builder now available in Canada, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Singapore
April 17, 2024 Financials MAG Interactive revenue falls by 25% Y/Y as it places “big bet” on new crossword game Crozzle Swedish publisher pays up tax bill on research and development deductions over the last few years
April 16, 2024 Shut Down Rovio cancels Moomin: Puzzle & Design mobile game after two years in soft launch Development ended on April 11th, with servers set to shut down on July 8th
April 15, 2024 Debut Game Savvy Games Group's Steer Studios soft launches debut game Grunt Rush Strategy title listed on India's Google Play store
April 10, 2024 Mobile Soft Launch Disney Realm Breakers now available in soft launch for select regions Players will embark on a heroic journey where they'll join forces with beloved characters from Disney and Pixar to save the world of Noi
April 8, 2024 Busting Out Supercell’s Squad Busters heads into soft launch on April 23rd Finnish developer takes another stab at a potential sixth global release
April 8, 2024 Rainbow Recalibration Rainbow Six Mobile’s rollout on pause as "areas for improvement" are addressed The soft launch’s expansion has been delayed so the team can address feedback and improve the experience
March 22, 2024 Team Factor "Brawl Stars was very much on the edge" Supercell's Frank Keienburg on how the developer deals with edge cases on metrics, and why the team's belief in a game matter
February 16, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from pixelart potions to arcade action We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
February 9, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from time travel masters to Netflix spinoffs We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
January 18, 2024 Back From The Dead Plants vs Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia soft launches in the UK and other select regions The hugely popular action puzzle game is back. It's time to enjoy classic Plants vs Zombies gameplay with another new twist
January 15, 2024 Out Of The Loop Double Loop may be closing before its first launch but Scopely is taking on its staff Double Loop has struggled through a "hostile funding and marketing environment" in recent years
December 11, 2023 Peak Star Peak Games explores match-3 genre with new title Star Match Zynga-owned developer experiments further with match-3 mechanics
December 6, 2023 Candy Crown King soft launch Candy Crush 3D: Is their next crowning victory on its way? King stealthily reveals Candy Crush 3D on the Google Play Store
November 6, 2023 Hot Five Hot Five: Web3 tactics gaming, FunPlus’ latest soft launch and a bunch of new investments Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
November 2, 2023 Q&a Chris Petrovic, CBO at FunPlus talks new soft launch, Sea of Conquest Sea of Conquest is AAA strategy on mobile from the creators of State of Survival and Guns of Glory
October 25, 2023 Mobile Manoeuvre The next Dynasty Warriors game is on mobile, and it’s soft-launching today Dynasty Warriors M is in essence a mobile port of 2018’s Dynasty Warriors 9
July 12, 2023 Development Rogue Company: Elite’s global launch on indefinite hold Hi-Rez revealed the news at a talk for Develop: Brighton 2023
June 22, 2023 Launches Tencent extraction shooter Arena Breakout set to release on July 14 The shooter promises a hardcore experience for mobile players
June 5, 2023 Super Squad Supercell’s Squad Busters sees overhauls and improvements in second beta A combination of Supercell IP come together
June 5, 2023 Soft-launch Supercell's Thunderdome: Flood Rush vs Squad Busters Why're we keeping an eye on Supercell's back-to-back release this month? Find out.
May 9, 2023 Soft-launch Bad Piggies 2 comes to selected countries in iOS-exclusive soft launch Android release to come later
February 22, 2023 Releases Top-down shooter Mighty Doom receives new trailer and release date The mobile spin-off of ID’s revived, iconic shooter franchise is being developed in-house
August 19, 2022 Soft Launch Space Ape Games' Boom Beach: Frontline soft launch surpasses 1.3 million downloads after 10 days The London-based mobile games developer aimes to capture the imagination of the Supercell player community with Boom Beach: Frontlines
August 15, 2022 Successful Soft Launch Boom Beach: Frontlines hits number one on Google Play's Top-Free Games chart The game's soft launch in Italy is an "instant hit" says Space Ape Games co-founder
August 12, 2022 The Mobile Nation Attacks Square Enix announces soft launch of Avatar: Generations The turn-based RPG is set in Nickelodeon’s popular Avatar universe
July 27, 2022 Booming Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
July 25, 2022 Boom Beach Space Ape’s treatment of Supercell’s Boom Beach “built on the learnings of several failed multiplayer games” Simon Hade speaks candidly on the journey towards Boom Beach: Frontlines in this teaser of our upcoming interview looking at the firm’s plans, post-Supercell funding
March 31, 2022 Behind The Scenes How to soft launch a game on mobile in 2022 Google Play business development manager Nimrod Levy walked through the various steps involved from internal testing to pre-registration
February 25, 2022 Limited Launch Apex Legends Mobile to come to 10 countries next week Will allow the studio to continue working on in-game systems, features, and more
February 18, 2022 Compiling Cards Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week The Pokémon Company keeps to its promise following delay
November 8, 2021 Carry On Clashing Clash Mini begins soft launch in Canada and Nordics Supercell reveals more details about upcoming Clash titles
September 21, 2021 Card Collecting Craze Pokémon Trading Card Game to come to mobile devices Will soft launch in Canada
September 20, 2021 Catan Down Niantic is shutting down Catan World Explorers Has been in soft launch for over a year
September 13, 2021 Back For Brains PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch Testing in Australia and the Philippines
August 25, 2021 Supercell Subterfuge Everdale was initially soft-launched as Valleys & Villages through a fake company Game has actually been in testing since September 2020
August 16, 2021 Hardheaded Decision Rovio scraps casual strategy title Hardhead Squad The servers will be shut down mid-November
August 10, 2021 Closed Beta Tencent and Bandai Namco soft launch Digimon: New Century The upcoming RPG has been in development for three years
August 2, 2021 Survive And Trade NetEase soft-launches survival shooter Lost Light Available on Google Play in New Zealand, Australia, Germany and the UK