Industry Outlook 2023 saw revenue soar amidst declining downloads with big name games setting the pace
December 8, 2023 Highest Earners Chinese mobile publishers see an end of year revenue turnaround despite industry challenges Tencent dominates, but other publishers are also finding success with Chinese companies holding 37 of the top 100 global revenue rankings for November
December 8, 2023 App Stores Former DotEmu and Playdigious co-founder announces alternative app store finder StoreRider Xavier Liard's latest aims to provide new ways for developers to distribute their apps outside traditional platforms
December 6, 2023 New Competition Microsoft accelerates plans for Xbox mobile marketplace launch “This move is part of a broader strategy to extend the joy and community of Xbox gaming beyond consoles, bringing it into the mobile world," claims Montgomery Singman
November 7, 2023 Q&a Halli Bjornsson on a decade of Avakin Life and what comes next for Lockwood Publishing We discuss the very beginnings of Lockwood and the creation of Avakin Life in addition to changes in the gaming industry
September 27, 2023 Deep Dive Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 1) Ultrahorse takes a deep dive into the potential of cross-platform and how to make it happen
September 22, 2023 Interview Scopely co-founder and Embrace CEO Eric Futoran: “Mobile is the most personal technology of our lives.” The current founder of Embrace shares all on the challenges and potential of mobile
September 8, 2023 Q&a Mystic Games Matthew Buxton: "There are definitely more people building Web3 games than playing them." The studio's latest mobile game aims to do Web3 right, but what needs to happen for the genre to truly break through?
September 8, 2023 Ea Games EA downplays the importance of mobile CEO Andrew Wilson spoke about the company’s future at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
September 4, 2023 Q&a How developers can supercharge their game with Web3 Chris Clay lays out Immutable’s mission to “reimagine gaming as a whole”
September 4, 2023 Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight: Adam Smart shares his extensive marketing experience Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place on September 12 - 13. We catch up with some of the stars from the mobile industry who'll be taking part
August 31, 2023 Revenue Booster How to use rewarded video placements to boost puzzle game revenue Unity’s Anna Popereko shares five tips on how to best implement rewarded videos in a puzzle game
August 25, 2023 Q&a Tiny Comet: "Our core belief is that play is our brain’s favourite way of learning" Emily Tierney and Anca Agapi of Tiny Comet are working on its first game, allowing young minds to learn whilst having fun
August 25, 2023 Deconstruction Under The Hood: Deconstructing SayGames Dreamdale AppQuantum’s Stanislav Maruhlenko analyses Dreamdales core mechanics
August 23, 2023 Chinese Market How Chinese apps are thriving in the global market Adjust’s Alexandre Pham isolates the winning techniques being used by Chinese apps to find success in the wider global app market
August 22, 2023 Mavens Mobile Mavens: Can we preserve classic mobile games forever? Classics games all too easily become lost forever in updates and sequels. And in the all-digital world of mobile that's especially true. Our experts give their take on what can be done
August 4, 2023 Q&a Bringing Second Life to mobile: "There’s a lot of excitement and anticipation in the community" Second Life’s VP of product, Grumpity Linden tells us how the legendary PC pre-metaverse experience is making the leap to mobile
August 3, 2023 Generative Ai Three ways to spot where AI can add value to your business LifeStreet’s Levi Matkins discusses how digital advertisers and ad tech companies can get the best out of generative AI
July 31, 2023 Mavens Mobile Mavens: The importance of cross platform We round up industry opinions on the potential of cross platform gaming
July 27, 2023 Preservation "Save game?" The quest to preserve classic mobile games forever Every day great games are being lost to time and progress. We spoke to Professor James Newman a specialist in video game preservation and research about what can be done
July 20, 2023 Mobile Masterworks Mobile Masterworks: Candy Crush The iconic match3 game single-handedly helped popularise the genre
July 14, 2023 Book Extract Read an extract from John Romero’s autobiography today Free: an introduction to Romero’s mobile work, taken with permission from Doom Guy: Life in First Person
July 7, 2023 15 Unmissable Tracks Get the latest in Web3, artificial intelligence and host of future trends at PG Connects Toronto PG Connects Toronto is happening on July 19th-20th, get an exclusive look at all the amazing content we have lined up for you at the conference
June 30, 2023 Milestones Football Manager 2023 & Touch was SIGames’ most played title ever The Football Manager series covers PC, console and mobile
June 23, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news including EA's big break up, new looks, new opportunities and new challenges…
June 23, 2023 Milestones Goddess of Victory: Nikke passes $400m on mobile Latest figures put it in spitting distance of heavyweights like Diablo Immortal
June 12, 2023 Partnerships WeMade acquire 20% stake in external developer StandEgg StandEgg will be the first external developer to work with WeMade, and will produce two titles based on Anipang
June 9, 2023 Pre-registrations Kabam opens preregistration for cross-platform title King Arthur: Legends Rise The game will be Kabam’s first cross-platform title
June 8, 2023 Interview Why hit developer Nordcurrent is moving to publishing The Vilnius based developer has pushed into publishing with mobile an increasing focus for the company
May 24, 2023 Financials Embracer financials see lukewarm Q4 performance The latest figures come alongside news of the collapse of $2bn deal
May 24, 2023 Showcase 2023 Sony teases push into live service and cross-platform publishing The first information of future plans lands prior to tonight's PlayStation Showcase 2023 event
May 18, 2023 Web Kwalee partners with CrazyGames to bring mobile titles to the web 11 Kwalee titles will be available on the CrazyGames web platform
May 17, 2023 Acquisition Pixel United owners Aristocrat Leisure to acquire NeoGames Pixel United are the company behind Product Madness, Plarium and Big Fish
May 17, 2023 Financials Ubisoft upbeat on Rainbow Six and Division Mobile in full-year financials But it's worse news elsewhere as the company seeks to save at least €200m
May 12, 2023 Regulation The UK CMA place blanket ban on investment between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard It just gets worse. Now the two giants will not even be able to “acquire an interest” in one another
May 2, 2023 Stocks Monster Hunter Now boosts Capcom share prices The AR title is set to be released by Niantic
April 6, 2023 Acquiblizz Sony claims CMA narrowing scope of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is “irrational” The tech giant has been one of the deal’s biggest opponents
April 6, 2023 Q&a Odeeo CEO Amit Monheit talks on the mobile games market Amit Monheit discusses industry challenges and what makes mobile special
April 5, 2023 Not Mushroom For Mobile Mobile will “Not be the primary path for future Mario games”, says Shigeru Miyamoto The director of Super Mario Run praised mobile’s ability to expand the franchise’s audience, bit criticised its generic nature
March 28, 2023 Financials NetDragon announces 2022 full-year financial results Coming off the back of significant partnerships and deals in 2022
March 21, 2023 Q&a Maximilian Studios on the success of Frontlines: “You don't need a $3,000 rig or a $500 console, you can boot it up on your mobile device.” Part one of our exploration of studios building for Roblox and their route to success
March 10, 2023 Views Week Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss loot boxes, mobile moves and giant slaying…
March 9, 2023 Q&a Early Morning Studios' Daniel Lagergren talks new game Vendir: Plague of Lies Behind the scenes on the inspiration and difficulties the team had in bringing the dungeon-crawler to mobile
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
February 21, 2023 Esports Top five Japanese esports teams all compete on mobile Mobile has become an increasingly popular presence in the esports scene, and the same is true for Japan
February 13, 2023 Predictions Five mobile esports predictions for 2023 from ESL FACEIT's Kevin Rosenblatt The SVP of Game Ecosystems for EFG gives his thoughts on where mobile esports will go in 2023
February 8, 2023 Metaverse Cut the Rope creators ZeptoLab jump to Web3 ZeptoLab are partnering with The Sandbox for collaborative events and content