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November 29, 2023 Marketing Magic Supercell's marketing head Iwo Zakowski: "We need to make our games f**king famous and become part of pop culture" 68% of Clash players discover via word of mouth, Chess.com promotion drives 1M+ additional players and more insights from RovioCon 23
November 22, 2023 Crowd Of Clans Supercell’s Clash of Clans team doubled in size in 2023 Supercell set out at the start of the year to grow its team and clearly, it has succeeded
October 23, 2023 Cross-platform Royale Supercell takes Clash of Clans and Clash Royale cross-platform with PC releases today Two of mobile’s biggest billion-dollar blockbusters can now be played across devices
October 9, 2023 Reigning Revenue Raisers Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time From Candy Crush and Clash of Clans to Pokémon and Lineage M
September 1, 2023 Clash Of Brands Supercell launches month-long partnership with Chess.com The partnership introduces a new game variant and features a creators tournament
August 17, 2023 Monopoly Money The biggest gaming acquisitions of all time From Activision Blizzard and Zynga to Bethesda and Playdemic
June 1, 2023 Steps To Success Supercell’s Alex Roque on the secrets of Clash of Clans’ Builder Base mode The game mode received a significant rework in November
March 23, 2023 War In Ukraine Supercell blocks its games in Russia and Belarus After phasing out titles, the last of Supercell's games are now inactive with a block in place until at least June 1
February 1, 2023 Crossover Incoming Supercell reveals crossover game Squad Busters with characters from various IPs Clash of Clans, Hay Day and more to be represented
December 7, 2022 Women In Games Marika Appel has been at Supercell for over ten years, and is still as passionate as ever The Clash of Clans Community Manager talks to us about the importance of Clash Fest, inclusivity in games and... Angry Birds
November 21, 2022 News Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on the mobile games making waves on streaming platforms, and esports events
October 10, 2022 Protests In Iran Iran blocks Clash of Clans amid ongoing protests The government fears users are using the game’s chat feature to coordinate protests
August 23, 2022 10th Anniversary Game lead at Supercell reflects on Clash of Clans 10th anniversary "We don't patronize our players. We give them lots of options, and we try our best to make those options clear to understand," said Clash of Clans game lead
August 17, 2022 Clash Quest Closure Supercell to shelve Clash Quest in September The game fell below the company’s expectations
August 16, 2022 Ten Years Of Clash Of Clans Ilkka Paananen: We haven’t seen an opportunity for NFTs to truly, truly make the experience better The Supercell CEO spoke to Fast Company about development, longevity, and NFT’s
July 11, 2022 A History Of Success Supercell and King share war stories from the decade of Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Ilkka Paananen and Sebastian Knutsson discuss their divergent paths, early days of Facebook Gaming, and Apple's hold on a title's success
June 28, 2022 Bit Of A Clash Former Supercell devs raise €5 million in Round A Eric Seufert's investment fund, Heracles, leads on support for BIT ODD, created by Clash of Clans and Clash Royale leads Lasse Louhento, Jani Lintunen, and Taneli Oksama
March 29, 2022 Free Fire First Sensor Tower: Global mobile game downloads reached 4.4 billion for February 2022 Free Fire places first for second month this year at 21.8 million downloads
March 29, 2022 Most Read Hot Five GDC: Lion Studio moves to merge games, Supercell expanding Clash of Clans IPs, and unusual tips from Wordle’s creator The hottest articles from GDC 2022 on PG.biz
March 22, 2022 Gdc GDC: defining best practice for F2P battle passes Double Coconut’s David Fox celebrates the battle pass as ideal F2P monetisation, looking at Clash of Clans, Gardenscapes, and Genshin Impact
December 15, 2021 Supercell Sets Up Supercell launches ambitious new studio in North America Will create games featuring new and existing IP
November 17, 2021 4x Success US annual spend on mobile strategy games rises 24%, surpassing $4 billion 4X subcategory dominates the space
August 24, 2021 Hedging Bets Everdale - Supercell's takes on The Sims meets Animal Crossing Three Supercell staff speak to us on the development of its first new IP in four years
August 24, 2021 It's A Peaceful Life Supercell reveals new co-op builder Everdale, launches beta Marks the first new IP from Supercell for four years
July 30, 2021 Super Hire 10 Supercell jobs to apply for this week Job vacancies from several of Supercell’s offices
April 2, 2021 Clash Bang Wallop Supercell announces trio of new Clash games - Clash Mini, Clash Quest and Clash Heroes Three new Clash games from the maker of Clash of Clans
February 16, 2021 That's Just Super Supercell saw great success in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic "We, of course, are incredibly lucky to work in the games business"
November 18, 2020 Be Tactical Strategy titles hit $2.8 billion in player spending in the US in the first 10 months of 2020 Clash of Clans was the top-grossing title
September 22, 2020 Smart Strategy Chinese strategy games account for 56 per cent of genre revenues in the US "The strategy genre has always been one of the cornerstones of modern and midcore mobile gaming"
May 27, 2020 Europe, Middle East And Africa Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020 App Annie data points to Supercell duo and Sybo Games megahit
February 12, 2020 Had Its Hay Day? Supercell revenues fall for third consecutive year to $1.56 billion in 2019 Profits fell to $577 million too
January 24, 2020 Keep Clashing Clash of Clans had its best month for revenue ever in December 2019 Generates $158.2 million in revenues for the month
January 9, 2020 Gold Pass Success Clash of Clans achieves first year-over-year revenue increase since 2015 27 per cent increase over 2018
December 31, 2019 It's A Wonderful Supercell PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the decade (if Supercell didn't exist) A look back on the last decade (if Supercell didn't exist)
December 31, 2019 A Decade Of Content PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the last decade The hottest stories of the entire decade
December 16, 2019 Surfin' Success App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
October 30, 2019 Top Dogs Nova Esports scoops $250,000 winning the first Clash of Clans World Championships Total prize pot was $1 million
August 26, 2019 Super Stars As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? We analyse the recent performances of Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars
July 22, 2019 Regulatory Brawl Supercell pulls games out of Vietnam in face of regulations Likes of Clash of Clans, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars no longer playable in the country
July 12, 2019 Season Pass Clash of Clans had its best revenue month for two years in June Player spending up 26 per cent as a result of season pass subscription
July 2, 2019 Clash Of Clans $1 million Clash of Clans World Championship heads to Hamburg in October More than 40 million players have competed in a series of qualifiers in the game’s new 5v5 play mode
May 9, 2019 Monetizer Mavens Could all F2P mobile games benefit from a Battle Pass like Clash of Clans has? A new technique for all
May 6, 2019 Raking It In Clash of Clans revenue jumped 72% to $71 million in month after Gold Pass introduction Season Challenges and Gold Pass doing the business for Supercell
April 30, 2019 Keep Em Playing Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway More than a $5 boost
April 10, 2019 Cash Of Clans New Clash of Clans Gold Pass leads to $27m in revenue in one week New Pass gives better rewards for completing season challenges
January 11, 2019 Super Clash Royale leads the way as Supercell takes $1.4 billion in revenue from 2018 Brawl Stars brought in $46m despite only launching in December
October 10, 2018 Clans Supercell’s Clash of Clans brings in $41m in revenue for September Supercell’s hit game was also downloaded by over 5.4 million players for the month