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Stop sexist UA ads, and is Netflix's games division falling off the rails? | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 16

Stop sexist UA ads, and is Netflix's games division falling off the rails? | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 16...

AppLovin’s Daniel Tchernahovsky on hybrid monetisation and the hot gaming trends worth tracking | Podcast

AppLovin’s Daniel Tchernahovsky on hybrid monetisation and the hot gaming trends worth tracking | Podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team and guests give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode…

A brief history of the mobile games industry

A brief history of the mobile games industry

We take a look back at the last decade and a half of mobile gaming, analysing the key trends that built the industry we have now, and what the future holds for the sector

Welcome to the new-look PocketGamer.biz website!

Better Than Ever

Welcome to the new-look PocketGamer.biz website!

Better looking, bigger images, easier discoverability, same great content

Voodoo snaps up photo-sharing app BeReal in €500m deal

Voodoo snaps up photo-sharing app BeReal in €500m deal

Games publisher plans to invest in product strategy, growth and infrastructure

Sumo Group to lay off up to 15% of staff

Sumo Group to lay off up to 15% of staff

As many as 250 staff across its UK, Canada, Poland, Czech Republic and India offices could be impacted

App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year

Discoverability Updates

App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year

Apple also unveils new discoverability options including deep links and notifications of store promotions

Apple Vision Pro heading to UK, Germany, China, Japan and more

Spatial Computing

Apple Vision Pro heading to UK, Germany, China, Japan and more

Headset will launch in select Asia countries on June 28th, and in the UK and other regions on July 12th

Apple joins generative AI revolution with Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT support

Everybody Loves Ai

Apple joins generative AI revolution with Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT support

New AI tools will be available in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia

Star Wars: Hunters ranked No. 1 for App Store game downloads in the US, UK and Canada on launch day

Hunting For No. 1

Star Wars: Hunters ranked No. 1 for App Store game downloads in the US, UK and Canada on launch day

New arena shooter hit the top 100 top grossing chart in just one country on June 4th

Supercell’s Squad Busters picks up $10 million in first week

Supercell’s Squad Busters picks up $10 million in first week

Brawl Stars earned $4.1m during its first seven days, according to Appfigures

Why Dlala Studios pitches its next game at least 18 months before finishing development

Sustainable Business

Why Dlala Studios pitches its next game at least 18 months before finishing development

Dlala Studios CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton on building a sustainable studio for project-to-project production

Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 15

Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 15...

What Investors Want

"Half of investment is going into AI"

Goodbody's Patrick O'Donnell and JKL Capital's Peter Tsang discuss the latest investment trends

How Pixion Games lost nearly $2m in seed funding in three days

Funding Disaster

How Pixion Games lost nearly $2m in seed funding in three days

Studio founder and CEO Kam Punia opens up about the studio being three weeks away from running out of money - before eventually raising more capital

Supercell's Squad Busters generated $1.1m on launch day

Supercell's Squad Busters generated $1.1m on launch day

The Finnish studio's first release in five and a half years picked up 8.8 million downloads on day one, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower

Develop:Brighton Early Bird ticket discounts end tomorrow

Develop:brighton

Develop:Brighton Early Bird ticket discounts end tomorrow

PocketGamer.biz readers can get a special 10% discount by using the code KFWAUV

May 2024 mobile game charts: Brawl Stars peaks, Supercell rises, and Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s big China launch

May 2024 mobile game charts: Brawl Stars peaks, Supercell rises, and Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s big China launch

Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play

Supercell's Squad Busters goes global and why Steam does discoverability better than mobile | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 14

Supercell's Squad Busters goes global and why Steam does discoverability better than mobile | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 14...

Mobile's broken app store discoverability

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Mobile's broken app store discoverability

How Steam, Google Play and Apple's App Store compare and how platform holders prioritise ads over useful recommendations for users

Supercell's Squad Busters the No. 1 most downloaded App Store app in 122 countries on launch day

Supercell's Squad Busters the No. 1 most downloaded App Store app in 122 countries on launch day

New PvP title ranked as the most installed game on iOS in 156 countries

Dungeon & Fighter Mobile picks up $66 million on China's App Store in first week

Dungeon & Fighter Mobile picks up $66 million on China's App Store in first week

Nexon president and CEO Junghun Lee said title has potential to have "profoundly positive impact" on company's revenue and profit

Ready For Launch

"Squad Busters is a love letter to Supercell IPs"

Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, Squad Busters game lead Eino Joas and marketing head Rob Lowe discuss the game's origins and why it's heading for a global launch on May 29th

Epic Games Store coming to iOS in the UK in 2025

Epic Games Store coming to iOS in the UK in 2025

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney calls on Apple's Tim Cook to "tear down this wall"

ByteDance's $4bn Moonton plans, tips for working with the games media, and what devs think of Unity's runtime fee | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 13

ByteDance's $4bn Moonton plans, tips for working with the games media, and what devs think of Unity's runtime fee | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 13…

Alan Wake 2 wins big at the Nordic Game Awards 2024

Alan Wake 2 wins big at the Nordic Game Awards 2024

This year's finalists revealed as Remedy Entertainment takes home three accolades

“I would love to invest in a studio that’s making a play on Roblox and Fortnite”

“I would love to invest in a studio that’s making a play on Roblox and Fortnite”

Nordic Game Panel discusses Roblox, Fortnite and the games industry's cross-platform future

How Playtika triggered Sega’s Rovio acquisition and what happens next

Angry Birds X Sonic

How Playtika triggered Sega’s Rovio acquisition and what happens next

PocketGamer.biz sits down with Rovio VP of strategy and investor relations Timo Rahkonen to discuss the big Sega acquisition and what the future holds for the famous Finnish studio

Disney will let Fortnite creators use its IP to make games

Disney will let Fortnite creators use its IP to make games

Entertainment giant will offer developers "the opportunity to create their own wholly unique Disney-themed gaming experiences"

Hot Five: AppLovin revenue surges 48% Y/Y, Plarium and Big Fish up for sale, and a look inside Merge Mansion's growth

Hot Five: AppLovin revenue surges 48% Y/Y, Plarium and Big Fish up for sale, and a look inside Merge Mansion's growth

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

Xbox's mobile games store and Unity vs. AppLovin | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 12

Xbox's mobile games store and Unity vs. AppLovin | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 12…

ByteDance sells Red Alert Online dev C4 Games for $35.8 million

ByteDance sells Red Alert Online dev C4 Games for $35.8 million

Film and entertainment firm says Red Alert can generate "considerable revenue" in the future

Supercell's Hay Day returns to China's App Store after four year absence

Supercell's Hay Day returns to China's App Store after four year absence

Farming simulator launched on May 15th, published by Tencent

There’s no room for a successful subscription service in games

There’s no room for a successful subscription service in games

Despite offering a great deal, it makes little sense for platform holders and developers and doesn't fit with player habits at scale

Aristocrat Leisure eyes potential sale of Plarium and Big Fish Games

Aristocrat Leisure eyes potential sale of Plarium and Big Fish Games

Casino firm is undertaking a strategic review of its non-social casino games as Product Madness stays off the chopping block

Honor of Kings set for June 20th global launch after $15 billion+ revenue in China

Honor of Kings set for June 20th global launch after $15 billion+ revenue in China

Tencent takes another stab at taking its blockbuster MOBA to global markets

Nexon banks on $22bn IP Dungeon & Fighter being a mobile hit in China as Q1 revenue declines

Nexon banks on $22bn IP Dungeon & Fighter being a mobile hit in China as Q1 revenue declines

Franchise has generated more than $22 billion to date, as publisher eyes as much as a 90% boost to China earnings with mobile release

Netmarble cuts losses but revenue falls in Q1 after lack of new game releases

Netmarble cuts losses but revenue falls in Q1 after lack of new game releases

Publisher set to launch Raven 2 in May and four more titles during the second half of 2024

PlayStation names new CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino

PlayStation names new CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino

The duo replace Jim Ryan, who exited the company after 30 years

Gorilla Capital invests in Lola Panda educational apps developer BeiZ

Investment Round

Gorilla Capital invests in Lola Panda educational apps developer BeiZ

Funding set to help expand the educational apps, which have been downloaded over 40 million times, into new regions and languages

Stumble Guys dev Kitka Games soft-launches new mobile title Battle Guys: Royale

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

Square Enix braces for layoffs in US and Europe

Square Enix braces for layoffs in US and Europe

IT, publishing and Square Enix Collective teams set to be hit by redundancies

Australian dev Mighty Kingdom layoffs of 28% of staff

Australian dev Mighty Kingdom layoffs of 28% of staff

Studio expects annualised cost savings of $2.1 million

Subscrible raises $300,000 to launch ad-free mobile games platform

Subscrible raises $300,000 to launch ad-free mobile games platform

Start-up aims to reduce UA costs and provide “uninterrupted” gaming

AppLovin revenue surges 48% Y/Y to $1bn in Q1 as it eyes non-gaming growth

AppLovin revenue surges 48% Y/Y to $1bn in Q1 as it eyes non-gaming growth

“There is nothing that limits our models to just gaming,” says CEO Adam Foroughi

Hot Five: Dubai's new Gaming Visa, April's mobile game charts, and Xbox studio closures

Hot Five: Dubai's new Gaming Visa, April's mobile game charts, and Xbox studio closures

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

Xbox in turmoil, Krafton champions AI development, and Apple's iPad challenge | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 11

Xbox in turmoil, Krafton champions AI development, and Apple's iPad challenge | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 11…

Unity says restructure that saw mass layoffs is now complete as it posts Q1 2024 revenue decline

Unity Financials

Unity says restructure that saw mass layoffs is now complete as it posts Q1 2024 revenue decline

Outgoing CEO Jim Whitehurst claims there is now more positivity around the controversial runtime fee

Xbox mobile games store launches on web in July

Xbox mobile games store launches on web in July

New marketplace to launch with Microsoft's own-IP first, including Candy Crush Saga and Minecraft

A third of developers implementing new payment options in face of Digital Markets Act’s $18 billion opportunity

Aghanim co-CEO Constantin Andry discusses the results of a new survey into DMA awareness, and how it can significantly boost revenue and end layoffs