Casual Comedown As RPGs and casual genres drastically decline, Monopoly Go! gives casino a 34% revenue surge
Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from Supercell’s Squad Busters to Hill Climb’s Lego evolution
March 26, 2024 Securing Spending 32% of spending players in mobile games plan to cut back in 2024 Mistplay’s 2024 Mobile Gaming Spender Report reveals that 54% of big spenders make three or more purchases per month
December 22, 2023 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games to check out this holiday season We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
November 28, 2023 Indian Insight Are core games the road to success? 49% yearly revenue growth projected in India until 2028 Lumikai and Google’s new report projects a $7.5 billion valuation for Indian gaming by 2028
October 31, 2023 Investment Round Casual games hub Playbite nabs $1 million in funding US-based company aims to expand on its userbase of "several hundred thousand" monthly active users
October 6, 2023 Five Great Games New release roundup: Our weekly pick of the best new mobile games We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
October 3, 2023 Major Milestone Playrix celebrates 10 years of Township and major $2 billion revenue Since Township launched, Playrix has grown from a team of 20 to 130
August 3, 2023 Q&a FanDuel’s Aaron Champagne on creating a skill based gaming platform for mobile FanDuel FaceOff features competitive play on games such as Boggle and Breakout Blitz
August 2, 2023 Q&a Game Taco CEO Nancy MacIntyre on the creation of skill gaming platform FanDuel Faceoff With the rise in popularity of esports gaming both Game Taco and FanDuel saw an opportunity for competitive real money gaming on mobile
July 24, 2023 Feature The great casual game revival Lessons from the past, hypercasual’s evolution, and opportunities for the post-ATT future
July 24, 2023 Gaming Report India accounted for 15.29% of game downloads in the first six months of 2023 One of the world’s biggest mobile gaming markets continues its meteoric rise
July 24, 2023 Clash Of The Titans Eggy Party's success intensified NetEase & Tencent's war for casual supremacy The tech giants have long been at the top of the mobile games space, but NetEase's recent win has raised the stakes
July 17, 2023 Investment More Turkish investment as Fortune Mine Games closes $2m seed round The move reflects a wide and varied amount of investment in Türkiye
June 16, 2023 Monopoly Go! Monopoly GO! had the biggest casual launch of the last five years New figures from Scopely show that Monopoly GO! is already off to a flying start
May 12, 2023 Investment The big Supercell investment roundup Money to invest? Or looking for funding? Here's all the studios that Supercell has invested in, all in one place
April 11, 2023 Moves & Merges BoomHits to merge offices with Skyloft Studios The two Turkish studios will now operate under one roof
March 20, 2023 Candy Crush The Competition Candy Crush Saga breaks records with All Stars Tournament The upcoming tournament will have the biggest prize pot in casual mobile gaming history
February 15, 2023 Interview PLAYSTUDIOS' Mickey Sonnino talks diversified portfolio and the magic of loyalty programs PLAYSTUDIOS’ new COO gave us an insight into their take on rewarded play and pushing beyond casino games
February 8, 2023 Open Doors Why casual gamers are crucial to the adoption of web3 gaming Immutable's Justin Hulog explains
February 2, 2023 Marketing Minigames and visual effects drive casual and simulation game marketing New insights into the marketing of casual and simulation games reveals the latest techniques to generate impressions and installs
February 2, 2023 Socialpeta Report Casual games drew almost 28% of all game advertisers last year A new report by SocialPeta delves into the state of mobile marketing in 2022
January 30, 2023 Pocket Gamer Connects Voodoo’s Alex Shea: “Hypercasual is dead” In his talk at PGC London 2023, Alex Shea of Voodoo made a convincing argument for how hypercasual may be going the way of the dodo
December 20, 2022 Milestones Hypercasual developer TapNation hits 750m total downloads across their catalogue French hypercasual mobile developer produces a wide catalogue, totalling 22 different mobile games
December 5, 2022 Match Madness Genre mashing and meta morphing: How Match 3 and casual games are evolving UXReviewer founder Om Tandon breaks down what makes Match 3 games so popular and how they may have even greater scaling potential
November 23, 2022 Business Casual X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch Company founded by veterans of Peak Games
November 11, 2022 Awards Mobile games dominate TIGA Awards 2022 The 2022 TIGA Awards saw mobile companies win numerous accolades for their work, including Kwalee, ustwo and Space ape games
October 31, 2022 Japanese Market Hypercasual games dominate Japan’s charts by installs, but struggle to engage players Mobile gaming is on the rise in the home of video gaming
October 20, 2022 Investment Incline AppQuantum’s new Business Acceleration Program offers casual and midcore developers up to $1 million investment From a total pot of $10 million, with potential to expand
October 3, 2022 Get Ready For Liftoff CPI for casual games has fallen, while ROAS has increased Mobile gaming is now three times the size of its closest competitor
September 22, 2022 Israeli Gaming Market Israeli gaming market worth $9 billion 74 percent of the country’s mobile gaming workers specialise in social and casual games
September 13, 2022 Mobile Gaming Report Western Europe sees a 27 per cent surge in hardcore mobile gaming One fifth of mobile games in the region are paid apps
August 31, 2022 Casual Data Steady growth forecast for the casual gaming sector The puzzle genre saw an exceptionally high rewarded ad completion rate
August 22, 2022 Casual Gaming 7Seas Entertainment has announced a new platform for short games available on Google Play Gamer Shorts already has 25 short and easy mobile games in place
August 4, 2022 A Strong Quarter For Mid-core Titles The highest-grossing mobile games of the quarter revealed A new study examines the mid-core, casino, and casual markets
July 25, 2022 Listen Learn Love PocketGamer.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio The PocketGamer.biz team talk to Jackie Jin, founder and CEO of Squid Games, about the challenges and opportunities facing small studios in today’s mobile games market
July 11, 2022 Success And Challenges Israeli industry reached $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021, with mobile the dominant gaming platform Israeli gaming industry must overcome lack of local talent, youth investment, and government funding to build
June 17, 2022 Competition Publish Me! Festival announced by AppQuantum and WN Conference Top three winners to receive publishing offers from AppQuantum
June 6, 2022 Committing To Casual Turkish mobile puzzle games developer Cypher Games raises $3.2 million Investment will be used to expand the team sixfold, open a new office in Berlin, and create the firm's first casual title
May 27, 2022 Bolstering The Ranks Former King, Wargaming exec joins Kwalee as head of casual mobile games F2P specialist Callum Godfrey will lead on all internal and external casual games projects for the UK-headquartered publisher
April 27, 2022 Pg Connects Seattle Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle – the editor's picks for unmissable sessions Editor Khai Trung Le gives his lineup of essential talks, panels, and sessions in PG Connects Seattle, taking place on May 9-10
April 1, 2022 Growing Gameplay Casual games adding more features to beat competition, says GameRefinery Renovation, construction, and minigames are popping up across the top 100 grossing casual titles
March 25, 2022 Partnering For A Platform FanDuel and Game Taco partner to launch iOS gaming platform Skills-based casual games platform offers cash and other prizes
March 17, 2022 Frvr = Forever Casual games platform FRVR raises $76 million Over 1.5 billion players to date, with millions of DAUs
March 4, 2022 Tis The Season Sensor Tower: Half of top grossing mobile games in 2021 feature season pass Ad removal is the most widely used monetisation mechanic
March 2, 2022 Scaling Studios SciPlay acquires Alictus in $100 million all-cash transaction Initial acquisition of 80 per cent
February 24, 2022 Global Launch Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant Investments from Everblue Management, Play Ventures and more
February 24, 2022 Bye Bye Barriers Coda launches Infinite Arcade to bring mass blockchain gaming to casual mobile games Blending NFTs and cryptocurrency to turn F2P to P2E
February 23, 2022 Presale Plans Netmarble to sell Golden Bros NFT presale at 33% discount Early access period coming in March