Discoverability Updates App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year
November 23, 2023 Increasing Conversions Adjust and TikTok boast 220% iOS app conversion leap with SKAdNetwork 4 Adjust and TikTok have recorded conversion volumes across 37 apps in the UK, US and Japan
November 16, 2023 Mobile Media Ad networks down in 2023, with only four of the top 20 players showing an increase Apple Search Ads and Google lead on respective platforms, with only Meta ads making the top five on each
October 31, 2023 Q&a Behind the scenes: The making of Tangle Tower Creators Adam Vian and Tom Vian share the design and development process behind the murder mystery point-and-click adventure game
August 17, 2023 Milestones Crystal of Atlan is ByteDance’s first homegrown success story The game is their first major hit that was developed in-house
August 3, 2023 Moving To Mobile Mobile exclusive Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade launches first closed beta The open-world game is available on iOS and Android until 11 August 2023
August 2, 2023 Subscription Success Mobile games using a subscription model almost triple in a year Liftoff and Appsflyer report that mobile games represent almost 30% of subscription-based apps
July 26, 2023 Apple Vs. Consumers Apple's "anti-competitive" App Store woes continue with a $1 billion class action lawsuit The suit accuses the company of acting anti-competitively with its imposition of a 30% fee on in-app purchases
July 19, 2023 Releases NetEase’s newly-released Justice Online tops the iOS App Store charts The game was previously tipped to use AI for character dialogue at certain points
July 17, 2023 Paid Games' Performance Google Play or App Store? June data shows stark contrast in platform popularity of paid games Curated Data.ai stats reveal the most downloaded paid games and top revenue generators per platform
July 12, 2023 Data.ai Report In-app spending hits a record $67.5 billion in Q1 2023 Consumer spend rose 5.3% while downloads increased 3.2%
July 6, 2023 Releases Classic adventure game Monkey Island returns to mobile The point & click classic adventure series is back with a brand new instalment
June 30, 2023 Squad Building Formation Games appoints new advisory group, including Wargaming and Riot veterans The studio is the developer behind upcoming football game Club
June 9, 2023 An Apple (game) A Day All Apple Arcade games available now From Subway Surfers Tag and Sayonara Wild Hearts to Sonic Racing and Amazing Bomberman
May 16, 2023 Report 98% of app store spend on one-time purchases According to new report by data.ai on app revenue
May 9, 2023 Releases Indie classic World of Goo comes to Netflix Games The original indie hit from 2008 has been remastered for modern mobile
May 5, 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 and discuss a fragmented Apple eco-system, games going all-in on AI and Fortnite's return to iOS… Kinda
May 4, 2023 Cloud Gaming Fortnite is back on iOS The title will be available on multiple devices, including iPhones and iPads via Amazon Luna
May 2, 2023 Ios 17 Incoming Will Apple’s iOS sideloading be a Europe exclusive? Could major regional differences be coming in iOS 17?
April 17, 2023 About Apple Is Apple set to allow app sideloading in iOS 17? Predicting the future of Apple after changes to European law
March 29, 2023 Milestones My.Games’ Left to Survive hits 60 million players worldwide One of a number of milestones for the company and their subsidiary studios
March 28, 2023 Data Mobile game spend up almost 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels Mobile bounces back after a dip in 2022
March 27, 2023 Releases PlaySide Studios announces Dumb Ways to Die 4 Pre-orders are now open with a teaser trailer and the announcement of a release date
March 23, 2023 Releases Super Meat Boy Forever finally makes the jump to mobile Originally intended for the platform, the game has so far only been on PC and console until now
March 17, 2023 Talks Matej Lancaric on iOS14: “If you’re testing creatives on iOS, just stop” The Two & a Half-Gamers host discusses why ATT hasn’t killed mobile gaming
March 1, 2023 Next Gen Mobile Tencent’s Arena Breakout to enter global beta The Tarkov-like mobile extraction shooter was announced in 2021
February 20, 2023 Releases Little Big Planet spin-off Ultimate Sackboy is out now on mobile Sony's endless runner comes to iOS and Android today
February 8, 2023 Announcements Hot Wheels brings AR Rift Rally game to Playstation and mobile devices The AR Hot Wheels racing game will release to the Playstation console and more pertinently to mobile devices
February 2, 2023 Apple's Ads Apple’s French fine reveals the secrets of its targeted advertising The CNIL claims Apple is breaking French law and the probe has brought interesting insight to light
January 5, 2023 About Ua Matej Lancaric shares his tough love UA strategies, ATT response and more Suggested UA channels include Meta, TikTok, Google Ads and others, while Facebook gets short shrift
January 3, 2023 App Stores Is Tim Sweeney hinting at the return of Fortnite to iOS? A cryptic tweet from Epic CEO, Tim Sweeney, may hint at the return of the battle-royale game Fortnite to iOS
December 14, 2022 Adjustments In Ads Tenjin and InMobi’s monetisation report shows short-term effects of Google Play’s new ad policy Ad impressions increased by nine percent and revenues by five percent
November 29, 2022 Awards Apex Legends Mobile snatches iPhone Game of the Year at Apple's Awards The Apple Awards celebrate not only the major apps on iOS but also the games with Apex Legends Mobile snatching iPhone game of the year
November 10, 2022 Updates SKAdNetwork 4.0 and how the new changes affect developers SKAdNetwork is what advertisers on the iOS platform rely to study analytics, and the 4.0 version contains some key differences to understand
September 27, 2022 News Apple enables NFT sales, with a 30% tariff catch The iOS app-store is planning to enable NFT purchases, however the terms have already begun putting off crypto-enthusiasts.
September 22, 2022 Game Audio 4Players reveals audio SDK Odin, compatible with Unreal, Unity and more SDK is said to be low latency and "crystal clear"
July 29, 2022 Getting A Backbone New iOS PlayStation controller with remote play integration from Backbone “Regardless of delivery format, having more high-fidelity gaming experiences on mobile is accretive for the ecosystem”, says CEO Maneet Khaira
July 28, 2022 Predicting Revenue Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029 Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
June 14, 2022 Spending On Subscriptions Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games 11% of subscription-model apps are games
June 6, 2022 Wwdc Apple unveils iOS 16, but no substantive games updates WWDC keynote is low on games announcements, but new Metal 3 API coming to iPadOS 16 and family sharing of Apple Arcade subscriptions
May 6, 2022 The Gamekit Cometh AWS Gamekit support is coming to Android and iOS games developed with Unreal Features include cloud saves and achievements
April 14, 2022 Analysis Of Ad Creatives Liftoff: playable ads are most "cost-effective" ad format Analysis of over 200 million instals and 12.6 billion clicks
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 15, 2022 Improved Experience Xbox Cloud Gaming increased performance for iOS devices Led to 35% increase in average play times
February 24, 2022 Privacy Problems AppsFlyer: Apple’s privacy update caused 35% in-app purchase revenue decline iOS user acquisition spend fell 13%, Android jumped 35%
February 17, 2022 Won't Melt In Hands Tilting Point to launch M&M’s Adventure on iOS and Android in Spring 2022 Developed by Vietnam-based mobile studio Gear Inc.
February 17, 2022 Equine Expansion Star Stable Online launches worldwide on iOS Following a year-and-a-half of soft launch
January 14, 2022 Protecting Pandora Avatar: Reckoning heading to iOS and Android in 2022 Closed beta coming soon