Our industry experts weigh in on the power of long, and enduring games. Do endless liveops keep the market ticking? Or stop new devs from breaking through?

At PGC London 2024 HyprMX sat down with the thought leaders, pioneers, creators and execs who are shaping mobile games. Here are eight of our favourites

Space Ape Games co-founder Simon Hade reflects on the studio's eleven year journey and what the team are working on next

Our Mobile Mavens share their thoughts on the current hiring and careers landscape

Following Space Ape's most successful ever launch, the casual puzzler now has their other smash hit Beatstar in its sights

The vintage car game makes history for the London-based mobile developer

The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months

Space Ape Games co-founder discusses the tactics and tech behind BeatStar's new spin-off game Country Star

Space Ape's Charmie Kim spoke at Develop Brighton on the development process behind BeatStar

A song inspired by the game features in Space Ape’s hit rhythm game

Charmie Kim will be giving a ‘Beatstar’s Lessons in Hybrid-Casual’ talk at Develop Brighton this year

Rhythm game Beatstar has gone on to be Space Ape’s biggest hit so far being played by over 50 million people

We spoke to Space Ape's co-founder on the decision to shutter the game, the company's plans for the future and what lessons the team have learned

The game has failed to meet Space Ape Games’ standards

De Filippo previously served as business manager of games for the App Store

The Imperial War Museum’s latest exhibition doesn’t concentrate on objects from a real-world conflict, but instead on video games that recreate war and its effects.

The game hits 38m installs in its first year.

“Too often as game makers what we feel is lacking in a game is just not that important to regular people”

The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months

The London-based mobile games developer aimes to capture the imagination of the Supercell player community with Boom Beach: Frontlines

The game fell below the company’s expectations

The event achieved 3.7 million plays and 1.3 million players added Eminem songs to their playlists

The Supercell CEO spoke to Fast Company about development, longevity, and NFT’s

The event coincides with the release of the rapper’s new greatest hits album

The game's soft launch in Italy is an "instant hit" says Space Ape Games co-founder

Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE

Following Supercell’s $37 million investment, Space Ape Games founder Simon Hade outlines the developer’s scaling plans, including expanding its publishing division with three Beatstar-equivalent titles

Simon Hade speaks candidly on the journey towards Boom Beach: Frontlines in this teaser of our upcoming interview looking at the firm’s plans, post-Supercell funding

Supercell increases its stake to 75%

Space Ape's Simon Hade speaks with PocketGamer.biz on how the new single became available to play through Beatstar two days ahead of global release

Space Ape Games' Simon Hade and Charmie Kim discuss the importance of ad monetisation and Beatstar's take on the battle pass

Space Ape Games' Charmie Kim and Simon Hade detail the journey from strategy specialists to music genre success via Ed Sheeran and Stan Bush

Championing the mobile games industry at the prestigious MGA 2022

Space Ape’s Beatstar – Touch Your Music wins coveted Game of the Year, as we celebrate the mobile games industry with 23 categories

Will launch gradually worldwide on iOS and Android

Open to 15,000 players in North America and Europe

"I think it takes everyone looking around their colleagues to see who's missing or not represented and challenging that"

"The global spread of gaming makes it not just a North American opportunity but a global one"

Refunds will be issued

Soft launch games don't make it

Part of UN Climate Action Summit

“Our studio is overflowing with knowledge, I think it would be selfish not to share it”

"Facing the unknown and uncertainty does not encourage innovation and exploration of new ideas and collaborations"

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

From degrees to job misconceptions, Lefkatditis on how to get a job as a product lead

Takes place on September 28th

"It all boils down to personal attitude and the desire to learn."

"Ultimately though, my role distils down to making sure we deliver a great experience, every single week, to our dedicated and loyal community"

A double-edged sword

Product owner Nick Mansdorf discusses three steps to judge a game's potential