Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Dubai GameExpo Summit 2023: Christina Macedo of Ready Games
We get up close with the speakers at this week's Pocket Gamer event, live from Dubai
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Dubai GameExpo Summit 2023: Soham Tacker of Gamerji
We get up close with the speakers at this week's Pocket Gamer event, live from Dubai
Feature
Why diverse payments are the key to reaching MENA gamers
Xsolla president Chris Hewish explains the unique requirements of consumers in this market
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Tiny Kraken Games
Find out more about the innovative creators of original IP such as Merge Empress, Cube Battleship and Tower Archer
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Sablo Studio
Find out more about the mobile developer and publisher behind such hits as Idle Construction 3D, Dig Tycoon and Oil Mining 3D
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Narsun Studios
Find out more about this 200-strong company working at the edge of Game, blockchain, metaverse and digital twin development
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Hazel Mobile
Find out more about this games and apps development studio with a 1.5 billion-strong community of mobile users
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: The Game Storm Studios
Find out more about this award-winning studio whose games have scored millions of downloads and attracted rave reviews
Guest Article
Why Apple’s Vision Pro lacks mass market vision
But this dev kit disguised as a consumer product could be the company’s path forward for more accessible hardware in the future
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Finz Games
Find out more about Finz Games, the developer and publisher, based in Pakistan who've scored hits with their innovative sports and fighting games
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Sunday
Find out more about Sunday, the hypercasual specialist, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, responsible for titles including Cat Escape, Spinner Merge and Mr Pain
Mavens
Mobile Mavens: Is the Vision Pro the next iPhone moment?
We asked industry experts for their thoughts on the reveal of Apple’s Vision pro mixed reality headset
Feature
Using AI in games development: Part One
In a new series iLogos Game Studios founder Alexander Goldybin explains how developers can best utilise all that AI has to offer
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
Interview
As Top Drives turns five Hutch’s top devs tell us what makes a hit
The developer’s pivot to racing games revived their fortunes with Top Drives the jewel in their crown
Interview
Behind the scenes with “Indo-Futurism” battle royale game Indus
SuperGaming CEO Roby John goes in-deep on their upcoming BGMI-beating shooter
Interview
Why hit developer Nordcurrent is moving to publishing
The Vilnius based developer has pushed into publishing with mobile an increasing focus for the company
Interview
CEO of SuperGaming: “Battle royales are a frictionless entry point for Indians to play games”
The developers of homegrown battle royale game Indus hope to show off what domestic developers can do
Awards
Apple’s Design Awards winners 2023
The company awards programs for excellence in technical achievement
New Tech
Will Apple Arcade be enough to push the Vision Pro?
At least 100 titles will be available on launch. But is that it? And where's the metaverse in all this?
New Tech
Why developers need to take Apple Vision Pro seriously
The next App Store explosion starts here. Apple Vision Pro matters. And here's why.
Soft-launch
Supercell's Thunderdome: Flood Rush vs Squad Busters
Why're we keeping an eye on Supercell's back-to-back release this month? Find out.
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 including Apple's latest hardware, Silent Hill's next steps, and Microsoft's appeal against the CMA
Interview
Noah Rosenfield talks Addagrams: “People enjoy investing in the betterment of themselves.”
The word game recently released on iOS and Android
Women In Games
Zynga's Paula Neves shares her journey from psychology to mobile marketing
From a psychology major in Brazil to a Senior Product manager with Zynga in Montreal, Pocketgamer.biz finds out more about Paula Neves' journey in games
Feature
Animal Restaurant: How to Earn $2,000,000 in IAPs with a Cute Mobile Game
Analysing Animal Restaurant's path to success with AppQuantum
Feature
How to accelerate ASO with ChatGPT
Azur Games ASO manager Zlata Kazantseva shares how the team used ChatGPT to create keywords and texts in Survive Squad
Back For Good?
BattleGrounds Mobile India is back: So what happened?
With the game set to return to storefronts, how exactly did Krafton get into so much trouble in India?
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 including new mobile platforms, app store invasions, celebrity developers and… Have you seen my $2bn? I could have sworn it was right here…
Roundup
Revenue Report: Games financials roundup: May 2023
Who's up? Who's down? Here's the latest quarterly financial results from around the world of mobile games, all in one place
Mavens
Mobile Mavens: Activision Blizzard: So what will happen next?
We asked our industry experts for their thoughts on the deal that rumbles on and continues to divide opinions. Here's what they said.
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: Optimove
Game Dev Rebellion
The Activism Game: How games can provoke positive change for good
Game designer and developer Daniel Fernández Galeote on how developers can play their part and motivate pro-environmental action
Q&a
Cygames' Euro and US branches make new connections with the West
“Our new branches will enable us to further strengthen our Western marketing approach”
Feature
The key to successful hypercasual prototypes
Director of Publishing at Supersonic Nir Regev shares how to best build your next prototype
Spreading Sustainability
10 Weeks To Save the Games Industry - The Final Episode
The journey reaches an end with a recap of the 38 incredible games industry figures that took part across 10 weeks of travels
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 unexpected returns, making millions and losing them too…
Feature
Unity's Anna Popereko on rewarded video tips for meta match-3 games
The game design consultant shares how to best implement video rewards for players
Report
98% of app store spend on one-time purchases
According to new report by data.ai on app revenue
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 investment vs buy out, mobile's amazing next-level ads and making dance moves for money…
Spreading Sustainability
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry with Sybo CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig
The journey continues with gaming and eco-insight from the makers of the legendary Subway Surfers
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
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight Seattle: Maintain UA and performance within the changing privacy landscape with Mark Menery of Dataseat
We get up close with the speakers at our upcoming Pocket Gamer Seattle event. Don't miss out!
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight Seattle: Phil Shpilberg of GameChangerSF by Pixis outlines the future of AI in games marketing
We get up close with the speakers at our upcoming Pocket Gamer Seattle event. Don't miss out!
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight Seattle: Delivering premium live services with Kazutomo Niwa of Game Server Services (GS2)
We get up close with the speakers at our upcoming Pocket Gamer Seattle event. Don't miss out!
Going Global
Using mobile games as part of a brand-building promotional strategy
As president of digital media at leisure giant Falcon's Beyond, Jason Ambler has made mobile gaming a key component in their theme park's promo plans
Spreading Sustainability
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry: Sweden Part 2
The journey continues with more eco-video from Sweden featuring Johan Sjöberg of Star Stable Entertainment and Gustav Martner at Greenpeace.
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
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight Seattle: Moloco's Donghwan Jeon on AI, big data, machine learning and more
With just a couple of weeks to go, we get up close with the speakers at our upcoming Pocket Gamer Seattle event. Don't miss out!
Spreading Sustainability
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry reaches Sweden
Get the first part of our eco duo's interviews from Sweden, featuring Daniel Hasselberg, CEO of MAG Interactive and David Olsson of We Don’t Have Time