New Beat
Why the NextBeat team is joining the gamified learning revolution at Duolingo
Co-founders Simon Hade and Olly Barnes discuss why they went from seeking funding to joining the learning platform
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New Studio
NextBeat CEO Simon Hade on spinning out from Space Ape Games and a “music-first” future
The team intends to launch a rock and mental focused rhythm game as well as creating new music games and having a focus on wellness and education
New Studio
Space Ape exec Simon Hade heads up new spinoff studio NextBeat
New developer takes on Beatstar and Country Star from Space Ape portfolio
Hot Topics
Mobile Mavens: Are today's everlasting, live ops games holding back new innovation?
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?
Interview
“We went from feeling like we were finished to making nearly $100m last year!”
Space Ape Games co-founder Simon Hade reflects on the studio's eleven year journey and what the team are working on next
Mobile Mavens
Mobile Mavens: Jobs 2024: How to find the best talent and land your dream role
Our Mobile Mavens share their thoughts on the current hiring and careers landscape
A Flying Start
Space Ape’s Chrome Valley Customs on track to beat Beatstar with $40m earned
Following Space Ape's most successful ever launch, the casual puzzler now has their other smash hit Beatstar in its sights
Crystal Ball Time
Games industry predictions for 2024: Big games will get bigger, M&A will start to scale back, and third-party app stores
The Mobile Mavens gaze into the crystal ball to share their thoughts and expectations for the year ahead
New Year's Resolutions
Mobile Mavens' New Year's resolutions for 2024 part two: Giving back, supporting those hit by layoffs, and not repeating past mistakes
The Mobile Mavens share their ambitions for the coming year
Game Of The Year
Mobile Mavens' mobile games of the year 2023: Monopoly GO, Street Fighter Dual, Honkai: Star Rail, and more
The Mobile Mavens share the best mobile games they've played this year
Industry Trends
Mobile Mavens on the biggest games industry trends of 2023: "This has been the single hardest year in games I think I have seen in my career"
The big names in the industry tell us what they thought the biggest stories of the year were
Highs And Lows
Mobile Mavens' highlights and lowlights of 2023: "Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat"
The big names in the industry tell us how a challenging year in the industry went for them and their business.
Interview
Space Ape's Simon Hade: “Country Star benefits from several years of live ops R&D right out of the gate”
Space Ape Games co-founder discusses the tactics and tech behind BeatStar's new spin-off game Country Star
Q&a
Space Ape Games Charmie Kim and Simon Hade on the successes of Beatstar
Charmie Kim will be giving a ‘Beatstar’s Lessons in Hybrid-Casual’ talk at Develop Brighton this year
Interview
"Not measuring up in long term engagement": Space Ape's Simon Hade on Boom Beach: Frontlines shutdown
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
Music Games Go Ape
Space Ape Celebrate One Year of Beatstar
The game hits 38m installs in its first year.
Turning Imperfections Into Strengths
Space Ape Games Co-Founder Simon Hade on using your game’s imperfections as strengths
“Too often as game makers what we feel is lacking in a game is just not that important to regular people”
Their Most Successful Event To Date
Space Ape Games discuss the success of their Eminem crossover event
The event achieved 3.7 million plays and 1.3 million players added Eminem songs to their playlists
Lose Yourself In Beatstar
Eminem takes over Beatstar in it’s biggest event yet - and Fortnite could follow
The event coincides with the release of the rapper’s new greatest hits album
Successful Soft Launch
Boom Beach: Frontlines hits number one on Google Play's Top-Free Games chart
The game's soft launch in Italy is an "instant hit" says Space Ape Games co-founder
Space Ape X Supercell
What is Space Ape doing with all that Supercell money?
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
Boom Beach
Space Ape’s treatment of Supercell’s Boom Beach “built on the learnings of several failed multiplayer games”
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
Bringing The Beats
A mobile games and music industries first: Beatstar releases early exclusive of Black Eyed Peas, Shakira new single
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
Dolla Dolla Bills
Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies
Space Ape Games' Simon Hade and Charmie Kim discuss the importance of ad monetisation and Beatstar's take on the battle pass
Slave To The Rhythm
How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years
Space Ape Games' Charmie Kim and Simon Hade detail the journey from strategy specialists to music genre success via Ed Sheeran and Stan Bush
State Of Uk
British games experts discuss the state of the UK industry
Jo Twist leads a panel on investment, free-to-play, and buzzwords
Times Are A Changing
Space Ape makes good on promise of "radically different" games with two new soft-launched titles
Super Karts and Fastlane: Road to Revenge are like nothing it has done before
Roviocon 2017
Rovio to host talks and panels from industry legends at second RovioCon in Helsinki on April 20th
Followed by jazz and jolly conversation
Hard On Brexit
What does Brexit mean for the future of Britain's mobile games scene?
A panel of experts discuss the future
New Year's Resolutions
Mobile games industry experts tell us their New Year's resolutions for 2017
Ambitious plans for the year
Industry Trends
What will be the big mobile games industry trends in 2017?
The experts give their crystal ball predictions
Mobile Trends
What were the biggest mobile games industry trends in 2016?
We ask a slew of industry experts
A Vintage Year?
The state of play for mobile games in India in 2016
Looking back on India's year in mobile games
Beyond Build-and-battle
Space Ape's next games will look "radically different," says Simon Hade
But will use the experience from build-and-battle to grow
Live And Kicking
One year on: Space Ape Games on the evolution of Rival Kingdoms
COO Simon Hade on the game's life so far
Understanding Live Ops
How Space Ape grew revenues in the one-year-old Rival Kingdoms for six consecutive months
COO Simon Hade and Live Ops Lead Andrew Munden on keeping games alive
The Main Event
How Space Ape makes up to 50% of its revenues from in-game events
Simon Hade explains
East Meets West
10 videos that teach you about the global mobile gaming markets
The key sessions from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
Talking Heads
Space Ape, Epic Games, Traplight, Motorious and Playa are the latest speaker additions for PG Connects Helsinki 2016
More minds, more knowledge
Big On Events
Samurai Siege’s $37 million lifetime revenue growth now being driven by in-game events
Why in-game events can be worthwhile
Mechanical Marvels
More than meets the eye: the making of Transformers: Earth Wars
Space Ape CEO Simon Hade on a subtle transformation
Space Ape Spend
How Space Ape wasted millions marketing its dark fantasy game Rival Kingdoms through the wrong UA channels
Mistakes made and lessons learned
A New Strategy
How Space Ape's next games take an either/or approach to market trends and passion for gameplay
COO Simon Hade on playing with new genres
Half-time Analysis
Six months on, Space Ape's Simon Hade reflects on his predictions for 2016
Why he still expects to see a Chinese dev hit Western top 20
Roll Out
Space Ape on making Transformers: Earth Wars its most accessible game yet
Appealing to people who never played Clash of Clans
Make Games You Love
Space Ape COO Simon Hade on why passion must lead development
Why Rival Kingdoms and Samurai Siege are considered passion projects
50 Jobs For 2016
How to get a job at UK's 'best indie' Space Ape Games
COO and co-founder Simon Hade shares insights
Community Power
2015 in Review: Space Ape's Simon Hade on ditching the UA funnel
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Feedback Button
Video: The power of customer support for F2P gaming success
Simon Hade on listening to complaints
Expert Visions
Supercell investor Paul Heydon, Candy Crush guru turned VR king Tommy Palm, and Lumino City architect Katherine Bidwell announced for PG Connects London 2015
Over 130 speakers from across the globe