MiHoYo green lights Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail movies with government backing

Mobile Games Adaptation

MiHoYo green lights Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail movies with government backing

The projects aim to elevate Shanghai into a premier “city of film'' within three years, positioning it as a key destination for film production

The IGDA calls for

Making Sense Of Slowdown

The IGDA calls for "sustainable measures" to stop mass layoffs and "stop driving talent away"

The International Game Developers Association calculates that more than 8,700 game developers have lost their jobs so far this year

Platform barriers tumble down as almost half of gamers play across devices

Platform barriers tumble down as almost half of gamers play across devices

PC, console, and mobile divides are fading as 47% of players enjoy playing their favourite games across multiple platforms

Hot Five: XCOM Legends’ rumoured shutdown, Squad Busters verges on soft launch, and Royal Match reaches $3 billion

Hot Five: XCOM Legends’ rumoured shutdown, Squad Busters verges on soft launch, and Royal Match reaches $3 billion

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

Savvy Games Group's Steer Studios soft launches debut game Grunt Rush

Savvy Games Group's Steer Studios soft launches debut game Grunt Rush

Strategy title listed on India's Google Play store

Atomontage's Virtual Matter: pioneering 3D voxel graphics for social gaming

Virtual Revolution

Atomontage's Virtual Matter: pioneering 3D voxel graphics for social gaming

Interview: the co-founder and president of Atomontage talks cloud gaming, UGC and more

Company Spotlight: Elevatix

Company Spotlight: Elevatix

Find out more about the adtech and AI service that's helping talented developers around the globe monetise their creations, freeing them to focus on making great games

State of the Finnish games industry, Squad Busters, and App Store emulators | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 07

State of the Finnish games industry, Squad Busters, and App Store emulators | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 07…

Epic Games demands Google Play opens up to alternative payment systems after antitrust win

Epic Games demands Google Play opens up to alternative payment systems after antitrust win

Epic also wants away with scare screens and claims Google's history of "malicious compliance"

Week in Views - Mobile gets blanked at the BAFTAs, Apple goes retro and Nintendo pulls the plug

Week in Views - Mobile gets blanked at the BAFTAs, Apple goes retro and Nintendo pulls the plug

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

"The continent is shattering stereotypes about 'emerging' markets. The African gaming market has already emerged"

African gaming is real and Carry1st growth lead Spencer Ma reckons they've "only scratched the surface of its vast potential"

Roblox partners with PubMatic to power video ads

Roblox partners with PubMatic to power video ads

Ads will only be served to players aged 13 and up

The opportunities and challenges facing alternative app stores

The opportunities and challenges facing alternative app stores

Piyush Mishra of Product Madness and Shalom Michaeli of Digital Turbine share their joint perspective on the potential of alternative app stores

NetEase FPS Blood Strike hits 30 million downloads worldwide

NetEase FPS Blood Strike hits 30 million downloads worldwide

The game edges past its latest milestone having clinched the number one spot in downloads in over 15 countries, including the US

New release roundup: The best new mobile games from Disney denizens to a gen AI puzzle solver

New release roundup: The best new mobile games from Disney denizens to a gen AI puzzle solver

We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business

Essential activities for indie developers in Dubai, May 1st and 2nd

Gameexpo Summit

Essential activities for indie developers in Dubai, May 1st and 2nd

Make the most of your GameExpo Summit experience as an indie developer this summer

Values Value and InGame Job launch the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2024

Values Value and InGame Job launch the Big Games Industry Employment Survey 2024

The survey is looking to understand how layoffs are affecting confidence in the future of the games industry

How On the Edge is using mobile games to tell real-life stories

Educating Through Games

How On the Edge is using mobile games to tell real-life stories

We spoke with On the Edge’s Brera Razzaq about using mobile gaming as a platform to highlight the battles of endangered species

London Developer Conference

"We’re heading for a further 12 months of unsettled times - but it won’t be all doom and gloom."

Chris Dring of GamesIndustry.biz takes to the stage at the London Developer Conference to spell out where it all went wrong and why there's reasons to be optimistic about the future

ByteDance profits reportedly rise 60%, surpassing Chinese competitor Tencent

ByteDance profits reportedly rise 60%, surpassing Chinese competitor Tencent

ByteDance has been pulling back from gaming after TikTok has played a greater role in the company’s surging revenues and profit

Mini Motorways developer Dinosaur Polo Club names Amie Wolken as new CEO

Mini Motorways developer Dinosaur Polo Club names Amie Wolken as new CEO

Wolken's expertise will be pivotal in leading the future of Mini Motorways and Mini Metro

Xsolla’s Andrey Kalugin talks web shops tips to get users out of mobile

Web Shop Wisdom

Xsolla’s Andrey Kalugin talks web shops tips to get users out of mobile "jail"

Speaking at the Dubai GameExpo Summit 2023 powered by PG Connects, Andrey Kalugin suggested that devs should tailor their discounts since "whales don’t want to save money"

Royal Match races from $2 billion to $3 billion earnings faster than any other game

Record Breaking

Royal Match races from $2 billion to $3 billion earnings faster than any other game

The game is set to over take Clash of Clans on its record-breaking forward push, with no signs of slowing

Eid Mubarak! Our 30% off Dubai GameExpo Summit tickets ENDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

Gameexpo Summit

Eid Mubarak! Our 30% off Dubai GameExpo Summit tickets ENDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!

Save up to £206 as we mark the end of Ramadan with a very special offer!

“We believe the industry is on track for growth this year and is projected to reach $190 billion by the end of 2024”

Industry Insights

“We believe the industry is on track for growth this year and is projected to reach $190 billion by the end of 2024”

Konvoy VC’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Josh Chapman shares his thoughts on industry layoffs, the state of gaming and what can be expected from venture capital funding this year

InnoHub returns as InnoGames rents out office space to aspiring gaming startups

Subtenant Startups

InnoHub returns as InnoGames rents out office space to aspiring gaming startups

InnoGames is renting private workspaces ranging from 14m² to 200m² in size

Miniclip moves into PC and console publishing with FuturLab partnership

Miniclip moves into PC and console publishing with FuturLab partnership

“We’re proud to say that we are now part of the Miniclip family! It’s exciting for us to charter a course that brings Miniclip into the PC/console space"

62% of Gen Alpha gamers play 5+ hours per week, VS only 17% of Gen Z

Gaming Generations

62% of Gen Alpha gamers play 5+ hours per week, VS only 17% of Gen Z

Livewire’s 2024 Next Gen Attention report compares playing habits of Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha

Apple allows retro games on iOS at last. Here's what you can and can't do

Blasts From The Past

Apple allows retro games on iOS at last. Here's what you can and can't do

Thanks to the EU's DMA and increasing pressure in the US, Apple have finally gone soft on one of their most hardline App Store policies. Bring on the retro games…

Disney Realm Breakers now available in soft launch for select regions

Mobile Soft Launch

Disney Realm Breakers now available in soft launch for select regions

Players will embark on a heroic journey where they'll join forces with beloved characters from Disney and Pixar to save the world of Noi

Microsoft saves the day: Activision Blizzard games are set to return to China in new NetEase deal

Microsoft's Might

Microsoft saves the day: Activision Blizzard games are set to return to China in new NetEase deal

The untimely end of Activision Blizzard and NetEase’s deal meant that games such as Overwatch and World of Warcraft have spent over a year offline in China

PGC Stories:

PGC Stories: "I got to make friends with great people from MENA and it was an eye opener for me!"

We asked attendees from 10 years of Pocket Gamer Connects events to share their memories and help celebrate out 10th anniversary

End of an era: Nintendo 3DS goes offline, but what does this mean for mobile?

Pocket Preservation

End of an era: Nintendo 3DS goes offline, but what does this mean for mobile?

It's game over for both Nintendo's 3DS and Wii U as their servers are finally turned off

Saga CEO Rebecca Liao on the launch of publishing division and mass market web3 games

Saga CEO Rebecca Liao on the launch of publishing division and mass market web3 games

Interview: Saga Origins to publish "provocative" games on mobile as its mainnet comes online

Voodoo Partners with AppHarbr to Level Up In-Game Ad Quality

Advertising Quality Control

Voodoo Partners with AppHarbr to Level Up In-Game Ad Quality

AppHarbr brings its best-in-class technology to Voodoo, to eliminate disruptive advertising and create more engaging, secure real-time control

“We love mobile because of the massive and diverse player base across the globe”

“We love mobile because of the massive and diverse player base across the globe”

Global Outlier’s Founder and CEO John Lorge discusses creating a studio, why the focus is on mobile first and the team's upcoming game release

Luckmon Inc. and FanCom Global unite for Japanese market expansion

New Partnerships

Luckmon Inc. and FanCom Global unite for Japanese market expansion

Luckmon has garnered more than 500,000 downloads and boasts a user base of 1 million gamers nationwide

Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile has a bot problem and players aren't happy

Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile has a bot problem and players aren't happy

Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile’s Season 3 update has brought in a cascade of complaints

Supercell’s Squad Busters heads into soft launch on April 23rd

Supercell’s Squad Busters heads into soft launch on April 23rd

Finnish developer takes another stab at a potential sixth global release

Sandsoft's internship program produces two new full-time hires

Sandsoft's internship program produces two new full-time hires

“At Sandsoft, we're committed to building a diverse team with 29% of our workforce being female, above the industry average," said VP head of studio Yahsir Qureshi

XCOM Legends shutdown rumoured as the game only made $2,637 last month

Speculative Shutdown

XCOM Legends shutdown rumoured as the game only made $2,637 last month

Iridium Starfish’s mobile spinoff of Mythos Games’ XCOM franchise took a different direction to the mainline that may have led to its downfall

Maysalward partners with Choose Kind Jo for game design challenge to promote mental health

Maysalward partners with Choose Kind Jo for game design challenge to promote mental health

Winners will receive a $700 prize and a publishing deal with Maysalward and Choose Kind Jo

Rainbow Six Mobile’s rollout on pause as

Rainbow Recalibration

Rainbow Six Mobile’s rollout on pause as "areas for improvement" are addressed

The soft launch’s expansion has been delayed so the team can address feedback and improve the experience

Gameexpo Summit

Publishers and gamemakers unite at Dubai GameExpo Summit

MENA's leading games event returns on May 1st and 2nd

MENA developers impress at Game Zanga (Special Edition) - see results

MENA developers impress at Game Zanga (Special Edition) - see results

"Game Zanga has been a beacon of inspiration and motivation for game makers in the Arabic region"

“I’m proud of what we do at King but I’m even prouder of how we do things”

Industry Journey

“I’m proud of what we do at King but I’m even prouder of how we do things”

King’s VP of product for Candy Crush Soda Paula Ingvar shares on turning a hobby into a profession

Hot Five: New VC funds for mobile, Turkish investments, and Baby Shark makes a splash in Brawl Stars

Hot Five: New VC funds for mobile, Turkish investments, and Baby Shark makes a splash in Brawl Stars

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

Breaking down the Sensor Tower interview and 10 years of Monument Valley | Week in Mobile Games podcast

Podcast | Episode 06

Breaking down the Sensor Tower interview and 10 years of Monument Valley | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 06…

New Japanese studio Kreation Verse talks TAT Rumble, its first mobile game

New Japanese studio Kreation Verse talks TAT Rumble, its first mobile game

Interview: Industry veterans Tomoya Ogawa, Karin and Tatsuro Iwamoto reveal NFT card battler

Week in Views - a mobile classic turns 10, investment bounces back and your gaming questions get answered

Week in Views - a mobile classic turns 10, investment bounces back and your gaming questions get answered

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories