August 21, 2025

Mobile Games Awards 2025

Balatro wins hearts as the People's Choice at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025

Solo developer LocalThunk picks up the People’s Choice award for a $30m mobile game first intended "for myself and a few friends"

August 20, 2025

Mobile Games Awards 2025

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket wins Game of the Year at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025

Making $1 billion in 204 days makes TCG Pocket the very best, like no Pokémon mobile game ever was…

August 20, 2025

Mobile Games Awards 2025

Scopely triumphs as Best Publisher at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025

Monopoly Go, Pokémon Go… It’s all go!

August 20, 2025

New Offerings

Tencent unveils AI game creation suite Visvise at Gamescom 2025

The suite covers animation, modelling, NPC creation, and digital asset management

August 20, 2025

Cloud Gaming

Samsung expands mobile cloud gaming platform to Europe

Galaxy users in the UK and Germany can now play mobile games without downloads or installs

August 20, 2025

Mobile Games Awards 2025

Supercell is crowned Best Developer at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025

Record revenue, portfolio-wide growth and Clash Royale’s ‘Brawl Stars moment’ help Supercell come out on top

August 20, 2025

Funding News

Fahy Studios secures $1.75m to scale its mobile game production

Funds will go towards expanding its capabilities and attracting talent to the kingdom

August 20, 2025

New Offerings

Aghanim launches new liveops and game hub builders to boost DTC webshops on mobile

The company plans to turn underperforming webshops into high-value DTC channels

August 20, 2025

Company Misconduct

GungHo reveals $2.35m embezzlement by former senior executive

CEO Kazuki Morishita will take a 30% pay cut for three months as leadership accepts responsibility

August 20, 2025

Investment News

Exel by Merak invests $300,000 each in 17 gaming startups at its first Demo Day

Over 300 applicants competed for a place in the accelerator

August 20, 2025

Seattle Indies

Seattle Indies announces SLICE 2025: A new conference for independent game developers in the heart of seattle

The one-day B2B conference SLICE Expo 2025 for indie developers is scheduled for August 27th in Seattle

August 19, 2025

Moshi Milestone

Moshi Monsters’ second comeback Kickstarter hits £50,000 goal in six hours

The original Kickstarter fell short of its target, but the new, lower goal was promptly achieved

August 19, 2025

Platform Partnership

Atlas partners with Google Cloud as its AI platform enters closed beta

"If you haven't started putting AI in your development pipeline, you should probably do that," says Google Cloud global director for games Jack Buser

August 19, 2025

Doubling Down

Supercell hires Drussila Hollanda as first-ever head of new games

The role will include cultivating cultures for developing new games and putting together the best teams

August 19, 2025

Understanding Players

Decision traps in live game development

InnoGames product manager Anna Sieprawska discusses player feedback and understanding context

August 19, 2025

Workplace Wellbeing

Safe In Our World launches first games industry mental health accreditation

The Mental Health Star Accreditation will award companies for exemplary mental health and wellbeing practices

August 19, 2025

Women In Nordic Games

Aurora: Celebrating Women in the Nordic Games Industry to be honoured at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025

At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025, we’ll honour 10 industry-leading women whose vision, talent, leadership and more are making their mark in every corner of the Nordic region.

August 18, 2025

Mobile Momentum

“Mobile is going to eat and destroy PC and console gaming”

Mobile devices have matched or surpasses PS4 and Xbox One quality, says Azra Games CEO Mark Otero

August 18, 2025

Risks And Rewards

Publisher Lyrical Games to work with devs "taking big creative risks"

The new company has been formed by veterans from Private Division, Humble Games and Devolver Digital

August 18, 2025

Dtc Future

“Direct-to-consumer isn’t optional anymore”

Xsolla VP of monetisation products Artem Liubutov discusses the future of monetisation and getting players to your web shop

August 18, 2025

Dtc Revolution

FunPlus "forced to chase DTC” after IDFA deprecation

4X strategy specialist opted in to Apple's alternative business terms in the EU

August 18, 2025

Shares And Safety

Roblox shares decline 6% after new lawsuits raise child safety concerns

Shares have hit a two-month low but remain up year-over-year

August 18, 2025

Pixel Power

Pixel United veterans launch Plan A Games to invest in casual, midcore and social casino

Gary Rosenfeld, Huy Nguyen and Michael Lang bring their experience from RAID: Shadow Legends and more to help games overcome UA challenges

August 18, 2025

Bringing The Backend

Metaplay’s new Starter plan lets devs use same backend infrastructure as games like Merge Mansion

Metaplay co-founder and CO Petri Kero believes too many devs have been "priced out of using top-tier backend solutions"

August 18, 2025

Pgc Summit Korea

Save the Date: Pocket Gamer Connects unveils Korea summit later in 2025

Leading B2B games conference arrives in Korea on October 31st

August 17, 2025

Top Picks

Gamescom week preview: Top Devcom sessions for mobile devs

A look at the key sessions for the mobile games biz

August 16, 2025

Podcast | Episode 64

ChinaJoy insights and DTC earnings uncovered | 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 what's inside this week's episode 64...

August 15, 2025

Funding For Games

Fateless secures additional $8m to power Godforge toward 2026 launch

The new round brings its total to $14m 

August 15, 2025

Acqusitions

Rewarded play platform Almedia acquires casback firm Zave.it

CEO calls the move a landmark step toward building an engagement engine

August 15, 2025

Awards Season

Gamescom LATAM 2026 opens submissions for BIG Festival Awards

Last year’s competition drew over 950 games from 71 countries 

August 15, 2025

Make-a-wish

Make-A-Wish launches new initiative to grant games industry-related wishes for critically ill children

Infinite Wishes aims to create new pathways for game companies to fund wishes and spark fresh ideas

August 15, 2025

Winners Revealed

Savvy Games Group and HP conclude GameOn GameJam with winning teams revealed

Winners to join Savvy Academy’s three-month Incubator Program in collaboration with Xsolla

August 15, 2025

Introducing Applifters

AppLifters launches at Gamescom: All-in-one mobile growth ecosystem promises to boost game profitability by up to 50%

Following major investment, AppLifters brings user acquisition, monetisation, SDK technology, creative production, and data intelligence together in a single integrated growth platform

August 15, 2025

All About Indies

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025 offers big opportunities for indie developers

Several big opportunities are happening at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025 on October 7th and 8th that indie developers won't want to miss

August 14, 2025

Big Deal

Report: AppsFlyer to be acquired in deal worth up to $4bn

Talks said to be in an advanced stage

August 14, 2025

Job News

Spin Master appoints Marc De Vellis as EVP and president of its Digital Games Creative Centre

He will oversee flagship platforms Toca Boca and PikNik

August 14, 2025

Mentorship

Supercell opens applications for AI Innovation Lab in San Francisco 

Open to individuals or teams of up to three, with a cap of 20 participants

August 14, 2025

Sonic Slowdown

Sega sales down 23% as Rovio falls short of expectations

The Sonic owner has forecast 42% annual growth in its free-to-play sales

August 14, 2025

New Offerings

Hidden Door launches social role-playing platform for co-creative storytelling

Players can step into fictional worlds like Pride and Prejudice, The Wizard of Oz, and The Crow

August 14, 2025

Crossovers

Subway Surfers and 8 Ball Pool unite for their first-ever crossover event

Month-long collaboration features exclusive themed content, characters, and rewards

August 13, 2025

New Offerings

Discord launches social SDK for in-game voice and messaging integration

SDK gives developers access to Discord’s 200m monthly users

August 13, 2025

Avakin Life Hits Steam

After 200 million mobile users, Avakin Life is heading to Steam

"The Steam release gives us the opportunity to view and expand the experience in new ways. It’s an exciting milestone for us, and we want to thank our amazing community"

August 13, 2025

Expansions

Felicity expands to Singapore with $1m APAC growth plan

New hub will focus on high-growth markets like Vietnam and Thailand

August 13, 2025

Marvellous Mena

Dubai to host first Middle East government pavilion at Gamescom 2025

Pavilion to spotlight Dubai’s goal of becoming a top 10 global games hub by 2033

August 13, 2025

New Offerings

Xsolla unveils Unity SDK to give developers more monetisation freedom

The move is part of Xsolla’s push to boost direct-to-consumer revenue across mobile, PC, and web

August 13, 2025

Pgc Barcelona

"100% of IAP is up for hijacking" in DTC 2.0

Appcharge chief marketing officer Gil Tov-Ly spoke at PGC Barcelona about web shops, web games, alternative app stores and more

August 13, 2025

Series Support

Appcharge raises $58m to scale up with growing DTC demands

The direct-to-consumer platform has raised $89m to date, currently powering stores for more than 100 games

August 13, 2025

Strategic Move

Xsolla expands platform reach with SDKs for Windows Store and Epic Games Store

Partnership with Pley and Discord Bot launch expands cross-platform reach

August 13, 2025

Investment News

Arcanix secures funding to accelerate live ops platform growth

Funding will accelerate product development, early partner onboarding, and European team growth

August 13, 2025

Milestone

Fable Town surpasses $1m in monthly revenue

The merge-3 title has 2.3m installs and $7.5m in lifetime earnings