Million Milestones
Million Lords hits 3 million downloads with MENA and Asian markets in its sights
The team at Million Victories attribute the success to "a unique gaming experience combined with great marketing"
Nominate Today
Final hours to nominate for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2024
Get your submissions for all 22 categories before midnight TONIGHT, Monday June 17th
Week That Was
Week in Views - Pre-reg record breakers, Apple's endless upgrades and out-of-order ads
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
New Launch Success
Supercell's Squad Busters team tell all on what's become their biggest launch yet
As the game generates over $10 million and surpasses 30 million downloads, its team members explain how they made it a hit
Podcast | Episode 16
Stop sexist UA ads, and is Netflix's games division falling off the rails? | 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 16...
Stylish Celebration
Zynga and Socialpoint celebrate Two Dots’ 10th anniversary with a fresh visual overhaul
The enduring puzzler turns 10 and anniversary events include treasure hunts and two Birthday Flips
Pre-registrations
Pre-registration is now open for Tilting Point's Avatar Legends: Realms Collide
Players can earn pre-registration goodies like speed-up items, legendary hero shards and other resources
Next At Netflix
Netflix VP of games Mike Verdu to move into new "game innovation" role
Netflix has released over 100 games since Mike Verdu joined in 2021
Podcast
AppLovin’s Daniel Tchernahovsky on hybrid monetisation and the hot gaming trends worth tracking | Podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team and guests give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode…
Helsinkindie Time
Indie Devs: Get expert feedback & win media prizes at the PG Connects Helsinki Very Big Indie Pitch
Open to all registered indie developers, the competition enables them to pitch mobile, PC, and console games to experts, gain invaluable feedback, and secure exposure
Tycoon Teams
Monopoly GO! launches first team-based multiplayer event in "uniquely competitive experience"
The new limited-time event is only available until June 16th
Zenless Zenith
Zenless Zone Zero surpasses 40 million pre-registrations, beating Supercell's Squad Busters
HoYoverse’s next title has nearly doubled Honkai: Star Rail’s pre-registration numbers, and bettered Supercell's big launch
Approval Achieved
61 new overseas licence approvals in China bring the total to two-thirds of 2023
15 overseas licences were granted in May, including Mario, Pokémon, and Valorant. Now at two-thirds of 2023 with half the year to go
Homa Hire
Homa appoints Scopely veteran Dan Adair as VP and general manager of hybridcasual
Dan Adair will greenlight hybridcasual projects and make key hires to build up the team
Wwdc 2024
What Apple's iOS 18 Game Mode means for your games
One of the more discreet roll outs at WWDC is iOS 18's attempt to get games looking better on iPhones than Android
Best Got Better
Welcome to the new-look PocketGamer.biz website!
Better looking, bigger images, easier discoverability, same great content
Supercell Surprise
"It wasn’t easy": Supercell's struggle to get Squad Busters included at Summer Game Fest
A mobile-only titles appearance at this year's show not only took its audience by surprise but required arm-twisting behind the scenes
New Offerings
My.Games launches new PC and console focused label Knights Peak Interactive
This brand new publishing arm has has already acquired games from five studios
Real Deal
Voodoo snaps up photo-sharing app BeReal in €500m deal
Games publisher plans to invest in product strategy, growth and infrastructure
Job Losses
Sumo Group to lay off up to 15% of staff
As many as 250 staff across its UK, Canada, Poland, Czech Republic and India offices could be impacted
King Of Candy
King and Flexion partner to bring Candy Crush Saga to App Gallery and more alternative app stores
After record financials and a deal with Scopely, Flexion adds another major mobile win to its distribution portfolio
Winter Is Coming
Zynga’s Game of Thrones: Legends is open for pre-registrations with a July 25th release date
So soon after Star Wars: Hunters, Zynga is releasing another licenced game this summer
Getting Gaming
BBC Studios hires former Bossa Studios CCO Marina Mello as first global director, gaming and interactive
BBC Studios created a job listing for the role in February 2023, and has finally filled it 16 months later
A Taste Of The Top
The top games for downloads are shifting as new stars rise and puzzle games conquer Japan
Royal Match, Ludo King, Wood Nuts & Bolts Puzzle and others ascended the download charts in Q1 2024
Apple Winner
Red Games Co's Brian Lovell on their Apple Design Award Win: “Inclusivity was a focus from the beginning"
The studio's CEO and founder shares more on Crayola Adventures and its award win for inclusivity
Discoverability Updates
App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year
Apple also unveils new discoverability options including deep links and notifications of store promotions
Spatial Computing
Apple Vision Pro heading to UK, Germany, China, Japan and more
Headset will launch in select Asia countries on June 28th, and in the UK and other regions on July 12th
Everybody Loves Ai
Apple joins generative AI revolution with Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT support
New AI tools will be available in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia
Record Revenue
Royal Match takes a sweet lead over Candy Crush as Honkai: Star Rail zooms by Genshin Impact
Q1 welcomes a new round of heroes as Monopoly Go, Royal Match and Honor of Kings come out on top
Road To Helsinki
Devsisters’ Chris O’Kelly talks upselling IP to fans across multiple games without cannibalisation
17% of mid to high spenders spend on two Devsister games cumulatively
Latest Lawsuit
Google hit by £13.6 billion lawsuit over alleged "self-preferencing" and anticompetitive behaviour
Ad Tech Collective Action LLP is taking Google to court, though a date has yet to be set
Hunting For No. 1
Star Wars: Hunters ranked No. 1 for App Store game downloads in the US, UK and Canada on launch day
New arena shooter hit the top 100 top grossing chart in just one country on June 4th
Busting Out
Supercell’s Squad Busters picks up $10 million in first week
Brawl Stars earned $4.1m during its first seven days, according to Appfigures
Pgc Helsinki
5 reasons why Helsinki is at the heart of the global games industry
PG Connects returns to Finland this October 1st and 2nd
Sustainable Business
Why Dlala Studios pitches its next game at least 18 months before finishing development
Dlala Studios CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton on building a sustainable studio for project-to-project production
Mobile No Show
The Xbox handheld doesn’t exist (but everyone wants it to)
Even Xbox’s own Phil Spencer wants a portable machine. But he’s not getting it. Yet…
App Stores
Aptoide unveils first non-Apple game store on iOS
Aptoide CEO Paulo Trezentos says it "represents a significant shift in the way users and developers interact with the iOS gaming ecosystem"
Podcast | Episode 15
Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours | 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 15...
Week That Was
Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters…
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Road To Helsinki
Metacore's Teppo Soininen: “Anybody who has put a game into soft launch knows there’s still plenty of space for f*ck ups.”
The Metaccore game lead underscores the importance of concept testing in his talk from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023
Award-winning Recipe
Early Bird tickets to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2024 are live
Enjoy a three-course meal in Cologne whilst celebrating the industry's finest on August 20th
Road To Helsinki
Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps”
Kinoa's chief business development officer and co-founder discusses the core components of live ops and how to best unlock their true potential
What Investors Want
"Half of investment is going into AI"
Goodbody's Patrick O'Donnell and JKL Capital's Peter Tsang discuss the latest investment trends
Winners Revealed
Apple unveils its 2024 Apple Design Awards winners ahead of WWDC
This year there's a new Spatial Computing category to showcase apps that utilize their Vision Pro
Funding Disaster
How Pixion Games lost nearly $2m in seed funding in three days
Studio founder and CEO Kam Punia opens up about the studio being three weeks away from running out of money - before eventually raising more capital
Rising Stars
Squad Busters is this month's breakout star amidst a slate of anime themed mobile spin-offs
Sensor Tower's monthly gaming pulse for May reveals which games are the ones to watch
On The Air
Angry Birds' first post-Sega takeover movie is on the way
Under Sega's wing the Rovio franchise's transmedia takeover gets ready to take flight once more
Advanced Ai Advertising
SocialPeta's evolution: advancing mobile game advertising with AI, Apple Search Ads, and STEAM game insights
Find out more about SocialPeta's new enhanced features and capabilities before the company's appearance at Gamesforum Hamburg
Casual Comedown
As RPGs and casual genres drastically decline, Monopoly Go! gives casino a 34% revenue surge
Sensor Tower and data.ai’s latest report reveals a 24% revenue decline for RPGs in Japan
Resilient Growth
Asia and MENA to reach 2 billion gamers by 2028 as revenue soars past $85 billion in 2023
India is the fastest-growing market and is expected to add 277 million gamers by 2028