July 29, 2022 Getting Into Gameloft Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process” What does a day in the life of a junior game designer at Gameloft Toronto look like? And why choose a career in the mobile games industry?
July 29, 2022 Getting A Backbone New iOS PlayStation controller with remote play integration from Backbone “Regardless of delivery format, having more high-fidelity gaming experiences on mobile is accretive for the ecosystem”, says CEO Maneet Khaira
July 28, 2022 4dworks Hutch's four-day working week successes and failures are for the entire industry to see, says Charmaine Clavier-St John "We’re not naïve in thinking that we’ll be able to snap our fingers and make this work overnight"
July 27, 2022 Booming Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
July 27, 2022 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
July 25, 2022 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
July 25, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Wild Rift breaches $500 million revenue, InnoGames publishes salary bands, and Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for PGbiz "fucking idiots" comment The hottest news articles on PG.biz
July 19, 2022 Deal Me In Drake Star: 2022 games industry deals on track to exceed $150 billion Drake Star partner Michael Metzger speaks with PocketGamer.biz on the highs and lows of games industry deals in H1 2022, and why IDFA is driving deals in the mobile sector
July 19, 2022 Salary Transparency InnoGames publishes salary bands for 80% of employees Salary transparency is a matter of fairness, says COO Michael Zillmer
July 18, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Unity's John Riccitiello describes some devs as "fucking idiots" amid merger with ironSource, bypassing app store fees, and Tencent denied new games licenses The hottest news articles on PG.biz
July 18, 2022 Riccitiello Apologises Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for calling some devs "fucking idiots" "To our friends in the Unity community, I owe you this"
July 14, 2022 Mobile Mavens How much do Unity and ironSource need each other? Tenjin, LifeStreet, Metanomic, Mintegral, and Frameplay discuss the recently announced Unity and ironSource merger, and how it differs from the influx of high-profile acqusitions in Q1 2022
July 14, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
July 13, 2022 Unity X Ironsource John Riccitiello: devs who shun monetisation are "pure, brilliant" and "fucking idiots" Unity's John Riccitiello and Marc Whitten discuss the merger with ironSource, demystifying monetisation and feedback, and bullishness towards the mobile market
July 11, 2022 Miniclip Acquires Sybo How will Miniclip's acquisition of SYBO propel the Subway Surfers brand? Miniclip and SYBO CEOs Saad Choudri and Mathias Gredal Nørvig discuss the seismic acquisition, Subway Surfers IP, and why hands-off is the best approach for support
July 11, 2022 Top 50 Game Makers Want to celebrate the world’s best mobile games creators? Nominate them for the 2022 Top 50 Game Makers Nominations now open for the 2022 PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Game Makers
July 5, 2022 Studio E Inside Studio E: Zynga's in-house advertising agency Studio E's Gabrielle Heyman and Matt Sharpe speak with PocketGamer.biz on Studio E's decade of playable ads design, and why the format is gaining popularity
July 4, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund The hottest news articles on PG.biz
July 1, 2022 Pgc Toronto Gameloft Toronto: Reaching new users is as important as retention and monetisation Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022
July 1, 2022 Into The Breach Subset Games' Matthew Davis on bringing Into the Breach to mobile, and why Netflix was the right distributor "The mobile market is in a weird place for 'premium' titles"
June 30, 2022 Pgc Toronto Google shares their secrets on how stability issues affect your app's success Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022
June 30, 2022 Only One Day Late Happy 15th birthday, iPhone PocketGamer.biz takes a look back at the earliest days of the quintessential mobile handset, following the anniversary of the iPhone’s first release
June 30, 2022 Classically New Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads Marta Velasco and Justin Jones speak to PocketGamer.biz on Moon Tavern Games' desire to create nostalgic RPG experiences with modern mobile sensibilities
June 29, 2022 Pgc Toronto AppLovin: The games industry still incorrectly believes nobody wants ads Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022
June 28, 2022 Make Hay While The Sun Shines Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part two Our conversation with Hay Day’s Stephan Demirdjian, Camilla Avellar and Sari Latvala continues, as we discuss development through the pandemic, burnout at Supercell, and the years ahead as the team changes
June 27, 2022 Cracking The Puzzle Digital Bros, parent company of 505 Games, acquires Puzzle Quest publisher Acquisition of D3 Go! to bolster 505’s F2P capabilities
June 27, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 24, 2022 It's Clubberin' Time Join our Club: Zynga’s Tatum Clanton details Words With Friends 2’s new guild system Following its release on June 23, Zynga game design director Tatum Clanton shares her thoughts on the earliest days of WWF's new guild system, Clubs
June 23, 2022 The Mobile Games Glossary The mobile games industry glossary A living A-Z of mobile games industry terms you should know
June 21, 2022 Making Hay Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part one Hay Day’s Stephan Demirdjian, Camilla Avellar and Sari Latvala share their thoughts on Supercell’s overshadowed success story, which released two months before breakaway hit Clash of Clans
June 21, 2022 Coming To Pc Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, Channel37 Former Ubisoft RedLynx team working on an unannounced PC title
June 20, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 15, 2022 Word Up PeopleFun’s Carol Miu: “It’s been exciting to see and experience the success of browser-based games like Wordle” Miu provides a brief snapshot into how the Wordscapes creator is committing to faster iteration and the true appeal of word browser games
June 14, 2022 Hall Of Fame Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry One of the earliest mobile games pioneers celebrated by peers and friends alike
June 13, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell makes first NFT commitment, Apple Arcade execs leave tech giant, and only 16% of mobile players want blockchain games The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 10, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – June 10 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
June 10, 2022 Google It Google: only 16% of mobile gamers want NFT-based games Player base split on engagement with in-game ads, motivation to start mobile titles, and NFT-based games of little interest
June 9, 2022 Summer Games Fest HoYoverse holds the ground for mobile representation at the Summer Game Fest Trailers for Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Star Rail
June 9, 2022 Hand In The Cookie Jar How Cookie Run: Kingdom's shift from endless runner to RPG led to Devsisters' greatest success Devsisters' Kilhyeon Cho, Eunji Lee, and Danny Huh discuss the team's success with Cookie Run: Kingdom following its first English-language award
June 8, 2022 4dworks The games industry is infamous for burnout. Hutch's Shaun Rutland wants to change that. "A happy team also means a productive one, but that's often neglected in games"
June 8, 2022 Regulatory Reversal China approves 60 more games in 2022 58 titles approved by the National Press and Publication Administration are explicitly mobile games, in continuation of regulatory reversal
June 7, 2022 This Is Not Fair Use Of Fortnite Fortnite cryptocurrency “a scam”, states Epic’s Tim Sweeney Fortnite Token’s clear visual connection with the battle royale invokes ire of Epic Games CEO, stating “Epic’s lawyers are on it”
June 6, 2022 Wwdc Apple unveils iOS 16, but no substantive games updates WWDC keynote is low on games announcements, but new Metal 3 API coming to iPadOS 16 and family sharing of Apple Arcade subscriptions
June 6, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Playtika layoffs could reach 250, Supercell invests $60mil into Love & Pies, and Square Enix commits to NFTs The hottest news articles on PG.biz
June 6, 2022 Supercharged Exclusive: Supercell breaks ground with first investment in NFT gaming Oxalis Games has raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Blocore and including Supercell, Animoca Brands, and Sir Ian Livingstone
June 3, 2022 Hit Publish Funday Factory's Jeppe Kønig: "I see a clear shift towards cross-platform distribution, subscriptions, and social platforms" Funday Factory's new head of publishing shares his thoughts on the latest challenges in the mobile games industry, and gazes into the cross-platform future
June 2, 2022 Take Pride Zynga’s Dr Vijay Pendakur: “It’s nice to think about diversity. It’s better to change your behaviour.” Zynga vice president and chief of DEI details the murky act of international progressivity as the mobile mogul celebrates Pride Month
June 2, 2022 News Update: Lawsuit alleges Activision Blizzard sexual harassment led to employee suicide Lawsuit alleges “wanted sexual harassment” in a “hostile, intimidating, offensive, oppressive, and abusive” workplace
June 2, 2022 4dww Hutch begins four-day working week trial Mobile games developer Hutch has now begun its four-day working week trial, as part of a pilot organised by 4 Day Week Global.
June 1, 2022 Skulls For The Skull Throne Games Workshop partners with PocketGamer.com at the Warhammer Skulls Mobile Showcase The wargaming behemoth will reveal its upcoming slate of mobile releases at 18:00 BST today (June 1) in a co-production with PocketGamer.com