Still Got It
Years later Supercell's ageing games continue to show their grossing power
Its catalogue is ready for a refresh, but Supercell remains a powerhouse
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Matt Suckley
About Matt is really bad at playing games, but hopefully a little better at writing about them. He's Features Editor for PocketGamer.biz, and has also written for lesser publications such as IGN, VICE, and Paste Magazine.
Articles by Matt Suckley
Iap Inspector
How does Football Strike monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Table Toppers
Which mobile football games are scoring highest in the grossing charts?
Who's doing best in the clash of Top Eleven, FIFA and PES?
Ready For Ipo?
What makes Indian mobile publisher Nazara Games worth $550 million?
Nazara could be gearing up for IPO, but why should you take notice?
Iap Inspector
How does Top Drives monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Iap Inspector
How does The Walking Dead: March to War monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
A Princely Sum
Is Plarium worth $500 million?
What's Aristocrat getting for its money?
Iap Inspector
How does Glu Mobile's hit game Design Home monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
The Charticle
How Rovio's mobile game revenues keep soaring higher
How did Battle Bay, Angry Birds Evolution and Angry Birds Blast contribute?
The Gamer's Brain
How the rise of UX has brought cognitive science to mainstream game development
Epic's Director of UX Celia Hodent opens the book
Talent Development
How the Outplay Academy has created a centralised hub for learning at the studio
Outplay's Emma Purvey discusses the studio's new initiative to educate staff and the wider games industry
The Charticle
Just how popular are social casino games on the App Store top grossing charts?
Casino games endure on mobile, but how big is the industry?
Making Of
Aiming high: The making of Guns of Boom
Game Insight CEO Anatoly Ropotov tells the story behind the hit mobile shooter
Iap Inspector
How does $1 billion hit Summoners War monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
The Charticle
The games powering Zynga's profitability
Zynga's latest financials paint a rosy picture, but how has it got here?
Making Of
Feline fighters: The making of ZeptoLab's C.A.T.S.: Crash Arena Turbo Stars
Chief Product Officer Max Petrov spills the beans on the game's development
Iap Inspector
How does Golf Clash monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
The Charticle
Why did Gree pull out of the West?
The Japanese outfit no longer has a Western presence, but how are its games performing?
Live Fantasy
How Mobius Final Fantasy is keeping players coming back for more
The team at Square Enix discusses the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Five years on: Supercell on the evolution of Clash of Clans
An insight into the live ops of one of the biggest mobile games ever
Mad World
One year on: Madfinger's Studio Head on its big recruitment drive and sharing profits with the team
Miguel Caron discusses the changes he's implemented since year joining in May 2016
Fulfilling The Vision
InnoGames on finishing what Wooga started with Warlords
Studio Director Philip Bang on the project so far
Iap Inspector
How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Coming To Mobile
How Elvenar became InnoGames' second biggest game with a 50% female player base
Ulrike Kunkel on bringing Elvenar to mobile
Besieged With Competition
Simutronics on Siege: Titan Wars and 30 years of multiplayer gaming
CEO David Whatley on the journey from MUDs to mobile PvP
Live And Kicking
Five years on: InnoGames on the evolution of Forge of Empires
Senior Product Manager Stefan Walter on the game's life so far
From Pc To Mobile
Breaking out: The making of Prison Architect: Mobile
How Tag Games brought a PC favourite to mobile
Indian Mavens
Is Reliance Jio's affordable 4G benefiting Indian mobile game developers?
And does greater engagement lead to greater profits?
Taking The Bait
Resolution Games' Tommy Palm on generating two million downloads for Bait! and the potential of mobile VR
Reflecting on two million downloads on a young platform
Tv Structure, Mobile Platform
"We think about hooks and cliffhangers a lot": MegaZebra on episodic mobile game storytelling in Desperate Housewives
CEO Mark Gazecki on the making of Desperate Housewives
Jetting Off
Mech Mocha on creating a new benchmark for Indian localisation with Jetpack Joyride
CEO Arpita Kapoor sets out the studio's ambitions
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Glu Mobile's Mark Van Ryswyk on how to get a job as a Studio Head
Glu's Senior VP of Studios shares career insights
Run For Your Money
Millionaire's Run has players competing for a real-world $1 million cash prize
Launches July 13th, now in beta
5 Years And Out
IGDA looking for new Executive Director as Kate Edwards steps down
Beamdog CEO Trent Oster will take an interim role
N-gaging
LA startup Wonder raises $14 million to build smartphone-console hybrid
Shakira and Kevin Spacey among the investors
Mobile Mavens
The iPhone turns 10: how can Apple shake up mobile gaming in the next decade?
Our Mobile Mavens ponder the next 10 years for Apple and mobile gaming
Now Playing
Now playing: Galaxy of Heroes Creative Director Justin Jones on Kingdom: New Lands
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
10 Years On
67% of all iPhones ever sold are still being used
Newzoo report celebrates 10 years of iPhone
Southeast Asian Intent
Nexon completes iDCC acquisition to establish Nexon Thailand
Builds upon 49% stake and established Southeast Asian presence
A Major Slice
China makes up 25% of the world's spending on games
Chinese games market expected to hit $29 billion in 2017
Unreal Offer
Epic Games teams up with Wargaming Mobile to support mobile developers using Unreal Engine 4
Pushing for mobile developers to use Unreal
Exclamation Marks!
Gram Games launches first IAP-driven title Merge Dragons!
First release from London studio
Kapow
Team attack: The making of Chroma Squad
From Kickstarter to mobile with Mark Venturelli
Cuddly Assassins
Ubisoft teams up with Behaviour Interactive for F2P mobile RPG Assassin's Creed Rebellion
Can Behaviour replicate Fallout Shelter success?
Opt In
Facebook Audience Network introduces rewarded video ads for mobile games
Playrix reports 80% CPM increase
Mobile Focus
Wargaming opens mobile division to develop and publish mobile games
Wargaming Mobile opens its doors
Taking The Bait
Bait! hits two million downloads and adds Gear VR controller support
Resolution Games' fishing title surpasses two million downloads
Mobile Mavens
What do mobile developers think of Supercell's new game Brawl Stars?
Mobile Mavens on Supercell's eSports effort
Coming Soon
Asian top grosser Lineage 2 Revolution set for US launch in 2017
Further Asian launches successful
Critical Force Seoul
Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads
The mobile FPS lines up a new target