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Action game installs grow 49% in Q4 of 2022 according to new data News Jan 19th, 2023

Action game installs grow 49% in Q4 of 2022 according to new data

According to recently released data, amongst other changes in the mobile market, installs of games categorised as ‘action’ grew by 49%

Breaking down Newzoo's trend predictions for 2023 Feature Jan 13th, 2023

Breaking down Newzoo's trend predictions for 2023

The latest report from data analyst Newzoo predicts a pivot to service-based models and the take up of hybrid monetization strategies

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days Regulars Jan 6th, 2023

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

The Pocketgamer.biz team look forward to the year ahead and ponder player-friendly monetisation

The Top 10 mobile games industry trends for 2023 and beyond Feature Jan 6th, 2023

The Top 10 mobile games industry trends for 2023 and beyond

A data-driven look at 2023 with MobileGroove's Peggy Anne Salz. From subscription models, multiplatform and the metaverse, to the hottest overseas markets

11 games that could exceed $2 billion in revenue in 2023 News Dec 14th, 2022

11 games that could exceed $2 billion in revenue in 2023

Data.ai predicts Uma Musume Pretty Derby will be among the fastest games ever to reach the milestone

GlobalData: Games industry to be worth $470 billion by 2030 News Sep 22nd, 2022

GlobalData: Games industry to be worth $470 billion by 2030

More than half of that sum will come from mobile games

Weather the storm: global games market forecast to decline in 2022 Comment & Opinion Jul 13th, 2022

Weather the storm: global games market forecast to decline in 2022

Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls investigates the anticipated downfall in the global games market: a reversal in fortune after the market’s 26% expansion during the pandemic

Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis News Jul 5th, 2022

Games industry must weather the recession, predicts Ampere Analysis

Inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cited as causes of the fall

Ericsson projects more than 1 billion 5G subscriptions in 2022 News Jun 21st, 2022

Ericsson projects more than 1 billion 5G subscriptions in 2022

1.1 billion prediction tweaked following invasion of Ukraine

McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030 News Jun 16th, 2022

McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030

Between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion could come from e-commerce

Sensor Tower: player spending on mobile games reaching $117 billion by 2026 News Jun 14th, 2022

Sensor Tower: player spending on mobile games reaching $117 billion by 2026

Apps to outpace games in terms of spending, but gaming predicted to remain the largest individual category.

Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026 News Mar 14th, 2022

Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026

Expected to reach $94.8 billion by the end of 2022

Newzoo: Apple and Google will open up app marketplaces in 2022 News Jan 13th, 2022

Newzoo: Apple and Google will open up app marketplaces in 2022

Expectations for the next year

Metaverse mobile game revenues will surpass $3 billion in 2022, says App Annie News Nov 17th, 2021

Metaverse mobile game revenues will surpass $3 billion in 2022, says App Annie

Play-to-earn and metaverse games to pave the way forward for innovation

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021? Mobile Mavens Jan 20th, 2021

Indie Mavens: What trends and events will shape the mobile industry in 2021?

"IDFA depreciation has the potential to completely alter the free-to-play market"

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