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
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Bytedance And Meta Reign Supreme
Apps are earning more revenue than games for the first time ever
Spending in non-game apps has grown more than twice the rate as games
Outside The Stores
Popular mobile games are bypassing Apple, Google fees for in-app purchases via web stores
GameRefinery explores how Clash of Clans, Marvel Strike Force, Star Trek: Fleet Comamnd and others are circumventing app store fees
Alternative Revenue
ONEMT: quality users who drive revenue show up through the alternative app stores
Flexion CEO Jens Lauritzson explains how the company helped ONEMT give their game a revenue boost
Ctrl Alt Match
Flexion Mobile signs agreement with Magic Tavern
Developer's top-grossing Matchington Mansion hits the 'alternative app stores' in just six weeks thanks to Flexion
Eu Vs Tech Giants
EU approves Digital Market Act with implications for Apple and Google
The new legislation comes into force in Autumn
Spotlight From The Store
Smaller European developers are given the spotlight in new App Store series
Developers selected on the basis of growth potential and more
Predicting And Projecting
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.
Browser Bash
Google and Apple’s mobile browser dominance investigated by UK regulator
UK competition regulator announces plans to take action against the tech giants' hold over browsers and cloud gaming
Hot Five
Hot Five: Playtika layoffs could reach 250, Supercell invests $60mil into Love & Pies, and Square Enix commits to NFTs
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Apple And Apps
68% of mobile games devs find marketing more difficult following Apple ATT
Tenjin and Growth FullStack speak to PocketGamer.biz on their latest report which states 99% of developers plan to use alternative Android stores this year
Hot Five
Hot Five: Mobile to exceed 60% of games industry, Diablo Immortal won't be released in Belgium, the Netherlands, and EA pursues merger with Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBC
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Alternative App Stores
Android games make $50 million through alternative app stores, states Flexion
“Essentially a bonus for games that already do great in Google Play,” claims CEO Jens Lauritzson
Latest Lawsuit
Apple loses bid to dismiss app store lawsuit
Alternative app store Cydia originally accused Apple of continuing an unlawful monopoly in January 2020
An Apex App
Apex Legends Mobile player spend reached $4.8 million in first week
The most downloaded game in 60 countries following initial launch
Taken By The Demogorgon
Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales removed from app stores
Titles to be revamped for exclusive Netflix Games release
Pinpointing Popularity
Deliver It 3D, Angry Birds Classic, and Football Manager are the fastest-growing iOS games in 2022
Mozillion reports on data for fastest-growing App Store mobile games
Apex Predator
Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries
Entered the top 10 most downloaded in 89 countries
Meeting Milestones
57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China
Worldwide revenue reaches beyond $8 billion
Download Deluge
Voodoo becomes the third-largest global company in app installs
The sole European member of the top six
Hot Five
Hot Five: Ubisoft buyout speculation, Meta expects billion-dollar losses until 2030s, Q1 2022 financial reports, and App Store removal notice strikes indie devs
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Apple Admonishes Apps
As many as 7,000 apps could soon be purged from the App Store
Sensor Tower finds between 3,000-7,000 apps at risk, with mobile games expected to see biggest impact
Moving To Modernise
The latest App Store notice is causing concern for indie devs
Updates required to keep titles on App Store, says Apple
Mga 2022 Best Indie Developer
Mobile is a "really punishing format" for indies, says inkle's Jon Ingold
inkle talks about its return to mobile, changes to the App Store and interactive fiction audiences, and the need for cross-platform Steam or Switch releases
Tencent On Top Again
Mobile games spending continued to fall by 6.3% to $7 billion in March 2022
Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile were the highest grossing games worldwide
Search Stats
data.ai: Roblox was the most searched game on the App Store in 2021
Non-specific keywords were surprisingly common and yielded regional based results
Most Read
Hot Five: Q1 2022 mobile games spending drops 7.1%, 'wrong' Wordle sees downloads soar, and Miniclip surpasses 4 billion downloads
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In The Blue Corner
Roblox voices support for Apple in Epic Games legal dispute
Metaverse platform states that the App Store provides "greater legitimacy" for users
Tackling Gatekeepers
Apple may be forced to allow sideloading and third-party payment systems in EU
Digital Markets Act will tackle "gatekeepers"
Fool's Gold
Naughty Dog shuts down mobile-exclusive Uncharted game after generating only $88,000
Fortune Hunter, the Uncharted game you’ve never heard of, will be taken offline after five years
Wordlegate
The 'wrong' Wordle sees downloads soar since 2022
Over five years since the game launched the newfound success is on the back of the recent web-based game of the same name
Free Fire First
Sensor Tower: Global mobile game downloads reached 4.4 billion for February 2022
Free Fire places first for second month this year at 21.8 million downloads
To Me To You
Apple requests courts reject Epic Games' appeal
Ongoing dispute sees iPhone firm argue that Epic has not shown any legal error
Gdc
GDC snapshot: Xsolla dicusses mobile gaming’s walled payment gardens
Xsolla discuss navigating the changes to policies and regulations in the mobile games environment
The Lion's Share
Mobile games consumer spending reached $22 billion for Q1 2022
65% of all consumer spending is on games
Reclaimed The Throne
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing game for February 2022
Snatches back first place with $225 in consumer spending
Rovio Removes Games
Rovio pulls games from Russia and Belarus
In-app purchases disabled for games that have already been downloaded
Zero Cell Count
Supercell halt game downloads in Russia and Belarus
Removes titles from app stores, new downloads prevent, access for existing players to be suspended
Standards Stated
South Korea approves new app marketplace rules
Apple and Google required to allow third-party payments
Gen Z Gamers
Game Jolt launches on App Store and Google Play
Aiming to tap into the "next generation of gamers"
$1.5 Billion
Call of Duty: Mobile fires past $1.5 billion in consumer spending
US is highest spender at $647 million, or 43%
Fifth Time's A Charm
Dutch antirust regulator serves Apple fifth $5.7 million fine
ACM claims Apple's suggestions are "unnecessary and unreasonable"
Vamoosed
FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores
"Local regulations issues" lead to complete service shutdown
Angered Attorneys
Attorneys seeking $27 million for securing $100 million settlement against Apple
Fallout of the Apple antitrust class action suit
Where Aso Aims
PG Connects London: the evolution of ASO in 2022
AppTweak head of ASO Simon Thillay talks the avenues ASO may take in 2022 and onwards
Pg Connects London
PG Connects London: How to monetise beyond the App Store and Google Play
Xsolla's Miika Luotio and Black Block's Robin Squire talk ways to take back financial control from app marketplaces
Co-create And Collaborate
Hiber upgrades its HiberWorld metaverse platform with no-code creation
More than two million virtual worlds
Audience Accessibility
Unlisted apps now allowed on the App Store
Intended for apps ready for distribution
Appealing Against Apple
Epic backed by attorneys-general from 34 US states against Apple
Support from Utah, Texas, and more
Curtailed Copycats
Update: Apple shuts down Wordle clones on App Store
App Store guidelines tell developers to "come up with your own ideas"