Open All Hours
App Store developer submissions to remain open during Christmas
Previously Apple would close down for the holidays
Pull Over
Kwalee’s Traffic Cop 3D tops App Store charts in USA, UK, and Canada
Top 10 casual game in 41 countries
Reputation Matters
Mobile games must do more to interact with users and manage their reputation, says AppFollow
Report highlights disconnect between companies and users
Tangled Web
Apple files appeal against in-app links to alternative payments ruling
The federal judge has ruled in favour of Apple for nine of ten counts
Anti-competition Agony
App Store payments are anti-competitive rules Dutch antitrust authority
Demanded changes to in-app payment system following investigation
Apple Vs Epic
Updated: Apple ordered to allow pricing transparency
Tech giant dealt massive blow
No Deal
Apple refuse Epic Games request to restore Fortnite in South Korea
The latest in the ongoing dispute
Bang Bang Bank
PUBG Mobile does $270 million, Honor of Kings $256 million during August 2021
Shooting to the top
Additional Changes
Another brick in App Store walled garden removed: Reader apps can link-out
Apple reacts to Japan Fair Trade Commission
Cutting Out Commission
South Korea bans app marketplaces restricting third-party payments
The first country to implement such changes
One Less Brick In The Wall
Devs gain more flexibility to highlight non-App Store payment methods
Also allows for more price points
Ads Aid Acquisition
The value of Apple Search Ads
In a post-IDFA world will advertising on Apple Search become more valuable for user acquisition?
Winner Winner
PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue
The battle royale jumped ahead by almost $70 million
Design Matters
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode 3 - Cobra Mobile
We speak to Cobra Mobile founder and CEO Mark Ettle about the value of making good games
Honourable
Mobile games spending reached $7.3 billion in June 2021
Honor of Kings, PUBG mobile and Ni No Kuni Cross Worlds lead the show
Biggest Catch
Mobile games driving $1.7 billion of weekly spending globally
Crunching the data with App Annie
600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
Court Case Continues
Tim Cook set to testify at Epic vs Apple trial
CEO said to have prepared for numerous hours
Risky Business
Apple App Store rejected 1 million apps in 2020
The walled garden remains high
Incoming
Case filed against Apple in the UK to compensate 20 million iOS users
Claims of monopolistic behaviour
Walled Garden Assault
Epic vs Apple trial begins, Tim Sweeney takes the stand
The trial will run for approximately three weeks
Bandicoot Bonanza
Update: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run sprints to nearly 33 million global downloads
29.5 million installs since official launch day
N. Sane Numbers
Update: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run races to 25 million global downloads
22 million installs in first weekend
On The Up
The file size of US App Store games has increased by 76% since 2016
Double Down and Fortnite experienced the most growth
Winner, Winner
PUBG: New State hits five million pre-registrations in one week
Pre-orders will open on the App Store later this year
Hand It Over
Judge orders Valve to provide Apple with sales figures
As part of the iOS creators Fortnite battle with Epic
To Be Fair
FlowPlay joins the Coalition for App Fairness
To combat Apple and its App Store policies
Money Maker
Player spending on mobile games to hit $138 billion in 2025
The majority will be generated on the App Store
The Epic Continues
Epic takes case against Apple to EU antitrust regulators
The company wants to "restore competition on iOS"
In The Clouds
Gamestream teams with Chunghwa Telecom to launch iOS cloud gaming app in Taiwan
"At Gamestream, we're pleased to see the Hami 5G iOS app available now in the App Store. This perhaps indicates greater receptiveness to cloud gaming on the part of Apple"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Preparing for Apple's ATT changes
Hot topic was discussed at length during Monetiser track
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Bringing ASO and user acquisition together
"ASO is the process of improving an app's visibility in app stores throughout its lifetime and maximise its appeal to users"
Making Of
How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS
"Having a powerful ending can help people look past the flaws so much easier"
Outta Here
Apple removed 48,000 games from the Chinese App Store last year
Due to them not having an ISBN
Imposter
Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day
International version 'Murder Party' picks up 19,000 downloads too
Big Spender
European consumers spent $54.6 million on mobile apps on Christmas Day
Globally mobile spending hit $407 million that same day
Getting The Boot
Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store
As a result of apps not having a license
Welcome Back
Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront
Following removal due to a revenue share dispute
Getting The Boot
Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store
Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year
No Fair
Facebook claims new App Store policies are anti-competitive
"Apple is behaving anti-competitively by using their control of the App Store to benefit their bottom line at the expense of creators and small businesses"
Changing Times
Indie Mavens: How will Apple's App Store Small Business Program impact developers?
"Let’s be frank: neither Apple nor Valve provide enough of a service to deserve a 30 per cent cut.
Come One Come All
Enrolment begins for Apple's Small Business Program
"Designed to accelerate innovation and help propel your small business forward with the next generation of groundbreaking apps"
Money Money Money
Publishers earning below $1m account for 2% of App Store games revenue
89.8 per cent of companies earn below $100,000
New Games
30 notable mobile games released in November 2020 you may have missed
What just happened?
Fight For Fairness
Epic Games is not fighting Apple "for a lower commission"
"Epic is fighting for fair competition among mobile platform companies, stores, and payment processors"
Helping Hand
Apple to aid small businesses by reducing its App Store commission
"Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy and the beating heart of innovation and opportunity in communities around the world"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: "There's a huge ripple effect once you don't have detailed information about players," says Tilting Point head Andre Cohen
Apple looks to introduce further privacy rules in early 2021
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Apple removing IDFA "could have really negative impacts on the entire industry," says Gamejam CEO Christian Calderon
Apple is set to introduce new privacy measures in iOS 14
Indie Spotlight
Lozange Labs's Matt and Ava Loz on how the App Store editor can make or break a game
"The main challenge in the mobile games market is managing to get any sort of visibility"
Fight For Fairness
Coalition for App Fairness formed to combat Apple and its App Store policies
Includes Epic Games and Spotify