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New Era
Outfit7 on growing a global IP with the next era of My Talking Tom Friends 2
Behind The Scenes
Behind Black Deck’s rise: A case study in product, monetisation, and trust
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Behind The Scenes
Why Flexus doesn't set hard development deadlines
Flexus founder Semyon Kozyura on why new games aren’t built on deadlines but on originality and vision
Playful Project Management
How Codecks is building a games-focused project management tool teams actually want to use
"These tools just can't focus on what we actually need because they're too busy trying to be everything to everyone"
Cross-platform
Inside Once Human's mobile expansion
Starry Studio's Sun Xiangyu reveals how Once Human transitioned from PC to mobile
Long Term Strategy
Behind the scenes: How teamwork and strategy have sustained Clockmaker for over a decade
Belka Games' Anna Bobrikova looks at the structure, culture and strategy behind Clockmaker
Decade Of Growth
A decade of Elvenar: €200 million in revenue and still growing
Product manager Anna Sieprawska speaks on a decade of the fantasy city-builder, offering insight on the games longevity
From Tv To Games
How Netflix and Charlie Brooker are turning Black Mirror into more than just a TV show
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker and Netflix’s GM of narrative games Sean Krankel share details on the collaborative process behind the new game Thronglets
Long-term Success
My.Games on evolving War Robots into a billion-dollar franchise
Executive producer Boris Burangulov reflects on the long journey of War Robots from live ops to expanding the IP
Gdc Interview
How Status created a million-user AI social simulation in a month
Feed of dreams: WishRoll’s CEO on hitting 500,000 daily active users by letting teenagers role-play as influencers in their own fantasy worlds
Sweet Treats
King's new release puts a Candy Crush twist on a classic card game
Executive producer Marta Cortinas shares on the development journey of Candy Crush Solitaire
Ai Advances
Practical AI: How Sifor Games harnessed genAI tools to build its games
"AI can help level the playing field for indie developers"
Hybridcasual
An inside look at Funcell’s Trash Tycoon growth strategy
Funcell CEO Abhishek Malpani shares on the development of the game and working with a publishing partner
Very Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Interviews: Record Games on their award-winning social music game Starstruck Galaxy
Music battles, rhythm games, and community combine in this PGC Helsinki pitch competition second place winner from an English indie developer
Studio Journey
How Scopely's cultural tenet of 'iterate to greatness' led to $10bn in revenue
Pocketgamer.biz catches up with Scopely Co-CEOs Walter Driver and Javier Ferreira as 2025 kicks off
10 Year Anniversary
10 years of sweet success: The evolution of Candy Crush Soda Saga
King VP, head of creative Abigail Rindo shares on Candy Crush Soda Saga’s journey to a decade
Incredible Indies
Incredible Indies: BAFTA nominated studio Other Tales shares on the development of its latest game Miniatures
Other Tales’ co-founder Tanja Tankred discusses the studios journey so far as it recently launched its second title
Indie Insights
Incredible Indies: Bringing the monster-catching game Miraibo Go to life
Miraibo Go had over 400,000 pre-registrations and launched recently on mobile and PC
Fine Tuning
Behind the scenes: How the little details in game development can make the biggest impact
Rockbite Games’ founders Avetis Zakharyan and Gevorg Kopalyan share why the team obsess over little things and easter eggs in their mobile games
Ai Insight
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Inside Look
Behind the scenes: Improving monetisation in the midcore battler Kingdom Clash
Azur games’ Nikolay Alekseev shares a deeper look at the continued evolution of the game
Indie Insights
Incredible Indies: “Players crave new and exciting experiences and AI enables us to deliver that level of variety and freshness”
Bryan Salt shares how he used AI tools to help create his latest word game Catnip
Daydreamers
How SuperPlay grew Dice Dreams into a $300m+ sleeper hit
CPO and Co-Founder Elad Drory discusses the success of Dice Dreams, studio expansion, retaining players and celebrity marketing
Going Mobile
Behind the scenes: Bringing one of Africa’s oldest board games to life on mobile
MENA industry insider Stephen Sandmann discusses the development of Mancala Adventures with the Carry1st team
Indie Insights
Incredible Indies: Planting The Green Book for cross-platform pollination
Developer Eugene Lazebny on the challenges of being an indie and how Tapteek’s latest green-fingered project came to life
Anniversary Celebrations
Nine years of Seekers Notes and 43 million downloads across 195 countries
Seekers Notes core producer Anastasiia Vorobeva on keeping competitive in the hidden object genre and the impact of community
Unreal Engine Tips
How Ripstone developed The Queen’s Gambit for Netflix: “Unreal can do mobile and it can do it well”
Ripstone’s head of partnerships Jamie Brayshaw takes us through the journey of working with a big IP and developing a mobile game in Unreal Engine
Treasure Hunt
Bringing real life adventure to mobile with augmented reality game Swords
Future House Studios' Adam Sidwell shares development challenges and vision for the fantasy mobile title Swords, featuring real life treasure hunting and grand prizes
Deconstruction
Game Analysis: The evolution of idle RPG systems
Jakub Remiar goes under the hood of Lilith Games AFK journey to share the improvements it makes in the idle RPG genre
Battle Royale
Creating the next Battle Royale hit with NetEase’s Blood Strike
We speak with the game's lead game designer and operation planning executive to discuss the development of Blood Strike and what comes next
Indie Release
“We love mobile because of the massive and diverse player base across the globe”
Global Outlier’s Founder and CEO John Lorge discusses creating a studio, why the focus is on mobile first and the team's upcoming game release
Industry Journey
“I’m proud of what we do at King but I’m even prouder of how we do things”
King’s VP of product for Candy Crush Soda Paula Ingvar shares on turning a hobby into a profession
Making Of
Behind the scenes: The art and design that brings Railroad Empire to life
Azur Games' Anastasia Dovletova on how the team embraced historical records and blueprints to create photo-based realistic 3D art for their midcore hit
Interview
“We went from feeling like we were finished to making nearly $100m last year!”
Space Ape Games co-founder Simon Hade reflects on the studio's eleven year journey and what the team are working on next
African Expansion
“Africa will be one of the top three regions for the global games market over the next ten years”
Usiku Games game producer Denis Odera on developing mobile games in Africa and what makes the region prime for expansion
The Sky's The Limit
Thatgamecompany on what comes next for Sky: Children of the Light in 2024
Art Director, Cecil Kim shares on joining thatgamecompany and the journey from mobile to cross-platform for Sky: Children of the Light
Beating The Odds
Tough times for games? Here are five ways that Belka Games has weathered the storm
Belka Games, Ivan Larionov tells us how the company was able to push through the toughest of times
Game Saver
Behind the scenes: How our relaunch reboot reignited Merge Gardens
Futureplay’s Joonas Virtanen discusses the redemption journey that led to the revitalisation of Merge Gardens
Milestone
Making history and smashing milestones with June's Journey
Wooga’s vice president of games Martin Müller celebrates June's Journey $1billion milestone
Horror Hits
Behind the Scenes: Creating the viral hit Baby in Yellow
Team Terrible’s CEO Greg Lee shares a closer look at the game's development and what they have coming up next
Making Of
Behind the scenes: The making of Zynga Socialpoint's Top Troops
Top Troops game lead Albert Fontova discusses the development of the game and its vital first few months post launch
Hypercasual Hit
Behind the scenes: The developers of Going Balls on the success of their hypercausal hit
Developers Stefan Filote and Ionut Iftimia discuss the development journey of Going Balls touching on the hypercasual space and future goals
Cookin' It Up
Behind the scenes: The making of Cooking Fever Duels
Nordcurrent’s project manager Tomas Šiukščius shares on the development process behind the upcoming spin-off PvP game
Interview
Christian Lövstedt on The Battle Of Polytopia’s journey to 20 million downloads
Originally releasing in 2016, Midjiwan’s smash hit is now on multiple platforms with 20 million installs on mobile. Here's how they did it
Q&a
Behind the scenes: The making of Dino Bash Travel Through Time
Pokoko's founders André Hornung and Philipp Brömme tell us about the development process of their latest game and what to expect next from the team
Interview
Everything you need to know about Blizzard’s new mobile game Warcraft Rumble
We spoke with the games senior animator, Carin Huurnink and senior game designer Brendan Farrell
Feature
Game analysis: The evolution of hypercasual runner Jelly Run 2048
Azur Games' Milana Gelmanova shares of taking the game from suboptimal metrics to a stand out project
Q&a
Behind the scenes: The making of One Punch Man: World
One Punch Man: World producer FeiHua “Shifu” Huang talks turning the much-loved anime IP into a cross-platform classic
Q&a
Game analysis: Reinventing a legend for Cut the Rope 3
ZeptoLab CEO Max Petrov takes us behind the scenes of creating Cut the Rope 3 and bringing it to Apple Arcade