Feature
Game Analysis: The story of Eatventure Vs Cat Snack Bar
AppQuantum’s Anastasia Romakha and Anastasia Gushchina take a deep dive on the success of Lessmore's Eatventure and it's highest profile copycat
Q&a
Mike Levine on Mystic Moose’s auto chess battler Mojo Melee
The game is currently available on android and playable in a browser with an iOS release in beta testing
Legacy
Why good legacy mobile games deserve a new lease of life
SuperScale’s Ivan Trancik discusses legacy game management and how publishers have revived old games through new methods
Q&a
Behind the scenes: The making of Netmarble’s Grand Cross: Age of Titans
CEO Woo Won Seo and project director Min Suk Kang tell the story of the game and their plans for its future
Interview
Snowprint Studios' Alexander Ekvall talks iconic IP and acquisition. "It’s challenging out there and making a great game isn’t always enough."
With Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus performing and acquisition by Modern Times Group complete, we ask their CEO out what's next for Snowprint?
Q&a
Million Victories CEO Benoît Ducrest celebrates Million Lords milestones
Million Victories have implemented a 3D visual upgrade to its Million Lords game and is currently prototyping a new game
Ai Development
Homa launches AI “Game Idea Generator”
The new technology streamlines the process of brainstorming a new title
Deep Dive
Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 2)
In part two of this deep dive we hear about the challenges of building browser based games, transmedia marketing and the rewards of cross-platform
Deep Dive
Ultrahorse Entertainment: Navigating the new wave of game industry changes (Part 1)
Ultrahorse takes a deep dive into the potential of cross-platform and how to make it happen
Q&a
CEO Martin Kwasnica on the return of Cherrypick Games
Cherrypick Games newest title Kingdoms: Merge & Build is on Apple Arcade now
Iphone 15
Apple's iPhone 15 is out today: What's new and what's the verdict?
The iPhone 15's power could be a game changer with the ability to bring high end games to mobile for the first time
Comment & Opinion
"Your mobile game studio is dying. Here’s how to save it"
Village Studios founder Will Luton takes a deep dive into the changing mobile industry and how developers can survive this evolving market
Q&a
Behind the scenes with Ubisoft RedLynx for the making of Gwen’s Getaway
Managing director Celine Pasula and producer Jon Kauppinen share insight into their new game's creation and future plans
Disunity
TIGA calls for CMA intervention on Unity’s proposed Runtime Fees
The platform’s new ‘per install’ fees have been a source of controversy over the past week
Unity Runtime Fee
European Games Developer Federation takes a swipe at Unity
The EGDF calls for EU regulation. “Unity’s install fees are a sign of looming game engine market failure”
Disunity
Unity take to X to clarify new runtime fees, but fails to stem the tide of discontent
Strong words from all corners of the industry continue to flow in
Unity Fees
Unity to charge for installs with new Unity Runtime Fee
Major pivot: devs that pass $200k in revenue and 200k installs will be on the hook for the new fees
Pgc Helsinki
Davy Chadwick on the true potential of generative AI
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place on September 12 - 13. We catch up with some of the stars from the mobile industry who'll be taking part
Pgc Helsinki
Speaker Spotlight: Fingersoft’s Jaakko Kylmäoja on building a game studio with long term loyalty
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place on September 12 - 13. We catch up with some of the stars from the mobile industry who'll be taking part
Pgc Helsinki
Speaker Spotlight: Teemu Haila gives top tips on shipping free to play games
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place on September 12 - 13. We catch up with some of the stars from the mobile industry who'll be taking part
Hybridcasual Lessons
How the hybridcasual evolution is driving higher lifetime value
Director of publishing at Supersonic from Unity, Nir Regev shares market trends and how to shift into the hybridcasual model
Gamescom 2023
Second Dinner's Ben Brode celebrates Marvel Snap's success
As the game goes crossplatform, its chief development officer tells us the backstory of its creation and his plans for its future
Interview
My.Games Elena Grigoryan: “As we venture into the future our unwavering focus remains on crafting distinctive player experiences”
Chief strategy officer Elena Grigoryan gives us a big update on War Robots and all things My.Games
Deconstruction
Under The Hood: Discovering the secrets of successful free to play games
Vikram Khatri shares his system for deconstructing successful free to play games with a view to finding similar success
Q&a
Colossi Games' Manuel Prueter: “We stay bullish for mobile and keep working to entertain players everywhere.”
As their Daisho: Survival of a Samurai notches one million downloads, the Colossi CEO explains how the studio navigates the current gaming market
Game Design
Breaking the rules: Magical secrets of game design
Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark breaks down the core rules of game design and how they drive gameplay
Big Festival
Generative AI in Game Development - How to use it, and where to draw the line…
At BIG Festival, a panel of experts examined the use of artificial intelligence in the game development process
Feature
Using AI in games development: Part Three
In this third part of the series iLogos Game Studios founder Alexander Goldybin explores AI assisted game design
Feature
Using AI in games development: Part Two
In this second part of the series iLogos Game Studios founder Alexander Goldybin explores AI based game mechanics
Updates
Unity goes deeper into AI as it announces two new tools
The game creation platform has positioned the use of generative AI as increasing focus of its offering
Q&a
King's Luken Aragon talks 10 years of keeping Candy Crush on top
Their 10 Years of Fun campaign recently reasserted Candy Crush's dominance and won our best marketing/PR award at the MGAs
Q&a
How Monopoly GO! became the #1 mobile board game in the world
Scopely general manager Massimo Maietti discusses launching the biggest casual game of 2023
Q&a
YOOM’s Nir David: “The potential for AI in gaming is vast, touching nearly every aspect of the industry”
Nir David explains how YOOM is utilising AI to create high quality digital characters
Q&a
Kirk Scott joins Pingle as Vice President of Publisher and Developer Relations
The global game development partner aims to “conquer the world”
Q&a
Daniel Paez on expanding Web3 game Gods Unchained to the mobile market
While Web3 and blockchain games may still be unfamiliar to many the mobile platform offers an opportunity for wider exposure
Interview
Kabam’s Mark Raham on the creation of Disney Mirrorverse
Our MGA Award's People’s Choice award winner is Kabam’s latest big IP hit. But how did they tackle such a big project from such a big name?
Feature
Using AI in games development: Part One
In a new series iLogos Game Studios founder Alexander Goldybin explains how developers can best utilise all that AI has to offer
Q&a
Space Ape Games Charmie Kim and Simon Hade on the successes of Beatstar
Charmie Kim will be giving a ‘Beatstar’s Lessons in Hybrid-Casual’ talk at Develop Brighton this year
Feature
Animal Restaurant: How to Earn $2,000,000 in IAPs with a Cute Mobile Game
Analysing Animal Restaurant's path to success with AppQuantum
Game Dev Rebellion
The Activism Game: How games can provoke positive change for good
Game designer and developer Daniel Fernández Galeote on how developers can play their part and motivate pro-environmental action
Feature
The key to successful hypercasual prototypes
Director of Publishing at Supersonic Nir Regev shares how to best build your next prototype
Q&a
Rusty Lake co-founder Robin Ras celebrates success and shares what's next for the studio
Creating a shared, surrealistic world for their games is just one part of what makes Rusty Lake unique…
Q&a
Sybo and Outplay on the collaboration behind Subway Surfers Blast
We caught up with Sybo and Outplay CEOs Mathias Gredal Nørvig and Douglas Hare on the latest addition to the Subway Surfers franchise
Q&a
Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja on the future of their hit Hill Climb Racing
Fingersoft focuses on staff well being as they gear up for future releases
Feature
Unity's Anna Popereko on rewarded video tips for meta match-3 games
The game design consultant shares how to best implement video rewards for players
Q&a
MY.GAMES Vladimir Krasilnikov on the challenges of developing a cross-platform smash hit
After a ten year run of success on mobile, it's time for the team to take War Robots to mutliple platforms
Q&a
Milky Tea CEO Jonathan Holmes gets "supercharged" with Aonic investment
With a new partner and powerful IPs, we get the latest from Milky Tea as they tease big announcements coming this year
Ai Development
Yahaha’s code-free design engine steals the show at GDC
Their demonstration allowed the creation of nearly 800 games
Q&a
Looty on monetising Roblox: “You need to throw away a lot of what you already know about building games”
Chris Haga, president of Looty Games, the creators of fantasy roguelite game Ruin, explains what makes Roblox a winner
Global Gaming
The Global Game Jam returns later this month as a hybrid event
The world’s biggest annual games creation event takes place from 30 January to 5 February 2023