Interview
Industry veterans create The Experimentation Group to boost industry growth
The consultancy group are offering their expertise for free
Acquisition
Modern Times Group acquires Pocket Gamer Award winner Snowprint Studios
Snowprint Studios are behind the strategy title Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus
Milestones
My.Games' Grand Hotel Mania reaches four-year anniversary and hits $100m in revenue
Grand Hotel Mania joins a highly performing game catalogue including Rush Royale and Left to Survive
Mobile Growth
Gaming is the fastest growing app category worldwide
Action, hypercasual, and sports are among the top-ranked gaming subverticals
Interview
Nai Chang of Wooga: “One of the key parts of success is understanding your players”
Wooga’s managing director gives his thoughts on building the hugely successful June’s Journey and the studio’s presence at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Mega Mobile
Mobile is gaming’s strongest platform in a market set generate $187.7 billion this year
Newzoo's 2023 Global Games Market Report expects mobile games to generate $92.6 billion
Germany Grows
Germany on the rise with 46% growth in games companies since 2020
A 15.5% rise in games companies was observed in 2022
Investment
GameStake Technologies raises £630,000 in seed funding for “rewarded play” gaming
The company is pursuing the “rewarded play” style of monetisation
Partnership
Homa to form strategic partnership with mobile studio 8sec
The partnership aims to benefit from the popularity pivot from hypercasual to hybridcasual
Financials
What part does mobile play in Capcom's record-breaking financials?
While their latest financial results are driven mainly by console and PC releases, mobile is beginning to play its part
Financials
Pixel Federation 2022 report 7% drop in sales in latest financials
The dip is attributed to post-Covid slowdown
Financials
Roblox revenue and DAU up by 22%
The game platform turned metaverse darling continues to grow
Financials
Unity hits $500m of revenue in Q1 financials
John Riccitiello: “The very nature of our platform will benefit from AI tools”
Report
The UK’s gaming market was valued at £7.05 billion in 2022
The UK Interactive Entertainment association’s latest report analyses Britain’s gaming market
Appointments
Room 8 appoints David Lalonde as head of mobile service line
Will oversee growth strategy for growing portfolio of studios
Data
Mobile game spend up almost 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels
Mobile bounces back after a dip in 2022
Anniversaries
Netflix Games one year on
As the anniversary of Netflix’s robust gaming catalogue comes round, more information arrives about their plans for 2023
Africa’s Mobile Boom
Africa poised for explosion in mobile gaming
The continent’s unique place in the market offers wide-ranging opportunities for mobile gaming
New Hires
Adjoe plans to open up new markets as they hire fresh management team
Mobile advertising platform Adjoe has made three new key hires, concentrating on growing their business in new markets and leading the overall team
Pocket Gamer Connects 2023
Nour Khrais on MENA: "This is an opportunity for small developers to reach a huge audience.”
If you're not in MENA then you're not doing business. That was the message from the Maysalward founder and CEO at PGC London 2023
Mobile Success
Which five mobile hits generated $7.2 billion in revenue in 2022?
Incredibly, these globe-conquering games raked in eight percent of total revenue. And the winners are…
Grow Your Game
Ready to scale your game? Learn from top experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London
It’s time to take your game to the next level - get the top strategies to accelerate your growth
Joint Ventures
Mattel and NetEase partnership announces rapid growth going into 2023
Mattel163, the studio formed as part of a partnership between Mattel and NetEase has announced rapid growth and success going into 2023
Advertising
Mobile ad spend predicted to hit $362bn in 2023
Data.ai’s State of Mobile report shows the continuous growth of mobile ad spend over the past 4 years, and predicts it will hit a new high in 2023
Awards
Tripledot Studios growth strategy pays off with Deloitte Award
Mobile developer Tripledot received the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 Award for its rate of growth
Studio Move
Miniclip expands Miniclip Netherlands in move to new offices in Zoetermeer
Miniclip has expanded and moved Gamebasics, now Miniclip Netherlands, to purpose-designed refurbished offices in the city of Zoetermeer
Chinese Market
Chinese mobile market revenue to decline for first time in two decades
China’s lucrative mobile sector, has been forecast to decline for the first time in twenty years
Interview
Barclays and Ukie on how their Mobile Games Growth Program will provide a boost to the industry
Daniel Wood of Ukie and David Gowans of Barclays discuss the support available through their investment program
The Growth Of Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming market to exceed $175 billion by 2027
China’s strong growth is projected to continue over the period
Helsinki Highlights
Building a company with vision
Jussi Tähtinen on how crystallising the company you want to be can help you succeed
Job Openings
Mattel to grow its digital gaming sector with new job openings
New managerial positions include head of business development and licensing, senior manager of mobile licensing, and senior manager of PC/Console licensing
Good News For New Devs.
Xsolla launches systems to help new developers accelerate growth
Xsolla Accelerator and Xsolla Payout offers educational programs, funding, and streamlines payments
Prime Mover
Prime Gaming shows 120 per cent user growth in two years
Subscribers claimed 420 million offers last year alone, reveals Dustin Blackwell
Mid-year Review
Gaming investment reached $2.6 billion in Q1 2022
The industry continues to be a top growth sector
Deepening Development
Resolution Games opens its first US studio after record growth
After five consecutive years of profitability
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios is the third-fastest growing private company in the UK
Mobile games developer is the sole app developer to rank in FEBE’s The Growth 100 list, celebrating the UK’s fastest growing private companies
Mobile Manoeuvre
20% of all first-party releases will be mobile by 2025, says Sony
Playstation CEO Jim Ryan also stated that 10% of first-party releases will be mobile within 2022
Mobile Marketing
Adjust launches Datascape to deliver faster KPIs and performance metrics
"A mobile app’s success in this dynamic industry depends on smart and fast decision-making"
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: SuperScale's Ivan Trančík on successfully scaling blockchain games
Meet the blockchain experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Dead Good
N3twork scaled Idle Necromancer's DAUs by 970%
Surge in DAUs and revenue in the first month
Steady Growth
My.Games reports steady YoY revenue growth of 2.3% for Q3 2021
Mobile games contribute 75% of overall quarterly revenue
Idle World
How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months
The Idle Opportunity
Going For Growth
AppFollow update promises increased insight
New update to AppFollow toolkit for optimised app growth is live
Growing For Gold
How GameBerry Labs leveraged social features and referral mechanics to hit six million users
Gameberry Labs highlights how making it easy for players to be social and generous can reap rewards
Profit Up 93%
Apple sees revenue grow by 36% to $81.4 billion in third quarter
The company reports new revenue records in each geographic sector
Call To Action
Genshin Impact spurs mobile action games to $435 million in US for H1 2021
The figure shows a 104 per cent rise for the genre year-over-year
Money Maker
Sumo sees 2020 sales up 41% to $95 million
A bigger adventure
Money Bags
Skillz continues to grow having seen revenues of $230m in 2020
“Our first quarter as a publicly-traded company was our twentieth consecutive quarter of revenue growth"
App Economy
An app economy on steroids: How to grab a piece of the action
While in-app spending has thus far been led by mobile gaming apps, a major increase in spending is anticipated from non-game apps
Grow Your Business
Mobile's golden goose: Hypercasual your way to business growth
Hypercasual is thriving during mobile's biggest year yet. CrazyLabs offers insight on how you can make the most of it