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Pgc Nordics
InnoGames' Zoran Gjorgiev joins PGC Nordics speaker lineup
Studio Strategy
Burny Games CEO Anatolii Henis on building a repeatable mobile games business
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Pgc Barcelona
Rovio's Anastasiya Kara on how live ops took over mobile's biggest games
At PGC Barcelona, Rovio's lead product manager traced live ops from a single Angry Birds power-up to the engine driving the top grossing charts
Hardcore, You Know The Score
How adjoe fixes early game engagement for hardcore games
“Hardcore games already ask a lot from new users, and the reward path should feel like support.”
Podcast
My.Games' $50m a year benchmark for new forever franchises
We speak to My.Games CEO Elena Grigorian about live ops, new game R&D, D2C and why AI is a game changer
Xbox Redefined
The future of Xbox: What chasing one billion players means for the console giant
Xbox's new North Star is engaging one billion players daily - we look at the state of console and where the world's most played games and platforms are thriving
Industry Insights
Deconstructing a $100m idle game: What 5 years of Gold & Goblins reveals about live ops and retention
Igor Voronetskiy, producer at AppQuantum, shares insights into the live ops and long-term systems behind Gold & Goblins
New Offerings
ClarityQ launches game-native AI analytics platform for mobile game studios
The platform translates complex gaming data into natural language insights and recommendations
Industry Insights
Building Kingdom Clash: A game designer’s perspective on a five-year project
Lev Nazin shares key lessons learned from five years of developing Kingdom Clash
Live Ops Evolution
Why mobile gaming has shifted from a 'core-first' to an 'event-first' model
Rovio’s Anastasiya Kara discusses how live ops continues to be a dominant force in driving long-term mobile success
Fifteen Years On
Inside Scopely's rise to a global mobile games giant
Chief operating officer Eunice Lee discuses 15 years of growth and building long-term live service games
Mobile Mavens
“Burnout is essentially design failure”: The Mobile Mavens weigh in on player burnout
The Mobile Mavens discuss how studios manage player burnout and build long lasting player relationships
Tech Insights
"Put your own stamp on the game, not on the plumbing"
Developers, Skillz and Beamable discuss the pros and cons of building your own infrastructure or licensing tech to power your game
Thinking Ai Launches Agentic Engine
ThinkingAI and MiniMax Announce Partnership on Agentic Engine to Deliver Real-Time Operations
ThinkingData has rebranded as ThinkingAI and partnered with MiniMax to launch Agentic Engine - an autonomous enterprise agentic platform designed to disrupt traditional data analysis
Live & Kicking
How Tilting Point and AN Games are taking on the 4X strategy space with Avatar: Realms Collide
We chat with project director Junhyoung Lee about the developer's live ops strategy and working on the popular IP
Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast: Skillz, Beamable and the live ops shift
We unpack Skillz's acquisition of Beamable, what the future looks like for the two companies, and more
Industry Insights
From Game of War to Last Asylum: The evolution of 4x monetisation
Jakub Remiar discusses the evolution of 4x games and the rise of hybrid onboarding
Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast: Data doesn't solve problems - decisions do
We talk with GameAnalytics head of BD and customer success Falko Boecker to discuss data, AI and finding the right insights
Personal Pets
How Monopoly Go's Pets Season sparked 12,000 fan submissions and community engagement
This two-month season includes players’ pets as stickers, brand-new Style Tokens and a charity initiative
Industry Insights
How Azur Games increased retention and doubled revenue with Hidden Objects 2
Daria Korbyleva explains how structural design and live ops helped Hidden Objects 2 outperform its predecessor
Rethink Liveops At Gdc
ThinkingData Summit: Global studios coming together to rethink live ops and data during GDC
Register for the ThinkingData Summit or sign up and receive the post-event recap series.
Industry Insights
How Gossip Harbor builds live ops from day one
Balancy breaks down Gossip Harbor’s approach to onboarding players through live ops
Legacy Games
How King grew Pet Rescue Saga to $1 billion and sustained it for over a decade
King’s Oriol Caro discusses how long-term live ops shape decisions for legacy mobile titles
Forever Games
2026 live ops trends: Templatisation, personalisation and AI
We speak to Balancy CEO Pavel Ignatov about the latest trends in live ops and the strategies developers can employ right now
Live Ops
Live ops in 2026: What 2025 revealed and how studios should prepare
Balancy's leaders speak on the evolution of live ops and what comes next for studios
Speaker Spotlight
"Live ops is not a game with events, it is a game revolving around events"
We speak to Metaplay co-founder and CPO Teemu Haila about live ops ahead of his panel at PGC London
Milestone
Ludus: Merge Arena surpasses 8 million installs
The milestone was achieved following a year of new events and partnerships
All The Things!
Xsolla introduces new corporate identity, offers "all the things" developers could ever need
As Xsolla celebrates its 20th anniversary, the company is introducing a whole new corporate look and planning to make itself the ultimate toolbox for developers worldwide
Live Ops
Cutting the wait: How game teams are accelerating live ops
Antonina Belova discusses why speed is now a live ops strategy
The Long Game
Gameloft on adapting tools, tech and teams to sustain Minion Rush's 12-year run
Gameloft’s Kateryna Skrypnik shares how live ops, community feedback and a Unity migration have kept Minion Rush running for over a decade
Industry Insights
The ins and outs of retention in an idle game with merge and puzzle elements
Oleg Nalimov shares on Gold & Goblins the genre-blending mechanics, monetisation and live updates that turned the game into a $60m success
Franchise Insights
The first year of Zynga's Game of Thrones: Legends from launch to $24 million
Zynga’s Director of design Joe Canose discusses lessons from Game of Thrones: Legends first year
New Offerings
Aghanim launches new liveops and game hub builders to boost DTC webshops on mobile
The company plans to turn underperforming webshops into high-value DTC channels
Understanding Players
Decision traps in live game development
InnoGames product manager Anna Sieprawska discusses player feedback and understanding context
Investment News
Arcanix secures funding to accelerate live ops platform growth
Funding will accelerate product development, early partner onboarding, and European team growth
Market Resilience
ZiMAD’s journey to a 170 million download hit
CEO Dmitry Bobrov shares on the business strategy behind Magic Jigsaw Puzzles
Actionable Insight For Every Dept
Inside the data systems of gaming's global hits: The tech stack behind billions in revenue
Find out how ThinkingData is unifying data analytics and live ops into a single scalable platform for developers and publishers worldwide
Data Driven Growth
“Our portfolio includes several dozen studios earning over €1m in monthly revenue”: Magify’s Evgeniy Kurenkov on scaling smarter live ops
Evgeniy Kurenkov discusses how Magify is helping studios turn data into revenue and plans for the future of the platform
Hybrid Hit
How Rollic scored a $100m hybridcasual hit by ideating 1,000 games a month
Utku Erdinç suspects that "in the history of mobile gaming, a very small number of studios have experienced this much growth in only one and a half years"
Live Ops
Sensor Tower acquires live ops data platform Playliner
Platform tracks in-game events, monetisation and player engagement in mobile games
Direct-to-consumer
Xsolla and Second Dinner launch new Marvel Snap Web Shop
Players Can Redeem the Global ‘WEBLAUNCH’ Code at Launch to Access Special Offers and Exclusive Rewards
Summer Special
Albums, battle passes and milestones: Mobile’s top event types to introduce this summer
AppMagic analyses the three summer event formats that can fit "seamlessly" into almost any live ops schedule
Animal Appeal
Seven years of Zoo 2: Animal Park: Longevity, season passes, and the importance of new content
We speak with Zoo 2: Animal Park’s project manager Bernd Willuhn about the game’s long-term appeal, remaining accessible to newcomers and more
Supercell Strategy
Supercell: The old versus the new
"We believe that creating new games is an essential part of a games company," says Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen
Live Ops
Rockbite Games: What we didn’t know about live ops until we released a hit
Founders, Avetis Zakharyan and Gevorg Kopalyan share on their live ops journey
Industry Enthusiasm
90% of developers plan to launch at least one game in 2025
Metaplay’s The Game Development Renaissance report suggests more than two in three devs are optimistic about the industry this year
Live Ops Advice
SciPlay on why your live ops strategy will make or break your mobile game
SciPlay’s group vice president, US games Cameron Stewart shares on the transformation and future of live ops
Tiktok Webinar
Watch: How to unlock your game’s next level with TikTok
Gain insights into live ops and marketing through TikTok during Q5 and beyond
Live Ops Tips
A decade of live ops: Keeping creativity, player communities and gameplay alive
Exient’s Tommy Prentice and Steve Cassar Laudi offer insight on long term live ops