Trendy
4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021
GameRefinery's Erno Kiiski weighs in on the year ahead
Had Its Heyday
Supercell cancels new casual match-three puzzler Hay Day Pop
Servers remain online until February 1st, 2021
Welcome To The Family
Scopely snaps up match-three developer Genjoy
Will join Scopely's operations in Spain
Case Study
Case Study: Marvel Puzzle Quest grows even mightier with Lab Cave ASO
A deep dive into how Lab Cave worked to successfully grow the popular Marvel match-3
Making Magic
Making match-3 magic: Elevating the genre with IP
Zynga director of product Peter Rosetti on what it takes to bring Harry Potter to match-3
Jiminy Cricket
Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers
"Ludia worked closely with Disney in order to bring players a one-of-a-kind gaming experience"
It's Magical
Ludia teams up with Disney for new game Disney Wonderful Worlds
It will be released in 2021
Rofl
Disney Emoji Blitz lines up $100 million in revenue as it celebrates fourth anniversary
Match-three puzzler has accumulated over 25 million installs
Breakout
Playrix soft-launches new match-three RPG Puzzle Breakers
New title available on Android in the Philippines
Three Is A Magic Number
Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue
Candy Crush, Toy Blast, Gardenscapes, and more
Allo-homora
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells debut trailer glimpses iconic locations
Zynga, Warner Bros. and Portkey Games for a new mobile game based on the Harry Potter license
Hay Day Pop
Supercell quietly soft-launches casual match-3 puzzler Hay Day Pop
Available in Australia, Finland, and New Zealand
Let It Go
Jam City launches new mobile game Frozen Adventures
The movie is out on November 22nd
Live And Kicking
How Gummy Drop amassed 1.8 billion hours of gameplay in five years
"To date, the game offers players over 10,000 levels, 90 plus cities to travel to and over 1,000 monuments to rebuild"
Ua Party
Tilting Point to invest at least $20m in CookApps UA
Match-three game Toy Party gets marketing boost
Walking The Line
The delicate balancing act behind midcore match-three Sega Heroes
Finding core-casual sweetspot
Roar
Jurassic World Alive developer Ludia teams up with Universal on How to Train Your Dragon puzzler
Long-standing relationship continues with match-three RPG
European Expansion
Hugo Games opens new match-three studio in Berlin
Headed up by ex-King technical lead Moritz Voss
Breaking In
Can Snowprint’s Legend of Solgard break King’s midcore curse?
Studio CEO Alexander Ekvall discusses working with the Candy Crush maker as part of the latter’s new publishing initiative
Zombie
FTX Games to publish new The Walking Dead match-three and social casino mobile games
Publisher seals deal with AMC to create multiple flesh-eating licensed titles
Homely
Playrix’s Homescapes builds up $420m in revenue for first year
The game took in $28.5 million in September
Soft Launch Saga
Candy Crush Friends Saga takes one of mobile gaming's hottest IPs 3D in October
Fourth addition to the franchise launches on October
A Polished Gem
How does Legend of Solgard engage, retain and monetise?
Analysing King’s new midcore matcher
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Jam City on the evolution of match-three hit Cookie Jam
GM and VP of creative development Shane Nakamura discusses keeping the US publisher's flagship title Cookie Jam alive and successful.
You Make My Heart Sing
Jam City unveils new story-driven match-three IP Wild Things: Animal Adventure
Takes inspiration from Gardenscapes
Match-india
Zynga targets burgeoning Indian mobile games market with Rangoli Rekha: Color Match release
Match-three title heads out of soft launch
Decoding Design
Exploring the links between game genres and mobile monetisation part one: Examining match-3 games
Tappx's Ignasi Prat unpacks the hugely popular casual game archetype
New Grounds
The making of Gardenscapes spin-off Homescapes
We delve into the follow-up to the smash hit mobile game
Double Down
How will Peak Games spend its new $100 million warchest?
Spending Zynga’s largesse
Iap Inspector
How does Homescapes monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Zynga India
Zynga makes push for India with localised match-3 game Rangoli Rekha: Color Match
Presumably being developed by Bangalore studio
King In Space
King doubles down on midcore with soft-launched space-based Stellar: Galaxy Commander
Mixes match-3 and turn-based strategy
Behind The Scenes
An ideal match: The making of Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
Sean Coughlin shares development insights
The Saga Continues
Crushing it: The diminishing but lucrative returns from the Candy Crush sequels
How do you follow a game like Candy Crush Saga?
Cosmo Kong
Gamevil partners with Dungeon Link developer Kong Studios to publish next game Cosmo Duel
An innovative PvP match-3 puzzler is on its way
Sweet Franchise
Jam City eyes multi-billion dollar future for Cookie Jam IP as game passes 100 million downloads
New game Cookie Jam Blast released
Blossoming Revamp
Deconstructing Gardenscapes' big pivot to success
Wooga's Adam Telfer analyses the game's history and reasons behind its current success
Now Playing
Now playing: Prettygreat's Phil Larsen on Triple Town
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Now Playing
Now playing: Torulf Jernström on Gardenscapes - New Acres
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
2017 And Beyond
How Indian mobile game studio Gamecubator Labs is aiming to become a local leader
Priyanka Barathwaj on the studio's local and domestic plans
Now Playing
Now Playing: Wooga CEO Jens Begemann on Gardenscapes - New Acres
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Bold Move
Oprah Winfrey Network expands into mobile gaming with match-3 puzzler Bold Moves
Everybody's getting in on it
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Wooga on the evolution of Jelly Splash
Product Lead Philipp Stelzer reflects on the game's life so far
The Secret's Out
EA partners with Minions creators Illumination Entertainment for film tie-in The Secret Life of Pets: Unleashed
Relationship continues after Minions Paradise
Match That
Key trends that are changing the way match-3 puzzle games play and monetize
Yevgeniy Maiboroda matches the changes
Tag Team
Vivid Games announces its first publishing deal
Developed by fellow Polish developer EVERYDAYiPLAY
Unpredictable Rewards
How to ride the chain reaction of luck for F2P success
Torulf Jernström on psychological hooks of random rewards
Sweet
Friday Flashback: Candy Crush Saga revealed as the second 'billion dollar' mobile game
Puzzle & Dragons has a rival
Making Of
Shaking it up: The making of Candy Crush Soda Saga
King reveals how you recreate success
Sweet Success
Candy Crush Saga is officially the most downloaded Android game of 2014
Google Play Top 5 titles revealed