Mobile Mavens on the biggest games industry trends of 2023:

December 21, 2023

Industry Trends

Mobile Mavens on the biggest games industry trends of 2023: "This has been the single hardest year in games I think I have seen in my career"

The big names in the industry tell us what they thought the biggest stories of the year were

Will mobile gaming apps continue to grow in 2024? Absolutely, and here's why

December 20, 2023

Will mobile gaming apps continue to grow in 2024? Absolutely, and here's why

AppLovin’s Daniel Tchernahovksky explains how studios can find continued growth in 2024 touching on AI advances and new creative strategies

Chinese gaming trends revealed as 52% of the population play games

October 23, 2023

Chinese gaming trends revealed as 52% of the population play games

Trends, censorship, approvals, mixed genre games and more come under the microscope

Mystic Games Matthew Buxton:

September 8, 2023

Mystic Games Matthew Buxton: "There are definitely more people building Web3 games than playing them."

The studio's latest mobile game aims to do Web3 right, but what needs to happen for the genre to truly break through?

How the hybridcasual evolution is driving higher lifetime value

September 4, 2023

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

How you benefit from CrazyLabs' industry-leading trend report

August 25, 2023

Tips Tricks And Trends

How you benefit from CrazyLabs' industry-leading trend report

Find out more about CrazyLabs' monthly trend report, which offers every developer the chance to discover the trends, tactics and tricks used by the latest chart-topping games

AR, AI, and Subscription Models — Oh, My! | Podcast

AR, AI, and Subscription Models — Oh, My! | Podcast

Our PocketGamer.biz team recaps GDC 2023 and riff on the topics that stole this year’s show.

Seven more fireside chats with the mobile world's movers & shakers from PGC London 2023

Fireside Chats Part Two

Seven more fireside chats with the mobile world's movers & shakers from PGC London 2023

Another seven pioneers, founders, creators and leaders from the world of mobile games speak to the HyprMX team about the tools, tech and trends from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2023

Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two

Mobile games industry trends for 2023: Publishing predictions: Part two

MobileGroove's Peggy Anne Salz looks at intellectual property and brands, social media, streaming, and esports

Five mobile esports predictions for 2023 from ESL FACEIT's Kevin Rosenblatt

February 13, 2023

Five mobile esports predictions for 2023 from ESL FACEIT's Kevin Rosenblatt

The SVP of Game Ecosystems for EFG gives his thoughts on where mobile esports will go in 2023

Speaker Spotlight: Xsolla

January 19, 2023

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Xsolla

Meet the industry pioneers and business leaders who are speaking at Pocket Gamer Connects London on January 23rd and 24th 2023.

Action game installs grow 49% in Q4 of 2022 according to new data

January 19, 2023

Action game installs grow 49% in Q4 of 2022 according to new data

According to recently released data, amongst other changes in the mobile market, installs of games categorised as ‘action’ grew by 49%

Levelling up: decoding the future of mobile gaming across Europe

January 16, 2023

Levelling up: decoding the future of mobile gaming across Europe

What does 2023 hold for the mobile games market? SHAREit's Arunabh Madhur considers the ongoing evolution of the European audience - and the opportunities opening up

Breaking down Newzoo's trend predictions for 2023

January 13, 2023

Trends & Predictions

Breaking down Newzoo's trend predictions for 2023

The latest report from data analyst Newzoo predicts a pivot to service-based models and the take up of hybrid monetization strategies

Azur Games summarises trends in gaming through 2022

December 16, 2022

Azur Games summarises trends in gaming through 2022

Idle, puzzle, strategy and more outlined in genre-based trends

Gaming has been in a stage of unsustainable growth, argues Konvoy

Mid-year Review

Gaming has been in a stage of unsustainable growth, argues Konvoy

Analysts divided on whether growth during pandemic will escalate to $200 billion+ revenue, or normalise as economic and geopolitical tension rises

Google: only 16% of mobile gamers want NFT-based games

Google: only 16% of mobile gamers want NFT-based games

Player base split on engagement with in-game ads, motivation to start mobile titles, and NFT-based games of little interest

Mobile app trends 2022: A global benchmark of app performance

Tracking Transformative Trends

Mobile app trends 2022: A global benchmark of app performance

A new report from Adjust highlights key changes in the global mobile industry, from privacy changes to user behaviour and the value of retaining players

January 28, 2022

SocialPeta 2022 Mobile Game Ad Ultimate Guide: Market Analysis & Creative Strategies

The new white paper from SocialPetas outlines the major trends in mobile games advertising and offers game creators new strategies for the rapidly evolving marketplace

Newzoo: Mobile esports will continue to grow in 2022

January 26, 2022

Esports Expectations

Newzoo: Mobile esports will continue to grow in 2022

Top publishers are battling out for the top position in the mobile esports sector

Road to Connects London: Playtra's Dan Bernardo on creating off-trend games

January 20, 2022

Pg Connects London

Road to Connects London: Playtra's Dan Bernardo on creating off-trend games

Playtra's Dan Bernardo presents a sneak-peak into his PG Connects talk on his mission-first approach to developing games

90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events

November 19, 2021

Seasonal Spending

90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events

Game Refinery crunches the numbers

Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games

November 8, 2021

Diversify & Optimize

Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games

Moloco's Henry Wang on planning for the future

Get future trends now with our Mobile Game Developer Trends Survey 2021

October 6, 2021

Get future trends now with our Mobile Game Developer Trends Survey 2021

Our 2021 trends survey has all the answers

Looking for your mobile games studio to be acquired? Here's what recent M&A data is telling founders

Looking for your mobile games studio to be acquired? Here's what recent M&A data is telling founders

Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan highlights the trend

Game M&A hit all-time high of $39 billion in Q1 2021

Game M&A hit all-time high of $39 billion in Q1 2021

280 deals made during the quarter

Webinar: Join Tenjin, Gamejam and Mintegral as we look forward to mobile in 2021

February 18, 2021

Webinar: Join Tenjin, Gamejam and Mintegral as we look forward to mobile in 2021

The webinar kicks off on February 18th at 6pm GMT

Five mobile gaming trends to keep an eye on in 2021, according to Newzoo

January 13, 2021

Five mobile gaming trends to keep an eye on in 2021, according to Newzoo

Newzoo details a handful of industry developments set to shake up mobile this year

Five trends that will drive social mobile gaming in 2021

January 6, 2021

Five trends that will drive social mobile gaming in 2021

Oren Todoros gets out his crystal ball

2021: Mobile gaming’s year of reckoning?

January 6, 2021

2021: Mobile gaming’s year of reckoning?

Was 2020 extraordinary or the new ordinary?

Tencent's Chinese iOS game revenue drops $125 million as Lingxi and Lilith see strong growth

October 6, 2020

Tencent's Chinese iOS game revenue drops $125 million as Lingxi and Lilith see strong growth

Trends in the world's largest market

Learn the Global Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital

August 27, 2020

Learn the Global Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital

One of 15 featured tracks

February 4, 2020

2020: What's next for hypercasual?

Growth but slowing

Grow a sustainable gaming app: 2020 trends

January 30, 2020

Sustainable Gaming Apps

Grow a sustainable gaming app: 2020 trends

How Facebook Audience Network's App Growth Academy can help your app this year

January 23, 2020

Best Of The Best

Five things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020

The top trends and interesting insights we picked up from the conference

Four can't miss gaming sessions at MGS20

January 16, 2020

Four can't miss gaming sessions at MGS20

MGS20 offers deep dives into what it takes to grow your mobile app in 2020, but here are four sessions specifically for gaming apps

Sony's Fate/Grand Order was the most talked about game on Twitter in 2019

January 8, 2020

Sony's Fate/Grand Order was the most talked about game on Twitter in 2019

Second year in a row

Burning Question: What mobile gaming trends do you expect to see in 2020?

December 19, 2019

Burning Question

Burning Question: What mobile gaming trends do you expect to see in 2020?

Get all fired up in the comments and on social media

The battle pass is a hot trend in mobile games that looks like it’s here to stay

December 10, 2019

The battle pass is a hot trend in mobile games that looks like it’s here to stay

GameRefinery looks at a new trend

November 21, 2019

Organic Reinvention

Home-grown success: Why Zynga reckons the best is yet to come

COO Matt Broomberg talks up new releases

App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue

November 15, 2019

Mobile Majority

App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue

Consumer spending on iOS and Android expected to rise to $105 billion by 2020

The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style

October 31, 2019

The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style

GameRefinery on which games appeal where

Monetization trends for casual mobile games

October 24, 2019

Going More Core

Monetization trends for casual mobile games

GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on what's changing

Android to finally overtake iOS as the dominant mobile gaming platform by revenue in 2019

September 18, 2019

Android to finally overtake iOS as the dominant mobile gaming platform by revenue in 2019

Keep an eye open for Indonesia, the fastest-growing nation in Adjust’s Global App Trends 2019 report

Keep an eye open for Indonesia, the fastest-growing nation in Adjust’s Global App Trends 2019 report

Mid-core games are also on the rise in the measurement organisation's latest overview of global trends

Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020

Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020

An overview of leading genres and new user acquisition formats and strategies for the year ahead

The future of music gaming

The future of music gaming

Gismart product manager Vera Rabkina details the history of music gaming and looks ahead at what's to come

Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector

February 26, 2019

Monetizer Mavens discuss the future of innovation in the maturing mobile games sector

Changing trends

9 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Trade Trends track

November 1, 2018

9 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Trade Trends track

All the sessions from the Trade Trends track

China mobile game trends H1 2018: Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile top the grossing and download charts

September 14, 2018

China mobile game trends H1 2018: Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile top the grossing and download charts

Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad delves into what the first six months of 2018 tell us about the Chinese mobile games market