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

July 24, 2023

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.

March 20, 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

March 15, 2023

Trends 2023

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

February 13, 2023

Predictions

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

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.

January 19, 2023

Data

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%

January 16, 2023

We Want Eu

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

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

December 16, 2022

Trends In 2022

Azur Games summarises trends in gaming through 2022

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

July 12, 2022

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

June 10, 2022

Google It

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

April 21, 2022

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

Ad Value

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

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

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

November 19, 2021

Seasonal Spending

90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events

Game Refinery crunches the numbers

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

October 6, 2021

What's Next?

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

Our 2021 trends survey has all the answers

June 22, 2021

Gear Up

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

April 27, 2021

Big Bang

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

280 deals made during the quarter

February 18, 2021

Webinar

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

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

January 13, 2021

Trendy

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

January 6, 2021

What's New

Five trends that will drive social mobile gaming in 2021

Oren Todoros gets out his crystal ball

January 6, 2021

Fat Or Thin?

2021: Mobile gaming’s year of reckoning?

Was 2020 extraordinary or the new ordinary?

October 6, 2020

Shake Up

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

Trends in the world's largest market

August 27, 2020

Pgc Digital

Learn the Global Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital

One of 15 featured tracks

February 4, 2020

Fast Data

2020: What's next for hypercasual?

Growth but slowing

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

January 16, 2020

Mgs20

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

January 8, 2020

Top Trends

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

Second year in a row

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

December 10, 2019

Monthly Cut

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

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

October 31, 2019

Cultural Fit

The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style

GameRefinery on which games appeal where

October 24, 2019

Going More Core

Monetization trends for casual mobile games

GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on what's changing

September 18, 2019

Size Matters

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

So says Newzoo

May 17, 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

April 9, 2019

Mobile Trends

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

March 4, 2019

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

February 26, 2019

The Road Ahead

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

Changing trends

November 1, 2018

Pgc Videos

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

All the sessions from the Trade Trends track

September 14, 2018

Hot Trends

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

June 8, 2018

Mobile Game Trends

Philippines snapshot: NetEase's battle royale hit Rules of Survival tops grossing charts

Niko Partners' Daniel Ahmad takes a close look at the hottest trends

May 11, 2018

Mobile Game Trends

Malaysia snapshot: Mobile Legends extends its lead

Niko Partners' Daniel Ahmad takes a close look at the hottest trends

April 12, 2018

Mobile Games Trends

Singapore snapshot: Mobile Legends and battle royale games lead the way

Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry

April 10, 2018

Developer Survey

Mobile Games Developer Trends Spring 2018: Augmented reality and real-time strategy a focus for devs

What's hot and what's not in the mobile games industry

April 9, 2018

Mixed Picture

2018 so far for mobile game company stock

Winners and the losers