April 25, 2023 Funding Mobile games veterans raise €4m in seed funding for new studio, Cosmic Lounge The studio is headed by former King, Seriously and Rovio staffers
April 25, 2023 Legal NetEase to sue over Blizzard breakup for $43.5m The lawsuit comes months after their fallout, attempted make up, and heated disagreements
April 25, 2023 An Epic Battle Apple emerges victorious in antitrust appeal against Epic Games But the ruling also opens the door for developers to include links in apps and side-step App Store fees
April 25, 2023 Spreading Sustainability 10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry - Helsinki Part 2! As the duo's eco-journey ends there's still great videos to enjoy. Here's the second of their Helsinki interviews, featuring Mikael Haveri of Housemarque and Secret Exit's Jani Kahrama
April 24, 2023 Alternative App Store PhonePe set to challenge Google Play’s market dominance in India The Walmart-backed fintech giant is preparing to launch a dedicated app store for Indian Android users
April 24, 2023 Licencing Are China’s game approvals back to “business as usual”? Rounding up the latest on China's licencing freeze saga
April 24, 2023 Successful Surfing Subway Surfers Blast launches in first partnership between Sybo and Outplay Entertainment The fourth entry in the franchise changes gameplay to puzzle-adventure genre
April 24, 2023 Diversity In Gaming Ustwo Studios announces partnership with Where Are the Black Designers? The partnership will connect black designers through networking events
April 24, 2023 Markets Mobile tops game revenue in Serbia, one-third of developers are women The latest report by the SGA shows Serbia’s gaming industry is growing once more
April 24, 2023 Sci-fi Star Honkai: Star Rail pre-installs available now on App Store and Google Play A reflective round-up of developments on the next, eagerly awaited miHoYo game
April 24, 2023 Buzzfeed Vs. Versusgame Buzzfeed sues mobile quiz platform VersusGame for $647,000 The website alleges that VersusGame has failed to pay invoices as part of a previous deal agreement
April 24, 2023 Anzu Ads In-game ads by Anzu.io triple Cooking Fever’s ARPDAU Nordcurrent’s flagship title has 400 million total downloads
April 21, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss the big Rovio buyout, big-ups and back-slapping and Epic moves…
April 21, 2023 Climate Conscious Mobile gaming for Earth Day: Sankari Studios and Earthday.org in partnership for climate game Katoa Spreading the word and hitting the message home with a mobile game released on Earth Day
April 21, 2023 Fantastic Speakers Meet the brilliant star speakers of Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle! Enjoy a sneak peek at the brilliant speaker line-up we have waiting for you at PG Connects Seattle this May 16th to 17th.
April 21, 2023 Report Over-50s are top mobile players, but feel "overlooked" Smartphones are now older players preferred means of play
April 21, 2023 Venture Capital The top VC firm for Q1, Bitkraft Ventures, expands to Asia The firm was the top investor in Drake Star's recent report
April 21, 2023 Hypercasual What's next for hypercasual marketing in 2023? Google industry manager Anastasia Selchuk shares the state of hypercasual and outlines the marketing trends ahead
April 21, 2023 Management Moves Ten Square Games nominates Andrzej Ilczuk as new CEO Ilzcuk is the current COO, while the current CEO steps down
April 21, 2023 Spinoff NetDragon to merge and spin-off education business The new entity will focus on AI-supported education
April 21, 2023 Own Your Ua Webinar Webinar: Take back ownership of your user acquisition with help from Bango App marketers - do you feel hostage to changing data regulations and self-serving ad platform targeting approaches?
April 20, 2023 Celebrating In Style 1 great night, 22 winners: The Mobile Game Awards reveals 2023’s mobile standouts From storytellers to mobile legends, who won big at this year’s Mobile Game Awards?
April 20, 2023 Studios New eco-friendly studio TreesPlease reveals debut stealth-launched title Longleaf Valley The studio has unveiled it's first title
April 20, 2023 Licencing China's game regulator approves 86 new games including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang The game is immensely popular in Southeast Asia
April 20, 2023 Game Accelerator My.Games to partner with Amazon and Google for Game Drive Program The business accelerator program is in its third year
April 20, 2023 Report M&A is coming back swinging in 2023, Drake Star report concludes New report offers key insights into changes in the VC climate for Q1
April 20, 2023 Industry Insight “Rovio devs must be salivating at the thought of working with these IPs...” The Sega/Rovio deal: The industry speaks Industry experts give their take on what Sega will do with Rovio and who'll be splashing the cash next
April 20, 2023 Social Media Facebook makes Messenger more alluring with games during your calls At least 14 free games are available inside Facebook Messenger as of now
April 20, 2023 Spreading Sustainability 10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry - Extra! The climate battle isn't over yet. With the journey at a close there's still plenty of interviews and opinion as to how the games industry can be more sustainable
April 19, 2023 Limited Time Discounts PG Connects Seattle is a month away – here’s all you need to know ahead of our return to the States! Join us at PG Connects Seattle this May 16th-17th and make the most of our special accommodation and ticket discounts while they’re still available!
April 19, 2023 Make New Connections Meet your future business partners at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle next month! Connect with games industry professionals from all corners of the industry ahead of our conference, PG Connects Seattle, on May 16th-17th.
April 19, 2023 Leadership Changes CEO Mikkel Weider leaves Nordisk The CEO ended his tenure by mutual agreement with Allan Mathson Hansen appointed in interim
April 19, 2023 Acquisition Aquiris to become Epic Games Brasil The studio had an existing publishing deal with Epic for their mobile title Horizon Chase
April 19, 2023 Streamers Netflix underpins commitment to games but says 'no' to in-game ads in Q1 2023 investor call 55 games released and 41 more planned as the company outlines plans to build a fan-engaging games pillar alongside film and TV
April 19, 2023 Comment & Opinion “The shame for Finland is it isn’t Rovio buying Sega…" Six ex-Rovio staff give their take on the big deal It's the big money buyout that's got everyone in mobile talking. But what do famous 'ex-Rovians' make of it?
April 19, 2023 Report Street Fighter: Duel tops charts in UK and US, but Honor of Kings hasn’t quite cracked Brazil The latest Data.ai charts tell a more encouraging story than last year
April 18, 2023 Hires Bungie veteran Joseph Staten is the creative director of Netflix's mysterious new gaming IP The head of creative for the Halo franchise jumped ship from Microsoft earlier this month
April 18, 2023 Report 9 out of 10 mobile titles not compliant with privacy regulations 90% of 269 titles ignored user privacy in some form
April 18, 2023 Ad Transparency What transparency means in today’s mobile marketplace LifeStreet product manager Lily Stoelting on why transparency is key to cost effective mobile advertising
April 18, 2023 Opinion Mobile Mavens: Is AI a helping hand or to be kept at arm's length? Our round-up of opinion from around the industry returns with AI's role in game development the hot topic
April 18, 2023 Liftoff Report Hypercasual's not dead… But it is slowing down So what happens next when hypercasual is down but competitive play is up?
April 18, 2023 Mintegral Joins Google Admob Mintegral Joins Google AdMob as a Bidding and Waterfall SDK Network Mintegral's bidding solution simplifies in-app advertising and connects demand to app businesses to scale global revenue.
April 18, 2023 Releases Niantic & Capcom team up for Monster Hunter Now The game is set to release in September 2023
April 18, 2023 In-depth Analysis Deconstructing Save the Doge one of the top draw to mesh puzzle games Azur Games publishing lead, Sergey Martinkevich once again goes under the hood of a popular mobile title to see what makes it tick
April 17, 2023 Deal Diary Sega & Rovio: Four key dates to watch The deal isn't out of the woods yet. Here are the important moments to pencil into your calendar
April 17, 2023 Redundancies Ten Square Games cuts quarter of staff and slashes two major projects The moves are being made due to economic pressure and an unstable mobile market, claim the company
April 17, 2023 About Apple Is Apple set to allow app sideloading in iOS 17? Predicting the future of Apple after changes to European law
April 17, 2023 Collaborations The last time that Sonic and Angry Birds teamed up Thanks to cross-promotion deals between the two friendly companies, today's Rovio and Sega deal isn’t without precedent
April 17, 2023 Last Call Last chance to join us at the PG Mobile Games Awards this Thursday! Secure your spot at this prestigious industry event while you still can A massive night of celebration for the mobile games industry is coming up this Thursday, April 20th in London – there’s still time to buy your tickets to this unmissable event and connect with the industry’s finest!
April 17, 2023 Acquisition Sega + Rovio: How did we get here? Now that Sega is acquiring the Angry Birds developer, we retread the steps both parties took towards the big deal