Trial On Tiktok
TikTok launches HTML5 games with Voodoo, Nitro and more
Influencer Run, Tap the Difference and Basketball FRVR among mini games included
Getting A Backbone
New iOS PlayStation controller with remote play integration from Backbone
“Regardless of delivery format, having more high-fidelity gaming experiences on mobile is accretive for the ecosystem”, says CEO Maneet Khaira
Predicting Revenue
Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029
Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
Major Breakthrough
Diablo Immortal surpasses $100 million in global revenue
Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play MMORPG passes another milestone
Let's Drive
Adverty and Drive Ahead! developer Dodreams announce exclusive in-game ad partnership
Adverty, in-game ad provider and multi-patent-holding creator of Metaverse-ready ad opportunities signs an exclusive partnership with Dodreams, publisher of Drive Ahead!
4dworks
Hutch's four-day working week successes and failures are for the entire industry to see, says Charmaine Clavier-St John
"We’re not naïve in thinking that we’ll be able to snap our fingers and make this work overnight"
Company Partnership
Alternative financing for game developers from Stardust and Sanlo Partnership
Team-up also brings Web3 infrastructure for blockchain titles
The Power Of A Pitch
Come forth, indie devs! The Big Indie Pitch is heading to Gamescom
A chance for indie games developers to get expert feedback in Koln
Getting Musical
"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for"
Indie dev lowiro's Anton Prydatko discusses development, monetisation models, and weathering changes in the mobile games industry over the last five years
A Handful Of Hires
Hyper Hippo hires new executive producer and SVP
Jonathan Warner promoted to SVP, portfolio
Speaker Spotlight
Nitro Games’ CEO Jussi Tähtinen on the importance of preparing for failure in business
Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the September conference
Booming
Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours
Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
Space Ape X Supercell
What is Space Ape doing with all that Supercell money?
Following Supercell’s $37 million investment, Space Ape Games founder Simon Hade outlines the developer’s scaling plans, including expanding its publishing division with three Beatstar-equivalent titles
Funds For Founders
Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities
We're All Gamers!
One-third of Call of Duty: Mobile gamers are playing Candy Crush Saga
New data from Ampere Analysis proves that players don't limit themselves to just one genre
Unity Users
Consumer Acquisition: Unity games have seen 32% IAP revenue growth in 2022
Rewarded video ads engagement also escalated, with 62% of players engaging daily
Mobile Majority
More than half of ALL games revenue this year will come from mobile
Global mobile games industry forecast of $103.5 billion in 2022, according to new report from Newzoo
Star Stable
How blending AI and human moderation built a safer online community in MMO Star Stable
Utopia Analytics and Star Stable outline the importance of content moderation and the challenges around moderating younger communities, following the 2022 launch of the mobile version of horse-themed MMORPG
Working On Web3
Mighty Bear Games raises $10 million to launch Web3 games
Investment led by Framework Ventures
Moving To Mobile
New free mobile web games platform from YoYo Games and Opera
Opera GX browser games to deliver 'native-like' performance on mobile
Meet The Team
Meet the Pocket Gamer team at Devcom and Gamescom 2022!
Connect with the team behind Pocket Gamer at Devcom and Gamescom 2022, and get a sneak peek at our upcoming Metaverse Mixer
Release Reignition
Diablo Immortal launches in China after 20 million worldwide download milestone
Release follows delays of more than a month
Opportunity
F2P publisher 10K Riders secures half-a-million dollar investment
Cypriot company seeks new mobile game developers
Boom Beach
Space Ape’s treatment of Supercell’s Boom Beach “built on the learnings of several failed multiplayer games”
Simon Hade speaks candidly on the journey towards Boom Beach: Frontlines in this teaser of our upcoming interview looking at the firm’s plans, post-Supercell funding
Hot Five
Hot Five: Wild Rift breaches $500 million revenue, InnoGames publishes salary bands, and Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for PGbiz "fucking idiots" comment
The hottest news articles on PG.biz
You And Whose Army?
How Army Commander subverted hypercasual
Can hypercasual games support IAP? Data.ai explores how Lion Studios has broken the mould with Army Commander
Netmarble Bounces Back
Morgan Stanley awards Netmarble in latest ESG evaluation
South Korean mobile firm receives A rating in latest environmental governance report
Flip Phones Are Back
Are foldable phones here to stay?
Samsung shares sales figures, revealing 10 million foldable phones sold in 2021
Gender Discrimination In Gaming
Riot Games set to pay $100 million in gender discrimination suit
$80 million going to the women affected and $20 million going towards court fees
New Developer Launch
Nexon introduces Developer Wings 2022 on its PROJECT MOD platform
A mobile and web platform that enables creators and players to create content for existing Nexon games, including Maple Story
Political Puzzler
Papers, Please confirmed for mobile release on August 5
Second PC indie favourite to hit mobile years after initial release, following Into the Breach's mobile debut through Netflix Games
The Cost Of Privacy
Apple’s privacy overhaul “leading to massive adverse effects to SMBs”, says Alex Gurevich
“As much to blame for a recession as inflation”
Listen Learn Love
PocketGamer.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio
The PocketGamer.biz team talk to Jackie Jin, founder and CEO of Squid Games, about the challenges and opportunities facing small studios in today’s mobile games market
Success In The Industry
L8 Studios closes pre-seed investment round
The round included participation from WePlay Ventures and Lima Ventures
Operatic
Opera and GameMaker launches mobile games publishing platform GX.games in beta
Web platform intended to allow mobile games publishing of GameMaker titles on iOS, Android, and desktop
New Hire
Big Fish Games appoints Gary Rosenfeld as head of business development
Rosenfeld will hold the same title for parent company Pixel United in North America
Powerhouse Partnership
Appodeal partners with Adjust to enrich its growth platform with attribution insights
New partnership enables every Appodeal user to access UA and attribution data from a single dashboard
New Appointment
Mattel appoints Mike DeLaet as global head of digital gaming
DeLaet will oversee the company's portfolio of digital games
Ready To Launch
Diablo Immortal nearing launch in China after delay
Sources claim delays were a result of social media post taken as criticism of China’s president
Quarterly Report
Ubisoft Q1 2022 report shows 9.8% sales decline
Mobile performance is strong, but other platforms have seen cancellations
A New Step For Jagex
Jagex makes its first acquisition with Pipeworks Studios
US-based developer is the Runescape creator's first studio investment
The Company Is Branching Out
Room 8 Studio structural change leads to exclusive mobile games dev unit
At least two entities, including the mobile games dev and trailer production, will branch out from the studio
Much Ado About Nothing
The Nothing Phone (1) reviews round-up – a "near perfect", potential "iPhone killer"
Sounds too good to be true but not a handset for gaming: here’s what everyone are saying about Nothing’s new phone
Hardware
The all-new Nothing Phone (1) starts shipping today
What it is, where to find it and how to order - complete with full specification
Quarterly Report
Mobile revenue continues to increase for Stillfront Group
Mobile represents almost 80 per cent of revenue, with strategy titles growing the most over Q2 2022
Colour Coded
The importance of primary and secondary design in hypercasual scenes
Ducky's Denis Prokudin walks through a two-step design process for ensuring visual clarity in the fast-paced hypercasual genre
Breaking The Blockchain
Minecraft bans NFTs
Concerns regarding inclusivity were key in the decision
New Hire
Former Meta exec joins Xsolla as senior country manager
Sebastian Totté was at Meta for seven years, most recently as strategic partner manager, before joining Xsolla
Roe V. Wade
Take-Two stands up for reproductive rights
The company released a statement yesterday
Highway To Helsinki
Get to know the billion-dollar Finnish games industry and where it’s heading
Discover the spiritual home of mobile gaming ahead of Pocket Gamer Connects’ grand return to Helsinki this September 27-28