November 30, 2022

Interview

"Not measuring up in long term engagement": Space Ape's Simon Hade on Boom Beach: Frontlines shutdown

We spoke to Space Ape's co-founder on the decision to shutter the game, the company's plans for the future and what lessons the team have learned

November 30, 2022

Reigning Supreme

Devolver Digital and Nerial release Reigns: Three Kingdoms through Netflix Games

The latest entry in the award-winning franchise is charting new waters moving from Apple Arcade to Netflix Games

November 30, 2022

Hypercasual

Why can’t hypercasual hang onto players in Japan?

Although hypercasual sees the most installs in Japan, players are switching off in favour of role-playing, action and puzzle games

November 29, 2022

Licensed Games

Why do so many licensed games go down the idle route?

Players may be more inclined to make in-game purchases in idle games based on existing IPs.

November 29, 2022

Successful Funding Round

Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round

The funding round included participation from Animoca Brands and Ancient8

November 29, 2022

Region Insight

Capital, knowledge, originality: Samer Abbas on how the MENA market will grow

“If I say ‘an Arabic game’ now, what does that mean? Maybe in five to seven years, we will have an answer to this question.”

November 29, 2022

Awards

Apex Legends Mobile snatches iPhone Game of the Year at Apple's Awards

The Apple Awards celebrate not only the major apps on iOS but also the games with Apex Legends Mobile snatching iPhone game of the year

November 29, 2022

Wildlife Layoffs

Wildlife Studios lays off almost 300 staff in Brazil and Argentina

The company aims to focus more tightly on mobile gaming than ever before

November 29, 2022

Milestones

Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL passes 50m downloads milestone, announces new tournament

The app version of the popular card game has racked up 50m downloads in just nine months, followed by an announcement of a new influencer-run tournament

November 29, 2022

Make Business Happen

Meet with active investors, leading publishers and the next big developers in London!

Now is the time to sign up for Pocket Gamer Connects London’s highly attended fringe events, coming up this January 23rd to 24th.

November 29, 2022

Don’t Be Evil

21 million consumers launch class action lawsuit against Google

The users claim Google Play violated US anti-competition laws

November 29, 2022

Lifeafter Season 5

LifeAfter Season 5: Power of Mutation to launch on December 2

The new season includes music composed by Akira Yamaoka

November 29, 2022

Key Hires

MY.GAMES sees key hires following their onward sale by VK

Following their acquisition by LETA Capital after VK sold out due to Russia/Ukraine economic difficulties, MY.GAMES looks set to rebuild and re establish itself with key hires

November 29, 2022

See The Winners

DevGAMM Game Fest: See the Winners of Awards

DevGAMM Game Fest was held during November 23-25, the event was fully dedicated to games, featuring DevGAMM Awards, Streaming Showcase and Live Interviews.

November 29, 2022

Pivots

Hypercasual game dev Gamejam Co. rebrands to Superfine and releases Web3 growth platform

Pivoting from their hypercasual mobile titles, Gamejam Co. is now known as Superfine, moving into the world of Web3 with their new growth platform

November 29, 2022

Esports

Mobile strategy game Polytopia integrates eSports support in-app with Challengermode

The Battle of Polytopia, a mobile-based 4x strategy game, has become one of numerous mobile games moving to integrate full eSports support

November 28, 2022

Pakistan’s Gaming Market

Pakistan halts overseas payments for mobile gaming

Telecommunication companies reportedly fell foul of the country’s regulations

November 28, 2022

Tencent On Trial

Tencent to stand trial in copyright infringement suit tomorrow

The company has been accused of infringing on the rights of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang by Moonton

November 28, 2022

Life’s A Beach

Boom Beach: Frontlines to shut down its servers in January, just six months after soft launch

The game has failed to meet Space Ape Games’ standards

November 28, 2022

Vacancies, Or Not

Vacancy trends show UK games industry continues to slump despite mobile holdouts

Although most disciplines and companies closed or filled vacancies this year, a few key areas and companies are still hiring

November 28, 2022

User Retention

Tightening privacy regulations have caused day 30 retention rates to plummet 10.3% in Q3 2022.

AppsFlyer examines how to improve retention in a new report

November 28, 2022

Market Analysis

Digital future to be led by Mexico, Slovakia and Saudi Arabia, as China set to feel brunt of global slump

A breakdown of growing digital markets sees China slump, and a shift in the top three growing markets, which affects mobile gaming

November 25, 2022

Week In Views

Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days

The PocketGamer.biz team give their take on what happens when a game dies and why the UK is so behind on games funding?

November 25, 2022

Updates

Krafton reaches November update for New State mobile

Krafton’s latest update for the second instalment in the PUBG franchise includes additional mechanics, and may be a new source of focus

November 25, 2022

Events

Fifth African Games Week to be held in Cape Town, South Africa

Africa, one of many emerging markets in the mobile gaming industry, will be seeing its African Games Week hosted in Cape Town this December

November 25, 2022

A New Record For The Franchise

What makes Pokémon such a monster game?

Ten million sales of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet show that colourful characters and deep gameplay help a franchise thrive

November 25, 2022

Gdpr Regulations

EU apps are routinely failing to comply with GDPR regulations

Usercentrics finds that 90% of apps studied were found to be non-compliant, including 100% of gambling apps

November 25, 2022

Anniversaries

Netmarble marks Seven Knights 2’s first anniversary with more special events

The Seven Knights 2 celebrations are being extended with in-game events and log-in bonuses for players

November 25, 2022

Seasonal Events

World of Tanks Blitz sees top Hollywood talent team up to promote Holiday event

The entire World of Tanks lineup are seeing the introduction of new cosmetics, items and quests themed around the team of Mila Jovovich and Arnold Schwarzenegger

November 25, 2022

Anniversary Event

Postknight 2 celebrates a successful year with the Ann1versary event

The game has achieved $200 thousand in revenue and 1.4 million players worldwide in its first year on the market

November 24, 2022

East To West

"There is a dragon’s hoard waiting there": game publishing opportunities in Iran and Morocco

Game developers from distinct ends of the MENA market talk about the challenges and potential in their regions

November 24, 2022

Analysis

China may still be top of the mobile game, but India is closing in

India has been picking up the pace in recent years with a view to overtaking China as the biggest mobile market

November 24, 2022

Updates

Rovio adds first new Angry Birds character in seven years

Rovio’s Angry Birds 2 saw the addition of its first new character in seven years with the introduction of songbird character Melody

November 24, 2022

Hybrid Casual Help

Hybridcasual: a winning formula?

In the first of a new Knowledge Base series, Homa offers insight into the emerging Hybridcasual genre, highlighting opportunities and challenges for developers

November 24, 2022

Green Gaming

Ubisoft to educate players on environmental matters through in-game activities

The gaming giants wants to speak to all its players about the climate crisis

November 24, 2022

Rumour

FTC rumoured to block Activision-Blizzard acquisition deal

The hotly anticipated acquisition of Activision-Blizzard may face another hurdle as outlet Politico reports on rumours the FTC may see to block the deal

November 24, 2022

Football Gaming

Live mobile game KnockOut kicks off to celebrate the FIFA World Cup

ITV and Live Tech Games’ new partnership comes in the wake of the resounding success of WordSurge

November 24, 2022

Slow And Steady Wins The Race?

Mobile to surge ahead as the console next gens are at least six years away

Mobile may not match them for sheer horsepower but the level of funding and work required to create a console means that the heavyweights will be playing catch up for years to come

November 24, 2022

Studio Formation

Formation Games are a new studio with talent from the worlds of game dev and soccer

Formation Games specialise in football games and will be led by former FA CEO, Alex Horne alongside ex-Bungie Jonty Barnes and ex-Sports Interective Neil Dejyothin

November 24, 2022

Netflix Games

Netflix is working on an AAA shooter at its new LA studio

The company is straying outside of its mobile gaming interests for the first time

November 24, 2022

Milestones

Sleeper hit Hungry Sharks passes 1bn lifetime downloads

Ubisoft's Hungry Sharks franchise had surpassed 1bn lifetime downloads, in a sleeper success story for mobile

November 23, 2022

Devsisters Financials

Cookie Run: Ovenbreak grabs 45 million users in Korea

Though developer Devsisters saw declining revenue in Q3 as the market continues to normalise

November 23, 2022

Retrospective

Deus Ex GO is dead. Here's what made the GO series so important

With the shuttering of title Deus Ex GO we take a look back at the GO series, Square Enix’s dip into the pool of premium mobile titles

November 23, 2022

Business Casual

X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch

Company founded by veterans of Peak Games

November 23, 2022

Esports

Riot to refocus League of Legends: Wild Rift esports plans solely to Asia

League of Legends mobile adaptation, Wild Rift, originally was given worldwide plans for esports, however Riot Games have now said they intend to focus solely on the Asian market

November 23, 2022

Sign Up Now

What impact could in-game advertising have on your studio?

Sign up now for a free webinar exploring the impact of in-game ads, featuring strategies and practical tips from industry experts including Anzu, Unity and Wildlife Studios

November 23, 2022

Mobile Monopoly

Apple and Google investigated by UK regulator over suspected cloud gaming and mobile duopoly

In the UK, 97 percent of mobile web browsing took place on Apple and Google browsers last year

November 23, 2022

Huuuge Financials

Huuuge Games: EBITDA up 38.7% and ARPDAU up 15.7% as active players spend more

The company also took steps to optimise its earnings efficiency over the quarter

November 23, 2022

Adtech Approach

New advertising platform immersiion uses new "hybrid" approach to reach gamers

Launched by adtech firm iion for mobile, PC, console and more

November 23, 2022

Socialpeta Report

Bucking the downturn: Q3 Daily Active Users and Downloads are both on the up

SocialPeta's new report also shows that Android continues to dominate in terms of advertising