Streaming Giants
New report reveals Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is the seventh most streamed game of Q2 2022
Mobile gaming is doing well on YouTube, despite lagging somewhat on Twitch
Blockchain Gaming
RoboHero launch a self-titled game with metaverse components
The game is implementing NFT heroes and blockchain farming
The Sporting Metaverse
Sports metaverse platform, Stadium Live raises $10 million in Series A
The round was led by KB Partners and Union Square Ventures
Mark Your Calendars
Join us beside the Dead Sea this November for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan!
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Going Green
Pixel Federation players plant 86,000 trees as part of Green Game Jam 2022
Slovak Company joins the Playing for the Planet Alliance to help the games industry battle climate change
Privacy And Partnerships
Appodeal Stack’s in-app bidding solution BidMachine is officially supported by AppLovin MAX
The partnership will allow MAX publishers easy access to Bidmachine's demand
Cross-platform Collaboration
Sky: Children of the Light collaboration with singer, Aurora
Thatgamecompany promises a "one-of-the-kind-experience" for this music/games mobile crossover
Policy Vs. Profit
Google’s new ad policy could be bad news for hypercasual games
Indie developers might find user acquisition and monetisation hit hard on September 1st
Permission To Play
Playing games doesn't make you mad or bad
Gaming does no harm to mental health according to recent study by the University of Oxford
Tiktok Don't Stop
Pangle launches in 12 new territories worldwide
Pangle, the ad network of TikTok for Business, is now available in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain and Lebanon
Prime Mover
Prime Gaming shows 120 per cent user growth in two years
Subscribers claimed 420 million offers last year alone, reveals Dustin Blackwell
Hot Five
Hot Five: August 1st. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more
The HOTTEST stories on PocketGamer.biz in the last week - lowiro indie interview; Diablo Immortal; Space Ape interview; Big Indie Pitch winners; TikTok launches HTML5 games
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Thought Leader
How to make a great Free-to-Play game in three steps [UPDATE]
Director of Product Chase Shi says that 'monetisation is a part of the gameplay'
Speaker Spotlight
Rovio’s Claire Rozain on the importance of diversity and inclusivity in games
Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the September conference
Your Pocket Guide
Your pocket guide to Gamescom 2022: Networking, parties and great times!
Headed to Gamescom 2022? Here’s your Pocket Gamer guide to the amazing networking opportunities available in Cologne this August.
Snapchat Spookery
Snap releases AR game Ghost Phone within the Snapchat app
Augmented Reality horror game stylised as found footage for a modern twist on those Blair Witch Project vibes
Getting Into Gameloft
Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process”
What does a day in the life of a junior game designer at Gameloft Toronto look like? And why choose a career in the mobile games industry?
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!
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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