Ukie: Government immigration proposals

December 6, 2023

Ukie: Government immigration proposals "risk giving impression the UK is closed for business"

Following changes to the minimum salary for a skilled worker visa, the UK's games industry trade body speaks out against the new legislation

Behind the scenes: The developers of Going Balls on the success of their hypercausal hit

December 6, 2023

Hypercasual Hit

Behind the scenes: The developers of Going Balls on the success of their hypercausal hit

Developers Stefan Filote and Ionut Iftimia discuss the development journey of Going Balls touching on the hypercasual space and future goals

Apple Search Ads and SKAdNetwork make waves as marketing attributions rise 55% in two years

December 6, 2023

About Apple Ads

Apple Search Ads and SKAdNetwork make waves as marketing attributions rise 55% in two years

Kochava’s State of Mobile Measurement 2023 report reveals how the landscape has changed since ATT

Candy Crush to lose its crown in 2024? But overall mobile game revenues will be up

December 6, 2023

Plenty To Predict

Candy Crush to lose its crown in 2024? But overall mobile game revenues will be up

As 2023 comes to a close, data.ai makes its predictions in mobile gaming, AI and more for the new year ahead

Twitch is pulling out of Korea after

December 6, 2023

Twitch Pullback

Twitch is pulling out of Korea after "significant" losses with "no pathway forward"

Twitch’s costs in Korea are too high, so the platform is leaving the country next February

Microsoft accelerates plans for Xbox mobile marketplace launch

December 6, 2023

New Competition

Microsoft accelerates plans for Xbox mobile marketplace launch

“This move is part of a broader strategy to extend the joy and community of Xbox gaming beyond consoles, bringing it into the mobile world," claims Montgomery Singman

Nintendo pulls out the stops for Fire Emblem Heroes' billion-dollar future

December 6, 2023

Nintendo pulls out the stops for Fire Emblem Heroes' billion-dollar future

Nintendo’s biggest mobile game gears up for its next major update and Book 8’s opening chapters

AppsFlyer closes the year with second acquisition in less than a month

December 6, 2023

Christmas Shopping

AppsFlyer closes the year with second acquisition in less than a month

The company plans to harness the full capabilities of AI to optimise its growth and monetisation strategies

The US accounted for 53.5% of casual game installs in Q3, but what are the hottest genres globally?

December 5, 2023

American Ascent

The US accounted for 53.5% of casual game installs in Q3, but what are the hottest genres globally?

Monopoly GO and Subway Surfers prove to be the quarter’s most downloaded games

Korea shoots and scores with huge surge in soccer-themed mobile game sales

December 5, 2023

Korea shoots and scores with huge surge in soccer-themed mobile game sales

Despite the FIFA rebranding, EA FC Mobile continues to dominate the soccer-themed mobile games market

Games For Change announce new 'Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge'

December 5, 2023

Make A Difference

Games For Change announce new 'Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge'

Mobile game creators across the globe can submit their work and help players discover games that feature diverse characters, voices, and stories

Mobile AR users are projected to reach 1.7 billion by 2024

December 5, 2023

Mobile AR users are projected to reach 1.7 billion by 2024

The cross-platform development platform is providing users with tools and support to build, collaborate and publish WebAR content

Q3's biggest genres saw 700% more downloads on Google Play than Apple App Store

December 5, 2023

Download Disparity

Q3's biggest genres saw 700% more downloads on Google Play than Apple App Store

A total of 12.36 billion downloads across top three Android genres VS 1.54 billion on iOS

Jobs in games: Breaking into animation with Hutch’s Lucia Gentile

December 5, 2023

Industry Stories

Jobs in games: Breaking into animation with Hutch’s Lucia Gentile

Gentile studied 2D and 3D animation and has since gone on to work at the likes of Whatwapp and Hutch

Former Activision Blizzard CEO supports GameTree's $1.7M seed round for AI app to unite gamers

December 5, 2023

Platform Psychology

Former Activision Blizzard CEO supports GameTree's $1.7M seed round for AI app to unite gamers

The funding round saw support from Ukraine’s former president and a former Activision Blizzard CEO

Activision Blizzard, Epic Games and Supercell considered forming a Google Play competitor

December 4, 2023

Activision App Store

Activision Blizzard, Epic Games and Supercell considered forming a Google Play competitor

The Epic vs Google case reveals past plans for an app store alliance

Monster Hunter Now enters new season with

December 4, 2023

Beastly Balancing

Monster Hunter Now enters new season with "major update" promised every quarter

New balancing, monsters and weapons are on their way to Niantic’s second-biggest game

December 4, 2023

"Unity - I'm done" Why Fundamentally Games’ CEO Oscar Clark is switching platforms

After backing the platform 100%, this former Unity evangelist has had enough. Here's why

Hybridcasual conquers the $2 billion mark in 2023

December 4, 2023

Hybridcasual conquers the $2 billion mark in 2023

The hybridcasual genre is projected to reach $2.1 billion in annual revenue this year

Hot Five: Supercell’s path to fame, a Chinese gacha hit and 20M in Web3 funding

December 4, 2023

Hot Five: Supercell’s path to fame, a Chinese gacha hit and 20M in Web3 funding

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

December 4, 2023

Babil Games co-founders AJ and MJ Fahmi depart for new ventures

After 11 years building the mobile company, the COO and CEO are now on a new path to find new opportunities and challenges

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

December 1, 2023

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

The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news, including games tech making movies, Microsoft's app store aspirations and procuring prize Pokémon…

Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization

December 1, 2023

Ten reasons why eCPM is the most useless metric in ad monetization

GameBiz Consulting's Božo Janković goes in hard on one of ad mo's favourite, but most misunderstood metrics. Think you understand eCPM? Think again

NSPCC’s Kevin Antao and Andy Sallnow on the challenges of safe gaming for children | Podcast

December 1, 2023

NSPCC’s Kevin Antao and Andy Sallnow on the challenges of safe gaming for children | Podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team and guests give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode…

December 1, 2023

New release roundup: From the return of Dynasty Warriors to a 'brand new' retro-fuelled 16-bit kart racer

We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business

Microsoft in discussions with potential partners over mobile app store for games

December 1, 2023

Microsoft Mobile

Microsoft in discussions with potential partners over mobile app store for games

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer hints its launch may not be far off

Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners

December 1, 2023

Best Of The Best

Google Play reveals its Best of 2023 award winners

Familiar names such as Honkai: Star Rail and Monopoly GO lead the charge in Play's round up of 2023's great and the good

Apple unveils App Store Award winners. These are the best apps and games of 2023

December 1, 2023

Apple unveils App Store Award winners. These are the best apps and games of 2023

It's that time again. After picking its shortlist last month, Apple now reveal which games and apps have come out on top for 2023

KEK Entertainment's Georgy Egorov talks crossplay's new prominence as gaming’s

November 30, 2023

Crossplay Clarity

KEK Entertainment's Georgy Egorov talks crossplay's new prominence as gaming’s "new reality"

The KEK Entertainment founder and ex-Pixonic CEO Georgy Egorov discusses the past decade’s industry changes and the challenges of developing crossplay games

November 30, 2023

Fundraising Partnership

Pocket Gamer Connects London teams up with SpecialEffect for fundraising initiative

Pocket Gamer Connects, the leading mobile games industry conference, is delighted to announce its partnership with SpecialEffect for its upcoming flagship show in London on January 22 - 23.

Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO

November 30, 2023

Game Analysis: Decoding the Live Ops strategy of Monopoly GO

We go under the hood with one of the year's biggest hits to reveal what makes it tick and what lessons can be learnt from its success

RovioCon 23 sees unveiling of new industry inclusivity guide

November 30, 2023

About Accessibility

RovioCon 23 sees unveiling of new industry inclusivity guide

Diversity, equity and inclusion are among Rovio’s focuses in its new playbook

Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy is on its way to mobile with Netflix

November 30, 2023

Next For Netflix

Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy is on its way to mobile with Netflix

Netflix has been increasing its gaming presence, with this latest move the biggest yet

Pokémon Go changes tack and adds Pokémon Legends for cross-platform promo

November 30, 2023

Pokemon Persuasion

Pokémon Go changes tack and adds Pokémon Legends for cross-platform promo

Hisuian Decidueye, Typhlosion, Samurott and Wydeer are on the way from Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Video games add £1.3 billion to UK economy in

November 29, 2023

Video games add £1.3 billion to UK economy in "spillover technology"

Ukie and FTI Consulting have partnered for a new report into games tech’s influence on other industries

Sony sets sights on mobile in strategic partnership with NCSoft

November 29, 2023

Partnership Power

Sony sets sights on mobile in strategic partnership with NCSoft

A strategic deal has been secured by CEOs Taekjin Kim and Jim Ryan

Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more

November 29, 2023

Valorant Valiance

Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more

Almost $15 million raised in Valorant alone in three years

Supercell's marketing head Iwo Zakowski:

November 29, 2023

Marketing Magic

Supercell's marketing head Iwo Zakowski: "We need to make our games f**king famous and become part of pop culture"

68% of Clash players discover via word of mouth, Chess.com promotion drives 1M+ additional players and more insights from RovioCon 23

Fishlabs is laying off around 50 employees as Embracer Group restructure continues

November 29, 2023

Fishlabs is laying off around 50 employees as Embracer Group restructure continues

The German games developer was bought out by Embracer subsidiary Plaion 10 years ago

Unity lays off 265 as it restructures its deal with digital effects creator Weta

November 29, 2023

Unity lays off 265 as it restructures its deal with digital effects creator Weta

Unity's upheavals continue with a "company reset" on their existing deal with Weta, resulting in the loss of key digital effects talent

Sega teases the 'Segaverse' with Rovio acquisition central to its transmedia strategy

November 29, 2023

Sega teases the 'Segaverse' with Rovio acquisition central to its transmedia strategy

Rovio already working on Sonic and Yakuza games and Angry Birds coming to PC/console?

Why Gamescom merged with BIG Festival to bring the expo to Brazil

November 28, 2023

Why Gamescom merged with BIG Festival to bring the expo to Brazil

PocketGamer.biz asks Gamescom LATAM CEO Gustavo Steinberg and Game MD Felix Falk why we need another Gamescom

First-ever Gamescom LATAM heads to Brazil in 2024 after merger with BIG Festival

November 28, 2023

First-ever Gamescom LATAM heads to Brazil in 2024 after merger with BIG Festival

Gamescom LATAM will head to Sao Paulo on June 26th to 30th

Laton Ventures is a new venture capital firm investing in early-stage game makers

November 28, 2023

Venerable Ventures

Laton Ventures is a new venture capital firm investing in early-stage game makers

Founding partner Görkem Türk has started the firm after more than six years at Google

TIGA explains the state of VGEC after UK government’s Autumn Statement

November 28, 2023

Taxation Explained

TIGA explains the state of VGEC after UK government’s Autumn Statement

Amendments to draft rules mean companies will be required to disclose connected party transactions when claiming tax relief

KEK Entertainment raises $8M in seed round to build

November 28, 2023

KEK Entertainment raises $8M in seed round to build "platform-agnostic IP"

The round was led by Korea Investment Partners with participation from Woori Technology Investment Co, Kona Venture Partners and others

Half a million raised for disabled gamers during SpecialEffect’s One Special Day 2023

November 28, 2023

Special Spectacular

Half a million raised for disabled gamers during SpecialEffect’s One Special Day 2023

The annual fundraiser seeks to support gamers with physical challenges via personalised controllers and more

Ten Square Games sees record quarterly growth with Hunting Clash MAU up 82%

November 28, 2023

Ten Square Turnaround

Ten Square Games sees record quarterly growth with Hunting Clash MAU up 82%

After a difficult start to the year, performance is looking back on track at Ten Square Games

Speaker Spotlight: Greg Lee of Team Terrible reveals the REAL 'secret of success'

November 28, 2023

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Greg Lee of Team Terrible reveals the REAL 'secret of success'

The founder and CEO of Team Terrible is just one of the star developers, publishers and industry insiders who'll be appearing at Pocket Gamer Connects London in January 2024.

Are core games the road to success? 49% yearly revenue growth projected in India until 2028

November 28, 2023

Are core games the road to success? 49% yearly revenue growth projected in India until 2028

Lumikai and Google’s new report projects a $7.5 billion valuation for Indian gaming by 2028