October 16, 2023

Interview

GIMZ CEO Nikita Guk talks Unity Runtime Fee aftermath and 1000 signature-strong collective letter success

Unity’s runtime fee sparked near instant backlash, prompting a rapidly banded together of likeminded creatives to make their voices known. Here's their story.

October 16, 2023

Acquisition

Metacore to acquire Merge Mansion and Clash of Clans animators studio Piñata

The animation studio is Metacore’s first acquisition and will serve to bolster their creative abilities

October 13, 2023

China

Swedish-based Flamebait Games sees pay-to-play mobile title Passepartout receive 100k downloads in China

The ISBN licence for the game apparently took almost four years

October 13, 2023

Milestones

NoxGames’ Hexapolis hits one-million downloads milestone

The turn-based civ-like is an example of a smaller studio finding success even at a turbulent time for games

October 13, 2023

Done Deal

Microsoft's mobile mishaps: Why the Activision Blizzard deal had to happen

The tech giant has had a troubled history on mobile. Could gaming's biggest ever deal finally put right their wrongs?

October 13, 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, including acquisitions, giving Apple the swerve, shutterings, layoffs and more...

October 13, 2023

Interview

Wooga’s Nai Chang on Ghost Detective and collaborating with Netflix Games

“We are pleased to be breaking new ground with this launch, inspiring an ever-broader audience through our games and stories.”

October 13, 2023

Acquiblizz

Bobby Kotick out at Activision Blizzard

The company's CEO has confirmed he will continue his role until the end of 2023 after which time he'll be handing over to Microsoft management

October 13, 2023

It's Over

It's official. Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is now complete

The "legendary teams" at Activision Blizzard and King are now part of Team Xbox

October 13, 2023

Opportunities For Indies

PG Connects Jordan 2023 is a MUST for Indies! Here's why...

Get an exclusive look at the unmissable opportunities for indie talent at PG Connects Jordan

October 13, 2023

Five New Games

New release roundup: Our weekly pick of the best new mobile games from pixel pandas to Roman adventures

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

October 13, 2023

Q&a

Mike Levine on Mystic Moose’s auto chess battler Mojo Melee

The game is currently available on android and playable in a browser with an iOS release in beta testing

October 13, 2023

Podcast

Xsolla CEO Chris Hewish on creative commerce solutions to take control of your game | Podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team welcome Xsolla's Chris Hewish to the studio to talk about the company's creative commerce solutions and putting power back into the hands of developers worldwide

October 13, 2023

Acquiblizz

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline

From inception to lawsuits - how has the biggest deal in gaming history progressed?

October 13, 2023

Mission Accomplished

Done deal: Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators

Video game's biggest deal ever just got approved with Activision Blizzard becoming part of Microsoft for $68.7 billion

October 12, 2023

Round-up Report

New releases, new modes, and new events: Here's what's new in mobile gaming

A new GameRefinery report analyses the gaming market to identify September's top performers

October 12, 2023

Legacy

Why good legacy mobile games deserve a new lease of life

SuperScale’s Ivan Trancik discusses legacy game management and how publishers have revived old games through new methods

October 12, 2023

New Announcements

EA announces turn-based football game for mobile, EA Sports FC Tactical

Not an extension or update to EA Sports FC but a whole new strategy football game exclusively on mobile

October 12, 2023

Rebrands

Game Taco renames itself to WorldWinner after acquisition of trademark

The original WorldWinner was acquired in 2021 by Game Taco

October 12, 2023

Redundancies

Team17 cuts are so deep that devs are concerned whether company can still function

A third of the company’s workforce may now be axed

October 12, 2023

Acquisitions

Xsolla acquires Lightstream, Rainmaker and API.stream in big third-party assets round-up

The three assets were all acquired from previous owner Videndum

October 12, 2023

Industry Investigations

India arrests Vivo smartphone executives in latest China retaliation

Vivo has previously come under investigation in a money laundering probe

October 12, 2023

African Advancement

Sony Ventures to invest $10M via new fund for African startups

Fintech may be Africa’s biggest funding category, but Sony’s focus is on entertainment

October 11, 2023

Welcome To Mo.co

Supercell has announced its latest game. Take "a leap into the unknown" in mo.co

The new monster-hunting game will enter beta testing in the USA in late October

October 11, 2023

New Releases

Developer Jadu to launch “first ever” AR mobile fighting game

The alternative reality title features collaborations with famous names such as Michael Bay

October 11, 2023

Halloween Activations

Zynga kickstarts Halloween early with in-game events across 17 titles

The company is running its biggest ever campaign of activations to celebrate the season

October 11, 2023

Closures

Alien: Isolation spin-off mobile game Alien: Blackout to be shuttered, joining raft of closures this year

The loss of titles that have been closed down during 2023 continues to grow

October 11, 2023

Battle Of Behemoths

Monster Hunter Now is Niantic’s second biggest game with $31.44 million in one month

Niantic and Capcom’s latest project is a roaring success by every metric

October 11, 2023

Runtime Rumour

AppLovin may make a second attempt at buying Unity, rumours suggest

Unity’s Runtime Fee backlash has led to a 40% drop in shares

October 11, 2023

Parental Perception

UK kids are most likely to make in-game purchases, but only 4% spend on loot boxes

Ipsos’ latest report for Video Games Europe finds in-game spending among children is highest in the UK

October 11, 2023

Disney Acquisition

Disney CEO Bob Iger is considering the acquisition of a major publisher

Disney is one of the world’s best known entertainment brands, may be on the brink of a major gaming acquisition

October 11, 2023

Statistics

Stumble Guys & Monopoly Go struggle in Latin America as report reveals the region's top games

Global chart toppers struggle to cut through in Latin America

October 11, 2023

Q&a

Behind the scenes: The making of Netmarble’s Grand Cross: Age of Titans

CEO Woo Won Seo and project director Min Suk Kang tell the story of the game and their plans for its future

October 10, 2023

10 Years Of Pgc

PG Connects celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2024

Join us in London and share your own PG Stories from a decade of games industry connecting

October 10, 2023

Chessboard Champs

Chess is playing the long game: The rise of the auto chess genre

Auto chess has been a popular genre since 2019 and is working its way into more and more games

October 10, 2023

Runtime Result

Everything you need to know about Unity’s new CEO Jim Whitehurst

With John Riccitiello stepping down after nine years, who's Unity's new boss and how much will it change under his watch?

October 10, 2023

Xsolla Payments

Xsolla unveils its new payment system Headless Checkout

The company are further enhancing their popular Xsolla Pay Station service giving devs the ability to build customisable, branded purchasing experiences for their players

October 10, 2023

Green Gaming

Tencent, Apple, Ubisoft, and Nintendo lead the industry in carbon emission reduction

The games industry is slowly going green, but still emitted 81 million tonnes of greenhouse gases last year

October 10, 2023

Mobile-to-pc

Supercell to bring Clash of Clans and Clash Royale to PC for the first time

Supercell’s flagship title and spin-off will be available via Google Play Games

October 10, 2023

Gaming In Korea

RPGs account for 60% of Korea’s mobile game sales

MMORPG's proved particularly successful, while squad-based RPGs showed strong growth

October 10, 2023

Unity Runtime Fee

Unity's Runtime Fee Farrago: The whole story in one place

From start to finish. Want to know why the games industry got so blazing mad at one of its most popular development platforms and why its CEO just got offed? Look no further…

October 10, 2023

September Success

China’s top publishers generated $1.96 billion this September

39 out of 100 top publishers were based in China last month

October 10, 2023

Q&a

Homa's Henry Lowenfels: "I’ve been part of successful companies in the past, but the level of ambition and grit that I see at Homa is unparalleled"

Homa’s new president and chief business officer shares details on his new role and the state of the mobile market

October 10, 2023

Two Tactics

Too big for your rules? miHoYo tried to dodge Apple App Store fees twice in one month

Apple has scuppered miHoYo’s fee aversion tactics twice - removing apps and disabling features

October 10, 2023

Regulation

Apple and Google could be on the hook for $50.5 million fine in Korea

The KCC has sought remediation after accusing the two companies of anti-competitive practices on mobile

October 10, 2023

Expansion

Metacore opens first overseas office in Berlin as Merge Mansion hits 50m downloads

The developer has expanded rapidly over the past few years thanks to the success of their breakout merge hit

October 9, 2023

Time Runs Out

Unity CEO John Riccitiello exits after runtime fee backlash

Former IBM president James M. Whitehurst has been appointed as interim CEO, president, and board member

October 9, 2023

Generative Ai

Generative AI deals fell to 101 deals in 2023’s third quarter

The amount represents a 29% decline from 142 in the second quarter

October 9, 2023

Cloud Competition

Amazon and Microsoft cloud services to face CMA competition probe

The competition and markets authority will investigate the tech giants to ensure fair play

October 9, 2023

Profile

Company Spotlight: AppQuantum

Find out more about the mobile games publisher helping talented developers around the globe focus on making mobile games they love