Vision Pro
Apple's Vision Pro reveal shakes up share prices
Apple’s big announcement sent share prices both soaring and diving as the market got to grips with the news
Job News
Exient appoints Christa Agius to role of COO
Agius takes the role following her stint as product director for the company
New Titles
Space Ape Games announces Chrome Valley Customs in cross-promotion with Beatstar
A song inspired by the game features in Space Ape’s hit rhythm game
Esports & Charity
S8UL Indian mobile esports raises $18,000 for rail disaster victims
The group commonly play a number of titles such as BGMI
Expert Opinion
Is Vietnam the up and coming hub of new game development talent?
Sparx* GM Samuel Stevenin discusses Vietnam’s gaming industry
Job News
Steve Bell named as new Team17 CEO
Current CEO Debbie Bestwick will continue in the role until the end of 2023
New Tech
Why developers need to take Apple Vision Pro seriously
The next App Store explosion starts here. Apple Vision Pro matters. And here's why.
Q&a
Space Ape Games Charmie Kim and Simon Hade on the successes of Beatstar
Charmie Kim will be giving a ‘Beatstar’s Lessons in Hybrid-Casual’ talk at Develop Brighton this year
Reports
GameRefinery says the best time to push ATT notifications is the first 6-30 seconds
Latest research shows this is the most popular, and most effective
Data Deluge
Surfshark analyses data acquisition by top mobile games, from knowing your location to reading your texts
More than 500 apps were analysed in the full study
Super Squad
Supercell’s Squad Busters sees overhauls and improvements in second beta
A combination of Supercell IP come together
Soft-launch
Supercell's Thunderdome: Flood Rush vs Squad Busters
Why're we keeping an eye on Supercell's back-to-back release this month? Find out.
Success In China
Tencent and NetEase generated over 80% of revenue among the country’s top game makers
The two companies were China's top developers by revenue in Q1
The Rise Of Hybridcasual
Are hypercasual and midcore racing to become hybridcasual?
Game economist Phillip Black analyses the state of the genres
Funding
Turkish studio Spektra Games receives $1.25m investment
The funding round was co-led by Ludus Ventures and The Games Fund
Here For A Hoot
Niantic reveals new tools and launches mixed reality Wol with 8th Wall
Wol the owl is AI-enabled, guiding users through a redwood forest
Partnerships
SYBO to run “biggest activation yet” for Pride Month
The developer will be partnering with numerous charities for the event
Job News
Fingersoft appoints new CFO
Suni is an experienced CFO, but a newcomer to the games industry
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 Apple's latest hardware, Silent Hill's next steps, and Microsoft's appeal against the CMA
Layoffs
EA mobile developer Firemonkeys Studio hit with mass layoffs
The studio worked on Real Racing 3 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Mena Report
MENA gaming revenue projected to close in on $6 billion by 2027
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates will generate $3.14 billion in revenue by 2025
Book Now
Join us at the nearest PG Connects event near you and secure amazing Early Bird deals today!
Our conferences in Toronto and Helsinki are coming up sooner than you think, and we have limited time savings available for you to secure your spot for the best price!
Big Savings
There’s one week left to secure incredible savings on your Dubai GameExpo Summit ticket! Don’t miss out
There’s one week left until prices rise for our upcoming show in Dubai – don’t miss your chance to save with our limited time Mid-term offer.
Closures
Stranger Things: 1984 developer BonusXP to shut down
The company behind Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3: The Game is shuttering after 11 years
Reports
Apple does not collect commission on 90% of $1.1 trillion in app store sales
Apple seems to be missing out on a sizeable slice of the pie
Tune Into Connected Tv
Get connected: How to leverage connected TV for growth - webinar
What new opportunities does Connected TV offer to app marketers? Hear from a panel of experts as they outline the tips tricks and best practice for making it work.
Happy Anniversary
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds celebrates first anniversary
The game is introducing new customisation options to celebrate the milestone
Milestones
Indian shooter Battle Stars passes two-million players within three weeks of launch
Yet more evidence of the thriving Indian market for mobile games
Redundancies
Gwent team sees 30 employees axed after ceasing of updates
Though CD Projekt Red stands by its commitment to community tools intended to help keep the game alive
Green Gaming
FunPlus joins 2023 Green Game Jam
The game maker is launching an environmental awareness campaign in State of Survival
Steps To Success
Supercell’s Alex Roque on the secrets of Clash of Clans’ Builder Base mode
The game mode received a significant rework in November
Insider Trading
Sonic creator Yuji Naka sentenced to two and a half years in prison
Naka pleaded guilty to insider trading in March
Last Chance
Grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto before midnight tonight and save up to $380 CAD!
Last chance to use our Early Bird discount and save $380 CAD for our Toronto conference this September!
Schedule Reveal
Learn all about Web3, artificial intelligence and the metaverse at the Dubai GameExpo Summit: The conference schedule is now LIVE!
Don’t miss seeing the jam-packed schedule for our leading games industry Summit taking place this June 21st-22nd in Dubai!
Legislation
Brazil's app store tax takes aim at foreign developers
New tax laws mean that the Brazilian government gets a bigger slice of the pie, with Apple holding back cash in order to adhere
Milestones
Bleach: Brave Souls surpasses 75 million downloads
The title is based on the popular manga and anime series
Interview
How the Mini Metro developer “beat the odds” to build a premium mobile games studio
Dinosaur Polo Club co-founders Robert and Peter Curry defied industry trends and built a hit franchise
Acquiblizz
Microsoft and the UK's CMA begin their appeal tribunal on July 24
Microsoft hopes to change the CMA’s mind regarding its acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Interview
Noah Rosenfield talks Addagrams: “People enjoy investing in the betterment of themselves.”
The word game recently released on iOS and Android
Diving Into Dubai
Why Dubai is the most crypto-ready city in the Middle East
Get to know more about Web3 and blockchain presence in the UAE’s biggest city.
Awards Ahead
BAFTA Game Awards 2024 applications open early
Entries submitted late will be charged a fee to compete
Huuuge Financials
Huuuge Games hit all-time high EBITDA for Q1 2023
Earnings are up 91.8% to $27.6 million, but revenue drops 14.6%
Advertising
Bidstack brings its intrinsic advertising to two new mobile racing game studios
The company's platform for adding themed, unobtrusive ads to games has just gained two new partners
Newzoo Report
Mobile gaming declined 6.7% in 2022
The platform remind the largest segment in the gaming industry
Going Green
Outfit7 joins Green Game Jam 2023
The game maker has donated $60,000 to help protect wildlife in the Amazon
Zynga X It Gets Better
Zynga partners with the It Gets Better Project to kick off Pride celebration
The collaboration will see pride events held in fifteen of the company’s games
Silent Hill
Silent Hill: Ascension debuts new trailer
The title is the latest massively interactive live event developed by Genvid
Women In Games
Zynga's Paula Neves shares her journey from psychology to mobile marketing
From a psychology major in Brazil to a Senior Product manager with Zynga in Montreal, Pocketgamer.biz finds out more about Paula Neves' journey in games
Events
Devolver Digital showcase to return this month as part of Summer Games Fest
The event will see Devolver’s usual eccentric style on full display
Aquiblizz
South Korean regulators approve Activision Blizzard deal
The approval puts further pressure on the UK CMA