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April 8, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: New VC funds for mobile, Turkish investments, and Baby Shark makes a splash in Brawl Stars Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
April 4, 2024 Baby Brawlers Brawl Stars collabs with YouTube’s most-viewed video Baby Shark The partnership brings in-game cosmetics, a new challenge, and a Baby Shark pin to unlock
April 3, 2024 Super Stars Brawl Stars crushed Clash of Clans’ monthly revenue in March Meet the new champion. New features, events, content, and lead producer all help push Brawl Stars to greater heights
March 27, 2024 Performance Boost Game Analysis: How Supercell sparked a Brawl Stars resurgence Gradient Universe founder Oxana Fomina dives into pivotal changes that Supercell implemented to improve the games performance
March 22, 2024 Team Factor "Brawl Stars was very much on the edge" Supercell's Frank Keienburg on how the developer deals with edge cases on metrics, and why the team's belief in a game matter
November 20, 2023 Signing Up For Supercell Supercell to hire "first ever" Brawl Stars producer alongside new staff for Clash Royale and mo.co Supercell has been expanding its team in recent times and wants to make three more key hires
September 22, 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 internal leaks on the future of Xbox, Brawl Stars success, the expansion of Pokémon Go and more
March 23, 2023 War In Ukraine Supercell blocks its games in Russia and Belarus After phasing out titles, the last of Supercell's games are now inactive with a block in place until at least June 1
February 1, 2023 Crossover Incoming Supercell reveals crossover game Squad Busters with characters from various IPs Clash of Clans, Hay Day and more to be represented
December 13, 2022 Mobile Monetisation No more lootboxes. Supercell unveils a new monetisation strategy for Brawl Stars The company is straying away from lootboxes in favour of deterministic rewards
November 10, 2022 Interview Frank Keienburg, Brawl Stars Game Lead, on Supercellian culture and what other platforms can learn from mobile We interviewed Frank Keienburg at the impressive Supercell HQ in Helsinki when we visited for the Clash Fest finals in September
March 15, 2022 Community Made Supercell expands Brawl Stars community competition to allow 2D designs Winning designs have a chance to be feature in the game
January 21, 2022 Part Of The Crew Bandai Namco Mobile brings on former Brawl Stars artist Paul Chambers Will focus on the creation of new F2P IP
December 15, 2021 Supercell Sets Up Supercell launches ambitious new studio in North America Will create games featuring new and existing IP
December 1, 2021 Beast Boosts Brawl Stars Brawl Stars US downloads surge 350% following sponsorship of Mr Beast's Squid Game Approximately 324 million lifetime downloads
June 9, 2021 Star Power Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success "We hit our all-time daily active user record just a few months ago!"
February 16, 2021 That's Just Super Supercell saw great success in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic "We, of course, are incredibly lucky to work in the games business"
January 29, 2021 Money Money Money Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue Aided by its launch in China last year
August 26, 2020 For Charity YouTube Gaming is hosting a mobile games tournament with a $50,000 prize for charity Features Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and PUBG Mobile
August 13, 2020 Financials Tencent's revenue up 28 per cent year-on-year as it generates $31.5 billion "We achieved generally robust operating and financial results in the second quarter"
July 21, 2020 Court Case Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars A move for dismissal was denied
July 9, 2020 Brawl On And On Why are people still playing Brawl Stars? A look at the design choices that make Supercell's fifth game so enjoyable
June 17, 2020 Have A Brawl Supercell's Brawl Stars shoots through $17.5 million revenue in China It launched in China on June 9th
June 9, 2020 Heading To China Supercell's Brawl Stars officially launches in China "China could potentially be a huge market for the game"
April 20, 2020 Brawling Abroad Supercell's Brawl Stars arrives in China this June Multiplayer mobile shooter was approved in March by Chinese game regulator
March 26, 2020 Super Supercell Supercell's Brawl Stars grows by 35% amid COVID-19 outbreak Mobile games across the board have seen a jump of 25% too
March 12, 2020 First Approvals Of 2020 China approves 27 games including Brawl Stars, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 16 mobile games, six PC games and five console games
February 12, 2020 Had Its Hay Day? Supercell revenues fall for third consecutive year to $1.56 billion in 2019 Profits fell to $577 million too
January 24, 2020 Keep Clashing Clash of Clans had its best month for revenue ever in December 2019 Generates $158.2 million in revenues for the month
December 17, 2019 Oh My Stars Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
October 29, 2019 Young Guns Gen Z plays fewer mobile games but loves Supercell Conclusions from App Annie report
August 26, 2019 Super Stars As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing? We analyse the recent performances of Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars
July 22, 2019 Regulatory Brawl Supercell pulls games out of Vietnam in face of regulations Likes of Clash of Clans, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars no longer playable in the country
June 14, 2019 Knockout Brawl Stars strikes 100 million downloads worldwide in six months $275 million accumulated in player spending
May 14, 2019 Korea Stars Brawl Stars takes $50 million in South Korea Total global sales to date reach an estimated $230m
April 26, 2019 Awards Brawl Stars is the big winner of this year’s Finnish Game Awards Supercell's latest takes home two accolades at this week's ceremony in Helsinki
April 17, 2019 Mobile Star Supercell’s Brawl Stars is making $50 million a month Sales pass $200 million to date
April 16, 2019 Brawl Tv Brawl Stars TV lets users watch top player matches in real-time New fighter Rosa joins the battle
April 15, 2019 Strange Brawl With The Stars brings Stranger Things to Supercell's arena fighter Brawl Stars bets on fan favourites in a new show hosted by mobile esports influencer Chief Pat
April 2, 2019 Eastern Stars Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success? An analysis of the online multiplayer shooter's Western and Eastern performance
March 28, 2019 Mr. Worldwide Pre-registrations open for Supercell’s Brawl Stars in China No official release date given
March 12, 2019 Brawling In It Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months 75 million global downloads since release
February 22, 2019 Super Smash Brawl Stars Brawl Stars becomes first new mobile game to break into top 10 worldwide revenue chart since June 2018 Fighter has generated $110 million in two months
February 12, 2019 Sales Star Brawl Stars scores $110 million in two months Supercell might be in another annual drop, but Brawl Stars might be the game to turn things around
January 15, 2019 Star Supercell’s Brawl Stars racks up $63m in its first month Players spending up to $2m a day
January 11, 2019 Super Clash Royale leads the way as Supercell takes $1.4 billion in revenue from 2018 Brawl Stars brought in $46m despite only launching in December