Discoverability Updates App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year
Hunting For No. 1 Star Wars: Hunters ranked No. 1 for App Store game downloads in the US, UK and Canada on launch day
Chart Busters Supercell's Squad Busters the No. 1 most downloaded App Store app in 122 countries on launch day
April 23, 2024 Super Start Supercell’s Squad Busters ranks No. 1 for App Store game downloads in all soft launch countries Multiplayer action game tops rankings in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, Spain and Sweden
April 19, 2024 Flying High Delta game emulator hits No. 1 on the App Store download charts in 35 countries Nintendo games emulator has reached the top 10 in 66 countries so far today
April 10, 2024 Blasts From The Past Apple allows retro games on iOS at last. Here's what you can and can't do Thanks to the EU's DMA and increasing pressure in the US, Apple have finally gone soft on one of their most hardline App Store policies. Bring on the retro games…
February 26, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Microsoft goes multiplat, Fortnite to return to iOS, but global games industry layoffs continue Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
February 23, 2024 Rallying The Troops “2023 was a shitty year. 2024 will probably be even more shittier": EGDF president Hendrik Lesser talks tough The European Games Developer Federation's president spells out his thoughts and confidence in a comeback in an open letter
February 15, 2024 Developer Issues Warning Lethal Company developer warns of mobile app "scam" Details on the Play Store shows that an unofficial Lethal Company mobile game was released on December 21, 2023
February 12, 2024 Web Store Wave Niantic moves Pokémon Go redeem codes exclusively to web store As the use of web stores grow in popularity, it's Niantic's turn to play the game with exclusive offers on board
February 2, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Apple gives and takes while Nintendo quietly makes a billion The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
February 2, 2024 Criticism Grows European Games Developer Federation "disappointed" over Apple’s new “anticompetitive” EU rules EGDF joins Xbox, Epic Games and Spotify in criticising new policies
January 26, 2024 An Epic Comeback Fortnite and the Epic Games Store are coming to iOS devices this year The battle royale game will only be available in parts of Europe covered by the Digital Markets Act
January 26, 2024 Runtime Reloaded Apple rolls out Unity-like Runtime Fee for downloads as it seeks to outrun new EU regulations Apple lowers share to 17% in EU while adding a €0.50 download fee
January 19, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Developers speak their minds, Apple gets sneaky, and why old games are the best The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
January 17, 2024 Business As Usual Despite new regulations Apple will still be able to charge 27% on external platform payments While following new regulations to the letter, new changes to the Apple App Store Guidelines ensure that they'll get paid no matter what
January 4, 2024 Purchase Power Tencent sells app store to Huya ahead of Chinese crackdown Tencent has been selling up and parting ways with its animation company. Now an app store leaves its stable.
January 2, 2024 App Authority Japanese legislation looks to confront Apple and Google monopolies in 2024 New regulations could require both Apple and Google to allow alternate billing systems
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
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
December 1, 2023 Apple Picking 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
November 9, 2023 Download Deluge Build a Queen’s download dominance highlights app store disparity Build a Queen was September’s most downloaded Play Store game but didn't hit the top 20 on Apple's App Store
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 5, 2023 Blockchain Mobile Games The latest and most interesting mobile games on the blockchain. Our regularly updated list of the most interesting games using blockchain technology
October 4, 2023 Ai Ahoy "Pegasus" engine may bring generative AI to Apple App Store searches Big changes could be ahead with the implementation of a search engine developed by a former Google exec and his team
September 28, 2023 Ad Report Meta owns all four of the top ad networks for mobile games in Q2 2023 Google Play hosted the most ad creatives, with Facebook leading the way
September 28, 2023 Court Case Epic Games appeals to US Supreme Court in Apple antitrust case The years-long case continues with arguments over pro- and anticompetitiveness
September 28, 2023 Chinese App Market Apple isn’t complying with China’s new app store regulations The Cyberspace Administration of China has named 26 app stores complying with its new rules
September 6, 2023 Changes Ahoy Former PlayStation president Shawn Layden predicts the end of gaming as we know it Does the games industry stand on the precipice of change?
August 10, 2023 Apple Vs Epic The US Supreme Court sides with Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic The court has decided to block a federal injunction that would have forced Apple to change its payment practices
August 3, 2023 Google Goes Blockchain Inside Google’s blockchain content policy The tech giant has recently revealed its policy on in-app blockchain and NFT and commentators are digging deep as to what it all means
July 31, 2023 Privacy Apple enters the ATT endgame as its quest for privacy enters its final battle Now they'll require developers to explain their use of certain APIs with non-compliant apps rejected by App Store Connects from Spring 2024
July 26, 2023 Apple Vs. Consumers Apple's "anti-competitive" App Store woes continue with a $1 billion class action lawsuit The suit accuses the company of acting anti-competitively with its imposition of a 30% fee on in-app purchases
July 17, 2023 Paid Games' Performance Google Play or App Store? June data shows stark contrast in platform popularity of paid games Curated Data.ai stats reveal the most downloaded paid games and top revenue generators per platform
July 12, 2023 Goliath Games June’s three most lucrative mobile games all came from China Sensor Tower reports on the 10 biggest revenue generators worldwide
July 8, 2023 Mavens Mobile Mavens: What do app downloads direct from Facebook mean for the industry? We round up expert industry opinions on the potential of an app store within Facebook
July 4, 2023 Q&a AppGallery's Jaime Gonzalo: "Alternative app platforms are providing developers with improved revenue-generating opportunities" AppGallery aims to provide users with high quality content while ensuring that game developers feel supported
June 30, 2023 Alternative App Stores Meta to get into the app store game as Facebook allows app downloads The EU's Digital Markets Act is opening up app store monopolys and big players are getting ready to reap the rewards
June 27, 2023 Feature Five tips for scaling your mobile game in a post-ATT market SuperScale CEO Ivan Trančík offers advice on running effective user acquisition campaigns and improving monetisation in a challenging market
June 12, 2023 Apple Vs Epic Apple and Epic ask US court to reconsider the ruling in their dispute The ongoing battle between the companies takes yet another turn
June 9, 2023 Q&a Uptodown CEO Luis Hernández on the rise of alternative app stores Alternative app store Uptodown offers developers a new home for their apps
June 5, 2023 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
May 29, 2023 Alternative Storefronts Razer adds Supercell titles to in-game rewards programme Razor Gold is the first third-party storefront to sell in-game currency for Supercell titles
May 26, 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 new mobile platforms, app store invasions, celebrity developers and… Have you seen my $2bn? I could have sworn it was right here…
May 17, 2023 Moving To Mobile Axie Infinity: Origins is available on the Apple App Store right now…in select countries The NFT/Web3/blockchain hit is set to rise again as Sky Mavis works towards cross-platform feature parity
May 2, 2023 Ios 17 Incoming Will Apple’s iOS sideloading be a Europe exclusive? Could major regional differences be coming in iOS 17?
April 25, 2023 An Epic Battle Apple emerges victorious in antitrust appeal against Epic Games But the ruling also opens the door for developers to include links in apps and side-step App Store fees
April 17, 2023 About Apple Is Apple set to allow app sideloading in iOS 17? Predicting the future of Apple after changes to European law
March 27, 2023 Stellar Star HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail to release in April 2023 Mobile and PC releases are coming ahead of PlayStation launch
February 13, 2023 Generated In Japan Japan Fair Trade Commission reveals Apple and Android revenue and distribution Their new report shows ¥1.59 trillion generated on Apple in 2021, ¥1.04 trillion on Android