Top Topics 10 games industry questions answered: From AI and alternative app stores to layoffs and more
February 8, 2024 Google Rules Time's up… So how did the top 100 grossing games respond to Google’s CMP requirements? GameBiz Consulting's Božo Janković shows how the top mobile games have coped with Google’s latest requirements
February 6, 2024 Analysis Is Honkai: Star Rail cannibalising Genshin Impact? Andriy Zmeul analyses the revenue drop for Genshin Impact and investigates if their own Honkai: Star Rail is to blame
January 16, 2024 Optimising How much analysis is too much? The fine art of balancing data and game development Azur Games Maxim Kozhnov shares valuable insight on how analysts can optimise their workflow
December 14, 2023 Ad Application Ad creative analysis: How to enhance ad performance in 2024 Tenjin and ObtainAds have joined forces for a report on the current state of the ad creative space and where it’s going next
November 27, 2023 In Depth Game Analysis: Deconstructing Idle Bank Tycoon by Kolibri Games AppQuantum’s Oleg Aliautdinov takes a deep dive into Idle Bank Tycoon. What does get right? What can be improved? And what you can learn from its secrets?
October 30, 2023 Feature Market analysis: How behavioural data is helping to bust stereotypes in the world of gaming Measure Protocol’s Christie Hartbarger shares an overlook into consumer digital behaviour
October 26, 2023 Feature The state of play for Ukrainian game developers in 2023 InGameJob's Katya Sabirova reveals the state of the Ukrainian games industry, it's vacancies, salaries and challenges ahead
October 20, 2023 Feature Game Analysis: The story of Eatventure Vs Cat Snack Bar AppQuantum’s Anastasia Romakha and Anastasia Gushchina take a deep dive on the success of Lessmore's Eatventure and it's highest profile copycat
September 21, 2023 Legalities Unity's Runtime Fee: Is it even legal? Top legal companies have offered their thoughts on Unity's unpopular introduction of its proposed Runtime Fee
August 29, 2023 Market Analysis Hypercasual predicitions: The state of play for the second half of 2023 Azur Games Sergey Martinkevich breaks down the current state of the hypercasual market and gives his predictions for the future
August 25, 2023 Deconstruction Under The Hood: Deconstructing SayGames Dreamdale AppQuantum’s Stanislav Maruhlenko analyses Dreamdales core mechanics
August 17, 2023 Deconstruction Under The Hood: Discovering the secrets of successful free to play games Vikram Khatri shares his system for deconstructing successful free to play games with a view to finding similar success
August 9, 2023 Feature Next-level game dev analytics: Using heatmaps in midcore games Azur Games lead analyst Alexey Platonov shares how heatmaps can be used as a powerful analytical tool
June 28, 2023 Data & Research Skrmiish announces new Head of Data, Dr. João Pela Bringing CERN-style data analysis to the world of play-to-earn
May 30, 2023 Feature Animal Restaurant: How to Earn $2,000,000 in IAPs with a Cute Mobile Game Analysing Animal Restaurant's path to success with AppQuantum
April 14, 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 and discuss 2023 bounceback, pop star problems and… Eggy Party?
March 31, 2023 Feature Game Analysis: Taking a deep dive into the world of Frozen City AppQuantum's Oleg Lomakov explores Frozen City to reveal what makes this hit app tick
March 14, 2023 Startups App Radar wants to use AI to make advertising easier The startup wants their AI tool to make analysing reviews and understanding player sentiment easier
February 7, 2023 Industry Insight Speculation swirls around EA’s sudden sunset of Apex Legends Mobile Analysts and outlets have multiple theories around EA’s sudden sunsetting of Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile
February 3, 2023 Data & Research The State of Mobile 2023 revealed Data.ai's recent press event provided a neat snapshot of the past year's activity for downloads, spending and the potential growth for apps and gaming ahead
January 27, 2023 Views Week Week in Views - What caught our editorial eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pic of the big news that came out of Pocket Gamer Connects London 2023
January 20, 2023 Analysis Game Analysis: Dragon Trail: Hunter World What makes this classic MMORPG tick? The experts at AppQuantum take it apart
November 23, 2022 Retrospective Deus Ex GO is dead. Here's what made the GO series so important With the shuttering of title Deus Ex GO we take a look back at the GO series, Square Enix’s dip into the pool of premium mobile titles
November 18, 2022 Statements Phil Spencer says Activision-Blizzard deal is primarily about mobile gaming In an appearance on the The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke extensively about the state of Microsoft’s endeavours in mobile
November 18, 2022 Analysis Satya Nadella hints at more cross-platform investment so users can 'play everywhere' CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella commented on their intention to push for cross-platform play and argued in favour of the deal
November 16, 2022 Analysis The method in the madness - how to make a successful gate runner game Market Research Expert at ironSource, Uri Ron, takes a look at the changing nature of Runner Games and their latest incarnation, Gate Runners
November 14, 2022 Analysis How Supercell’s biggest update of 2022 rocketed Clash Royale's revenue Supercell’s latest update to their card-based battler Clash Royale brought in a big boost to revenue, Nadir Garouche broke down some of the reasons for this
November 10, 2022 Data On Diversity A mere 1.87% of venture capital is allocated to minority-owned startups, Diversity VC finds Survey carried out between 28 June 2022 and 20 September 2022
October 28, 2022 Report Female gamers make up 35% of all players in Asia, and prefer strategy, racing and roleplaying games A recent, wide-ranging report has gathered data on female gamers in Asia and their consumer habits, revealing some interesting insights.
October 28, 2022 Interview Analysis Unity CEO John Riccitiello: “I think multiplayer in mobile is a big story.” During an interview with John Koetsier for the tech first podcast, John Riccitiello discussed the effect mobile has on gaming.
October 27, 2022 Report Genshin Impact scaling beyond mobile highlighted as defining industry milestone in Niko Partners' Gametech report The latest cross-platform report goes into the current state of gaming technology with mobile playing an increasing part in pushing tech forward.
October 5, 2022 Analysis Baltic mobile studio Estoty reveals it’s working process We look at the Baltic developer and its approach to the development of mobile games.
September 23, 2022 Community News Newzoo shines spotlight on female gamers Recent analytics indicates female players are still less likely to refer to themselves as gamers and mobile gaming is top way to play.
September 23, 2022 Data & Research Newzoo goes to Brazil with new insights on gamers in the country Their latest 2022 report on Brazilian gamers brings interesting insights into the popularity of viewing gaming content.
September 21, 2022 Industry News UK jobs vacancies in video games see biggest monthly drop Available jobs in the video-game industry nationwide saw their largest monthly drop - but there may be a silver-living for indie developers.