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Installs For India Ludo King surpasses 1 billion Play Store downloads in meteoric moment for Indian games industry
December 6, 2023 About Apple Ads Apple Search Ads and SKAdNetwork make waves as marketing attributions rise 55% in two years Kochava’s State of Mobile Measurement 2023 report reveals how the landscape has changed since ATT
December 4, 2023 Activision App Store Activision Blizzard, Epic Games and Supercell considered forming a Google Play competitor The Epic vs Google case reveals past plans for an app store alliance
November 16, 2023 Mobile Media Ad networks down in 2023, with only four of the top 20 players showing an increase Apple Search Ads and Google lead on respective platforms, with only Meta ads making the top five on each
October 31, 2023 Q&a Behind the scenes: The making of Tangle Tower Creators Adam Vian and Tom Vian share the design and development process behind the murder mystery point-and-click adventure game
October 2, 2023 Android Ahead Bethesda just stealth dropped a new Elder Scrolls mobile game The Elder Scrolls: Castles has released in early access on Android
August 3, 2023 Moving To Mobile Mobile exclusive Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade launches first closed beta The open-world game is available on iOS and Android until 11 August 2023
August 2, 2023 Subscription Success Mobile games using a subscription model almost triple in a year Liftoff and Appsflyer report that mobile games represent almost 30% of subscription-based apps
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 Data.ai Report In-app spending hits a record $67.5 billion in Q1 2023 Consumer spend rose 5.3% while downloads increased 3.2%
July 6, 2023 Releases Classic adventure game Monkey Island returns to mobile The point & click classic adventure series is back with a brand new instalment
June 30, 2023 Squad Building Formation Games appoints new advisory group, including Wargaming and Riot veterans The studio is the developer behind upcoming football game Club
June 5, 2023 Super Squad Supercell’s Squad Busters sees overhauls and improvements in second beta A combination of Supercell IP come together
May 9, 2023 Releases Indie classic World of Goo comes to Netflix Games The original indie hit from 2008 has been remastered for modern mobile
March 29, 2023 Milestones My.Games’ Left to Survive hits 60 million players worldwide One of a number of milestones for the company and their subsidiary studios
March 28, 2023 Data Mobile game spend up almost 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels Mobile bounces back after a dip in 2022
March 27, 2023 A Game Of Risk 81% of biggest mobile games are vulnerable to basic cyberattacks Promon finds that a mere 1 in 357 games could identify malware
March 27, 2023 Releases PlaySide Studios announces Dumb Ways to Die 4 Pre-orders are now open with a teaser trailer and the announcement of a release date
March 23, 2023 Releases Super Meat Boy Forever finally makes the jump to mobile Originally intended for the platform, the game has so far only been on PC and console until now
March 17, 2023 Talks Matej Lancaric on iOS14: “If you’re testing creatives on iOS, just stop” The Two & a Half-Gamers host discusses why ATT hasn’t killed mobile gaming
March 1, 2023 Next Gen Mobile Tencent’s Arena Breakout to enter global beta The Tarkov-like mobile extraction shooter was announced in 2021
February 20, 2023 Releases Little Big Planet spin-off Ultimate Sackboy is out now on mobile Sony's endless runner comes to iOS and Android today
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
February 2, 2023 Changes Ahead Google opens the door to alternative app stores in India Following requirements by the CCI Google have made the first moves to allow in-app billing outside Google's own Play Store.
December 25, 2022 2022 Highlights 2022 In Review – March’s Best Bits As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. Time for some March action
November 10, 2022 New Releases Last War: Shelter Heroes from TinyBytes Games launches today from early access The Chile-based studio TinyBytes will now officially launch their newest game, Last War: Shelter heroes from early access into full release
October 20, 2022 Announcing The Atom Turtle Beach’s new Atom Controller magnetically fuses with phones to offer console-like experience Compatible with Android 8.0 and up, and several streaming services, the controller will fit in your pocket.
October 12, 2022 Affiliates Expanding BlueStacks affiliate programme expands to 57 countries and over 500 mobile game offers More than 2 million games in total available on the Android platform via computer
September 28, 2022 Ad Fraud iPhone recorded more ad-related fraud than Android in Q2 The higher LTV of iPhone users makes them a prime target for fraud
July 28, 2022 Predicting Revenue Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029 Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
July 13, 2022 Listen Learn Love The PocketGamer.biz podcast is BACK with Google on games Season 2 of the world’s favourite mobile games podcast is your chance to hear from the pioneers, creators, founders and thought leaders from the world of pocket gaming
July 6, 2022 A Desire To Distribute King of Avalon launches on alternative app stores with Flexion The third FunPlus title to be published by Flexion
June 16, 2022 Android Out Android games struggle to retain players, states Pushwoosh report A new study revealed that 75.4 per cent of Android players uninstall gaming apps within 30 days
June 14, 2022 Spending On Subscriptions Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games 11% of subscription-model apps are games
May 18, 2022 Alternative App Store Agreement Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores Releasing on Huawei App Gallery and Samsung Galaxy App Store Q2 2022
May 6, 2022 The Gamekit Cometh AWS Gamekit support is coming to Android and iOS games developed with Unreal Features include cloud saves and achievements
April 14, 2022 Analysis Of Ad Creatives Liftoff: playable ads are most "cost-effective" ad format Analysis of over 200 million instals and 12.6 billion clicks
April 8, 2022 Update Or Disappear Older Android apps must update to remain discoverable and downloadable New rules come into effect in November
March 31, 2022 Converging With The Cloud Utomik is bringing more than 1,000 games from PC to Android with cloud gaming Scheduled for middle of this year
March 18, 2022 Taking Back Control Stardew Valley creator to self-publish on Android Taking over from UK-based publisher Chucklefish on all platforms
March 17, 2022 Into Android Scuti expands marketplace to Android with solitaire game Mahjong Deluxe Cross-platform rewards
February 25, 2022 Top Charts Uptodown: The platform's most popular mobile games from the past 10 years From Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies to PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile
February 24, 2022 Privacy Problems AppsFlyer: Apple’s privacy update caused 35% in-app purchase revenue decline iOS user acquisition spend fell 13%, Android jumped 35%
February 17, 2022 Won't Melt In Hands Tilting Point to launch M&M’s Adventure on iOS and Android in Spring 2022 Developed by Vietnam-based mobile studio Gear Inc.
January 14, 2022 Protecting Pandora Avatar: Reckoning heading to iOS and Android in 2022 Closed beta coming soon
December 14, 2021 Marketplace Dominance Apple and Google hold a "vice-like grip" on UK consumers, says competition regulator Suggests actions to decrease the mobile marketplace duopoly
December 8, 2021 Revenue Riser Developers on Flexion's platform see a 10% boost in revenue Google Play games can be brought to Huawei, Amazon, Samsung and more
December 8, 2021 Still Rising Mobile games will generate $89.6 billion by the end of 2021 Honor of Kings earns $2.9 billion