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July 5, 2024 Gotta Play Them All I played Pokémon Go for 365 days… And it's still only Niantic’s second-best game… PG.biz's Aaron Astle goes in deep on Pokémon Go to mark its eighth birthday, and finds a game that still has plenty of room for improvement
July 5, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from Zenless Zone Zero to Zen Koi Pro+ We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
July 4, 2024 Top Charts June 2024 mobile game charts: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile hits No. 1, and Supercell rises to No. 2 Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
July 3, 2024 Revenue Boost What are 'skip-its' and how will they affect ad monetisation in 2024? Božo Janković discusses the rise of a new monetisation option and how it's offering a new avenue for revenue generation in mobile gaming
July 2, 2024 Mavens Mobile Mavens: The industry wades in on sexist ads, aiming to “drive meaningful change” Our industry experts discuss why sexist ads are being created and what we can collectively do to combat them
July 1, 2024 Nordic Spotlight Over 140 games being made in the Nordics right now We put the spotlight on the live games and new titles in development from the talented teams across Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland
July 1, 2024 Industry Insights How to grow your game through experimentation Tom Storr of The Experimentation Group on how to take your game to the next level by boosting its growth potential
July 1, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Garena Free Fire snipes $4BN, Pokémon dev Game Freak’s first mobile exclusive, and Supercell’s next project imminent Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 28, 2024 Week That Was Regulation with teeth, Game Freak’s new IP, and Square Enix’s AI backtracking | Week in Views The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
June 28, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist, Purple, All in Hole: Sinkhole Puzzle, and more We highlight five new games that have broken cover this week
June 28, 2024 Rising Revenue In-game ads in hypercausal runners: Increasing revenue without sacrificing other metrics Azur Games producer Milana Gelmanova shares how in-game ads helped to create a 5% to 20% revenue boost in a year
June 25, 2024 Legal Advice Epic's Fortnite fine: The precedent and potential consequences of in-game purchases in the Netherlands Epic Games were hit with a €1m+ bill for "deceiving children", but what can devs and publishers do to avoid being hit with similar legal action?
June 25, 2024 Industry Insight How to start marketing games as a developer: choosing sources and budget AppQuantum’s Artem Sprygin shares valuable marketing advice and how you can apply it to your own project
June 24, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Japan’s newest stars, Nordic numbers, and Tripledot Studios’ acquisition Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 21, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Olympic esports, Gameloft's cross-play move, and what mobile gaming's history tell us about its future The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
June 20, 2024 Virtual Sanity Apple's Vision Pro failures are only setting the scene for their real AR/VR moves While dwindling Vision Pro sales might seem like bad news, it's likely that they're hardly a surprise and all part of a bigger plan
June 20, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from draconic dangers to pixelated platformers We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
June 19, 2024 Legal Advice How to stay legal, safe and secure in the wild west of web3 From the ownership of digital goods to user data and privacy, the world of web3 is filled with new legal precedents and pitfalls. Here's our guide to keeping your business and your users safe
June 17, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Zenless Zone Zero's 40m pre-registrations, Squad Busters' $10M in week one, and what iOS 18 REALLY means for games Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 14, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Pre-reg record breakers, Apple's endless upgrades and out-of-order ads The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
June 14, 2024 Aiming High Assassin's Creed Shadows on iOS is setting a new standard for mobile gaming Apple aims to unify the gaming experience across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a little help from some big name triple-A partners
June 14, 2024 Jobs News Mobile Movers: All the latest appointments and job moves from around the industry Who's moving where?… There's new roles at Rovio, BBC Studios, Homa, Huuuge Games, Pixel Federation and more…
June 14, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from digital dancing to Olympic excitement We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
June 12, 2024 Looking Back A brief history of the mobile games industry We take a look back at the last decade and a half of mobile gaming, analysing the key trends that built the industry we have now, and what the future holds for the sector
June 12, 2024 Call To Action It's time to stop sexist creatives in user acquisition - here's how UA and marketing expert Matej Lančarič calls out the issue of sexist ads in the mobile games market and how this has got to stop
June 11, 2024 Hot Topics Mobile Mavens: Are today's everlasting, live ops games holding back new innovation? Our industry experts weigh in on the power of long, and enduring games. Do endless liveops keep the market ticking? Or stop new devs from breaking through?
June 11, 2024 Ios18 At Wwdc The key takeaway from Apple's AI-laden WWDC keynote? It's time to buy a new iPhone As expected Apple went in hard on AI-powered features for iOS18, but it's the limited number of handsets that can use them that's surprising
June 10, 2024 Road To Helsinki Devsisters’ Chris O’Kelly talks upselling IP to fans across multiple games without cannibalisation 17% of mid to high spenders spend on two Devsister games cumulatively
June 10, 2024 Hypercasual Market The state of the hypercasual genre in 2024 Sergey Martinkevich takes a closer look at how the hypercasual genre has performed over the first half of the year
June 10, 2024 Big News Squad Busters’ supercharged launch, Pokémon’s record revenue, and Star Wars: Hunters finally hits the target Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 7, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters… The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
June 7, 2024 Road To Helsinki Metacore's Teppo Soininen: “Anybody who has put a game into soft launch knows there’s still plenty of space for f*ck ups.” The Metaccore game lead underscores the importance of concept testing in his talk from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023
June 7, 2024 Race To The Top Fingersoft CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja: Building the world's most downloaded racing games Lego Hill Climb Adventures is out now, joining a series that's so far seen over two billion downloads. Here's the inside story on the latest Hill Climb and Fingersoft's plans for the future
June 7, 2024 Industry Insights The experts' guide to mobile games monetisation: Part two Kwalee’s John Wright continues his insight into mobile games monetisation from live ops to events
June 7, 2024 Road To Helsinki Kinoa's Hen Gelberg on “The true power of LiveOps” Kinoa's chief business development officer and co-founder discusses the core components of live ops and how to best unlock their true potential
June 7, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from RPG roguelikes to a Star Wars surprise We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
June 6, 2024 Industry Insights The experts' guide to mobile games monetisation: Part one Kwalee’s John Wright begins with ideas for mobile games monetisation and tips on game economies and in-app purchases
June 5, 2024 Out Now! A galaxy far, far away… Why Star Wars: Hunters took six years to hit the target Upon the games release, we get the inside story on the long awaited game from Zynga’s executive vice president Yaron Leyvand
June 3, 2024 Legal Advice DMCA vs user-generated content: The case of Nintendo vs Garry's Mod When your users can create anything they want in your game world, having rock-solid Terms of Use becomes a vital necessity
June 3, 2024 Top Charts May 2024 mobile game charts: Brawl Stars peaks, Supercell rises, and Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s big China launch Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
June 3, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Squad Busters launches globally, AFK Journey gets innovative, and Juicy Button Games has big plans for 4X strategy genre Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
May 31, 2024 Week That Was Week in Views - Squad Busters goes global, broken app stores, and Hill Climb Racing gets the LEGO treatment The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
May 31, 2024 Five New Games New release roundup: The best new mobile games from Supercell’s Squad Busters to Hill Climb’s Lego evolution We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
May 30, 2024 Growth Strategy Game analysis: How Brawl Stars achieved its incredible comeback Claire Rozain of RZAIN Consulting explains how Supercell’s Brawl Stars turnaround is the perfect case study for a data-driven growth strategy
May 29, 2024 Mobile Mavens Mobile Mavens: The industry has its say on Squad Busters ability to draw in “untapped audiences” with its “influence from a range of genres” With Squad Busters set for a global release at the end of the month we asked the industry what it thinks of the Supercell's soft-launched sixth game
May 29, 2024 Missing Millions Supercell's big Squad Busters mistake and how they're missing out on millions Božo Janković explains how Squad Busters lack of ads could add up to a mountain of lost revenue
May 29, 2024 Mobile Mavens Mobile Mavens: The industry wades in on Squad Busters from its “transformative impact” to being “corporate box ticking” We asked the industry what it thinks of the sixth Supercell game to get a global launch