December 18, 2025 Asian Domination Asia dominates 2025’s biggest mobile releases as top 10 new games make $2.2bn Spending on the biggest new releases fell, down from $3bn across the top 10 of 2024
December 17, 2025 Warner Warning Warner Bros. will urge shareholders against Paramount’s $108.4bn deal, reports claim A deal with Netflix was already accepted, subject to regulatory approval
December 17, 2025 Retention Rates "We don’t talk about low CPIs anymore" as hybridcasual raises player retention Utku Erdinç and Teemu Kokkonen discussed genres and retention rates at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025
December 16, 2025 Award Achieved Shift Up CEO wins Presidential Commendation for Goddess of Victory: Nikke and Stellar Blade His impact on South Korea’s games industry was recognised by the Ministry for Culture, Sports, and Tourism
December 15, 2025 Supercell Shift Supercell elevates Sara Bach to president as key teams unite under Live Games banner Paananen called this Live Games unit the "next evolution of Supercell"
December 15, 2025 Action Arrival Where Winds Meet makes $557,000 during launch weekend outside China Everstone Studio’s flagship launched overseas on mobile on December 12th
December 15, 2025 Hot Five Hot Five: Netflix vs Paramount in Warner Bros. deal, EasyWin lands $15m valuation, and Duolingo’s Genshin Impact crossover Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
December 15, 2025 Privacy Policy Stricter data collection rules mark a "defining moment" for India's games industry The updated Digital Personal Data Protection Act requires greater transparency and data protection
December 12, 2025 New Games New release roundup: Where Winds Meet, Rust Mobile, Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen, and more We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
December 11, 2025 Pgc Helsinki How Mo.co used AI to test the player experience Markus Ojala spoke at PGC Helsinki about "reinforcement learning" and using bots to test Supercell’s latest launch
December 10, 2025 Startup Seed AI-powered startup EasyWin lands $15m valuation at close of first seed round Funding came from Velo Partners, Vladimir Nikolsky, and various private angel investors
December 8, 2025 Capturing A Crossover Duolingo taps Genshin Impact players with crossover rewards The three-week collaboration begins today, with retained Duolingo players earning in-game rewards in Genshin Impact
December 8, 2025 Hot Five Hot Five: Netflix to acquire Warner Bros, Google Play in-app purchases fall, and Kingshot surpasses $500m Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
December 5, 2025 New Games New release roundup: Subway Surfers+, Monument Valley 3, Hello Kitty and Friends World, and more We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
December 5, 2025 Ramping Up Revenue Kingshot catapults past $500m with nine months of consecutive growth Century Games’ latest 4X strategy hit made $96.7m this November
December 4, 2025 For The Fish How player feedback, memes, and rebuilt architecture led to Candy Crush’s "Fish 3.0" As Candy Crush’s Swedish Fish fell behind, the team set out to revolutionise their mechanics to meet modern gameplay standards
December 4, 2025 Applovin Accelerates Apple and Google continue to lead in mobile game ads, but AppLovin wins over select genres The AppsFlyer Performance Index - 2025 Edition highlights "sharper competition" and "maturing ecosystems"
December 3, 2025 Jobs Roundup December 2025’s Movers and Shakers: Clash of Clans’ esports manager, Metacore’s new CTO, Ali Farha joins Behold Ventures, and more Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
December 2, 2025 Sonic Spinoff Sonic the Hedgehog gets a fifth movie slated for December 2028 The franchise has sped into a multi-title transmedia hit, with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 coming in 2027 and a spinoff in 2028
December 2, 2025 Ai Advancements Supercell and Aiba talk AI and player experiences: "AI does not have taste" Supercell AI lead Otto Söderlund and Aiba co-founder and COO Hege Tokerud spoke at PGC Helsinki 2025
December 2, 2025 Pikmin Power Pikmin Bloom hits $100m after four years as 2025 becomes its best year yet After making just $8.4m in its first full year, Pikmin Bloom has raked in $34.8m during 2025 with another month to go
December 2, 2025 Apple Ai Apple's head of AI stepping down John Giannandrea will be replace in the top job by new VP of AI Amar Subramanya
December 1, 2025 Revenue Report Google Play in-app purchases fall 29% in RPGs and 50% in casino games Revenue from the strategy genre has grown by 21% on Google Play since October 2024
December 1, 2025 Valorant Victory Valorant Mobile is China’s most successful mobile launch of 2025 with 50m MAUs Tencent highlights the successes of Valorant, Honor of Kings, Delta Force, Clash Royale and more
December 1, 2025 Hot Five Hot Five: Roblox CEO's heated debate, Gear Games' $5m funding, and Infinity Nikki’s big update Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
November 28, 2025 New Games New release roundup: Netflix Puzzled, Hello Yoshi, Fruit Ninja Adventures, and more We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
November 28, 2025 Champions Compete Pokémon Unite Asia Champions League returns with $20,000 prize pool in India League Winners will advance to the Offline Finals against other teams from across Asia
November 27, 2025 Candy Crush Collectibles Why collectibles matter and how pins "explore details of the Candy Crush world" Artists and narrative designers spent hundreds of hours coming up with pins, introduced into Candy Crush in 2023. We ask senior narrative designer Catt Mott if they’ve paid off
November 27, 2025 Anniversary Approaching Infinity Nikki’s version 2.0 update arrives as title hits $70m on mobile ahead of its first anniversary The stylish open-world title has generated $69.9m across the App Store and Google Play to date, according to estimates
November 26, 2025 Apps Vs Games "I don't see app studios getting into games. I just see game studios getting into apps" EHVM Capital founder Evelin Herrera talks M&A and why apps are able to scale and attract more investment right now
November 25, 2025 Royal Revenue Royal Kingdom surpasses $300m in first year, beating Royal Match Dream Games’ follow-up puzzler made 2% more than its forebear in its first full year
November 25, 2025 In The Shadows Fire Emblem Shadows makes just $353,000 in two months Fire Emblem Heroes generated $77.6m in its first two months in 2017
November 24, 2025 Safety Systems Roblox CEO David Baszucki has heated debate about child safety: "I would categorically reject the actual description of what you’re saying" The platform’s founder told The New York Times about how "enormously important" it is to pre-empt risks
November 24, 2025 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell's AI plans, Tim Sweeney at Unite 2025, and Resident Evil Survival Unit hits 1m installs Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
November 21, 2025 New Games New release roundup: Resident Evil Survival Unit, Besiege, The Sims Labs: Life Together and more We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
November 20, 2025 Sustaining A Saga Candy Crush Soda Saga: 11 years, 18,000 levels, and a "turning point for the Candy Crush franchise" Soda Saga general manager Brian Burford reflects on the history, highlights, and evolution of the match-3 game
November 19, 2025 Jobs Roundup November 2025’s Movers and Shakers: Supercell hires and departures, Hutch's new CEO, Rovio promotions, and more Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
November 19, 2025 Unity And Unreal Unite Tim Sweeney at Unite 2025: Unity’s in-app purchase APIs coming to Unreal Engine devs The Epic Games founder appeared on stage at Unity’s developer conference to talk interoperability with Unreal Engine and Fortnite
November 19, 2025 Unite 2025 Unite 2025: AI, partnerships, web stores, and "a higher standard of quality" Unity’s 2025 conference has contained many announcements and updates, from a 2K Games partnership to Unity 6.3
November 18, 2025 Platform Products AppsFlyer launches eight new products including agentic AI suite A new anti-fraud attribution model can apply AI behavioural analysis in real time
November 18, 2025 Revenue Rise Modern Times Group net sales double to $315.5m in Q3 2025 The group generated 69% of revenue on mobile and 26% from DTC platforms
November 17, 2025 Redhill Restructuring Redhill Games to begin restructuring with layoffs ahead The team has worked with Supercell, Blizzard, and others since founding in 2018
November 17, 2025 Sonic Start Sonic Rumble earns just $228,000 in first 10 days, with "a future major update" in the works The dev team acknowledged "confusion" and "misconception" within the game, planning to revise its tutorial and more over time
November 17, 2025 Hot Five Hot Five: Subway Surfers+ coming to Apple Arcade, Ubisoft postpones H1 earnings call, and Krafton offers voluntary resignations Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
November 14, 2025 New Games New release roundup: Timelie, Minecraft Blast, Temple Run 3, and more We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week
November 13, 2025 Play Store Parley Top 50 mobile games could all face higher 20% fee under Epic and Google's Play Store plans Games selling cosmetics will only be charged a 9% fee under Google’s new policy, but gameplay advantages will come with a 20% cut
November 13, 2025 Revenue Rise AppLovin revenue rises 68% to $1.4bn in Q3 2025 The company sold off its games division in Q2 as its ads business continues to grow
November 13, 2025 Mobile Minecraft Mojang and King launch Minecraft Blast playtest in Malaysia The mobile Minecraft game is a puzzle title with familiar creatures and items
November 13, 2025 Design Details How Saga Adventures make Candy Crush a "living, breathing universe" Software engineer Tobi Ibikunle shares insights into Candy Crush’s approach to gameplay-narrative integration
November 11, 2025 Solitaire Success Playtika’s DTC revenue rises 20% as SuperPlay secures new Disney collab Playtika generated $674.6m in Q3 2025, with $209.3m from DTC platforms