Investor Insights

The Turkish playbook: Investors talk work ethic, hybridcasual and AI

Arcadia Gaming Partners MD Akin Babayigit and Laton Ventures founding partner Görkem Türk offer their insights on Türkiye's bustling games hub

October 7, 2026

Collabs Corner

October’s Collabs Corner: PUBG Mobile and B.Duck, Pokémon in space, Talking Tom meets SmileyWorld, and more

The latest crossovers in mobile games, all in one place

October 7, 2026

New Offerings

Google launches Playground for prompt-based game creation

Users can create, play and share browser-based games across devices

October 7, 2026

Latest

Shadows Spending

Fire Emblem Shadows makes $892,000 in first year, just 0.3% of Heroes’ initial success

Monthly spending peaked early at $230,000, compared to Fire Emblem Heroes’ $20.1m

October 7, 2026

Job News

Harvey Elliott named chair of Ukie as trade body targets next phase of UK growth

He succeeds Maria Sayans as Ukie Chair

October 7, 2026

Speaker Spotlight

Exir Games CEO Sahand Malaei on the challenges facing small game studios

Sahand Malaei will join the “Does the Best Game Win Anymore?” panel at PG Connects Nordics in Helsinki

October 7, 2026

Online Safety

San Diego County sues AppLovin over alleged child ad targeting

The lawsuit claims AppLovin bypassed parental controls using fingerprinting

October 7, 2026

New Partnerships

Mastercard and Tamatem partner on gaming payments across MENA and Africa

The partnership will initially launch in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

October 7, 2026

Speaker Spotlight

SuperScale CEO Ivan Trancik on finding profit beyond mobile UA's biggest networks

Trancik will take to the stage at PG Connects Nordics to discuss mobile UA consolidation

October 7, 2026

For me, the most interesting part isn't AI replacing creative talent, but how it can allow smaller teams to work faster.

Hind Toufga discusses how Nordic studios are utilising AI

By making the cost of acquisition so high, I sometimes wonder where are you going to get all those innovations?

DoubleDown's Faith Price talks D2C, UA challenges and AI

Marvellous Mena

Impact46's Eric Husny: "The ecosystem today is simply much more investable than it was a few years ago"

We speak with Impact46 senior fund manager Eric Husny to discuss the firm’s approach to gaming investment, its $53 million-plus Kammelna deal and what it looks for in studios

October 1, 2026

Pgc Jordan

The eight unmissable seminar tracks at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan this November 7th and 8th

From AI and global trends to development tips and tools, with insights from the best game makers

September 30, 2026

Mena Market

Why you shouldn't overlook the MENA market

Seven compelling reasons to connect with one of the world’s fastest growing games markets today

September 29, 2026

Anniversary

"We were born out of the restructuring of an animation company and we always believed in the power of storytelling"

We catch up with Sea Monster CEO and co-founder Glenn Gillis as the company celebrates its 15th anniversary amidst the changing African games market

September 24, 2026

New Offerings

MBRIF and Dubai Future District Fund partner to expand UAE startup opportunities

MBRIF members can be introduced to DFDF’s network of fund managers

September 24, 2026

Funding News

General Intuition raises $220m at $6.2bn valuation

The company says its models are trained on billions of action-labelled videos

September 30, 2026

Acqusitions

Trophy Games acquires Playrion from Paradox

The acquisition will be funded entirely from Trophy Games’ existing cash reserves

September 28, 2026

New Partnerships

Pokémon Go partners with European Space Agency for space-themed event

The event runs from October 4th 2026, to April 30th 2027

September 23, 2026

Funding News

Nex raises over $150m to take Nex Playground global

Nex Playground has surpassed 1m units sold and is distributed across more than 7,000 US retail locations

September 21, 2026

Funding News

Kalank secures €1.5m funding round to accelerate international expansion

The funding will support hiring, talent retention and publishing activities

September 17, 2026

Acquisition

Kakao Games to acquire 39.56% of Me2on for $71.5m

The deal values Me2on at approximately $181m based on the transaction

September 16, 2026

Funding News

Arcustin Games raises $500,000 in pre-seed funding

The investment values the Istanbul-based studio at $10m

September 15, 2026

Growth Plans

MTG wants to double its size while leveraging AI

We speak to president and CEO Maria Redin about the company's ambitious plans for its gaming empire

September 30, 2026

Jobs Roundup

September 2026's Movers and Shakers: Scopely, Niantic Spatial, Trailmix, Roblox, Zynga and more

Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers

September 30, 2026

Restructure

Xbox to cut 268 jobs as it shakes up studio structure

Microsoft Casual Games now reports into King as UK studio Ninja Theory could be shut down

September 22, 2026

Job News

GDC welcomes four new members to its Advisory Board

The new members are Amir Satvat, Alexa Ray Corriea, Lucien Parsons and Perrin Kaplan

September 18, 2026

Job News

Jonathan Knight takes expanded chief games officer role at The New York Times

Knight has held senior games roles at EA, Zynga, Warner Bros. Games and Activision

September 17, 2026

Strategic Move

FIRY sells Exit Games stake for $55m in cash

FIRY’s stake represented around 10.5% of Exit Games

October 6, 2026

Mobile Marvel

Marvel's Project COMET trailer appears to have leaked

Rumours suggest Scopely is developing this unconfirmed title

October 6, 2026

Game Closure

The New Denpa Men to end service in December

Unused paid in-game currency will be refunded after the service ends

October 6, 2026

Funding For Games

South Australia launches $1m Digital Games Fund

The fund offers grants of up to $150,000 for game production

October 6, 2026

Strategic Move

Softgames outlines acquisition strategy for instant and mobile games

The company wants to become the go-to home for instant game experiences

October 6, 2026

Google Trial

Google faces £1bn Play Store commission trial in the UK

The claim represents around 20m UK consumers and businesses

October 5, 2026

Studio Closure

Nerial enters hibernation mode after 13 years and 11 games

Nerial’s remaining employees will now seek new opportunities

October 5, 2026

Podcast | Episode 104

Apple's $2,000+ iPhone Duo and the backlash against new EU App Store rules | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 104...

September 12, 2026

Podcast | Episode 103

Gamescom 2026 insights and Sony Music's shock Puzzle & Dragons investment | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 103...

September 6, 2026

Podcast | Episode 102

Did Apple really resolve its EU dispute? | Week in Mobile Games podcast

The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and what's inside this week's episode 102...

August 24, 2026

Podcast

Podcast: Xsolla on D2C's growing momentum and its biggest product wave yet

Xsolla president Chris Hewish discusses all things direct-to-consumer ahead of a big week at Gamescom

August 21, 2026