Talking Tech
Azra Games CEO Mark Otero on betting $50m on UnGodly and building for iPhone Duo
UnGodly was one of two games shown off during the iPhone Duo reveal
Pgc Nordics
Discover the Aurora Nordics 2026 honourees
Last week’s PGC Nordics celebrated industry-leading women in the region
Marvellous Mena
Carry1st’s Guillaume Noé: "Esports is to gaming what Formula 1 is to the car industry"
We speak with Carry1st VP of growth about refocusing the business around commerce, why Africa’s revenue growth is now outpacing its player growth and the company's continuous focus on the esports sector
Latest
Pokemon Pending
Pokémon Unite ending service on mobile and Switch in 2027
TiMi Studio Group's MOBA will go offline on March 23rd
Financial Outlook
Games drive Nazara to record $84.3m in Q2 FY27 revenue
Mobile games led growth with revenue up 167% to $57.8m
Company Restructure
Auroch Digital cuts quarter of staff
The studio cited difficult market conditions despite positive reception for its recent games
Employee Buyout
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees
Eligible staff must be at level 70 or below in participating teams in Canada, India, the UK and the US
Pgc Jordan
Roblox’s Mohamed El Sheakh joins the speaker line-up for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
Roblox’s MENA, North Africa and Türkiye chief takes the Amman stage to lay out his blueprint for turning the Arab world’s 400 million gamers into a global gaming powerhouse
Pgc Jordan
Save up to $187: PG Connects Jordan Mid Term ends this week
Join us in Amman this November 7th and 8th to engage directly with Jordan's vibrant games ecosystem
Editor's Picks
Less Is More
Agree IP terms early, cut through AI hype, stop overloading players: Four lessons from PGC Nordics
Live ops, D2C, AI and IP deals. Four sessions at PGC Nordics covered four different topics. All four landed in the same place: doing more is not always a useful strategy
The Best Of 2026
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2026
The mobile movers and shakers of the last 12 months revealed!
Podcast | Episode 107
Why EA shut down BioWare, Supercell’s Metacore takeover and Mika Games’ $10m soft launch bet | 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 107...
Opinion
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 for working efficiently
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
#Pocket Gamer Connects
Pgc Summit Montreal
PG Connects Summit Montréal: The content and speakers you'll want to see
Bringing mobile to MIGS on November 10th with a special 15% discount
Pgc Nordics
PG Connects Nordics showed the region's strong sense of community
We welcomed more than 1,100 attendees from over 450 companies and 44 countries
Pgc Summit Montreal
Entries for The Big Indie Pitch at Montréal close this week
Apply before October 27th to compete at PG Connects Summit Montréal on November 10th
Pgc London
The Beyond Games Transmedia Summit returns to PG Connect London 2027
One of January's three partner events, including the AI Gamechangers Summit and PC Connects
#MENA
Marvellous Mena
Istikan Studio's Danar Kayfi: "Most investors and publishers still don't see Iraq as a place where games get made"
We spoke with the Istikan Studio manager about selling 75% of its Steam copies in China, building games from Iraq and the business skills local developers need to reach global audiences
Marvelous Mena
Mad Hook's Hazim Al-Hanbali: “If I want to change one thing in the sector, I will convert competition to collaboration"
We speak with Mad Hook CEO about MENA’s changing games scene, fundraising challenges in Jordan and why indie studios and regional collaboration could shape the industry’s future
New Partnerships
Savvy Games Group signs MoU with Bahrain university to support games education
The partnership will focus on games education, curriculum development and talent growth
Pgc Jordan
The first speakers announced for PGC Jordan
And the first five seminars we can’t wait to catch this November 7th and 8th
Esports World Cup
Esports World Cup opens new global pathways to 2027 event
The new programme offers direct qualifiers and grassroots Satellite Last Chance Qualifiers
#The Nordics
Keep Running
SYBO's Mathias Gredal Nørvig on Subway Surfers at 15: Zero UA, City’s pivot and what comes next
Fifteen years in, the SYBO CEO insists there'll never be another Subway Surfers - and reveals what Sybo is building next
Kill Switch
Ending well: The art of killing your game
Ahead of PGC Nordics next week, all four panellists from “Ending Well: The Art Of Killing Your Game” share how they decide when a game has run its course
Hidden Lessons
Wooga’s Holger Wurst on designing June’s Journey: Player research, AI and the UX rule you can’t break
Wooga’s UX lead on June’s Journey talks Wicked and Agatha Christie collabs, why older players outsmart developers and his hard line on AI
Two Decades On
Making games now vs then: Nordic veterans on 25 years of changing practices
Ahead of PG Connects Nordics, four of our panellists look back on how game development has changed since the 2000s and what hasn’t changed at all
Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions
Transmedia
Report: Netflix fails with $500m offer to adapt Xbox gaming IP to film and TV
Xbox is now pursuing separate film and television adaptation deals with multiple partners
Art Acquisition
Side acquires art studio Roboto Entertainment to expand presence in China
Andrea Cordella has been appointed global head of art and Chengdu studio head
Funding For Games
Mika Games raises $10m to fund mobile game studios
The funding will support game development and paid user acquisition campaigns
Metacore Moves In
Supercell completes full acquisition of Metacore
Merge Mansion transitions to Supercell’s games portfolio
Investment
Flow Games confirms $49m in total funding from Tencent and VC investors
The Smash Fest developer plans to expand its team following the mobile game’s success
Funding Secured
India’s Spill Games raises $10.5m in Series A funding
The round was led by Elevation Capital
Investment
Exclusive: Turkish developer Flow Games secures $46m in funding package led by Tencent
The Smash Fest developer has secured funding as Tencent continues to invest in Türkiye’s mobile games market
Jobs News
Job News
Xbox COO Helen Chiang exits after three months in role, 21 years at Microsoft
She became Xbox's first COO in July after leading Minecraft
Leadership Change
Stillfront names former King executive Marcus Jacobs as CEO
Alexis Bonte will continue as CEO until Jacobs takes over
Jobs Roundup
October 2026's Movers and Shakers: Mojang, Xbox, Scopely, Ukie, Skydance, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
Job News
Xbox appoints new leaders for Mojang and franchise experiences
Maria Angelidou-Smith will become CEO of Mojang and Minecraft on October 19th
Job News
Harvey Elliott named chair of Ukie as trade body targets next phase of UK growth
He succeeds Maria Sayans as Ukie Chair
#China
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
Coins And Critters
Lilith Games finds a new hit as Clash of Critters makes $45.6m in four months
The game’s fourth month, between August and September, has been its most lucrative yet in player spending
Rankings Rise
Delta Force surpasses $10m in daily player spending for the first time
The tactical shooter hit a new record on September 5th, ranking as the most lucrative mobile game globally for one day
Market Report
China games market surpasses $50bn for the first time as player base is forecast to hit 769m by 2030
New data from Niko Partners forecasts the market will reach $59.8bn by 2030
More News
Deal Collapse
Report: Private equity firms considered $150bn Xbox buyout
The discussions did not progress to negotiations with Microsoft
Cultural Contribution
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto named first games industry recipient of Order of Culture award
Miyamoto has worked at Nintendo for almost 50 years, responsible for creating Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin and more
Pgc Nordics
Four key takeaways from Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026
From AI and D2C to player engagement and industry resilience, we explore four key takeaways from Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026
Mobile Expansion
Dispatch coming to mobile on December 9th with first four episodes free
AdHoc Studio is bringing the narrative game to iOS and Android following its success on other platforms
New Offerings
GameMaker makes GMRT free for commercial use from 2027
Developers will no longer need a Professional licence to sell games made with GMRT
New Offerings
Clash Royale tabletop game surpasses $100,000 on Kickstarter after reaching target in one hour
The tabletop game supports two to four players competing to destroy Towers and collect Crowns
Australian App Store
Fortnite returns to the App Store in Australia today
The country was previously the only exclusion from Fortnite’s global iOS comeback
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Podcasts
Podcast | Episode 106
Why Supercell couldn’t save Squad Busters, Nintendo learns IP isn’t enough and Google's new AI game maker | 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 106...
Podcast | Episode 105
AI's insane PR machine, Zynga's failed $400m Supercell deal and EU regulation | 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 105...
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...
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...