Fresh Foundations

In The Hot Seat: Colossal Order's Mariina Hallikainen on leaving Paradox and life after Cities: Skylines

Seventeen years, one franchise, and now a blank page - Colossal Order's CEO on what comes after Cities: Skylines

September 16, 2026

Jobs Roundup

September 2026's Movers and Shakers: Rovio, King, Trailmix, Tripledot, Apple and more

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

September 16, 2026

Industry Insights

Why most mobile games get LTV wrong at UA scale

Leonid Malysh examines how mobile publishers can calculate LTV more accurately and avoid scaling unprofitable user acquisition campaigns

September 16, 2026

Latest

Settlement Reached

Competition Appeal Tribunal approves £260m Google Play settlement with UK app developers

The search giant has made no admission of liability or wrongdoing

September 16, 2026

Freedom Regained

Piñata returns as independent creative studio after Metacore stint

Its services include animation, illustration, visual development and UA creatives

September 16, 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

Market Report

Cyprus ranks third globally for mobile game downloads

Cyprus-based studios generated around $2bn in mobile game revenue

September 16, 2026

Milestone

STAN sees 15x growth in StanShop monthly buyers as repeat purchases hit 70%

The platform boasts over 50m users across gaming, creators and communities

September 16, 2026

New Offerings

Sega expands transmedia strategy with Netflix Crazy Taxi film

Crazy Taxi will be the first project from the collaboration

September 15, 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

Week In Views

Football's gaming ties, Epic's social push, Zelda's mobile connection and lessons from Sucker Punch | Week in Views

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

September 11, 2026

Community

What Monopoly Go can teach developers about building lasting player communities

Scopely’s Beth Nations explores how Monopoly Go uses social gameplay to build lasting player communities

September 10, 2026

Marvelous Mena

Invest Qatar on the country’s gaming ambitions, attracting global studios and developing local talent

“Our advantage lies in being a highly connected, agile market where companies can access an integrated ecosystem, strong government support and competitive incentives.”

September 10, 2026

Sparks And Scale

Sucker Punch's Chris Zimmerman on the attention barrier, finding the spark and the arrogance of starting things

The Sucker Punch founder opens up about attention, scale and the book he can't write in this exclusive interview

September 8, 2026

Creator Marketing

YouTube gaming creators "command 23% higher deal rates than Twitch"

Kyle Dulay examines Collabstr's marketplace data and explains why games marketers should rethink how they allocate budgets across YouTube and Twitch

September 8, 2026

Funding News

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

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

September 15, 2026

Acquisition

Andrew Stalbow-led investor group completes Bath City FC acquisition

The investment aims to support Bath City’s men’s and women’s teams and make the club Football League-ready

September 11, 2026

Acquisition

Pocket Worlds acquires Hotel Hideaway and expands social-world portfolio to 80m users

Hotel Hideaway has more than 32m registered users and roughly 300,000 monthly active players

September 10, 2026

Funding Round

GenAI firm Tripo raises $445m two months after Series A3 round

The tech firm had recently raised $150m in a series A3 financing round

September 9, 2026

Acquisition

LEGO Digital Play acquires Space Ape spinout Offroad Games

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed

September 7, 2026

New Partnerships

Savvy Games Group signs new MoUs with Gosu Academy and Warpzone AI Labs

Savvy is continuing to expand its talent development efforts in the Kingdom

September 4, 2026

Acquisition

Sony Music Japan to acquire 23.29% stake in Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online Entertainment

The companies will explore joint game development across mobile, console and PC

September 3, 2026

Industry Report

Report: 35% of game founders have decided against hiring because AI can do the work

The ‘Talent Signals Reshaping the Games Industry’ report found that 48% of founders are currently operating at a loss

September 14, 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

Union Contracts

Blizzard developers ratify first union contract with Microsoft covering AI, layoffs and remote work

The agreement consolidates Blizzard’s unions into three larger bargaining units

September 10, 2026

Job Losses

Star Stable Entertainment lays off 20% of staff

CEO says cuts necessary to secure studio's long-term future

September 7, 2026

Ceo Change

Trailmix founder Carolin Krenzer becomes executive chair as James Nicholas takes on CEO role

Krenzer hired Nicholas in 2023 knowing he would be a "great person" to succeed her

September 7, 2026

Industry Backlash

Level-5 CEO apologises after AI use in recent game trailers

CEO Akihiro Hino apologised after fans criticised the presentation

September 15, 2026

Developer Support

App Store submissions open for Apple’s latest OS releases

Developers can use Xcode 27 Release Candidate and new SDKs

September 15, 2026

New Offerings

Roblox expands analytics tools with real-time alerts and player targeting

Roblox plans to bring analytics to its mobile-first Build creation tab later this year.

September 15, 2026

Monster Milestone

Monster Hunter Now makes $336.9m in three years on mobile

The location-based game earned 60% of earnings in its first year but has continued to introduce major updates and new features

September 14, 2026

New Offerings

Diablo animated series in development at Netflix

The series will be set in the world of Diablo, but its story has not yet been revealed

September 14, 2026

Winners Revealed

Roblox reveals 2026 Innovation Awards winners

The awards recognise games, studios, creators, UGC tools and video stars across Roblox

September 14, 2026

Online Safety

California enacts new social media curbs for children under 16

Assembly Bill 1709 targets infinite scrolling, algorithmic autoplay and other engagement-focused features

September 11, 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

Podcast

Coming soon to the PocketGamer.biz Podcast: Xsolla on D2C and key pre-Gamescom reveals

Xsolla president Chris Hewish discusses the state of direct-to-consumer and the company's six new solutions for its expanding product suite

August 20, 2026