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Swedish mobile games developer Toca Boca has been struck by a number of layoffs. Affected staff have been sharing the news of the job cuts on social media this week. Impacted roles include QA, art, ...
Microsoft has enacted widespread layoffs across its games division that includes around 200 job losses at King. As reported by Bloomberg, people “familiar with the plans” claimed the Candy Crush Saga ...
Supercell has made its latest title Mo.co available to all players worldwide. The game was launched on March 18th but was only accessible to players through an invite, a restriction that’s now been ...
Average spending in mobile games rose to $1.52 per install in 2024, up 11% year-over-year. Appfigures Intelligence ’s latest report Mobile Games in 2025: Growth Trends Shaping the $66bn Market ...
Publishers have already successfully been generating revenue off store, where they can take approximately 95% of sales, with DTC companies typically taking a 5% cut as opposed to Apple’s 30%. Apple ...
As a result, Apple has dodged the injunction and saved billions of dollars from its revenue stream. The court said that such dodging of the injunction is a violation of the law. Apple was immediately ...
Brooker also emphasised the importance of authenticity when portraying games on screen. “If we show you a game in an episode, it has to feel like a real thing, not just a game that’s been invented for ...
Netflix has cancelled its Netflix Stories interactive fiction IP as part of the company’s new games strategy. The streaming firm confirmed the news to PocketGamer.biz. The catalogue of ...
Ad tech company AppLovin has confirmed its interest in acquiring popular video sharing app TikTok in all markets outside of China. A number of potential buyers are battling it out to purchase TikTok ...
Pokémon Go is the clear star of that lineup with its $8.5bn in lifetime player spending accounting for 95% of Niantic’s games revenue over the past decade. For many years it earned more than $1bn per ...
Niantic ’s Pokémon Go has recorded its highest player spending of the year thus far during the Pokémon Go Tour Unova – Global weekend. The latest instalment in the annual Tour series – this time with ...
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has surpassed $500 million in lifetime revenue, now halfway to one billion dollars in little over three months. After launching worldwide on October 30th, 2024, ...