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 ...

The global games industry is expected to make $188.9 billion in 2025, a 3.4% increase from the previous year. That's according to Newzoo's latest forecast, which marks a revision from its previous ...

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 ...

The new model, which does away with the ignoble runtime fees, seems like what they could've introduced a year ago: a price hike. But that wouldn't have gotten them the massive Genshin ImpactF2P ...

The European Commission has fined Apple €500 million ($570m) for violating the Digital Markets Act. Apple was found to have breached anti-steering rules following an investigation into its business ...

User-generated content has become a growing trend over the years in the games industry, powered by the success of titles like Fortnite and Roblox. Highrise is another user-generated content game to ...

After over a decade of Candy Crush Saga, perhaps the puzzle game by which all others are measured, remains King’s flagship title and one of the most successful mobile games of all time. The game ...

It’s been almost 20 years since the original Unity game engine opened up to developers, kickstarting a mission to democratise game development. The industry has come a long way since then, from ...

Craig Chapple, Paige Cook and Aaron Astle from the PocketGamer.biz team discuss the latest mobile games industry news from the past week. On this week's episode the team discuss the Top 50 Mobile Game ...

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 ...

From its historic launch of Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan for PC to becoming the first Africa-based studio to release a game on Xbox, Kiro'o Games is one of the leading studios in the region. Ahead ...

Ubisoft generated €1.9 billion ($2.1bn) in revenue for FY 2024-25, representing a 17.5% decline year-on-year. Net bookings fell by 20.5% to €1.85bn ($2bn), with digital net bookings down 20.2% to ...