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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Record installs last year could also result in greater revenue for the genre overall as many solitaire games feature ads - meaning opportunities to earn outside of player spending. Speaking with game ...
Former Netflix Games VP Mike Verdu has formed a new AI startup called Playful.AI with Zynga founder Mark Pincus. Pincus and Verdu will act as co-CEOs, with a registry filing seen by PocketGamer.biz ...
The UK Government has launched a new £30 million Games Growth Package aimed at boosting the country’s games industry on the global stage. The scheme will provide £10 million annual over the next three ...
Apple’s new Games app, bundling recommendations, leaderboards, and challenges, is a welcome update, but let’s be honest: it’s long overdue. Mobile gaming has exploded, becoming more social, ...
Social platform Root has raised $9 million in seed funding as it approaches closed beta with ambitions to become the next Discord. This investment round was led by Headline Ventures and Konvoy ...
For his studio, Ternovoy went down the VC route as the team believes it’s building a framework, rather than just one game. However, for developers building one game, options can include angel ...
Of course, there was some risk in all this. We weren’t sure if the shift in focus would go over well with our target audience. But looking back now, we can safely say it worked. Players are diving ...
Netflix Games is set to remove over 20 mobile titles from its library, including Monument Valley, Hades and Ludo King in July 2025. As reported by What's On Netflix, the streaming giant has added ...
FootAR was recently awardedPocketgamer.biz: What did winning "Best Application of the Year" at VRAR Expo China mean to you? David Olim: Being recognised in the XR space is a strong endorsement of what ...