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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since 2003, the Taipei Game Show, organized by the Taipei Computer Association, has grown from a few thousand visitors to hundreds of thousands of players at home and abroad every year. Witnessing the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Moshi Monsters’ comeback Kickstarter campaign has been targeted by a "malicious actor" who submitted multiple fake pledges. Mind Candy launched its campaign to revive Moshi Monsters as a mobile game ...

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 ...

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, ...

Guy Agiv is director of product design at Supersonic from Unity. In the competitive world of mobile gaming, many companies fall into the trap of overloading their games with popups, special offers, ...

This article was published in the PocketGamer.biz newsletter. Sign up for more articles like this straight to your inbox right here. The AI revolution in games is well underway - and right now it ...