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Created by the team behind PocketGamer.co.uk, the leading site for mobile and handheld gaming, PocketGamer.biz focuses on the industry aspects, technologies, and deals that fuel the gaming world. This platform offers breaking news about the industry, insightful interviews with important figures, coverage of major conferences and events, and thorough analysis of mobile game metrics. If it impacts developers, publishers, operators, device manufacturers, or service providers, you can find it here. In addition to daily news updates, PocketGamer.biz publishes regular industry reports like the Mobile Games Trends reports. These documents highlight crucial trends, statistics, and insights into the mobile gaming market, including competitive analyses of publishers, case studies, market data, and financial performance. PocketGamer.biz also recognizes outstanding companies in the field through annual features such as the Top Developer of the Year awards.

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Nintendo’s net sales down 30% in the final stretch before Switch 2

4 days ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Nintendo’s net sales fell by over 30% in the fiscal year ended March 31st, 2025. The figure fell below ¥1.2 trillion ($7.9 billion), down from almost ¥1.7tn ($11.3bn) in the year ended March 31st, 2024. Net sales also fell back below FY2023’s ¥1.6tn ($10.8bn). Operating profit also declined YoY, down by almost 47% to ¥285.5bn ($1.9bn) in the latest fiscal year. Net profit fell by 43%, down to ¥278.8bn ($1.9bn).
MLC Studio’s Global Games Alliance aims to curate deals, funding calls, job postings and more into one central hub

4 days ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Indie artists network MLC Studio has launched a free initiative aiming to curate deals, opportunities, resources and more into one central hub, named the Global Games Alliance (GGA). The goal is to provide insights for developers otherwise unable to keep up with all industry developments across the myriad platforms, newsletters, servers and events.
Squad Busters to overhaul victory conditions, progression systems and remove many modes in tomorrow’s update

4 days ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Supercell’s Squad Busters is receiving a major update tomorrow, May 13th, with revamped mechanics and progression, including some new features while others are being removed. As per an update video, Squad Busters’ next big update will overhaul victory conditions with players now required to defeat a Hero character leading a squad, as opposed to beating the full squad.
Hot Five: Golden Week 2025, web shop advancements, and Tripledot to acquire AppLovin’s games business

4 days ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz May 12, 2025 Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days. 1) Tripledot to acquire AppLovin’s games business in transformative deal Tripledot is set to acquire AppLovin’s games business for $400 million in cash, while AppLovin will pick up a 20% ownership stake in the company. The...
Tim Sweeney's epic App Store win and Tripledot's transformational AppLovin deal | Week in Mobile Games podcast

6 days ago | pocketgamer.biz | Craig Chapple

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 52...
Introducing Finnish Games Week 2025

1 week ago | pocketgamer.biz | Steve Takle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Meet Finnish Games Week, a series of game industry events taking place in Helsinki, and powered at its core by a mighty conference quartet: Leadership Day by IGDA Finland Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Big Screen Gaming Summit Helsinki W Love Games The action doesn’t stop there, and you can expect fringe event activity such as the World Game Developer Awards and our very own Top 50 Game Makers executive dinner to roll into the mix – more to...
How Tripledot's AppLovin deal is positioning it as a major global force in mobile games

1 week ago | pocketgamer.biz | Craig Chapple

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… I first met the co-founders of Tripledot seven to eight years ago at the back of a London coffee shop just as they were starting up the company. Fast-forward to 2025, it has flown under the radar to become one of the UK’s top mobile games developers, responsible for titles like Woodoku, Solitaire and Triple Tile.
New release roundup: Chronomon, Cornhole Hero, Witchy Workshop: Cozy Idle and more

1 week ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… While the deals and the stats of the gaming world are important, nothing would happen without the research, funding and, of course, development that goes into making a great game. So here’s a collection of the most exciting new mobile games right now, the developers and publishers behind them, and why, exactly, they've made the cut.
Golden Week 2025: Pokémon TCG Pocket dominates, Fate/Grand Order falls, and a 2012 title makes a surprising rise

1 week ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Japanese holiday period Golden Week has come and gone once again, and as is tradition, many Japanese mobile titles are celebrated in style with events, sales, and bundles to make the most of their players’ time off work. The holiday period spans April 29th to May 5th each year with four official public holidays in that time, namely Showa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day and Children’s Day.
Subway Surfers is entering its "teenage years" with 200th World Tour destination for 13th anniversary

1 week ago | pocketgamer.biz | Aaron Astle

Stay Informed Get Industry News In Your Inbox… Subway Surfers’ 13th anniversary will introduce its 200th destination in its World Tour series and add a new type of in-game event, adding a new city for players to run through each day of the event. The anniversary update will release on May 12th with an in-game setting of Copenhagen, taking the title back to its origin point.