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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Status, developed by six-person team WishRoll, reached 500,000 DAUs (and one million registered users) within just one month of public launch The AI-powered social sim blends elements of The Sims with ...

HoYoverse ’s gacha star Honkai: Star Rail has surpassed $2 billion in gross player spending on mobile in just under two years since launch. The title first released on April 26th, 2023 and arrived at ...

Pokémon Go maker Niantic is reportedly in talks to sell its games business to Scopely for approximately $3.5 billion. Blomberg was informed of the potential sale by several people familiar with the ...

The Epic Games Store on mobile is a "focal point" for Epic in 2025 as the Fortnite maker plans to work on "building an enhanced app library and discover experience". The commitment follows a rise in ...

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, ...

"There are conversations going on at the highest levels of government that we need to address as a sector," warned Wiggin senior associate (interactive entertainment) Isabel Davies. "The Digital ...