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 ...

Shift Up ’s shooter RPG Goddess of Victory: Nikke has generated $890.6 million in gross revenue ($623.1m net) on mobile as it celebrates two years since launch. According to AppMagic estimates, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pokémon Go is the clear star of that lineup with its $8.5bn in lifetime player spending accounting for 95% of Niantic’s games revenue over the past decade. For many years it earned more than $1bn per ...

DeNA and The Pokémon Company 's smash-hit new mobile title Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has rocketed past $400 million in gross revenue in just 10 weeks. After launching globally on October 30th, ...

Roguelike indie card game Balatro has generated almost $4.4 million in gross mobile revenue two months after its release on the App Store and Google Play. A poker-inspired card builder, Balatro was ...

Nintendo ’s financial results for the latest fiscal year are out, covering the Japanese giant’s annual performance up to March 31st, 2024. Over that year, and across its myriad revenue streams, the ...