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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Apple has made a number of key changes to its business terms for European developers that will now allow companies to promote and link to deals and purchases outside of the App Store. From iOS 18 and ...
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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 ...
I’m curious to see how a spin-off to a hit mobile game works in 2024 and 2025. King has seen diminishing returns to each new Candy Crush release since the original (even if each successor has been ...
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 ...
WeChat is the main ecosystem app in China, pretty much replacing all of the usual Silicon Valley staples in just one app. The latest statistics show that in 2024, there were 845.4 million WeChat users ...
Last night at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in celebration of mobile game makers everywhere, PocketGamer.biz played host to the great and the good from across the industry in a star-studded event, ...