The 2025 Esports World Cup has officially kicked off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hosted by the Esports World Cup Foundation. Running until August 24th, the event brings together over 2,000 players ...

Pokémon Go celebrates ninth anniversary and $8.8bn in gross player spending Pokémon Go celebrated its ninth anniversary on July 6th, a major achievement for any mobile game - let alone one of the ...

Global Worldwide has closed an oversubscribed funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures. With a scientific background, the company has been working in agriculture, pharmaceutical testing, materials ...

Supercell has released a major update to Clash Royale which adds the new Merge Tactics game mode to the popular title.

The Shanghai Municipal Government is launching a new programme that will treat foreign-funded studios’ games developed in Shanghai as domestic titles. This major policy change will be piloted as one ...

Kazakhstan-based online game developer and publisher Too Grand Mobile has raised $750,000 to accelerate its growth.

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 ...

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has surpassed $1 billion in gross player spending in under seven months.

Team Jade’s tactical shooter Delta Force has surpassed $100 million in gross player spending on mobile less than one month on from its global launch.

HoYoverse’s gacha star Honkai: Star Rail has surpassed $2 billion in gross player spending on mobile, achieved in under two years since launch.

Kuro Games’ gacha RPG Wuthering Waves has surpassed $250 million in gross mobile revenue in a little over nine months. The open-world anime-style game was released globally on May 22nd, 2024 and ...

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 ...