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 ...

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Record installs last year could also result in greater revenue for the genre overall as many solitaire games feature ads - meaning opportunities to earn outside of player spending. Speaking with game ...

The UK Government has launched a new £30 million Games Growth Package aimed at boosting the country’s games industry on the global stage. The scheme will provide £10 million annual over the next three ...

Social platform Root has raised $9 million in seed funding as it approaches closed beta with ambitions to become the next Discord. This investment round was led by Headline Ventures and Konvoy ...

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 ...

Cygames’ strategic new card game Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond is targeting seasoned Shadowverse fans and series newcomers with a fully voice-acted story, seven unique classes to choose from and plenty ...

FootAR was recently awardedPocketgamer.biz: What did winning "Best Application of the Year" at VRAR Expo China mean to you? David Olim: Being recognised in the XR space is a strong endorsement of what ...

Of course, there was some risk in all this. We weren’t sure if the shift in focus would go over well with our target audience. But looking back now, we can safely say it worked. Players are diving ...

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