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Oct13 Issue: The Secret to a Successful Mobile Game Launch is Gathering and Understanding Your Analytics

Inside the October issue, Peach tells us what not to name your app, a reader tip on why ASO isn't the only choice for marketing, learn why poor analytics can kill your game launch, we talk Microsoft and Nokia, and we give you 5 reasons why HTML 5 might be the right choice for your next app development project, plus loads more don't miss it!

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State of Unreal 2025 recap

Friday, July 18, 2025 by Freeman Lightner

https://appdevelopermagazine.com/fortnite-returns-to-ios/The State of Unreal 2025 recently concluded, offering the audience a first look at the cutting-edge technologies Epic Games is developing and releasing to help developers and creators build immersive experiences. All the big news and announcements from the State of Unreal 2025 The show began with a technical...

Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

The "Mobile Gaming Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Platform, Device, Game Genre, Distribution Channel, Monetization Model, Age Group, and Region with Growth Forecasts, 2025-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets's offering. Mobile Gaming Market Trends Analysis Report: The Mobile Gaming Market was valued at USD 139.38 billio...

Finnish game news July 2025 highlights

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 by Austin Harris

In June, Finnish game companies brought several major new releases and updates to the market. Supercell introduced a SEGA collaboration in Squad Busters and released a new evolution card in Clash Royale. Remedy launched a new co-op game set in the Control universe, and Nitro Games expanded its Autogun Heroes brand. Good Game News from Finland: Finnish game news July ...

Mobile baseball game goes live on CHSN with Aquimo

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 by Richard Harris

Chicago Sports Network (CHSN), home to the Chicago Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox, has partnered with Aquimo Inc., a leader in mobile gaming technology for sports broadcasts and live events, to introduce a new interactive mobile gaming experience designed and tailored specifically for CHSN viewers. The custom-built Chicago Sports Network-branded baseball game, The...

2025 Mobile Gaming Report

Friday, May 30, 2025 by Austin Harris

The mobile gaming industry in 2025 is characterized by dynamic growth, evolving monetization models, shifting market geographies, and increasingly sophisticated player engagement strategies. According to Appfigures’ comprehensive analysis of the top 1,000 revenue-generating mobile games across both the App Store and Google Play, the global mobile games market reac...

Fortnite returns to iOS

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Richard Harris

Fortnite has returned to the iOS App Store in the United States after nearly five years of absence, marking a turning point in the strained relationship between Epic Games and Apple. This reappearance is not just a routine relisting of a popular mobile game, it signifies a dramatic shift in the power struggle between large tech platforms and the developers who rely on t...

Mobile Casual Benchmarks Report 2025

Monday, May 5, 2025 by Austin Harris

Appodeal Publishing, part of Appodeal Ad Mediation Solution for Mobile Apps and Games that helps developers and studios launch and scale their games, released its latest report, which takes a deep dive into the casual mobile games category, sharing a wealth of data on the best and worst performing casual game genres and subgenres. The report found that, while the best-p...

Hill Climb Racing most downloaded racing game

Friday, December 20, 2024 by Austin Harris

Hill Climb Racing is a global phenomenon known for its cartoony style, simple gameplay, and smooth, fun physics. Since the original was launched in 2012, Fingersoft has constantly been developing the game, its sequel, and, subsequently, the franchise. Recently, Fingersoft announced an exclusive IP collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment in the form of an in-game...

Epic Games sues Google for blocking app distribution

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

Epic Games has filed a court case against Google and Samsung, accusing them of colluding to block competition in app distribution on Samsung devices through the implementation of Samsung’s Auto Blocker feature. According to Epic, Auto Blocker is part of a series of agreements between Google and Samsung that prevents competition and strengthens Google’s monop...

Unreal Fest highlights

Friday, October 4, 2024 by Richard Harris

Epic Games' Unreal Fest Seattle keynote concluded, celebrating the developer and creator ecosystem and the remarkable projects being built with Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The goal was to provide the same powerful technology used to create games like Fortnite to developers, aiming to collectively shape the future of entertainment and interac...

Increasing customer engagement with mobile game offers

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 by Austin Harris

Mobivity Holdings Corp. announced Checkers and Rally’s, following its success with Mobivity's Connected Rewards, renewed for a third annual term. Through this collaboration, Checkers and Rally's has significantly increased engagement and redemption rates, especially among customers who had not interacted with the brand for over 90 days. Checkers extends...

L3 Chain for web3 game ecosystem launched from Joyride Games

Monday, September 23, 2024 by Richard Harris

The Super Champs Protocol Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the Super Champs Chain - a cutting edge gaming optimized L3 that rolls up to the Base blockchain from Coinbase built on Joyride’s web3 game publishing platform and protocol. Also featuring BuilderKit, a development, growth, and live operations suite for mobile studios, the Chain represe...

Mobile App Development Market report findings

Friday, September 20, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

Allied Market Research recently published a report, titled, "Mobile App Development Market by Platform (IOS, Android and Windows), by Store Type (Google Store, Apple Store and Others), and Application (BFSI, Gaming, Retail, Airline, Media & Entertainment, Education, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Foreca...

Mobile games are main income for developers

Monday, September 16, 2024 by Richard Harris

Mobile games continue to be the primary source of income for mobile app developers. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, mobile games are expected to account for 52.2% of all downloads in both major app stores in 2024. Mobile users are expected to download 150.4 billion games in 2024 Mobile phone users are more likely to download games than a...

Epic Games Store launched on mobile

Friday, September 6, 2024 by Richard Harris

The Epic Games Store is now available for download on iPhones in the European Union and on Android devices worldwide. The store is launching with Fortnite, Rocket League Sideswipe and the all-new Fall Guys for mobile, and we are working to enable all developers to launch their games and apps through the Epic Games Store in the future. We are also bringing our games to i...

RadQuest web3 gamified onboarding platform lands from Radix

Thursday, August 8, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

Radix launches RadQuest, a fully mobile-ready Web3 gamified onboarding platform designed to enable anyone to easily and confidently use Web3 and DeFi on Radix. RadQuest is the latest milestone in Radix’s Breakout2024, a year of initiatives designed to build momentum in the ecosystem. Built-in collaboration with leading digital product studio ustwo, developers o...

Royal Revolt Warriors coming to PC

Monday, July 29, 2024 by Austin Harris

The developer Upright Games is starting a new chapter in the popular Royal Revolt series: With Royal Revolt Warriors, the German developer will bring familiar characters from the successful mobile games series into a new PC adventure. Royal Revolt Warriors: A top-down roguelite with co-op mode coming to PC In Royal Revolt Warriors, players will reunite with t...

GameMaker free access sparks wave of new users

Thursday, July 18, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

More aspiring young game developers than ever are starting their game design journeys with GameMaker after access to the platform was made free for non-commercial users to create and share games late last year. The latest GameMaker user survey has found that the percentage of new 13-17-year-old users has rocketed by two-thirds (63%) since access was made free. At the...

OpenAI acquires Rockset to enhance data capabilities

Monday, July 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

OpenAI has acquired Rockset, a company that specializes in real-time analytics databases, for almost $200 million. The acquisition has drawn attention and various reactions from influencers on the social media platform "X", revealing the Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. OpenAI acquires Rockset, the real-ti...

Apple to allow third-party app stores in Japan

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 by Richard Harris

The Japanese parliament has passed the Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software, a law that compels Apple to allow access to third-party app stores and payment providers on devices that run iOS. The legislation, which was passed by Japan's upper house and will be enforced following Cabinet approval within the next eighteen months, seeks to c...

Mobile gaming takes the lead in gaming industry

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

Easy accessibility to smartphones in the last decade has put mobile gaming at the forefront of the gaming industry. Not long ago, mobile games had a limited appeal to companies involved in gaming development. However, as things stand, mobile games have become the biggest money churner for developers/publishers. According to the data available on Statista, m...

In-game audio ads are coming to MENA

Monday, June 10, 2024 by Austin Harris

Odeeo has announced a game changing partnership with Evolution Media Group, MENA’s most prominent in-game advertising business with a reach of 2.5bn users, that will bring in-game audio ads to the region. The new partnership will help MENA-based brands and publishers make waves with regionally relevant in-game audio ads. 50% of app downloads in MENA are attribu...

Mobile golf game with real prizes announced

Friday, June 7, 2024 by Austin Harris

WorldWinner announced the launch of its first sports game, Big Swing Golf. The new game transforms phones and computers into a 24/7 golf club where virtual golf links meet real-money winning, allowing players to swing for the win anytime, anywhere. The game will join an elite, curated portfolio of original, card, word, arcade, and classic games and can be...

Top startups of the decade revealed

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 by Richard Harris

New data has revealed the top 10 most successful startups of the decade. The Startup Success Index, by software development experts at Vention, analyzed a list of 1,220 startups, from CB Insights, against its valuation, the public perception of the company through search volume, its growth score, and the number of employees. Results for each category were converted...

Ad free game catalog from Subscrible

Friday, May 17, 2024 by Richard Harris

Subscrible announced the launch of its game catalog app that offers an ad-free, uninterrupted gaming experience. It is free for gamers to use and addresses the problem that developers frequently lose revenues from poor-quality ads, as they degrade the user experience, and disabling ads does not solve this problem for gamers. Founded by Evgeny Unegovsky and ex-Playrix...

Mobile Games Index 2024 is out now

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

The anticipated fourth edition of the annual Mobile Games Index, powered by adjoe and Statista, is now available. The latest report offers a clear look into the current state of the mobile gaming sector, analyzing the past 12 months of the first-party data from 95 million app interactions across 27 million users. The MGI 2024 reveals what people choose to play on the...

Mobile game store launching from Microsoft in 2024

Monday, May 13, 2024 by Richard Harris

Months on from its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has revealed plans to launch its own mobile game store, with content including Minecraft and Candy Crush set to be available on the platform. Per Xbox president Sarah Bond, the store will be an alternative to the Apple App Store and Google Play, with its launch allowing Microsoft to break away from the res...

Neopets saw rapid growth for 2023

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 by Richard Harris

The almost 25-year-old legendary virtual pet game Neopets is delighted to present a strong 2023 business performance, following its transition into an independent entity known as World of Neopia, Inc. in July 2023. Since that transition, Neopets has experienced a remarkable turnaround, boasting an unprecedented 100% increase in monthly active users (MAU) and a new ...

Frostpunk Beyond the Ice opens early access

Monday, February 5, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

Com2uS, in collaboration with NetEase and 11 bit studios, has opened Early Access for Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice on Google Play and Apple App Store for players living in the US, UK, and Philippines. Fans of the original Frostpunk, which has sold more than 3 million copies since its launch in 2018 and was a nominee for both the British Academy Film Awards and BAFTA Game A...

Warpath 9.0 updates released from Lilith Games

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

Competitive military RTS Warpath ignites an all-new Theater of Conquest: Rome in its latest 9.0 update, available to play for free on PC and mobile iOS and Android devices. Lilith Games introduced a 26-day campaign with new Rome-specific Air Force units, new officers Everbloom (Infantry) and Rapier (Tank), and the new Operation Hegemon game mode, followed up by War...

Hybrid casual mobile games will get hotter in 2024 says Mintegral

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 by Richard Harris

In the evolving mobile gaming landscape, the hottest trend is hybrid-casual games, where downloads grew by 13% and revenues reached $1.4 billion in 2022. Hybrid-casual fills a need between hyper-casual games, usually free-to-play games with simple gaming mechanisms, and mid-core games, which customers purchase to play and are rewarded with intricate gameplay and ...

PGC London 2024 celebrates 10 year anniversary

Thursday, November 30, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger

Pocket Gamer Connects will celebrate its 10th anniversary this upcoming January at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2024. Hosted at the city's familiar Brewery venue, this conference will be the ultimate knowledge-sharing and networking event for the games industry. Starting in the UK in 2014, the Pocket Gamer Connect event series has transformed from its modest...

Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Richard Harris

Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...

Crypto and mobile gaming intersect says adjoe report

Friday, November 17, 2023 by Richard Harris

Adtech solutions provider adjoe unveils insightful data on mobile gaming behaviors among crypto app users. In this analysis, adjoe utilized first-party data and shared behavioral insights from over 20 million crypto wallet users worldwide, spanning January to July 2023. The study explored users’ time spent in crypto wallets, their interactions with mobile gamin...