The role of the writer in games has changed hugely in recent years. From an optional extra to a vital part of the development team, the narrative designer is responsible for far more than ‘words on a ...

Hill Climb Racing studio Fingersoft has laid off 14 staff. In a statement to PocketGamer.biz, CEO Jaakko Kylmäoja said the redundancies were spread across the company and were not tied to a specific ...

Produced alongside our friends at PocketGamer.fun - THE place to discover your next favourite mobile games - here's our pick of the best fresh-this-week titles. While the deals and the stats of the ...

“If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.” This quote from animator Chuck Jones, who worked at Warner Bros. on Looney Tunes cartoons with characters like Bugs Bunny, ...

This opinion piece was first published in the new PocketGamer.biz newsletter. Sign up for more pieces like this straight to your inbox right here. Last week I wrote about how everything is a games ...

Yesterday saw hundreds of developers once again descend on Helsinki, Finland (not long after PGC Helsinki, of course) to gather insights from top speakers and network with industry peers at ...

The games industry has many big-name studios with eager eyes on them, all waiting to see what their next big hit could be. But giant studios aren't necessarily the home to what could be your next ...

“We have seriously broken business models that are very frustrating,” says former EA CEO and founder Trip Hawkins. Speaking during a talk at Games First Helsinki today, Hawkins covered a number of ...

Did we need to iterate, or did the illusion of iteration take over? That was the central question for Ustwo Games and Monument Valley 3 game director Jennifer Estaris’s talk at Games First Helsinki ...

As Halloween approaches, we're thrilled to unearth an exclusive offer on Pocket Gamer Connects London tickets - using the code LBDL-HALL-LON-25 - which stacks on top of the current Super Early Bird ...

Net bookings for EA's mobile games portfolio fell 3% year-over-year to $270 million in Q2 FY2025. For the trailing 12 months ending September 30th, 2024, net bookings for the division declined by 4% ...

The Communication Workers of America (CWA) has criticised Sony for closing Firewalk Studios and Neon Koi. As reported by Game Developer, the CWA said that the recent layoffs highlight the need for ...