Angry Birds’ multimedia journey continues as a new animated series has been revealed for Amazon Prime. Titled Angry Birds Mystery Island, the series will feature an ensemble cast and follow the adventures of new Hatchlings Mia, Rosie, and Buddy, plus foreign-exchange piglet Hamylton. These new characters to the Angry Birds universe are due to debut in eight episodes dropping simultaneously ..read more

Nintendo  has released its first official statement confirming the heavily rumoured successor to the Switch, coinciding with the publishing of its latest financial report . According to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, an announcement regarding "the successor to Nintendo Switch" will be made during this fiscal year, sometime before March 31st, 2025. Whether said announcement will be aki ..read more

Microsoft has enacted another round of job cuts as it closes numerous Bethesda teams including Mighty Doom developer Alpha Dog Games . As reported by IGN , other studios impacted by the closures include Redfall developer Arkane Austin and Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks. Roundhouse Games will be joining ZeniMax Online Studios to work on The Elder Scrolls Online. Alpha Dog Games' Mighty Doom will ..read more

Nintendo ’s financial results for the latest fiscal year are out, covering the Japanese giant’s annual performance up to March 31st, 2024. Over that year, and across its myriad revenue streams, the company generated ¥1.67 trillion ($10.8 billion) in net sales . Over this past year, Nintendo’s many successes include The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Switch title The Legend of Z ..read more

Supercell recently announced that its current soft launch game, Squad Busters, will be launched globally on May 29th  - a significant moment for a studio prone to killing games in the soft launch phase. Squad Busters will be the studio's sixth game, following Clash Royale and Brawl Stars, which have surpassed $1 billion in lifetime gross revenue. So, with the next potential billion-doll ..read more

May 4th marked 1.5 years of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, the popular mobile shooter RPG from  Shift Up . To celebrate this milestone, the dev has promised "free stuff inbound" like SSR character Kilo and 10 Standard Recruit Tickets for free pulls on the gacha, provided players log in for 10 days across the anniversary period . There also an "appreciation package" available with 10 Advanced Rec ..read more

Brazilian Association of Digital Game Developers Abragames  is celebrating the approval of bill 2.796/2021, also known as the Legal Framework for Games to pave the way for growth and job creation in Brazil's gaming sector. After extensive discussions between Abragames and regional associations in the last two years, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's approval marks a significant mi ..read more

Dubai has launched its Gaming Visa initiative that aims to unite content creators and provide employment and training opportunities in collaboration with international companies and academic institutions. The UAE city will be offering a long-term cultural visa to attract talented individuals, artists and creators via its Creative and Talented Accreditation Certificate. This new initiative is part ..read more

Brian Baglow, Daniel Griffiths, Paige Cook and Aaron Astle from the PocketGamer.biz team discuss the latest mobile games industry news from the past week. We cover the news that Supercell's Brawl Stars has already smashes its 2023 revenue total so far this year , Square Enix's warning to investors of "extraordinary losses" , and Erling Haaland's introduction as a character in Clash of Clans . Lis ..read more

The games industry moves quickly and while stories may come and go there are some that we just can't let go of… So, to give those particularly thorny topics a further going over we've created a weekly digest where the members of the PocketGamer.biz team share their thoughts and go that little bit deeper on some of the more interesting things that have happened in mobile gaming in the past ..read more