mobilegamer.biz digest

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week:  - Epic Games' move into webshops (will Unity be next?) - AppLovin's alleged data collection probe - Supercell's spiky letter to EU regulators - Griffin buys Playdigious from Fragbite, 8SEC closes - Destiny: Rising dodges a Diablo Immortal-style firestorm - Loads of top grossing and top download data plus plenty of fundin...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week:  - Industry reaction to that $55bn EA deal, and what might come next - MTG reshuffles, studio founders depart - News nuggets from our data and soft launch columns - A plug for our next Off The Record event in London  #16, 02/10/25. Supported by Xsolla.  • Hang on, what's going on here? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week:  - What's going on at Netflix games - Google Play's new features and its comment on that 30% cut - Nintendo's surprise new mobile game - Two big moves at Supercell - News nuggets from our data and jobs columns - A plug for our next Off The Record event in Leamington  #15, 25/09/25. Supported by Xsolla.  • Hang on, what&ap...

This week's concise, inside view of the mobile game business. #14, 18/09/25  This week:  - A look at the new Apple Games app and why it exists - AppLovin's expansion beyond mobile game UA and potential Super Bowl ad  - An Off The Record Helsinki wrap-up and news of the next event - News nuggets from our soft launch, data and new game columns • Hang on, what's going on here, exactly?...

#13, 11/09/25: This week's concise inside view of the mobile game business includes:  - How mobile game makers are dodging App Store fees in the US - August's top performers, including Roblox and Clash Royale  - Interesting news nuggets from our regular data, jobs and new game digests. • Hang on, what's going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long...

#12, 04/09/25: This week's inside view of the mobile game business includes thoughts on:  - Why console game-makers keep porting old console games to mobile - More thoughts from inside King on culture, mismanagement and more - Destiny Rising's smooth launch (compared to Diablo Immortal, at least) There are also interesting news nuggets from our regular data, soft launch and new game dige...

#11, 28/08/25: This week's inside view of mobilegamer.biz includes thoughts on:  - That King story, how it was put together and the reaction to it so far - A chat with three different 'AI first' game-makers - The closure of Beatstar after Duolingo bought out most of NextBeat's staff There are also interesting news nuggets from our regular data, jobs and new game digests. • Hang...

#10, 21/08/25: This week's audio tour of mobilegamer.biz includes thoughts on Gamescom's mobile presence and a growing sense of optimism overall, a look at what Supercell is up to with its AI lab and plenty of fascinating news nuggets in our regular data, soft launch and new game digests. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long g...

#9, 15/08/25: This week's audio tour of mobilegamer.biz takes in Moon Active's three new soft launch games, Umamusume's horse girls getting traction with western players and what's next for NextBeat after most of its staff joined Duolingo. There are also news nuggets aplenty from our regular data, jobs and new games round-ups. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every we...

#8, 08/08/25: This week we explain why games websites don't write about mobile games, Duolingo's surprise acquisition of NextBeat, who's leading Supercell's AI lab and July's top downloads and biggest earners. There's also plenty of interesting nuggets in the regular  data, soft launch and new game digests. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobileg...

#7, 01/08/25: This week we rattle through the layoff protests at King Barcelona, a new Secret Developer blog about whale hunting, find out where all the VC money has gone and bring you the highlights from our regular data, jobs and new games updates. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what is happening in t...

#6, 25/07/25: Quickfire discussion of this week’s big Niantic interview, more layoffs, Monopoly Go’s earnings and a first for Supercell as it invests in a ‘GenAI first’ game studio. There's also a dash through lots of other news nuggets in our regular new game, data and soft launch columns. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes...

#5, 18/07/25: Quickfire discussion of that King AI layoffs story, a recent interview with Zynga boss Frank Gibeau plus a look at how an 'AI-first' studio is doing.  There's also a summary of lots of other news nuggets in our regular new game, data and jobs columns. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week in this podcast mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes...

#4, 11/07/25: Following Develop Brighton there's the highlights from our chat with Supercell and Trailmix, a look at the top grossing games and top downloads of 2025 so far and lots of other news nuggets in our regular soft launch, data digest and new game columns. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains wh...

#3, 04/06/25: detail and thoughts on the King and Blizzard layoffs, Tripledot's $800m deal with AppLovin, yet more App Store anger, age rating controversy, June's top downloads and top earners plus more data, jobs and new game news nuggets. • Hang on, what is going on here, exactly? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what happened in mobil...

Mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what happened in mobile games this week. #2, 27/06/25: Apple's new EU App Store rules, Google's stealth Instant Games app, a recent interview with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, Netflix's removal of 20+ games, a plug for Off The Record Brighton, and other interesting bits and bobs from this week's data dig...

mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what happened in mobile games this week. Includes: jobs news, mission accomplished for Diablo Immortal, PlayStation's aborted mobile push, Netflix download numbers, a load of data nuggets plus new game news.