mobilegamer.biz digest

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: Those huge Xbox cuts and some loose talk about King's new place in the hierarchy at Microsoft  Meta’s new ‘TikTok for games’ app, Pocket, has sneakil...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: We look at Konami’s quietly very successful mobile game eFootball, which is actually making about three times the IAP of its closest competitor EA FC. But...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: Google (re)confirms that it’ll be dropping store fees by around 5% for most folks using the Play Store. Though there are caveats and complications, of cou...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: We run through two stories about football drafting games 38-0 and 38-0-0, each made by amateur developers using AI tools to jump on a trend and quickly la...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: A bit of a ramble from Summer Game Fest in LA, which had barely any mobile games in it. And actually that makes a lot of sense News from Supercell US, whi...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: Ilkka Paananen, Todd Green and Mathias Gredal Nørvig have criticised incoming EU proposals that they believe could make free to play games “unplayable in...

The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business. Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes. In this episode: We rattle through Take-Two’s financials, which as ever show mobile earning roughly half the company’s cash with earnings from Zynga, Peak, Nordeus, Rollic...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: Is it the last roll of the dice for Supercell’s monster hunting game Mo.co …? It was rebooted after struggling to get much traction, and is earning way less than Squad Busters did before that was killed Fortnite is back on the iOS App Store worldwide (minus Australia), and so of course Epic took a couple of swings at Apple as part of th...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – A look at the grim Rovio news from Sega’s latest financial report, including a clarification over their translation of restructure/rebuild – Playtika’s transition into a casual game maker is complete, according to its latest earnings report, and social casino is yesterday’s news at the Israeli firm apparently  – Unity also put out its...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – Metacore is to cut up to 160 staff and refocus purely on Merge Mansion as it becomes part of Supercell, which has bought it out and will absorb it fully, like it did with Space Ape – News of 16 staff cut at Marvel Snap maker Second Dinner, though we're told the second game is not affected – An overview of a fascinating fireside c...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – A look at what the various statements coming out of Xbox in the last week mean for its vast mobile business, which was barely mentioned at all despite the platform's new 'North Star' being daily active players – Highlights from a chat with Sybo boss Mathias in which I asked about that long-rumoured Subway Surfers movie,...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – Probably too many thoughts on Apple's role in, and contribution to, the games business during the 15 years Tim Cook has been in charge – An overview of our GDC chat with Google Cloud games boss Jack Buser, in which he claimed that practically all major game studios are using AI in game development but they appear to be hiding it...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – Is Destiny: Rising doomed? Players like the latest update, but it may not be enough – Thoughts on our King interview in which VP Eva Ryott addresses those layoffs plus our reports on AI and company culture for the first time. They also talk about how market competition led to them adding a major new feature in Candy Crush Saga – Some...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – Playtika is effectively up for sale again, and is reportedly worth ~$3bn – Lots of data nuggets including Q1's top games and best performing markets (China, Singapore and Turkey are up, US is down) – Some quick thoughts on Ilkka Paananen's BAFTA fellowship and Netflix Playground, the streaming giant's play for the kids...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: – Unity is selling off its Supersonic publishing arm and closing the Ironsource Ad Network as its turnaround continues – Is PlayStation Studios Mobile now effectively a licensing outfit? Recent layoffs suggest so – Can Ubisoft make The Division work on mobile? Resurgence launched this week, so we spoke to its producer to get a sense of...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - A beefy chat with the guy in charge of Scopely's M&A and a cheeky question about maybe buying King - A profile of new hybridcasual publisher Arcade, which has big money backing from Dubai - What's going on with Epic's webshop business? We asked Epic Games Store boss Steve Allison at GDC  - Data digest leads on Epic&...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - How Epic is doing with its mobile Games Store after our chat with bossman Steve Allison - Love and Deepspace developer Infold reveals some fun stuff about the making of its hit Otome game - Fortnite is back on Google Play, nearly six years after being kicked off - Changes to Google's Play Store and more detail on that Level Up pr...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - An attempt to explain the nuances of that Epic-Google deal - ...and what it means for the average game-maker on the Play Store - Supercell on the tweaks it made to Clash Royale before that big revenue and engagement spike - A stroll around the GDC show floor and some observations of The State of It All  - Somehow Bossfight returned -...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - Quickfire summary and reaction to Google's Play Store changes - What it means for Epic and Fortnite - Supercell spin-off Hay Day Match breaks cover, and it's being made by UK studio Playabit - The Supercell and King alumni at Antihero get $4.5m in funding - Minit Games is the latest firm to try and do 'TikTok for games&...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - Thoughts on that big Xbox exec reshuffle and what might happen next - A breakdown of Microsoft's mobile game empire - What might come next for King and mobile at Microsoft - Blizzard's new mobile spin-off, Overwatch Rush - Data nuggets including Kingshot hitting $500m faster than Whiteout Survival, plus numbers on female pla...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - Exclusive details on Mike DeLaet's gameplan for Ares Interactive after that $70m raise - An explainer on why Honkai: Star Rail fans think the big 4.0 update got caught up in political tensions between China and Japan - Savvy's reported $7bn swoop for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang maker Moonton - Sega writes down Rovio by $200m,...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: - Supercell's annual blog, financial results and some Clash Royale drama - Epic is not happy about the UK's attempts to rein in Apple and Google - Bernard Kim is back at Unity as Helgason and Bar-Zeev quit - Canadian kids game-maker Budge sold to private equity firm - Roblox's financials are puzzling, but traders don&apos...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: Unity, Epic and more react to Google's Project Genie world model tech after game stocks slide Mobile is up 19% at Take-Two, and is nearly half its earnings overall – and bossman Strauss Zelnick is more and more bullish Stillfront could close more games amid revenue declines, narrative game sell-off and restructure Glu 2.0...? New M...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: Why international attendees are skipping GDC AppLovin has hit back at more wild short seller claims Why app developers are increasingly seeking out mobile game talent Jobs, data and new game news #31, 29/01/26. Supported by Xsolla.  • Hang on, what's going on here? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a w...

A concise inside view of the mobile game business. This week: What Ubisoft’s big reorg means for its mobile games ‘Critics week’ and mobile gaming’s reputation problem A vibe check (do people still say that?) from PGC London Data, soft launch and new game news #30, 22/01/26. Supported by Xsolla.  • Hang on, what's going on here? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on...