Update: Metacore has now confirmed that it'll close its offices in Germany and Sweden, and there will be 159 job cuts in Finland. The Supercell acquisition is still being finalised: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-to...

In new game digest this week: Game of Thrones, FIFA, Pokémon, Masters of the Universe, Talking Tom, Barbie, new titles from Noodlecake and Nuverse plus a load of games participating in the Green Game Jam: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In the podcast this week: Supercell, King and Sybo slam EU plan, Atari buys Hipster Whale, Zynga's Mark Pincus on copycats and plenty more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Hit Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Champions is coming to iOS and Android on June 17: mobilegamer.biz/pokemon-cham...

The Liftoff IPO finally has lift-off: the adtech firm is today offering 19m shares for sale to the public at $23 each, a raise of $437m that values the firm at $3.83bn: mobilegamer.biz/liftoffs-437...

Supercell, King and Sybo bosses hit out at "scary" EU proposals that, if approved, could make free to play games unplayable in the region: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-ki...

In this week’s data digest there's King’s €6bn EU report, Balatro publisher Playstack sold, more UA finance, April’s top games and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Update: The Apple Design Award winners have been confirmed, and include @potipoti.studio's Is This Seat Taken?, @wearesecretmode.com's Pine Hearts and @qdork.bsky.social's Consume Me: mobilegamer.biz/inkle-devolv...

Mattel Game Studios’ debut is Masters of the Universe tie-in Skeletor: Until Next Time. It’s the first of two titles expected to launch this year from the toy giant’s new mobile game label: mobilegamer.biz/mattels-debu...

Zynga founder Mark Pincus urges mobile game designers to ignore their egos and just copy what works in his new book, Life at the Speed of Play: “Only a master craftsman can spot excellence and be comfortable copying it” mobilegamer.biz/zynga-founde...

Multi-award winning indie game Consume Me is now on iOS – it’s $9.99 and developer @qdork.bsky.social says the mobile edition is “the best way to play the game” mobilegamer.biz/multi-award-...

The Simpsons are taking over Monopoly Go: a new live ops and marketing blitz begins on June 3, and includes an animated short in which Will Ferrell's Mr. Monopoly faces off against Mr Burns: mobilegamer.biz/the-simpsons...

Our latest jobs digest has moves and promotions at Miniclip, Supercell, Scopely, Socialpoint, Ares, Tilting Point, Embracer, Ace Games, King and more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...

Australian Crossy Road maker Hipster Whale has a new owner: Atari. The deal is worth an initial $29.3m: mobilegamer.biz/atari-acquir...

New Nintendo and PlayStation releases lead this week’s new game digest, which also includes Rust, Just Dance, UnGodly, Slime Rancher, a first glimpse of Supercell-backed Redly's debut and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

Update: Hungry Studio has confirmed to us that Block Blast is back on Google’s Play Store after a short absence, but it did not offer a comment or explanation for its brief absence: mobilegamer.biz/block-blast-...

Block Blast has disappeared from Google’s Play Store, and neither Hungry Studio or Google has responded to a request for comment…yet: mobilegamer.biz/block-blast-...

Sometimes, The Algorithms don't like our original reporting, so here are the best stories you may have missed since we launched in 2022. Featuring: Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, a secret Apple acquihire, an aborted Far Cry game, internal King gossip and more: mobilegamer.biz/the-best-mob...

In this week’s data digest we’ve got ‘Anime GTA’s debut, Tencent Games' $10bn quarter, Circana's US top grossing charts, SocialPeta's top mobile game ads and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

SciPlay has cut a “limited number of roles”, we can confirm, shortly after it posted a 7% year-on-year revenue drop: mobilegamer.biz/layoffs-at-s...

Licensor Hasbro earned $41m from Scopely’s Monopoly Go in the last quarter. CEO Chris Cocks said the game is “a juggernaut”: mobilegamer.biz/scopelys-mon...

In our latest soft launch update, Whiteout Survival maker Century now has three new titles incoming, and Supercell-owned Metacore has quietly got another beta out: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

In this week’s new game digest: two new Warhammer titles, Farming Simulator, The Walking Dead, Godforge, Century's next game plus new titles from Konami, Red Bull, Popcore, Supersonic and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

Mobile again represented over half of Take-Two’s net bookings in its latest financials as Zynga scored its best-ever quarter: mobilegamer.biz/zynga-hits-a...

Ubisoft said this year represents a “low point” for the company as it enacts its turnaround plan, and noted that both Rainbow Six Mobile and The Division Resurgence “had a slow start”: mobilegamer.biz/slow-start-f...

In this week’s snappy 20 minute audio digest of what’s going on in mobile, Supercell reboots Mo.co, Fortnite is back on iOS, Nintendo's next mobile game, Embracer, Wooga and more: open.spotify.com/episode/5vPT...

Supercell is rebooting its lowkey monster hunting game Mo.co, adding seasons and (free) gacha pulls. Estimates suggest it has earned just $4.7m since launch over a year ago: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-re...

In this week’s data digest we’ve got milestones for Love and Deepspace and Pokémon TCG Pocket, more funding news plus financial nuggets from Nexon, Square and Capcom: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

CrazyLabs, A Thinking Ape and Deca Games owner Embracer Group has written down the value of its mobile arm by ~$190m. It now has a “prudent" outlook for its mobile business overall, it said, as it revealed its five top earners: mobilegamer.biz/embracer-wri...

Fortnite is back on Apple’s App Store worldwide, minus Australia, a year after its return to the US: mobilegamer.biz/fortnite-has...

Nintendo hasn't given up on mobile just yet...it's launching a new photo-based game called Pictonico next week: mobilegamer.biz/nintendo-to-...

Apple's annual design award nominations include nods for Inkle, Devolver, FuturLab, Toppluva, Sound Games and Arknights: Endfield maker Hypergryph: mobilegamer.biz/inkle-devolv...

Our latest jobs digest has moves and promotions at Roblox, Scopely, Supercell, Playtika, King, Miniclip, Homa, Hutch, Tripledot, SciPlay and more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...

Plague Inc is top of the paid charts again, likely because of all the Hantavirus headlines. I spoke to the game’s creator last year about its uneasy relationship with real-life events: mobilegamer.biz/what-happens...

In this week’s new games update there’s news on Hoyoverse’s Petit Planet, three new football games (including one from Rovio), Acecraft’s relaunch, Slime Rancher, NCsoft’s Genshin-alike and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

There’s been more layoffs at Playtika-owned Wooga. We estimate around a dozen; a spokesperson refused to say how many staff were affected, why the cuts were being made or offer a statement: mobilegamer.biz/another-roun...

For the podcast every week, I go for a walk and explain what's going on in mobile. This week: Sega-Rovio woes, Playtika goes casual, Unity’s turnaround, pitching investors, data nuggets and more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

At @devgamm.bsky.social's Madeira Summit last week, investors and publishers talked through what they do – and don't – want to see in an investment pitch: mobilegamer.biz/investors-an...

There’s a sudden flurry of M&A in this week’s data digest, with Sensor Tower, InMobi and Smartly all making moves. Grand and Kohort also raised big money and AppLovin had another huge quarter: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Sega has said its $775m acquisition of Rovio “did not achieve the creation of economic value”, and the Angry Birds maker will be restructuring: mobilegamer.biz/rovio-set-fo...

Playtika said in its Q126 earnings that its social casino portfolio is effectively in managed decline now that its focus is on casual games. Titles like Disney Solitaire now represent 76% of the business: mobilegamer.biz/playtika-lea...

We’ve refreshed our ‘soft launches to keep an eye on’ list with another new Moon Active beta, a merge puzzler from Century Games and another Pixel Flow-alike from Zynga. Metacore has also removed its soft launch games as it is absorbed by Supercell: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

In this week’s new game digest we’ve got new soft launches from Peak, Century and Ten Square plus Digimon, Racing Master, May's Apple Arcade games and some new indie releases: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

Unity said it is still working on selling Supersonic and that Vector revenue is up 80% year-on-year in its Q1 financials. It also suggested its new UnityAI tools can help the firm ride a new wave of AI game creation: mobilegamer.biz/supersonic-s...

Every week for the podcast I go for a walk and tell you what’s going on in the mobile games business in under 20 minutes. This week: Supercell buys Metacore amid brutal layoffs, Second Dinner cuts, inside Scopely x Niantic, April’s top games and more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

April’s top grossing games chart, according to Appmagic, shows four titles earning over $100m, PUBG Mobile dropping off and Delta Force, Honkai: Star Rail and eFootball on the up: mobilegamer.biz/aprils-top-g...

Minecraft is the surprise leader of April’s downloads chart, according to Appmagic data. It seems Microsoft is quietly experimenting with a Google Play-only free trial, which pushed the sandbox game ahead of regular chart-topper Block Blast. More here: mobilegamer.biz/aprils-top-m...

In this week’s data digest we’ve got the need-to-know numbers from EA, Roblox, Stillfront, MTG and Krafton’s financials, funding news, March market stats and Mistplay's latest acquisition: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Metacore is restructuring, and aims to make up to 160 job cuts – over half its workforce. Supercell will also buy out the rest of the company, taking on Merge Mansion in the process: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-to...