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Reports of a Saudi-led EA takeover have sparked concerns across the games business ranging from being "generally bad" for the industry to a "total disaster”: mobilegamer.biz/total-disast...

Our regularly-updated, curated list of soft launch games has new FunPlus and Miniclip titles plus more in-development projects from Playrix, Rovio, Zynga, Garena and more: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

EA is close to being taken private in a $50bn deal masterminded by a group of US and Saudi Arabian investors, according to reports: mobilegamer.biz/ea-could-go-...

In this week’s new game digest: Fire Emblem, Hoyoverse's new game, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Kojima's weird Niantic collab plus new games from Miniclip, FunPlus, BoomBit and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week’s concise, no-nonsense podcast: Netflix, Google, Nintendo and Supercell news plus data, jobs and events intel: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Nintendo hasn’t given up on mobile just yet, it turns out – it just shadowdropped a brand new game, Fire Emblem Shadows: mobilegamer.biz/surprise-nin...

What’s going on at Netflix games, then? It has released just two games since April, but it's still hiring folks on monstrous salaries – one goes all the way up to $840k… mobilegamer.biz/whats-going-...

In this week’s data digest: - Harry Potter, Delta Force numbers - Vita Mahjong leads ad charts - Huuuge revenue milestones - Midcore + plinko game market stats - More: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Google Play’s getting a host of new community, personalisation and AI features. We also asked Google about lowering its 30% cut of all IAPs, but it didn’t want to talk about it: mobilegamer.biz/google-play-...

In this week’s jobs digest: moves at Google, Blizzard, Stash, Supercell, Appcharge, Nazara, Modma, Playtika, Trailmix, Antihero, Kwalee, Sumo, Jam City, Wehype and more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...

Two big new hires at Supercell - Clash of Clans has a new GM and there’s a new head of business and operations: mobilegamer.biz/two-big-new-...

In this week’s new game digest: Dragon Quest, Uno, new Playrix, Rovio and Tripledot titles plus some slightly unexpected stuff from Amazon and Google: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week's concise, banter-free podcast: - A look at the new Apple Games app and why it exists - AppLovin's expansion beyond mobile game UA and potential Super Bowl ad(!) - A bit of Off The Record chat - Soft launch, data and new game news podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Bullish AppLovin boss Adam Foroughi has suggested the firm could run a Super Bowl as it expands beyond mobile game UA: mobilegamer.biz/applovin-eye...

Our latest Off The Record gathering took place at Supercell HQ in Helsinki today, with support from Xsolla. Everything discussed was off the record, of course, but we did take some pictures: mobilegamer.biz/off-the-reco...

In this week’s data digest: - Metacore hits $700m lifetime revenue - New Clash Royale, Dream League and Match Villains numbers - A new $10m VC fund - Game milestones and more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Apple’s new Games app is underwhelming, but it does have one fun feature: you can easily find the first game you ever downloaded. Anyone remember Trace, iBowl or, um, Space Deadbeef…? mobilegamer.biz/apples-new-g...

In our latest soft launch update: Playrix’s new match-and-merge game, Rovio’s new Angry Birds title, Tripledot’s bubble shooter and EA seems to have given up on EA Sports FC Empires: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

In this week’s new game digest: - Apple keynote star Arknights: Endfield - New Dragon Ball, Apple Arcade and Epic Games Store releases - Kingshot’s WeChat launch in China - A load of indie and anime games mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week’s podcast: - How top mobile games dodge App Store fees in the US - August's top performers, including Roblox and Clash Royale - News nuggets from our regular data, jobs and new game digests podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

After that big Epic Vs Apple verdict in the US, many top mobile games are dodging Apple’s 30% cut entirely. Here's how: mobilegamer.biz/how-top-mobi...

In this week’s data digest: - Newzoo report highlights - Aonic buys Prime Insights for $250m+ - An EU market deep dive - New game milestones - More: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

In August’s top grossing games according to Appmagic, Roblox still can't topple Honor of Kings while PUBG Mobile, Pokémon Go and Clash Royale surge: mobilegamer.biz/augusts-top-...

In August's top mobile game downloads, according to Appmagic: Roblox hits record highs, Block Blast's decline continues and Clash Royale's comeback keeps rolling: mobilegamer.biz/augusts-top-...

In our latest jobs digest: moves at Epic, Scopely, Lego, Zynga, Supercell, Google, Metacore, Moon Active, Embracer, Tactile Games, Level Infinite, Unity, Appcharge, Stash and more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...

In this week’s new game round-up: The Division Resurgence, Acecraft, Monument Valley, new titles from Miniclip, Boombit and East Side Games plus a flurry of indie games: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week’s podcast: - Hitman and console-to-mobile flops - More King culture woes - Destiny Rising's smooth launch (compared to Diablo Immortal, at least) - Data, soft launch and new game news podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Like Diablo Immortal, Destiny Rising is a NetEase-made mobile edition of a series with a very passionate fanbase. And yet Destiny seems to have made the switch to mobile much more smoothly. Veteran journalist and Destiny lifer @rygilliam.bsky.social explains why: mobilegamer.biz/destiny-fans...

Reminder: the next Off The Record gathering is in Helsinki on September 17, at Supercell HQ. Wear your best socks: mobilegamer.biz/off-the-reco...

In this week’s data digest: - Early numbers for Destiny Rising and Valorant Mobile - US spend rises in July, partly thanks to Free Fire - Fresh stats on China’s growing games market - More hybridcasual facts and figures mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

In our latest Secret Developer blog, a King veteran outlines the five things they think have gone wrong at the company: mobilegamer.biz/the-secret-d...

Hitman: World of Assassination launched on iOS with a console-style IAP price: $70. Previous catalogue console game ports like this have completely bombed. Will Hitman do the same? mobilegamer.biz/hitman-on-io...

In our latest soft launch games update: Need for Speed returns (sort of), Block Blast meets Royal Match in Tripledot’s new beta and a peek at Gossip Harbor maker Microfun’s new game: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

A packed new game digest has Honkai: Nexus Anima, Destiny, Valorant, Unity Rewards(?), Hitman, Might and Magic plus new titles from Miniclip, Netmarble, Microfun, Funplus and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week's podcast: - That King story, how it was put together and reactions so far - A look at three 'AI first' game-makers - Beatstar's closure after that Duolingo deal - Our regular data, jobs and new game digests Listen and subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

One developer has called AI an “extinction-level event” for coders. So we asked three different ‘AI first’ studios how it’s going, and why these new development tools haven’t quite upended the games business. Not yet, at least: mobilegamer.biz/seriously-th...

In this week’s data digest: - Scopely’s $10bn milestone - A deep dive into hybridcasual - Destiny Rising’s 10m pre-orders - Numbers from Mytona, Ten Square, Burny Games - More: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

Laid off King staff have told us: - Some are taking legal action over their exit packages - Toxic managers investigated by ethics teams saw no repercussions - One manager said cuts to the ‘bloated’ workforce don’t go far enough - More: mobilegamer.biz/inside-king-...

In our latest jobs digest: Warner has a new mobile boss, NCsoft and Outfit7 launch new labels plus moves at Supercell, Sybo, Playtika, Trailmix, Bravestars, Fumb and more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...

The next Off The Record gathering is in Helsinki on September 17. It's at Supercell HQ, so wear your best socks: mobilegamer.biz/off-the-reco...

NextBeat's Beatstar and Country Star are closing in October. The announcement comes shortly after Duolingo acqui-hired most of the NextBeat team: mobilegamer.biz/beatstar-and...

In this week’s new game digest: Rust Mobile, Disney Magic Match, Happy Gilmore, Enter/Exit the Gungeon, new soft launches and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...

In this week’s podcast: western publishers continue to get drowned out by Chinese, Korean and Japanese game-makers at Gamescom, plus reflections on a renewed sense of optimism across mobile. There's also Supercell's AI lab and other news nuggets: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Who’s got the biggest booth at Gamescom? Tencent, Hoyoverse, Samsung, Nintendo and Microsoft took some of the biggest spots, while Chinese newcomers like Infold and Gryphline are making a bigger splash this year: mobilegamer.biz/whos-got-the...

In this week’s data digest: - Is AppsFlyer getting acquired for ~$4bn? - 2025’s top mobile game ads - Data from Sensor Tower, Bain and Newzoo - Square, Nexon, Embracer, East Side financials - Appcharge’s $58m raise - More: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...

What’s going on inside Supercell’s AI lab? “AI companions that live in Discord and play Minecraft with you”, an Animal Crossing-like game with AI NPCs and a game in which character classes and weapons are generated during play: mobilegamer.biz/whats-going-...

Couldn’t make it to Off The Record Cologne yesterday? Here’s a taste of what went down: mobilegamer.biz/off-the-reco...

In our latest soft launch update we’ve got Valorant Mobile, three new games from Moon Active, two new EA FC titles, a couple of GTA-likes and betas from Playrix, Miniclip and more: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...

In this week's podcast: Moon Active, Umamusume, NextBeat plus data, jobs and new game news: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...