Here’s my write-up of the big SGF showcase for @gibiz.bsky.social www.gamesindustry.biz/the-summer-g...

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...

These proposals are...interesting - players would get a pop-up whenever they spend or buy virtual currency, a bit like how websites ask about cookies

Also this week: big Golf Rival and NetEase numbers, new games coming to China, Hoyoverse's big AI investment and an $8.5m raise for a new game engine

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...

“We need to get comfortable copying what already works (legally), so we can spend all our time and energy on the novel innovation that actually excites us and our users.”

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-...

Surprise!

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-...

I asked both what's going on about two hours ago but nothing yet - will update if/when they do respond

Here's a fun listicle starring some of our original reporting that didn't get a big audience first time around

On the podcast this week: a quick digest of Take-Two, Ubisoft, Monopoly Go and SciPlay news plus data and soft launch nuggets: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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 revenue was $187m in Q126, 27% of which was D2C

Easy money

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...

Loads of nuggets in here on AI-generated ad creative, D2C, Turkiye, future M&A and of course a bit of GTA 6

No surprise to see Rainbow Six and The Division struggle on mobile – very very competitive market

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...

It'll continue to be monetised only via cosmetics, says Supercell

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-...

The top earners in mobile at Embracer are Sled Surfers, Glow: Fashion Idol, Lamar Idle Vlogger, Flop House and Party in My Dorm

The rest-of-world relaunch is related to more Apple shenanigans, of course

Reposting for those who may have missed this late last night

Looks like WarioWare, but with your photos

Inkle's TR-49 leads with two nods

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...

This is a really bad look if you ask me. If you have to make layoffs, be clear, honest and show some remorse. Don't try to sweep it under the carpet, it's incredibly disrespectful to the people who are now out of work

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...

A mobilegamer.biz debut for @vixx.bsky.social here

This Sega-Rovio deal has not gone well at all. Some brutal language in this and layoffs seem inevitable. Grim

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 says "90% of game developers are already using AI in their workflows"

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...

Is Microsoft thinking about turning Minecraft free to play…? Have asked for comment