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Founder and editor of mobilegamer.biz. Former editor at Apple, Edge, ONM, MCV.
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In this week’s new game digest: Football Manager, MySims, Disney Magic Match, Jetpack Joyride, plus new games from Supercent, Ten Square, Apple Arcade, Netflix and the Epic Games Store. Plus: a game about spooky swimming pools: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
New game digest: Football Manager, MySims, Disney Magic Match, Jetpack Joyride, more
There’s also new games from Supercent, Ten Square and more fresh Apple Arcade, Netflix and Epic Games Store releases. Plus: a game about spooky swimming pools.
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In this week's podcast: Epic, AppLovin, Supercell, Playdigious and Destiny news, loads of interesting data nuggets and more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Epic, AppLovin, Supercell, Playdigious and Destiny news, loads of interesting data nuggets, more
Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 09/10/2025 · 22m
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French studio 8SEC is closing down after ten years in the mobile business, not long after landing a €1.5m investment from UK publisher Kwalee: mobilegamer.biz/french-hybri...
French hybridcasual studio 8SEC is closing
8SEC is shutting down shortly after it received a €1.5m investment from Kwalee.
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 2d
In this week’s data digest:
- Nintendo’s new mobile game starts slowly
- September’s top earners and downloads
- Pokémon Sleep hits $100m
- Lots of funding news
- SEA stats and more:
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Data digest: Fire Emblem, September’s top games, Pokémon Sleep, funding news, SEA stats, more
This week’s need-to-know numbers in snackable form.
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VC firm Griffin has acquired mobile publisher Playdigious from Swedish games group Fragbite for €10.5m, or $12.2m: mobilegamer.biz/griffin-acqu...
Griffin acquires Playdigious from Fragbite for $12.2m
The €10.5m deal means Playdigious’ mobile portfolio is going solo but Fragbite retains 90% of revenue from Playdigious’ PC titles.
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Supercell boss Ilkka Paananen has hit out at EU proposals that he says could kill many European game businesses: mobilegamer.biz/new-eu-rules...
New EU rules could “kill” European games companies, says Supercell boss
Ilkka Paananen believes that proposals around how digital currency works in the EU could “break” game economies and damage the European game business.
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 4d
Both Roblox and LastWar overtook Honor of Kings in Appmagic’s top grossing charts last month. Elsewhere, PUBG Mobile is having a wobble while Clash Royale and Kingshot cling onto a top ten spot: mobilegamer.biz/septembers-t...
September’s top grossing mobile games
Both Roblox and LastWar overtook Honor of Kings in Appmagic’s top grossing charts last month. Elsewhere, PUBG Mobile is having a wobble while Clash Royale and Kingshot cling onto a top ten spot.
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Roblox remains top despite a back-to-school dip, Block Blast declines again, there's a surprise newbie in fourth and Clash Royale's comeback continues in Appmagic's download chart for September: mobilegamer.biz/septembers-t...
September’s top mobile game downloads
Roblox remains top despite a back-to-school dip, Block Blast declines again, there’s a surprise newbie in fourth and that Clash Royale comeback continues in Appmagic’s latest monthly ch…
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AppLovin is allegedly under investigation by the SEC for violating data collection rules, according to Bloomberg sources: mobilegamer.biz/applovin-fac...
AppLovin facing data collection probe, says Bloomberg
Shares dropped on the news, which suggests the SEC is looking into allegations that AppLovin violated platform partners’ service agreements.
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Destiny expert @rygilliam.bsky.social says that one month after launch, Destiny: Rising has (mostly) managed to balance monetisation and keeping a passionate player community happy:
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One month on, Destiny: Rising’s gentle ‘gacha wall’ finds the right balance
Destiny expert Ryan Gilliam says NetEase’s Fair Play modifier is helping casual players keep pace with the pros and big spenders.
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Our latest Off The Record gathering, supported by Xsolla, was at Sumo Leamington last week. Photo highlights here: mobilegamer.biz/off-the-reco...
Off The Record Leamington in pictures
Our latest gathering of mobile game industry minds took place at Sumo Leamington, with support from Xsolla.
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Netflix games' new marketing boss leads our latest jobs digest, plus moves at Bitkraft, TikTok, Roblox, Mag and news of a new puzzle game studio: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...
Jobs digest: moves at Netflix, Bitkraft, TikTok, Roblox, Mag, a new puzzle studio, more
In our latest recruitment update, former AppLovin execs form casual studio Cheer plus moves at Appcharge, Sunday, Unity, Altitude, Kohort, ZBD and more.
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 8d
In this week’s new game digest: new Apple Arcade and Epic Game Store titles, Angry Birds, Faily Brakes, new releases from Fortis, Draknek, Ares Interactive, Nice Plans, Chucklefish…and a game you can play with AirPods: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
New game digest: new Apple Arcade and Epic Game Store titles, Angry Birds, Faily Brakes, more
There are also new releases from Fortis, Draknek, Ares Interactive, Nice Plans, Chucklefish and a game you can play with AirPods…
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The mobile biz really steps up for this every year. Great stuff
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Supercell, Rovio, EA, Sybo, Miniclip, First Touch, MAG and more top mobile game companies are donating all UK revenue made in selected games to charity Special Effect today: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-ro...
Supercell, Rovio, EA, Sybo, Miniclip, First Touch, MAG and more team up for One Special Day
For today only, all UK revenue raised in multiple big-name mobile games is being donated to UK charity Special Effect.
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Neil Long @neillong.bsky.social · 8d
The webshop space was already competitive - now Epic's in the mix
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 8d
Epic has launched its own webshop business, taking on the likes of Xsolla, Appcharge, Stash, FastSpring and more with a direct to consumer offering: mobilegamer.biz/epic-launche...
Epic launches into the webshop business
The Fortnite maker is taking on the likes of Xsolla, Appcharge, Stash, FastSpring and more with its direct to consumer offering.
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Neil Long @neillong.bsky.social · 9d
Listen to a man wandering around a park reacting to the EA deal right here folks
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 9d
In this week's podcast:
- 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 brief plug for our next Off The Record event in London
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EA sells to Saudi Arabia, MTG reshuffles plus data and soft launch news
Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 02/10/2025 · 18m
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Neil Long @neillong.bsky.social · 9d
I wandered around a park recording my reactions to the EA thing for the podcast. Have a listen, it's good stuff
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Mobilegamer.biz @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social · 9d
In this week's podcast:
- 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 brief plug for our next Off The Record event in London
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EA sells to Saudi Arabia, MTG reshuffles plus data and soft launch news
Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 02/10/2025 · 18m
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In this week’s data digest:
- Epic’s (small) store win
- Century hits $6bn
- Fumb gets $12m
- Türkiye and arcade market stats
- Color Block Jam, Pudgy Party news
- More: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...
Data digest: Epic’s Store win, Century hits $6bn, Fumb gets $12m, Türkiye and arcade market stats, more
This week’s need-to-know numbers in snackable form.
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Plarium and PlaySimple's founders are leaving Swedish roll-up firm MTG amid a raft of management and organisational changes: mobilegamer.biz/exec-departu...
Exec departures at MTG as it splits into midcore and casual divisions
Plarium and PlaySimple’s founders exit as part of split that sees Futureplay, InnoGames, Snowprint, Hutch, Ninja Kiwi and Plarium form a midcore group. PlaySimple will be basis of a new casua…
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Neil Long @neillong.bsky.social · 10d
One source suggests the Black Panther game wouldn’t have been cancelled if this Saudi takeover had happened sooner
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What happens to EA now? One bullish insider says that going private with a ton of investment means it can take a lot more risks - and finally fulfil its potential in mobile: mobilegamer.biz/ea-what-happ...
EA: what happens now?
One bullish insider says that going private with a ton of investment means EA can take a lot more risks – and finally fulfil its potential in mobile.
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Neil Long @neillong.bsky.social · 12d
Yep, it's official: mobilegamer.biz/its-official...
It’s official: EA to be acquired and taken private by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners for $55bn
It is the largest all-cash take-private investment in history.
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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...
“Total disaster”: Industry watchers voice concerns as EA’s $50bn Saudi buyout looms
Reports of a Saudi-led EA takeover has sparked concerns across the games business ranging from being “generally bad” to a “total disaster”.
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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...
The soft launch games you need to know about
Take a peek at the games in testing from Supercell, Playrix, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio, Miniclip and more.
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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-...
EA could go private in seismic $50bn buyout
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg claim that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and US-based private equity firms Silver Lake Management and Affinity Partners are set to swoop.
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