I run https://teapaw.org/t.co/DJBziH8VPd and cover the games industry. Tips: neil at mobilegamer dot biz. Ex-Apple, Edge, ONM, MCV
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People kept asking for a podcast, so here it is: every week I go on a walk and tell you what’s happening in the mobile games business: pod.link/1822126738
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In this week’s new game digest we’ve got two new Hoyoverse games, new titles from Kabam, Outfit 7 and Hipster Whale plus Red Dead Redemption’s removal from Netflix: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig…
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A group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund – the same one that bought EA – has held talks with Unity over a potential acquisition, according to Reuters: mobilegamer.biz/the-saudi-le…
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Playtika said it is no longer looking for a buyer in its Q3 results. It also posted record profits after cutting marketing spend: mobilegamer.biz/playtika-cal…
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Unity has posted its first profit since its IPO as ad product Vector grew 126% year-on-year in Q326. CEO Matthew Bromberg expects huge revenue growth from its adtech division in Q4, too: mobilegamer.biz/unity-posts-…
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D2C sales now account for 42% of MTG's revenue – but the company warned that Google's new fees on external payment links will eat into the savings. It also confirmed PlaySimple's IPO is postponed in its Q3 financials: mobilegamer.biz/mtg-revenue-…
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AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi said the adtech firm’s gaming business "grew nearly 50% year-over-year" as it posted record revenue of $2.2bn in Q3 – up 55%: mobilegamer.biz/applovin-pos…
Here's your brisk weekly dose of what's going on in mobile
This week's no-nonsense podcast has thoughts on misleading ads, Apple’s ‘mobile gaming headwinds’, Roblox results, PlayStudios shenanigans and more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Hutch cofounder Shaun Rutland is teasing his new ‘interactive generative video’ studio Anorak. It has staff across Europe, in China and David Amor is on board as COO. A funding announcement is expected soon: mobilegamer.biz/hutch-cofoun…
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In this week’s data digest we’ve got Q3's top earners, 2026's biggest new launches, Apple and Google’s $47.6m fine, ten years of stats from AppMagic and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-…
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The UK's advertising watchdog has banned mobile game ads from King, Scopely, Dark War Survival publisher Omnilojo and more for misleadingly representing their gameplay: mobilegamer.biz/asa-bans-mis…
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Apple says mobile gaming headwinds and various court rulings led to slower growth for the App Store in Q4 – though its services division still hit record revenue of $31.6bn: mobilegamer.biz/apple-says-m…
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Indie studio @teamterribledev is pulling in about £2m a year from its hit horror game The Baby in Yellow. Android and iOS are its most popular platforms, with PC a distant third: mobilegamer.biz/the-baby-in-…
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The Papaya-Skillz drama continues: a US bankruptcy court has barred Papaya from moving money out of its US bank accounts while Skillz tries to collect the roughly $730m the Solitaire Cash maker owes it: mobilegamer.biz/us-court-blo…
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It’s been an eventful time for PlayStudios – it just killed Tetris Block Party and earlier this year it closed four studios and cut 177 jobs. It was also under threat of being delisted from the Nasdaq: mobilegamer.biz/playstudios-…
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Genshin Impact maker Hoyoverse is launching its next game, life sim Petit Planet, on December 4: mobilegamer.biz/hoyoverses-l…
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In this week’s jobs digest we’ve got moves and promotions at Atari, Supercell, Scopely, Zynga, Tripledot, Voodoo, Loom, Tactile and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-…
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In another busy new game digest we’ve got Monster Hunter, Saints Row, No Man’s Sky, Digimon, Darkest Dungeon, Cut The Rope, Everything is Crab and plenty more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig…
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Roblox’s Q3 results show the UGC platform struggling to maintain the explosive growth of 2025, though net losses have shrunk and it beat billings guidance: mobilegamer.biz/roblox-share…
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There was no mention of the mobile exclusive Assassin’s Creed Jade in a new 'franchise update' blog posted today. Have Ubisoft and codeveloped Tencent quietly killed it?mobilegamer.biz/has-ubisoft-…
Two sections of this week’s podcast were recorded in a Morrisons car park amid light drizzle, can you guess which ones?
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