In this week’s data digest: - Big numbers for Clash Royale, Gardenscapes and Pokémon Go - Financials at-a-glance: AppLovin, Playtika, Take-Two, Sega, Bandai, more - July’s top performers, investments, casual game market analysis, more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-bi…

Hit music games Beatstar and Country Star are now being run by just six staff after Duolingo swooped in to acquire 22 NextBeat staffers. NextBeat's plans to raise funding and release more games are also on ice: mobilegamer.biz/six-staff-rema…

In this week’s new game digest: Fortnite and Epic Game Store news plus fresh releases from Mattel, Outfit7, Metacore, Supercent, Miniclip and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-diges…

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

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-launc…

This was the fourth Off The Record gathering this year. At least three more coming in 2025, maybe a few more.

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-on…

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-ap…

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-b…

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/gam…

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-diges…

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-c…

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-record…

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-wa…

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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-sc…

Quite a reaction to this story on LinkedIn: "I have worked at King, the whole company culture is toxic, but not in the way described by these disgruntled employees. Rather, the problem is that the company is filled with entitled Neo-Marxist snowflakes." mobilegamer.biz/inside-king-la…

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-thou…

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/tha…

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-diges…