A King veteran who has worked across multiple studios offers their view on the five things they think have gone wrong at the company.| Mobilegamer.biz
Previous catalogue console game ports of Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil and Death Stranding have not fared well. Hitman's chances of success appear to be just as slim.| Mobilegamer.biz
Take a peek at the games in testing from Supercell, Playrix, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio, Miniclip and more.| Mobilegamer.biz
There’s also a new Might & Magic game plus more from Miniclip, Netmarble, Microfun, Funplus and plenty of others.| Mobilegamer.biz
We asked three different ‘AI first’ studios why a slew of new development tools hasn’t quite upended the games business – yet.| Mobilegamer.biz
There's also new numbers from Mytona, Ten Square and Burny Games in this week's round-up.| Mobilegamer.biz
"Candy Crush and King in general is a very very toxic environment," says one source. "So, yes, Microsoft and AI is one cause [of the low morale] but the toxicity is endemic of the leadership team at King."| Mobilegamer.biz
All the recruitment news you need from across the mobile games business, all in one spot – also includes moves at Playtika, Trailmix, Bravestars, Fumb and more.| Mobilegamer.biz
Our next mobile games industry gathering is happening at Supercell HQ, so wear your best socks.| Mobilegamer.biz
Jessica Jung was product manager on Peridot at Niantic, and almost spun up her own AI firm before the Clash of Clans maker came calling.| Mobilegamer.biz
As AI’s influence on game design grows, King’s director of AI Labs Sahar Asadi explains the checks and balances in place at the Candy Crush Saga maker.| Mobilegamer.biz
This week’s need-to-know numbers in snackable form.| Mobilegamer.biz
Insiders paint a grim picture at King with half the Farm Heroes Saga team set to depart and morale “in the gutter”.| Mobilegamer.biz
Trailmix GM Felicity Gracie-Herst explains why her team has relaunched Love & Pies’ core gameplay and economy.| Mobilegamer.biz
Layoffs are unlikely, says Tripledot cofounder and CEO Lior Shiff: “We’re not going to create a load of value by firing lots of people”.| Mobilegamer.biz
A Business Insider report suggests the London-based studio is nearing a $900m deal for AppLovin’s 10 studios. We’d heard the same rumours, but were unable to verify the claims.| Mobilegamer.biz
Tripledot paid $400m in cash for 10 AppLovin game studios, with AppLovin taking a 20% ownership stake in Tripledot as part of the deal.| Mobilegamer.biz
The UK-based game-maker paid $400m for the studios, with AppLovin taking a 20% equity stake worth $400m in Tripledot to divest its gaming arm.| Mobilegamer.biz
The changes apply to the US storefront only, and effectively mean developers can bounce players over to alternative payment providers on the web without restrictions or ‘scare screens’.| Mobilegamer.biz
Another CEO says: “We just put to rest the same sort of horrible Runtime Fee proposal from Unity and now Apple is doing the same.”| Mobilegamer.biz
“Apple’s pattern of malicious compliance must end” says the Fortnite maker after the European Commission says Apple’s App Store is breaking the law.| Mobilegamer.biz
Apple will take a 17% cut of IAP from larger developers who sign up to the new terms, and then add a €0.50 fee per install charge on top for every download over 1m.| Mobilegamer.biz
Epic boss Tim Sweeney has weighed in, of course, suggesting that perhaps Apple should “just obey the law”.| Mobilegamer.biz
A concise, banter-free weekly digest about the mobile games business.| Mobilegamer.biz
Netflix games president Alain Tascan wants to build a Fortnite-like social gaming experience – and says the streaming giant is different to the entertainment firms to have given up on gaming when t…| Mobilegamer.biz
But it’s getting there, according to Netflix games leaders Jeet Shroff and Alain Tascan. They say a new batch of party, kids, big IP and big screen games are coming by the end of the year.| Mobilegamer.biz
The latest Appmagic estimates show Netflix’s rebooted game strategy starting to bear fruit, with known IP like Peppa Pig and Street Fighter IV resonating well. Owned Netflix IP is more of a mixed b…| Mobilegamer.biz
All of this week’s need-to-know numbers in one place.| Mobilegamer.biz
20% of first party PlayStation output will be on mobile by 2025, says SIE boss Jim Ryan.| Mobilegamer.biz
Helsinki studio is “already working on a new unannounced AAA mobile live service action game”.| Mobilegamer.biz
Olivier Courtemarche has taken on the gig full time, after over a year sharing the role with ex-Kabam exec Kris Davis. Partnerships manager Justin Kubiak also has a new role.| Mobilegamer.biz
PlayStation has quietly been building a brand new mobile division packed with talent. Here’s who’s joined so far.| Mobilegamer.biz
Mobile isn’t mentioned at all in PlayStation’s latest investor deck. There are some signs of life, though – it seems to be working on MLB The Show Mobile.| Mobilegamer.biz
There’s news of Mark Pincus and Mike Verdu’s new AI gaming start-up and plenty more in our latest round-up.| Mobilegamer.biz
Mobile games industry news and insights| Mobilegamer.biz
San Andreas leads the way as Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto games cause Netflix game downloads to rise dramatically.| Mobilegamer.biz
Find out what top execs from Xsolla, My Games, King, SciPlay, Phantom Gamelabs, Fingersoft and more are expecting this year.| Mobilegamer.biz
Vision Pro can’t handle “complex games” and working with Apple is like being in an “abusive relationship”, say our sources.| Mobilegamer.biz
Apple’s game subscription service seems to be on auto-pilot after the tech giant “cancelled a shitload of projects and pissed off a lot of people,” our sources say. And now there are whispers of an…| Mobilegamer.biz