Mobilegamer.biz wrapped
A peek behind the curtain.
The most-read stories of 2025
We focused even more on exclusives this year and it worked. The most-read stories were about King, Unity, celebrity ads, AppLovin, Space Ape-Supercell, Resident Evil 2, Minecraft Blast and Miniclip.
New game digest: FIFA, Rainbow Six, Tomb Raider, Cozy Coast, CloverPit, more
We've also got Inkle's new project and a couple of indie games in this week's round-up.
On the podcast: Unity shenanigans, Space Ape postmortem, your games of the year, 2025 wrapped, more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
Unity risks fresh backlash with new fee demands: “This feels like blackmail”
Unity Enterprise licences will be revoked if studios don’t pay a new fee based on annual revenue, we're told.
Data digest: Fallout Shelter, Where Winds Meet, Gossip Harbor, 2026 predictions, more
There's also early numbers for Resident Evil: Survival Unit and a market data breakdown from Mobvista in this week's round-up.
Your games of the year: Match Villains, Balatro, Battle of Polytopia, Gossip Harbor, Spooky Express, more
Leaders from FunPlus, Zombies Run, Utmost, Flick Games, PHC and Midjiwan pick their favourites.
Your games of the year: Infinity Nikki, Monument Valley 3, Sonic Rumble, Genshin Impact, more
Another batch of game of the year selections from mobilegamer.biz readers.
Your games of the year: Match Factory, A Little To The Left, Heroll, COD: Mobile, Is This Seat Taken and Jigsolitaire
Leaders from Top App Games, Ustwo, My.Games, Xsolla, Out Making Games and ByteBrew reveal their selections.
The life and death of Space Ape Games
Simon Hade chronicles the beginnings, evolution and end of the UK studio behind Samurai Siege, Rival Kingdoms, Beatstar, Chrome Valley Customs and more.
Jobs digest: moves at Supercell, Netflix, Scopely, Playtika, TikTok, Unity, Stillfront, more
Our final, bumper recruitment update of the year leads on what Ilkka Paananen calls "the next evolution of Supercell". There are a ton of other moves and promotions, too.
FunPlus’ Chris Petrovic on the rise of Chinese gamedev, VC-style greenlighting and fewer, bigger, better releases
The industry giant and former Zynga exec explains how FunPlus is incentivising new game teams with a percentage of its profits, and why China’s game developers are one step ahead.
Why mobile games get ignored at awards shows
The Game Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Joysticks tend to ignore most mobile games entirely, and for good reason: these awards are about cultural impact, not downloads and revenue.
What’s hot in mobile game ads? AI slop, Pokémon torture, innuendo, brainrot, giant zombies, more
TikTok seems to be serving more mobile game ads than ever right now – so how are games like Kingshot, Palmon Survival, X-Clash and All In Hole trying to hook us in?
The mobile games caught up in that potential Netflix-Warner Bros deal
Warner’s mobile games earn around $4.4m monthly combined, according to Appmagic. Which is not great. And are licensed games from Zynga, Jam City, Scopely and more now in danger too?
November’s top grossing mobile games
LastWar, Roblox and Monopoly Go lead the way in Appmagic's list after a dramatic drop for Honor of Kings, while Kingshot, Gossip Harbor and Delta Force cement their spots in the top ten.
