New game digest: Lumines, Fortnite, Rust, Honor of Kings, Transformers, Plants Vs Zombies 3, a Moon Active soft launch and more
We've also got new games from Devolver, Netflix, Ten Square, Kakao and more in this week's round-up.
Apple hits back at UK regulator’s attempt to open up the App Store
It's currently pretty difficult for UK developers to offer outside payment options. The UK's regulator wants that changed, and Apple wants it stopped.
Looney Tunes follows The Simpsons as the next big IP to take over Monopoly Go
Bugs, Daffy, Road Runner and pals star in the new Happy Harvest takeover which runs from today, July 29, to September 23.
Drilo Ventures reveals $30m fund for ‘Türkiye’s second wave of gaming founders’
Apy Ventures fund manager Doğukan Çetin and Swipeline founder Umut Yaka want to back Turkish founders and will complete their first deal in October: “Our goal is to build the biggest VC brand to come out of Turkey”
Data digest: Skillz vs Papaya verdict, H1’s top casual games plus Capcom, Candy Crush, Ludus, Embrace and Neon news
We've also got some June numbers from Circana in this week's stats round-up.
2026’s top 10 grossing mobile games (so far): Honor of Kings, Whiteout Survival, LastWar, Royal Match, more
Honor of Kings is way ahead and has passed the $1bn mark for the year already, while new(ish) contenders Gossip Harbor and Kingshot cement their spots in the top ten.
2026’s top 10 mobile game downloads (so far): Free Fire Max, Block Blast, Roblox, Arrows, Subway Surfers, more
Garena's battle royale has shot past Hungry Studio's puzzler for the first half of 2026 by downloads as two Arrows games arrive in the top ten.
A Raid: Shadow Legends superfan is taking on Plarium with his own squad RPG
Simon Lockerby has gone from making YouTube videos about Raid: Shadow Legends to directly competing with his favourite game by making a squad RPG of his own, Godforge.
CEO search continues at Stillfront as revenue holds steady, key franchises grow 10%
The roll-up firm posted a second straight quarter of double-digit growth for its key franchises, but there's still no word on who'll run the company.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Scopely, Lil Snack, Playdemic, Cypher Games and more
There's also job news at Qwacks and Nordeus in our latest round-up.
Invincible: Guarding the Globe drives rising mobile revenue share at Ubisoft
Mobile's share of total group net bookings rose to 19%, up from 10% in the same period year-over-year after Invincible: Guarding the Globe delivered a record quarter.
New game digest: Don’t Starve, DCKO, Toca Boca, Poinpy, Gangstar and more
There's also new soft launches from Tencent, Take-Two-owned Popcore and Supercent in this week's round up.
Google hit with $1bn EU fine for Play Store and search shenanigans
Google has 60 days to comply, after which it risks "periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of its total worldwide turnover".
Devolver has rereleased former Netflix exclusive Poinpy for free
The game is free to download and has no microtransactions or ads, but players can ‘tip’ creator Ojiro Fumoto with IAP if they want to.
