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".
On the podcast: Tencent, Playtika and SuperPlay shenanigans, further Google Play changes, Monopoly Go, MTG, DCKO, more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
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.
Mighty Doom dev Alpha Dog is back as an independent studio
It was closed by Microsoft in 2024 but founder Shawn Woods has resurrected the outfit, which is now open to opportunities.
Data digest: Meowdoku and Learnings’ sudden rise, Honor of Kings, Disney Emoji Blitz, Netflix Playground, more
There's also a load of new investment and M&A data from Drake Star in this week's round-up.
Monopoly Go earns Hasbro $44m as its games business grows 17%
That’s up slightly on the $41m Hasbro earned from Scopely’s hit game in the prior quarter.
Raid: Shadow Legends, casual arm PlaySimple and web store revenue drive rising MTG profits
Direct to consumer revenue accounted for 38% of the group's revenue in Q2, and UA spend was up 10%, representing 39% of revenue.
Unity 7 is coming Q1 2027
A beta arrives in December, with a full release targeted for Q1 2027.
Former Kabam devs Drop Fake reveal new DC Universe fighting game DCKO
DCKO is expected to release for iOS and Android devices in 2027.
