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.
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.
Tencent could acquire Playtika-owned SuperPlay for up to $1.5bn, says report
With SuperPlay outperforming expectations, Playtika is caught in expensive earnouts.
An ‘unscripted’ Fallout Shelter TV show is in the works
Bethesda also confirmed the game has reached 250m players.
The soft launch games you need to know about from EA, Hoyoverse, Playrix, Zynga and more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
New game digest: Ratchet & Clank, Madden, College Football, Digimon, Word Play, Aniimo, more
We've also got new titles from Bytedance, Century Games, Boombit and Easybrain in this week's round-up.
Scopely’s Looney Tunes World of Mayhem is shutting down in October
AppMagic figures suggest the game has raked in over $100m from 40m+ downloads since launch in December 2018.
