Love & Pies maker Trailmix has a new CEO
James Nicholas steps up from COO to CEO as founder Carolin Krenzer becomes executive chair after almost a decade running the company.
New App Store boss Eddy Cue wants to ‘squeeze additional revenue’ from developers, report says
Former app review boss Phillip Shoemaker has also published his thoughts on how the App Store might change under Cue.
Lego Digital Play snaps up Chrome Valley Customs maker Offroad Games
The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. It’s the first notable public move from the London-based Lego studio, which is led by longtime mobile exec Aaron Loeb.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Savvy, Supercell, King, Zynga, Apple, Lion and more
There's also recruitment news for Huuuge, Voodoo, Playtika, Google, Nordeus and more in our latest roundup.
New game digest: Saints Row: The Third, Overwatch Rush, Palworld Online, Bleach, Colony and more
There's also a new Miniclip puzzler and 'a punk rock physics puzzler' in this week's round-up.
Trump’s White House has made MAGA versions of Snake, Flappy Bird, Tetris and more
The US government invites players to "Enter the arcade of winning" with five games that put a Trumpian spin on popular mobile and retro games.
GungHo’s Disney Pixel RPG closes on September 30
The retro-style RPG launched in 2024 and is closing after a final run of story content and events.
Apple faces £2bn claim from UK app developers over App Tracking Transparency
The claim argues that Apple applied stricter rules to developers than to itself under ATT. Apple's advertising business has also grown to become a $7.4bn business since it brought in the new rules, says the claim.
Data digest: CookieRun, NYT and Valorant milestones, more Skillz-Papaya drama plus China, Japan and D2C stats
There's also a look at which RPGs dominated China's livestreaming charts in July.
Overwatch Rush enters soft launch in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia
Blizzard's mobile-exclusive hero shooter began testing on 31 August.
Korean giant NC has spent $300m on four studios and isn’t stopping there
Former Tripledot exec Anel Ceman says NC is looking to buy established studios making $50-100m across all genres and business models.
Eddy Cue to take over the App Store as Phil Schiller steps down
Carson Oliver stays as App Store lead, with Ann Thai and Alex Rofman moving to report into him.
Supercell’s acquisition of Merge Mansion maker Metacore to be finalised this month
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. It follows ~160 staff cuts at Metacore and the closure of its offices in Sweden and Germany.
Yahoo is quietly building a games business, and it’s starting with daily webgames
Yahoo's head of games Andrew Pedersen says that since it relaunched its games portal in January, daily active users are up more than 60% and gameplay clicks nearly 25%.
Call of Duty: Black Ops designer turns to mobile after months of funding rejections
Ex-Treyarch level designer Brian Douglas went ahead and built Rift Raider Extraction in seven weeks, without using AI.
The soft launch games you need to know about from Supercell, EA, Tencent, Moon Active, Zynga, Meta and more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
Apple reportedly saw US App Store spending fall for the first time in a decade, and Tim Sweeney has thoughts
Sensor Tower data reported by the FT suggests Apple is making less money from its App Store – likely because players can now use outside payments.
Apple’s App Store team reveal their tips and tricks for getting featured
The tech giant offered a rare glimpse into how it all works behind the scenes at Gamescom Dev earlier this week. They have some thoughts on how to market premium games, too.
Who spent the most money on their Gamescom booth?
We’d bet it’s probably Tencent, but the likes of NetEase, Hoyoverse, Gryphline and Infold also have huge stands, while Western companies have been mostly drowned out.
Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcases major new NetEase, Hoyoverse and Tencent titles
Several of this week's reveals also come with fresh beta and pre-registration windows to watch.
