AppLovin sued over allegedly serving adult ads in children’s games
The lawsuit claims the adtech firm bypassed parental controls and used fingerprinting to track kids.
Thatgamepublisher wants to sign mobile games playing in “meaningful emotional territory”
The Sky: Children of the Light studio's new label will fund and publish third party games on any platform, including mobile.
Scopely’s Genshin Impact-like Marvel game, dubbed Project Comet, seems to have leaked
The new action RPG is reportedly planned for mobile and PC with crossplay, but hasn't been confirmed by Scopely or Marvel.
September’s top grossing mobile game chart: Honor of Kings, Gossip Harbor, Roblox, more
September's AppMagic estimates suggest Candy Crush, Whiteout Survival, PUBG Mobile and Last War had a tough month while Pokémon Go bounced back from a tricky August.
September’s mobile game download chart: Free Fire, Roblox, Block Blast, Bus Fever Party, more
Bus Fever Party and Color Block break into the top ten as Meowdoku returns, Arrows fades and Gangstar: Mirage City drops out of the top 100 entirely. Get the AppMagic numbers plus our analysis inside.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Scopely, Supercell, Google, Roblox, Tripledot and more
There’s also recruitment news for Miniclip, Trailmix, Playtika and Grand Games elsewhere in our latest roundup.
New game digest: Sifu, Castlevania, Microsoft Jewel, One Piece, River City Survivors, more
We've also got new titles from Tencent, FunPlus, Plug In Digital and more in this week's round-up.
Supercell, Rovio, Playdemic, First Touch, Sybo and more back SpecialEffect’s One Special Day
The disability charity's flagship campaign launches with a slate of publishers donating a cut of IAP and DLC revenue.
Devolver-owned Reigns developer Nerial closes after 13 years
Devolver and Nerial have jointly decided to end development at the studio, meaning around eight staff are seeking new roles.
Video Games Europe hits back at EU watchdog targeting King, Supercell, Mojang and more over IAP practices
The EU-backed CPC Network has launched coordinated enforcement action against 11 games companies, but VGE and the EGDF have pushed back.
AppLovin sues Unity over alleged data collection through its Ad Quality SDK
AppLovin wants a court to block Unity from collecting data via its free Ad Quality tool.
On the podcast: Mario Kart Tour, Minecraft Blast, Zynga-Supercell deal blocked, games on Instagram(…?), more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
King’s Minecraft Blast is back in soft launch
King and Mojang's mobile puzzle spin-off is currently downloadable in Malaysia on Google Play only.
Mario Kart Tour closes after seven years and nearly $270m in revenue
AppMagic estimates suggest Nintendo's mobile racer earned $268.5m from over 276m installs since launch in September 2019.
Data digest: Circle’s $25m raise, August’s biggest earners, Japan’s top titles, webgame stats, more
We've also got fresh numbers on Brawl Stars, Colony Flow, Mystery Dumpling, Hunting Rivals, Bleach Mirrors High and more in this week's round-up.
General Intuition raises $220m at $6.2bn valuation, trains AI on gameplay clips
The funding values General Intuition at nearly triple its January valuation.
Zynga founder Mark Pincus claims he nearly bought Supercell for $400m
"We had the chance to build the biggest game company in the world."
Tencent and Capcom collab Monster Hunter Outlanders arrives October 29
The mobile spin-off arrives almost two years after it was announced.
Trophy Games acquires Airlines Manager maker Playrion from Paradox for $2.6m
The Airlines Manager and Airport Simulator: First Class studio joins Trophy Games as the company raises its full-year revenue guidance.
