Rovio sales hold steady in Sega financials after write-down and rebuild
Rovio's revenue held roughly flat, but spending across Sega's broader free to play segment grew year-on-year.
Venmo payments now available on Google Play
Android users can now link their Venmo balance or payment method to pay for apps, games and digital content.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at EA, Nazara, Unity, Epic, Scopely, Kabam and more
There's also job news at Xsolla, Tactile Games and Moon Active in our latest round-up.
Mobile’s lead narrows at Take-Two, but still represents over half its earnings
Console growth narrows the gap as Color Block Jam slows after a breakout debut year. Toon Blast, Words With Friends and Top Eleven were up year-on-year.
New game digest: CookieRun, My Hero Academia, 9 Kings, a new Nuverse game and more
There's also an indie game about pigeons, a wipeout-alike and more in this week's round-up.
Disney Solitaire drives Playtika earnings, but UA spend will now drop 70%
The marketing cuts follow reports suggesting Playtika was having trouble paying SuperPlay's earnouts, which were set before Disney Solitaire blew up.
Unity has sold Supersonic to Tripledot for $40m
Tripledot adds the publishing label to its growing portfolio as Unity refocuses on Vector and reports its Q2 earnings.
AppLovin misses guidance despite 53% revenue growth in Q2
AppLovin shares fell sharply in the aftermath of the financial report, despite huge revenue growth and record profitability.
Data digest: Sensor Tower’s H1 analysis, Hay Day’s comeback, July’s top games, big Krafton numbers and more
There's also a sudden surge of mobile games approved for release in China in this week's round-up.
EA’s $55bn sale to Saudi-led consortium is officially complete
The company's stock has ceased trading and has been delisted from NASDAQ.
GTA has made over $100m on mobile – and now Tencent, Garena and more are moving onto Rockstar’s turf
A look at how GTA-inspired mobile games like Neverness to Everness, One State, Gangstar and more stack up against Rockstar's own catalogue.
A retired tennis pro built and launched Tennis Tycoon entirely with Claude Code
He's the latest amateur coder hoping to score a hit on the App Store with a Claude-made passion project.
Garena’s Palworld Online is a mobile MMO based on Pocketpair’s hit survival game
The game is set to launch on iOS and Android later this year.
Roblox says new ‘Slim’ tech will let complex avatars run on low-end Android as it pushes mobile-first game creation
"Everything from 2D puzzle games to complex 3D multiplayer games are going to be created on mobile, enhanced in Roblox Studio."
The soft launch games you need to know about from EA, Tencent, Moon Active, Take-Two and more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
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”
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.
