Fortis Games appears to have closed with over 400 staff likely affected
A flurry of LinkedIn posts suggest that parent company Las Vegas Sands closed the developer and cancelled all contracts with immediate effect, leaving over 400 people out of work.
My.Games seals UAE-backed management buyout from owner Alexander Chachava
Now-former owner Chachava bought the company from VK for $642m in 2022.
EU’s draft Digital Fairness Act takes aim at loot boxes, virtual currencies and pay-to-win
All players would also be able to switch off loot boxes and "addictive" features, according to the draft.
Lego Digital Play acquires Golf Clash veterans’ new studio ForthStar
"The rumours of mobile's death have been greatly exaggerated," says Lego Digital Play president Aaron Loeb.
Take-Two mobile bookings fall 13%, with another decline forecast for Q3
Toon Blast and Words With Friends grew, but Color Block Jam fell by double digits year-on-year.
Google’s Play Store is already hosting multiple clones of unreleased Steam game Fart Together
“I think we may have broken a record for the most clones in the shortest time – for a game that hasn’t even launched yet,” said the original game's developer.
The soft launch games you need to know about from Supercell, EA, Moon Active, Zynga, more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
PlayStation cancels Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble a year into soft launch
The mobile shooter never got a global release, and its servers will shut down in May 2027.
New game digest: Honkai: Nexus Anima, WB All Star Mayhem, Crossy Road, Red Dead, Vampirio, more
There's also another new Genshin Impact-like RPG and a load of indie games in this week's round-up.
The Saudi-led consortium that bought EA is in talks to acquire Unity, says Reuters
A potential $25bn deal was discussed before Unity’s latest earnings report, according to Reuters sources.
Playtika calls off sale search as Q3 revenue holds flat at $674m
The Bingo Blitz maker posted record adjusted EBITDA in Q3 as it cut marketing spend, but daily players fell 13%.
Unity posts first profit since its IPO as Vector grows 126%
The engine maker expects its strategic Grow revenue to more than double year-on-year in Q4.
MTG revenue flat in Q3 as D2C hits 42% of sales
The Raid: Shadow Legends owner has postponed Playsimple's planned IPO in India, and said Google's US fees on external links have reduced some of the cost advantages of D2C.
AppLovin posts record revenue of $2.2bn in Q3 – up 55%
CEO Adam Foroughi said AppLovin's gaming business "grew nearly 50% year-over-year".
Hutch cofounder Shaun Rutland teases his new ‘interactive generative video’ studio Anorak
Fellow games veteran David Amor has also joined as COO. Anorak staff are split between Europe and Chengdu. A funding announcement is expected soon.
Data digest: Q3’s top earners, 2026’s biggest new launches, Apple and Google fined, more
We've also got stats from the last ten years of mobile from AppMagic, Capcom and Xbox earnings and milestones for Aniimo, Tiles Survive and 9 Kings in this week's round-up.
ASA bans misleading mobile game ads from King, Scopely, Dark War Survival publisher and more
A "Not actual gameplay" disclaimer wasn't enough to save ads for Farm Heroes Saga, Pixel Flow, Dark War Survival, Last Z and more.
Apple says mobile gaming headwinds held App Store performance flat
Court rulings forcing Apple to open up its stores have also had an impact, says the tech giant. Services still hit a record $31.6bn in its Q4, but growth slowed from 15% to 10% in a year.
The Baby in Yellow: how a 48-hour game jam hit 400m downloads
With 320m installs on Android, 80m on iOS and 100k on Steam, indie studio Team Terrible is pulling in about £2m a year from its hit horror game.
US court blocks Papaya from moving money out of the US as Skillz chases $730m judgment
Papaya moved more than $70m from the US to Israel before its false advertising trial, the court found.
PlayStudios closes Tetris Block Party after cutting 177 jobs and shuttering four studios
The Las Vegas-based mobile publisher’s restructure was announced in March, and still appears to be ongoing, resulting in another Tetris game’s closure. It was also recently at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq.
