Scopely on dealmaking DNA, its next studio swoop and chatter about buying King(!)
What kind of studio is Scopely buying next, and is a shock swoop for King on the cards…? We asked the Savvy-owned mobile giant’s M&A boss, Rob Ricca, about all that plus working with EA, Turkiye, China, PC, console and more.
Jobs digest: moves at Ubisoft, Microsoft-ABK, Scopely, Supercell, Lego, Netflix and more
There are also moves and promotions at Rollic, Trailmix, Mindtail, Mag, Google, Warner and MGVC in our latest round-up.
Savvy set for $6bn Moonton deal
A Bloomberg report says the Saudi Arabia-led buyout of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang maker will close in the “near future”.
New game digest: Fortnite, new Coin Master, Mattel Match, Parseword, Dragon Quest, another Bacon game and more
There's also Ares' baseball game, Konami's new football title, a Miniclip soft launch and plenty more in this week's round-up.
How to seize the $50bn China opportunity
Industry experts explain how mobile game-makers can prosper in this very different but potentially lucrative market.
Nazara buys controlling stake in casual game studio Bluetile and rewarded play firm BestPlay for $100m
The Indian tech giant has previously acquired UK publisher Curve and mobile studio Fusebox.
Data digest: App Store China rate cut, Smartly, Subway Surfers City, SayGames, ad charts, more
There's also a digest of Adjust's latest gaming insights report in this week's numbers round-up.
Fortnite returns to Google Play worldwide this week
Epic’s battle royale is back on Thursday March 19, following an agreement with Google over store fees, scare screens and more.
The making of Love and Deepspace
Love and Deepspace director Lizi Cheng says Infold Games upped the fidelity of its hit Otome game after discovering a big problem with its love interests: “They just weren't hot enough”.
Epic is having a tougher time than expected breaking Apple and Google’s store duopoly
But Steve Allison is still up for the fight. The Epic Games Store boss tells us how the Fortnite maker's mobile store is faring compared to expectations, and what needs to happen next to open the market up further.
The soft launch games you need to know about
Take a peek at the games in testing from Supercell, Playrix, Ubisoft, Rovio, Miniclip, Moon Active and more.
Devs must add Google’s AI, achievements and cloud tech to get lower Play store fees
Google has released further detail on the requirements to join the Google Play Level Up program, which means it’ll take 15% of IAPs rather than 20% from July.
GDC 2026: Who’s got the biggest booth?
It’s Tencent, as usual, but Meta has a prime spot and there are lot of other notable quirks about the GDC show floor this year.
Squid Game: Unleashed studio Bossfight returns after Netflix closure
The newly-independent outfit is based in Dallas, Texas and led by CEO David Rippy, chief product officer Bill Jackson and COO Scott Winsett.
NCsoft to buy 70 per cent stake in rewards firm JustPlay for $204m
The Korean giant’s plans to expand into mobile continue with its swoop for the Berlin-based loyalty platform.
Supercell explains Clash Royale’s big comeback
Game leads James Back and Aleksandar Markovic said at GDC that a combination of exciting new content, easier progression and simplified systems helped – creators also got a namecheck, too, albeit briefly.
