New game digest: CookieRun, Field Day, Seven Deadly Sins, Pixel Worlds, Farming Sim, more
There's also a new Dora The Explorer game plus Slime Rancher, Aniimo, Sea of Stars, Vampire Crawlers and Darklord in this week's round-up.
Unity to sell off Supersonic label and close Ironsource Ad Network
The engine maker plans to divest the mobile publishing arm behind casual hits like Bridge Race and Going Balls. It’s also discontinuing Ironsource’s ad network under four years after that blockbuster $4.4bn merger.
On the podcast: Scopely talks M&A, new publisher Arcade, yet more Epic news, Moonton, China and more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
What’s going on with Epic’s push into webshops?
Epic webshops are in a MVP-like state so far, says Epic Games Store boss Steve Allison.
Data digest: Epic layoffs, US top grossing charts, Kingshot hits $1bn, puzzle analysis, more
There's also Balatro publisher Playstack's earnings and milestones for Farm Heroes Saga and Glow Fashion Idol in this week's update.
Arcade is the new publisher taking on Voodoo, Supersonic, SayGames and Supercent
It has backing from Dubai-based adtech giant and startup incubator AI.tech, and offers UA and publishing know-how as game development becomes commoditised by AI, says boss Alexandre Salem.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
