Neil Long

Neil is the founder and editor of mobilegamer.biz, a site that specialises in exclusive news, interviews and insights for the mobile games business. He started his media career almost 20 years ago and has served as editor at MCV, Official Nintendo Magazine, Edge and Apple's App Store.

Xsolla targets 10x growth as it prepares to seize the direct-to-consumer moment

By Neil Long

With the Digital Markets Act looming, Apple and Google’s 30% is under threat. Xsolla president and interim CEO Chris Hewish says his company is ready to take full advantage.

Data drop: 530+ devs boycott Unity, Playtika’s $80m buy, Brawl Stars hits $2bn, vital market stats and more

By Neil Long

In this week’s data digest we’ve got insights into the EU and Indonesian markets, a look at the ‘ugly beauty’ trend and more.

Honkai: Star Rail has likely passed $1bn already – but has seriously eaten into Genshin Impact’s earnings

By Neil Long

A new report from Naavik suggests that Hoyoverse has moved players from Genshin to Star Rail only to find the latter doesn’t monetise as well.