Neil Long

Neil is the founder and editor of mobilegamer.biz, which specialises in exclusive news, interviews and insights for the mobile games business. He has worked in media for nearly 20 years and has served as editor at MCV, Official Nintendo Magazine, Edge Online and Apple's App Store.

Niantic Spatial is closing its virtual pet game Peridot

Three years after launch, the ‘spatial tech’ firm is shutting down one of the mobile games left behind when Scopely bought Niantic’s bigger titles.

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On the podcast: Apple’s undercooked games efforts, Google’s big AI claims, Ilkka’s BAFTA speech and more

This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.

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The Xbox mobile store isn’t dead yet

“Mobile competition still matters and we believe the future of play should be more open,” says new Microsoft Gaming boss Asha Sharma.

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