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.

Flappy Bird’s new owner attempts to clear the air – and flaps back at Dong Nguyen

By Neil Long

The Flappy Bird Foundation is keen to note how “strikingly similar” Dong Nguyen’s 2014 viral hit is to a 2009 Facebook game made by French dev ‘Kek’, who is part of the 2024 revival.

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Playtika to acquire Dice Dreams maker SuperPlay for an initial $700m

By Neil Long

The transaction has a potential additional consideration of $1.25bn if certain targets are met over the course of the next three years.

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EA only plans to make “concentrated bets” in mobile following a flurry of cancellations

By Neil Long

Mobile only got around 30 seconds of airtime during a wide-ranging, three hour-long EA investor event yesterday.

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