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.

The life and death of Space Ape Games

By Neil Long

Simon Hade chronicles the beginnings, evolution and end of the UK studio behind Samurai Siege, Rival Kingdoms, Beatstar, Chrome Valley Customs and more.

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FunPlus’ Chris Petrovic on the rise of Chinese gamedev, VC-style greenlighting and fewer, bigger, better releases

By Neil Long

The industry giant and former Zynga exec explains how FunPlus is incentivising new game teams with a percentage of its profits, and why China’s game developers are one step ahead.

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Why mobile games get ignored at awards shows

By Neil Long

The Game Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Joysticks tend to ignore most mobile games entirely, and for good reason: these awards are about cultural impact, not downloads and revenue.

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