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.

Hitman on iOS is $70 – will it bomb like all those other console game ports?

By Neil Long

Previous catalogue console game ports of Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil and Death Stranding have not fared well. Hitman’s chances of success appear to be just as slim.

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Seriously though: where are all the AI games?

By Neil Long

We asked three different ‘AI first’ studios why a slew of new development tools hasn’t quite upended the games business – yet.

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Inside King: layoff lawsuits, toxic leaders, toothless ethics teams, low morale and mandatory AI use

By Neil Long

“Candy Crush and King in general is a very very toxic environment,” says one source. “So, yes, Microsoft and AI is one cause [of the low morale] but the toxicity is endemic of the leadership team at King.”

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