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.

How do you follow a hit game about bacon? Make a sequel about bacon in the human body

By Neil Long

We speak to mobile indie auteur Philipp Stollenmayer about survival, ignoring metrics, viral marketing and more.

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Candy Crush maker King on AI use, layoffs, workplace culture – and the competition

By Neil Long

We spoke to King VP and head of live ops Eva Ryott about last summer’s layoffs, King’s use of AI, questions over workplace culture plus how the Candy Crush Saga team is responding to fierce competition in the puzzle genre.

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March’s top grossing mobile games

By Neil Long

Appmagic’s IAP revenue estimates show a huge milestone for Gossip Harbor while Monopoly Go’s slump continues. Supercell also seems to have worked some magic with Brawl Stars again. Read on for the numbers and analysis in full.

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