On the podcast: Google Playground, AppLovin’s court battles, Scopely’s next game and plenty more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
Google reveals Playground, its AI-powered game-making platform
Players can create and edit games with prompts and then play them on mobile or PC. Unity has partnered with Google to offer pro-level tools through its own Spark toolset.
Data digest: Monopoly Go tops ad spend chart, Türkiye market stats, investments and more
There’s also a milestone for Funfinity's Food Hunt, August's top performers according to Appfigures and more in this week's round up.
Crossy Road Rush leads Apple Arcade’s November line-up
The new Hipster Whale title will be joined by State of Play’s Kami 2+ and Food Stylist+ from Zeste.
AppLovin sued over allegedly serving adult ads in children’s games
The lawsuit claims the adtech firm bypassed parental controls and used fingerprinting to track kids.
Thatgamepublisher wants to sign mobile games playing in “meaningful emotional territory”
The Sky: Children of the Light studio's new label will fund and publish third party games on any platform, including mobile.
Scopely’s Genshin Impact-like Marvel game, dubbed Project Comet, seems to have leaked
The new action RPG is reportedly planned for mobile and PC with crossplay, but hasn't been confirmed by Scopely or Marvel.
September’s top grossing mobile game chart: Honor of Kings, Gossip Harbor, Roblox, more
September's AppMagic estimates suggest Candy Crush, Whiteout Survival, PUBG Mobile and Last War had a tough month while Pokémon Go bounced back from a tricky August.
September’s mobile game download chart: Free Fire, Roblox, Block Blast, Bus Fever Party, more
Bus Fever Party and Color Block break into the top ten as Meowdoku returns, Arrows fades and Gangstar: Mirage City drops out of the top 100 entirely. Get the AppMagic numbers plus our analysis inside.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Scopely, Supercell, Google, Roblox, Tripledot and more
There’s also recruitment news for Miniclip, Trailmix, Playtika and Grand Games elsewhere in our latest roundup.
New game digest: Sifu, Castlevania, Microsoft Jewel, One Piece, River City Survivors, more
We've also got new titles from Tencent, FunPlus, Plug In Digital and more in this week's round-up.
Supercell, Rovio, Playdemic, First Touch, Sybo and more back SpecialEffect’s One Special Day
The disability charity's flagship campaign launches with a slate of publishers donating a cut of IAP and DLC revenue.
Devolver-owned Reigns developer Nerial closes after 13 years
Devolver and Nerial have jointly decided to end development at the studio, meaning around eight staff are seeking new roles.
Video Games Europe hits back at EU watchdog targeting King, Supercell, Mojang and more over IAP practices
The EU-backed CPC Network has launched coordinated enforcement action against 11 games companies, but VGE and the EGDF have pushed back.
AppLovin sues Unity over alleged data collection through its Ad Quality SDK
AppLovin wants a court to block Unity from collecting data via its free Ad Quality tool.
King’s Minecraft Blast is back in soft launch
King and Mojang's mobile puzzle spin-off is currently downloadable in Malaysia on Google Play only.
Mario Kart Tour closes after seven years and nearly $270m in revenue
AppMagic estimates suggest Nintendo's mobile racer earned $268.5m from over 276m installs since launch in September 2019.
General Intuition raises $220m at $6.2bn valuation, trains AI on gameplay clips
The funding values General Intuition at nearly triple its January valuation.
Zynga founder Mark Pincus claims he nearly bought Supercell for $400m
"We had the chance to build the biggest game company in the world."
