New games now: Star Wars Hunters, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Dumb Ways to Survive, Loop Hero, Need for Speed and more
Also this week: new Earn To Die, Cookie Run and Hill Climb games, new NetEase and Apple Arcade releases plus an RPG about allergies and IBS.
Game emulator Delta passes 7m installs – but is Nintendo about to get it pulled down?
“Just because Nintendo hasn’t taken action yet does not prevent it from doing so in the future,” says one gaming law expert.
Unity has finally found John Riccitiello’s successor
Former Zynga, EA and BioWare exec Matthew Bromberg has taken over as CEO and president.
Data digest: Pokémon Go hits $8bn, Monster Hunter Now’s 15m installs, Supercell backs web3 dev, mobile’s funding drought and more
Also this week: Wildlife celebrates its 13th birthday, Belka lays off 20% of staff, highlights from Liftoff’s casual gaming report, Netease and Playdigious financials and more.
Hypercasual’s ‘ship has sailed’ says Kwalee as it gets serious about casual games
Kwalee is on the hunt for more publishing deals and acquisitions in the casual game space after signing Text Express from GameHouse, says mobile boss John Wright.
The soft launch games you need to know about
Take a peek at the games in testing from Supercell, King, Mihoyo, Miniclip, Dream Games, Playrix, Zynga and more.
Jobs digest: moves at Trailmix, Fortis, Voodoo, TreesPlease, Sandsoft, Odeeo, FunPlus, Hutch and more
Supercell boss Ilkka Paananen has also taken a seat on the LEGO board in this week's jobs update.
Supercell’s Squad Busters launches globally on May 29
It's open for pre-order on the App Store and Google Play now.
Metacore hires King exec as Merge Mansion closes in on €400m
CEO Mika Tammenkoski snaps up King VP David Telenius as Metacore posts €162m revenue for 2023, up 26% year-on-year.
Going global? First impressions of Squad Busters’ soft launch
Find out why 'Supercell’s Smash Bros.' could be its next big hit. [Update: Yes, it turns out it is indeed going global]
King’s boss on Microsoft’s mobile game plan, new launches – and what went wrong with Crash Bandicoot
Rebel Riders development has been paused, Tjodolf Sommestad tells us – and those other Candy Crush games in soft launch have a long way to go.
Apple-approved game emulator Delta hits 3m downloads in four days
Nintendo must be delighted.
