New games now: Roomscapes, Zenless Zone Zero, Squad Busters, Take That’s match 3 game, Zombie State and more
Also this week: Merge Mansion heads to China, NetEase's new LOTR game, Warbits Plus, Kingdom Hearts, Loop Hero, Neopets, Persona and more.
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]
Data digest: Brawl Stars’ biggest ever day, Warzone Mobile one month on, Embracer’s big split, Nitro, Stillfront, Mag financials and more
Read on for the numbers you need to know about minus the fluff.
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.
From Taylor Swift to Britney Spears and beyond, why Glu’s other celebrity games failed
Also: the Kanye West, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham and Sly Stallone games that never made it. And could Glu 2.0 be on the horizon?
The rise and fall of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Former Glu leaders Niccolo De Masi and Chris Akhavan tell this pioneering game's inside story.
Layoffs at Kwalee as it restructures around new “growth opportunities”
Kwalee would not specify the exact number of roles at risk, but said it's less than the 40 our source suggested, representing 10% of its workforce.
King talks soft launched Candy Crush games, making a movie and more
Luken Aragon, VP of Marketing for Candy Crush Saga at King, answers a few quick questions.
Miniclip goes multiplatform as it snaps up PowerWash Simulator maker FuturLab
“It is an exciting step for Miniclip to enter the PC/Console space with FuturLab,” said Miniclip boss Saad Choudri.
