The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business.
Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes.
In this episode:
- The closure of Fortis Games, which means over 400 staff are looking for work
- Rovio’s Ruby Games hybridcasual studio in Türkiye is cutting 20 jobs
- Google’s Play Store slop and clones problem, as demonstrated by Fart Together
- Reuters sources say PIF might swoop for Unity
- A very quick summary of the EU Digital Fairness Act and the fierce reaction to it
- Mobile is down at Take-Two as Color Block Jam and some older games fade, with further decline forecast
- PlayStation closed soft launch game Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble
- Interactive video startup Anorak has got $5m in funding
- Playtika is no longer up for sale. It posted flat revenue but profits growth in its last quarter
- AppLovin posted another round of monster revenue and profits
- Lego Digital Play acquired its second UK mobile firm: ForthStar, the firm set up by Playdemic’s founders
- CrazyLabs’ Sled Surfers is doing well for Embracer, pushing net mobile revenue up 42%
- MTG posted pretty flat financials
- My Games’ management team has bought out its previous owner
- All your usual soft launch, new games and data nuggets
#71, 12/11/26. Supported by Xsolla.
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