Squad Busters, Sandsoft, Boss Fight, the ‘billion dollar blueprint’, Google Play opens up, Pokémon Go, more

A concise inside view of the mobile game business.

This week: 

• Reaction to three closures: Squad Busters, Sandsoft and Boss Fight
• Akın Babayiğit’s ‘billion dollar blueprint’
• Google opens up the US Play store
• EA’s mobile revenue
• Pokémon Go post-Scopely takeover
• Handy data nuggets and soft launch news
• A plug for Off The Record London on November 19

#20, 30/10/25. Supported by Xsolla. 

•

Hang on, what's going on here? Every week mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what's happening in the mobile game business. That's it.