Digital Chocolate’s diaspora, Destiny: Rising woes, EA’s shooter revival, November’s top games, more

A concise inside view of the mobile game business.

This week: 

• A look at Trip Hawkins and the Digital Chocolate diaspora running big chunks of today’s mobile games business
• Is Destiny: Rising in trouble? It seems that way, but a China launch might rescue it
• A job ad suggests EA is taking another shot at the mobile shooter category, meaning Apex Legends and Battlefield could return to mobile
• November’s top downloads and top earners, according to Appmagic
• The mobile gamification of newspapers continues with The Observer’s deal for Mindset Go’s puzzles
• Data and jobs news featuring Tencent, Google Play, Metacore, Hutch and more

#25, 04/12/25. Supported by Xsolla. 

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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.