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Ares' gameplan, Honkai: Star Rail drama, Moonton's Savvy sale, Rovio's write-down, DICE's odd mobile award, more

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A concise inside view of the mobile game business.

This week:

- Exclusive details on Mike DeLaet's gameplan for Ares Interactive after that $70m raise

- An explainer on why Honkai: Star Rail fans think the big 4.0 update got caught up in political tensions between China and Japan

- Savvy's reported $7bn swoop for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang maker Moonton

- Sega writes down Rovio by $200m, citing tricky market conditions

- Liftoff's IPO is cancelled, Fallout Shelter rises thanks to the TV show, Habby hits $2bn and plenty more data nuggets

- Some loose thoughts on the baffling mobile game of the year nominees at the DICE Awards

- Soft launch updates, featuring Metacore's three new games

- The soothing pitter-patter of Cotswolds rain in the background for the whole episode

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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 in under 20 minutes. That's it.