mobilegamer.biz digest
What's going on in the mobile games business.
mobilegamer.biz digest
Playtika for sale, data nuggets, Ilkka's BAFTA, Netflix Playground, game writers on mobile games, more
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A concise inside view of the mobile game business.
This week:
– Playtika is effectively up for sale again, and is reportedly worth ~$3bn
– Lots of data nuggets including Q1's top games and best performing markets (China, Singapore and Turkey are up, US is down)
– Some quick thoughts on Ilkka Paananen's BAFTA fellowship and Netflix Playground, the streaming giant's play for the kids market
– A rattle through some jobs and new game news
– Thoughts on our second critics' week, in which game critics I like write about mobile games and I take a week off, sort of
– Ambient sounds including foot-on-gravel, birdsong and the hubbub of people enjoying the sunshine in the park near St Albans Cathedral. Plus! A thrilling echoey bit in an underpass as I talk about Monster Hunter Now, confusing several passersby
#41, 09/04/26. 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 in under 20 minutes. That's it.
