Tencent, Playtika and SuperPlay shenanigans, further Google Play changes, Monopoly Go, MTG, DCKO, more

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:

• Playtika’s slightly odd potential sale of SuperPlay to Tencent
• More Google Play shenanigans: it’s now easier to run and operate a third party store, largely thanks to Epic Games
• Monopoly Go continues to earn big bucks for Hasbro
• MTG’s financials reveal Raid’s dominance, but also growth for PlaySimple and D2C
• Mighty Doom maker Alpha Dog is back after being closed by Microsoft
• There’s a new reality show based on Fallout Shelter coming(!)
• Unity 7 is coming in early 2027
• Former Kabam devs Drop Fake are doing another fighting game but in the DC universe
• Scopely closes Looney Tunes World of Mayhem
• A load of stuff about Learnings/Oakever Games in data digest plus some Tencent, Disney Emoji Blitz and Netflix Playground and investment-related numbers
• Some extremely brisk new game and soft launch updates
• A ‘school’s out for summer’ feeling in the air as my children are unleashed for the holidays and running a website gets 2x harder

#56, 23/07/26. Supported by Xsolla.