
mobilegamer.biz digest
What's going on in the mobile games business.
Episodes
9 episodes
Moon Active, Umamusume, NextBeat plus news nuggets from our data, jobs and new game columns
#9, 15/08/25: This week's audio tour of mobilegamer.biz takes in Moon Active's three new soft launch games, Umamusume's horse girls getting traction with western players and what's next for NextBeat after most of its staff joined Duolingo. Ther...
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16:56

Mobile game coverage, NextBeat acquired, Supercell's AI play, July's top titles plus data, soft launch and new game news
#8, 08/08/25: This week we explain why games websites don't write about mobile games, Duolingo's surprise acquisition of NextBeat, who's leading Supercell's AI lab and July's top downloads and biggest earners. There's also plenty of interesting...
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19:52

King protests, VC dropoff, whale hunting plus data, jobs and new game news
#7, 01/08/25: This week we rattle through the layoff protests at King Barcelona, a new Secret Developer blog about whale hunting, find out where all the VC money has gone and bring you the highlights from our regular data, jobs and new games up...
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11:36

Niantic, more layoffs, Monopoly Go earnings, Supercell's AI investment, more
#6, 25/07/25: Quickfire discussion of this week’s big Niantic interview, more layoffs, Monopoly Go’s earnings and a first for Supercell as it invests in a ‘GenAI first’ game studio. There's also a dash through lots of other news nuggets in our ...
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15:44

King's AI layoffs, Zynga, 'AI-first' gamedev plus new games, data and jobs news
#5, 18/07/25: Quickfire discussion of that King AI layoffs story, a recent interview with Zynga boss Frank Gibeau plus a look at how an 'AI-first' studio is doing. There's also a summary of lots of other news nuggets in our regular ...
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15:10

Supercell, Trailmix, 2025's top grossing games + top downloads so far, plus data, soft launch and new game news
#4, 11/07/25: Following Develop Brighton there's the highlights from our chat with Supercell and Trailmix, a look at the top grossing games and top downloads of 2025 so far and lots of other news nuggets in our regular soft launch, data digest ...
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17:41

King + Blizzard cuts, Tripledot, App Store anger, age rating controversy, June's top games, more
#3, 04/06/25: detail and thoughts on the King and Blizzard layoffs, Tripledot's $800m deal with AppLovin, yet more App Store anger, age rating controversy, June's top downloads and top earners plus more data, jobs and new game news nuggets....
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17:23

Google's stealth games app, new Apple shenanigans, Netflix's game cull and more
Mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what happened in mobile games this week.#2, 27/06/25: Apple's new EU App Store rules, Google's stealth Instant Games app, a recent interview with Take-Two boss Stra...
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15:34

#1, 22/06/25: Diablo Immortal, PlayStation’s mobile push, Netflix numbers, more.
mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and explains what happened in mobile games this week.Includes: jobs news, mission accomplished for Diablo Immortal, PlayStation's aborted mobile push, Netflix download numbers, ...
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