Supercell launches Squad Busters worldwide with over 5m downloads from soft launch alone
It is also spending big on marketing with an ad starring Chris Hemsworth and others as it targets 40m pre-registrations.
How Stumble Guys beat Fall Guys at its own game
Community manager Antti Nguyen takes us inside the extraordinary rise of Stumble Guys, a game built by a tiny team that's now one of the biggest party platformers in the world.
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Scopely, Trailmix, FunPlus, Unity, Epic, Fingersoft, Stillfront and more
Sandsoft, Playtika, Exient, Kakao, Kokku Games, Xsolla, Embracer and PlayStation also feature this week.
Epic Games Store and Fortnite set for UK iOS launch next year
A new UK competition law has prompted Epic to announce an iOS store launch in the “second half of 2025”.
New games now: Wuthering Waves and Dungeon Fighter top the charts, fresh Netflix releases and more
Also this week: a new NetEase epic, Square pulls the plug on Dragon Quest Champions, more.
With Squad Busters imminent, Supercell is already teasing its next potential launch: Mo.co
Is Supercell’s Diablo-like monster-hunter Mo.co closer than expected? Social media posts seem to suggest so.
PlayStation hasn’t given up on mobile just yet
It appears to be building a backend to support its forthcoming mobile games, and has opened up new mobile roles in London, Berlin and Helsinki in recent weeks.
Doubts linger over Xbox app store as July launch looms large
"There is no detail out there and who knows what the fuck is happening at Microsoft right now. It is possible they have no clue either," one source said. Another told us: "The experience will just stink".
Playrix’s Igor and Dmitry Bukhman are up to 27th in the Sunday Times Rich List
They have a fortune of over £6.3bn, the newspaper estimates, which has grown by over £500m in the last year.
Take-Two hails hit Match Factory as mobile earnings beat PC and console combined
Mobile is now 52% of the company’s net bookings, Match Factory is a hit and its direct-to-consumer efforts are “progressing well”, says Zynga's parent company.
Plarium and Big Fish up for sale at Aristocrat
The casino and real-money gaming giant is reviewing its portfolio, with two of its free-to-play game units potentially up for sale. Product Madness is not part of the review.
Tencent says app stores are “over-earning at the expense of app providers”
The owner of Supercell, Riot and a large stake in Epic Games and Ubisoft has also said it’ll be focusing on launching “fewer but bigger and better new games” going forwards.
