Mobile games industry news and insights.https://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mvaj4ehntk2qIn this week’s new game digest we’ve got Monster Hunter Outlanders, Warhammer Boltgun Boom, Pixel Gun 2, Studio Atelico's new beta plus more from Playdigious, Supersonic, Popcore and Rollic: https://mobilegamer.biz/new-game-digest-monster-hunter-outlanders-warhammer-boltgun-boom-pixel-gun-2-pusheens-place-and-more/11 Sep 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaj4ehntk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv6pdnykh227Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group is thinking about creating one giant gaming supergroup by combining EA, Scopely and Moonton, according to a new Bloomberg report: https://mobilegamer.biz/saudi-bosses-are-considering-merging-savvy-and-ea-to-create-a-new-gaming-supergroup-says-bloomberg/10 Sep 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6pdnykh227https://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv5s2foz622dConfused by app store and webshop fees? Try our commission calculator to get a sense of how much Apple, Google and webshop vendors can take from your IAP revenue, depending on your circumstances: https://mobilegamer.biz/commission-calculator/10 Sep 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5s2foz622dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv4v3ebqfk2aApple partnered with Genshin Impact maker Hoyoverse and US startup Azra Games to demo the first games running on its new foldable, iPhone Duo: https://mobilegamer.biz/zenless-zone-zero-and-ungodly-are-the-first-games-to-be-demoed-on-apples-new-iphone-duo-foldable/10 Sep 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4v3ebqfk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv3wuovgbc2eApple's revised EU App Store terms still don’t comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, according to an open letter written by a coalition of European and international developers: https://mobilegamer.biz/apples-new-eu-app-store-terms-still-breach-the-dma-says-european-developer-coalition/09 Sep 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3wuovgbc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv3pkqjiek2dIn this week’s data digest, Pokémon Go hits $9bn, Gameloft’s profits are up, GungHo sold a $179m stake to Sony, there are fresh market stats from Niko Partners and Newzoo plus morefunding from PvX Partners: https://mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-pokemon-go-hits-9bn-gameloft-profits-rise-gungho-sells-179m-stake-fresh-market-statsmore/09 Sep 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3pkqjiek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mv37jloiz22gMicrofun’s Gossip Harbor was second only to Tencent's Honor of Kings in AppMagic's top grossing estimates for August, in which five games earned over $100m. Full analysis here: https://mobilegamer.biz/augusts-top-grossing-mobile-games-honor-of-kings-gossip-harbor-pubg-royal-match-roblox-more/09 Sep 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv37jloiz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muzcnozal22xHere’s our analysis of August’s top mobile game downloads, according to AppMagic. Featuring: Roblox, Free Fire Max, Subway Surfers, Block Blast, Arrows and an eye-catching debut from Tencent’s GTA-like Gangstar Mirage City: https://mobilegamer.biz/augusts-top-mobile-game-downloads-roblox-free-fire-max-subway-surfers-block-blast-arrows-more/08 Sep 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzcnozal22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muytmw7scc22Star Stable Entertainment is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, meaning up to 40 staff could lose their jobs. The Stockholm-based Star Stable Online maker would not confirm the number of staff affected when contacted: https://mobilegamer.biz/up-to-40-staff-at-risk-as-star-stable-cuts-20-of-its-workforce/08 Sep 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muytmw7scc22https://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muynhml6gc2uLove & Pies maker Trailmix has a new boss. James Nicholas has stepped up to CEO as founder Carolin Krenzer becomes executive chair at the Supercell-backed firm: https://mobilegamer.biz/love-pies-maker-trailmix-has-a-new-ceo/08 Sep 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muynhml6gc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muwuybsir22oNew App Store boss Eddy Cue wants to raise margins and squeeze more revenue out of developers, says a Bloomberg report. Former app review boss Philip Shoemaker has aired his views on what might change under Cue, too: https://mobilegamer.biz/new-app-store-boss-eddy-cue-wants-to-squeeze-additional-revenue-from-developers-says-report/07 Sep 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwuybsir22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muwdxuulnk2zLego’s London-based mobile games arm, Lego Digital Play, has snapped up Offroad Games, the maker of Chrome Valley Customs: https://mobilegamer.biz/lego-digital-play-snaps-up-chrome-valley-customs-maker-offroad-games/07 Sep 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwdxuulnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muwcjbh7qc2eOur latest jobs digest is packed with moves at Savvy, Supercell, King, Zynga, Apple, Lion Studios, Huuuge Games, Voodoo, Playtika, Google Play, Nordeus and plenty more: https://mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-moves-and-promotions-at-savvy-supercell-king-zynga-apple-lion-and-more/07 Sep 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwcjbh7qc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muox3kjrbs25In this week’s new game digest we’ve got the surprise return of Saints Row, news on incoming Overwatch, Palworld and Bleach games and plenty more: https://mobilegamer.biz/new-game-digest-saints-row-overwatch-palworld-bleach-colony-and-more/04 Sep 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muox3kjrbs25https://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muony2fw622pTrump’s White House has made MAGA versions of Snake, Flappy Bird, Tetris and more. The US government’s new Arcade portal invites players to “Enter the arcade of winning”: https://mobilegamer.biz/trumps-white-house-has-made-maga-versions-of-snake-flappy-bird-tetris-and-more/04 Sep 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muony2fw622phttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mun23lnlzk2bGungHo has confirmed that Disney Pixel RPG, its mobile-exclusive retro-style role playing game, will shut down on September 30: https://mobilegamer.biz/gunghos-disney-pixel-rpg-shutting-down-on-september-30/03 Sep 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun23lnlzk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mum7elnbn22aApple is facing a £2bn collective legal claim brought on behalf of thousands of UK app developers over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy: https://mobilegamer.biz/apple-faces-2bn-claim-from-uk-app-developers-over-app-tracking-transparency/03 Sep 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum7elnbn22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muk5axvqdk2zIn this week’s data digest we’ve got milestones for CookieRun: Crumble, NYT Games and Valorant, more Papaya-Skillz drama plus Japan, China and D2C market stats: https://mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-cookierun-crumble-nyt-games-and-valorant-hit-milestones-more-skillz-papaya-drama-plus-china-japan-and-d2c-stats/02 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5axvqdk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mujo2u2b4k26Blizzard’s top-down, made-for-mobile shooter Overwatch Rush quietly entered soft launch this week: https://mobilegamer.biz/overwatch-rush-enters-soft-launch-in-the-philippines-malaysia-and-indonesia/02 Sep 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujo2u2b4k26https://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muhfwluwuk2pNC’s mobile boss Anel Ceman says the Korean giant is looking to buy established studios making $50-100m per year across all genres and business models, having already snapped up four studios for a combined $300m: https://mobilegamer.biz/korean-giant-nc-has-spent-300m-on-four-studios-and-isnt-stopping-there01 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhfwluwuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muhd5vcyds2yApple’s App Store has a new boss: Eddy Cue is taking over as longtime Apple exec as Phil Schiller steps away, according to Bloomberg. There’s a minor reshuffle for Carson Oliver, Ann Thai and Apple Arcade’s Alex Rofman, too: https://mobilegamer.biz/eddy-cue-to-take-over-the-app-store-as-phil-schiller-steps-down/01 Sep 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhd5vcyds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muh73iwg322kMetacore will officially become part of Supercell later this month following ~160 job cuts at the Merge Mansion maker: https://mobilegamer.biz/supercells-acquisition-of-merge-mansion-maker-metacore-should-be-final-this-month/01 Sep 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh73iwg322khttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muf52fuypc2wYahoo's games business is growing fast after it relaunched its webgame portal in January, says head of games Andrew Pedersen. The former EA VP has worked with King to launch a daily puzzler, and is now building out Yahoo Games: https://mobilegamer.biz/yahoo-is-quietly-building-a-games-business-and-its-starting-with-daily-webgames/31 Aug 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf52fuypc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muewgo2ihk2dAfter failing to fund a PC/console project, a former Treyarch level designer built and shipped offline extraction shooter Rift Raider Extraction by himself in seven weeks, without using AI: https://mobilegamer.biz/call-of-duty-black-ops-designer-turns-to-mobile-after-months-of-funding-rejections/31 Aug 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewgo2ihk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3muenricw4c2kIn our latest soft launch update we’ve got new footage of incoming GTA-likes from Miniclip and Garena, Meta’s stealth games app Pocket and the usual suspects from Playrix, EA, Supercell, PlayStation, Blizzard, Zynga and more: https://mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-launch-games-you-need-to-know-about/31 Aug 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muenricw4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mu56xrfyvk2rEverything you need to know from a busy week of new game announcements is here in one spot, and includes news from Tencent, Hoyoverse, NetEase, FunPlus, RubberBand Games, Timi, Rollic and more: https://mobilegamer.biz/new-game-digest-pubg-mobile-light-aniimo-petit-planet-wobbly-life-monster-hunter-and-more/28 Aug 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu56xrfyvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mu54vhju7k2dApple reportedly saw revenue from its App Store drop 6% year-on-year after US courts forced it to offer players commission-free outside payments. Naturally, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney had some thoughts: https://mobilegamer.biz/us-app-store-spending-falls-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade-and-tim-sweeney-has-thoughts/28 Aug 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu54vhju7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social/post/3mu2snibw622zApple offered a rare glimpse into how App Store featuring works and explained why it is pushing ‘try as you buy’ games at Gamescom Dev earlier this week: https://mobilegamer.biz/apples-app-store-team-reveal-their-tips-and-tricks-for-getting-featured/27 Aug 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:4tblbtwxthyvvd2ov3jfhysx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2snibw622z