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In this week’s new game digest: EA FC Mobile 27, Aniimo, Bloons, Kingdom Rush, Epic Mickey, Moco, Meta's game creation app and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
New game digest: EA FC Mobile 27, Aniimo, Bloons, Kingdom Rush, Epic Mickey, Moco and more
We’ve also got Meta’s game creation app, a new title from Popcore, Sanrio’s debut mobile game and more in this week’s round-up.
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September 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
In this week’s new game digest: EA FC Mobile 27, Aniimo, Bloons, Kingdom Rush, Epic Mickey, Moco, Meta's game creation app and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
Meta says its new Horizon Create app will enable players to create entire games from a prompt, then publish them straight to Facebook and Instagram: mobilegamer.biz/horizon-crea...
Horizon Create users can make games with a prompt and publish on Instagram and Facebook, says Meta
The tech giant announced its new Create app and Studio toolset at Meta Connect this week, though there was no firm date on when they might arrive.
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September 25, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Meta says its new Horizon Create app will enable players to create entire games from a prompt, then publish them straight to Facebook and Instagram: mobilegamer.biz/horizon-crea...
Tomorrow’s planned strikes at King’s Stockholm and Malmo offices have been called off after the Candy Crush maker signed a collective bargaining agreement with two Swedish unions: mobilegamer.biz/king-averts-...
King averts strikes by signing agreement with Swedish unions
Tomorrow’s planned strike action at the Candy Crush maker’s Stockholm and Malmo offices have now been called off.
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September 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Tomorrow’s planned strikes at King’s Stockholm and Malmo offices have been called off after the Candy Crush maker signed a collective bargaining agreement with two Swedish unions: mobilegamer.biz/king-averts-...
Supercell’s monster hunting game Mo co is still underperforming and is going ‘back into beta’(…?) – the Finnish firm will now try to figure out a new way forward for the game while it is in "low maintenance" mode: mobilegamer.biz/supercells-m...
Supercell’s monster hunting game Mo.co is going ‘back into beta’
Supercell will “keep iterating and testing out new features” while the game is in “low maintenance” mode.
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September 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Supercell’s monster hunting game Mo co is still underperforming and is going ‘back into beta’(…?) – the Finnish firm will now try to figure out a new way forward for the game while it is in "low maintenance" mode: mobilegamer.biz/supercells-m...
YouTube’s tentative, lowkey move into instant-play webgames has continued with the rollout of its Playables range across the EU and Nordics. YouTube Playables are now live in over 50 markets, according to one staffer: mobilegamer.biz/youtube-has-...
YouTube has quietly rolled out Playables to over 50 markets
IAPs could be coming to these instant-play webgames next year, says a Google staffer.
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September 24, 2026 at 10:53 AM
YouTube’s tentative, lowkey move into instant-play webgames has continued with the rollout of its Playables range across the EU and Nordics. YouTube Playables are now live in over 50 markets, according to one staffer: mobilegamer.biz/youtube-has-...
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This week’s super concise podcast has got Oakever Games shenanigans, King dodging the Xbox cuts, Hipster Whale's new role within Atari, what’s going on with GTA-like One State, crossovers in Monopoly Go and Brawl Stars plus plenty more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Oakever Games shenanigans, King and the Xbox cuts, Hipster Whale, One State, Monopoly Go, more
Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 23 September · 18min
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September 24, 2026 at 9:51 AM
This week’s super concise podcast has got Oakever Games shenanigans, King dodging the Xbox cuts, Hipster Whale's new role within Atari, what’s going on with GTA-like One State, crossovers in Monopoly Go and Brawl Stars plus plenty more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
With GTA 6 looming, ChillBase is quietly making millions every month from its GTA-like game OneState – and its founder is surprised so few mobile studios are meeting the demand for open world crime games: mobilegamer.biz/onestate-mak...
OneState maker ChillBase is quietly making millions by meeting the demand for GTA-likes
Estimates suggest OneState has made over $85m to date, and is currently pullig in over $5m per month. With GTA 6 looming, we spoke to its creator, US studio ChillBase.
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September 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
With GTA 6 looming, ChillBase is quietly making millions every month from its GTA-like game OneState – and its founder is surprised so few mobile studios are meeting the demand for open world crime games: mobilegamer.biz/onestate-mak...
In this week’s data digest we’ve got mobile’s fastest-growing games, China stats, Google Play’s skyrocketing submissions plus news from Embracer and Top App Games: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...
Data digest: mobile’s fastest-growing games, China stats, Google Play submissions double, more
We’ve also got news from Embracer and Top App Games in this week’s round up.
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September 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
In this week’s data digest we’ve got mobile’s fastest-growing games, China stats, Google Play’s skyrocketing submissions plus news from Embracer and Top App Games: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...
Scopely’s latest Monopoly Go collab is with Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters and Ghostbusters: mobilegamer.biz/monopoly-go-...
Monopoly Go reveals new KPop Demon Hunters and Ghostbusters crossovers
Scopely’s Monster Mash season runs September 23 to November 25.
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September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Scopely’s latest Monopoly Go collab is with Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters and Ghostbusters: mobilegamer.biz/monopoly-go-...
King seems to have escaped major layoffs in the latest round of Xbox job cuts and reorganisation, which sees the Candy Crush maker’s remit expand to include Microsoft Casual Games: mobilegamer.biz/king-escapes...
King seemingly escapes major layoffs in latest round of Xbox cuts
The Candy Crush maker’s remit has expanded and will now take in Microsoft Casual Games.
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September 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
King seems to have escaped major layoffs in the latest round of Xbox job cuts and reorganisation, which sees the Candy Crush maker’s remit expand to include Microsoft Casual Games: mobilegamer.biz/king-escapes...
Crossy Road maker Hipster Whale could revive or reimagine a wealth of retro IP from the Atari archives following its acquisition by the rejuvenated retro label: mobilegamer.biz/hipster-whal...
Hipster Whale could revive or reimagine a range of retro classics after Atari acquisition
A load of classic Atari games like Pong, Breakout, Centipede and Missile Command could soon be revived or reimagined on mobile, says Hipster Whale cofounder Matt Hall.
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September 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Crossy Road maker Hipster Whale could revive or reimagine a wealth of retro IP from the Atari archives following its acquisition by the rejuvenated retro label: mobilegamer.biz/hipster-whal...
Vita Mahjong, Amaze Go and Meowdoku maker Oakever Games is fighting off cloning accusations. It has already lost one copyright infringement case against Block Blast maker Hungry Studio, and is now fighting another. Sources suggest that's the tip of the iceberg: mobilegamer.biz/vita-mahjong...
Vita Mahjong, Amaze Go and Meowdoku maker Oakever Games fights cloning accusations
It has already lost one copyright infringement case against Block Blast maker Hungry Studio, and is currently fighting another brought by Avia Games. Industry chatter alleges that’s the tip o…
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September 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Vita Mahjong, Amaze Go and Meowdoku maker Oakever Games is fighting off cloning accusations. It has already lost one copyright infringement case against Block Blast maker Hungry Studio, and is now fighting another. Sources suggest that's the tip of the iceberg: mobilegamer.biz/vita-mahjong...
In our latest jobs digest we’ve got moves and promotions at King, Scopely, Loom, Funday, Tactile, Zynga, Tripledot, Trailmix, FreePlay, Cypher and Arcade: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...
Jobs digest: moves and promotions at King, Scopely, Loom, Funday, Tactile, Zynga and more
There’s also recruitment news from Tripledot, Trailmix, FreePlay, Cypher and Arcade in our latest roundup.
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September 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
In our latest jobs digest we’ve got moves and promotions at King, Scopely, Loom, Funday, Tactile, Zynga, Tripledot, Trailmix, FreePlay, Cypher and Arcade: mobilegamer.biz/jobs-digest-...
This week’s new game digest has news on Dave the Diver and Aniimo plus new titles from Game Freak, Moon Active, Noodlecake, Playdigious, NC, Koei Tecmo and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
New game digest: Dave the Diver, Aniimo, new Game Freak, Moon Active and Noodlecake titles, more
There’s also new release news from Playdigious, NC, Koei Tecmo and Critical Leap this week.
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September 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
This week’s new game digest has news on Dave the Diver and Aniimo plus new titles from Game Freak, Moon Active, Noodlecake, Playdigious, NC, Koei Tecmo and more: mobilegamer.biz/new-game-dig...
New EU proposals intended to protect children playing online games, enforce the use of age assurance tools and ban addictive design features have been met with both support and skepticism from trade body Video Games Europe: mobilegamer.biz/video-games-...
Video Games Europe warns against sweeping restrictions proposed in the EU KIDS Act
The European Commission has proposed a series of restrictions aimed at games companies and social media firms, but Video Games Europe has warned against some of the measures and called for further …
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September 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
New EU proposals intended to protect children playing online games, enforce the use of age assurance tools and ban addictive design features have been met with both support and skepticism from trade body Video Games Europe: mobilegamer.biz/video-games-...
Doki Doki Literature Club is returning to Android as an Epic Games Store exclusive, we can reveal. Google removed it from the Play Store due to its depiction of sensitive themes earlier this year: mobilegamer.biz/doki-doki-li...
Doki Doki Literature Club is returning to Android through the Epic Games Store
The cult visual novel will drop on Epic’s mobile storefront later today, we understand. Google removed it from the Play Store over its depiction of sensitive themes earlier this year.
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September 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Doki Doki Literature Club is returning to Android as an Epic Games Store exclusive, we can reveal. Google removed it from the Play Store due to its depiction of sensitive themes earlier this year: mobilegamer.biz/doki-doki-li...
Supercell and Duolingo have revealed a new crossover event which will see Brawl Stars fighter Spike and the language learning app's mascot Duo appear across both apps for the rest of the month: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-an...
Supercell and Duolingo reveal new Brawl Stars crossover
Brawl Stars fighter Spike and the language learning app’s mascot Duo have beef, apparently, and will be appearing across both apps for the rest of the month.
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September 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Supercell and Duolingo have revealed a new crossover event which will see Brawl Stars fighter Spike and the language learning app's mascot Duo appear across both apps for the rest of the month: mobilegamer.biz/supercell-an...
On this week’s concise, banter-free podcast: thoughts and speculation on that potential Saudi-owned gaming supergroup, Reform's mobile game, King strikes, Mattel, Roblox, Mizuguchi, more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
That EA-Scopely supergroup, Reform's mobile game, King strikes, Mattel, Roblox, Mizuguchi, more
Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 16 September · 19min
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September 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
On this week’s concise, banter-free podcast: thoughts and speculation on that potential Saudi-owned gaming supergroup, Reform's mobile game, King strikes, Mattel, Roblox, Mizuguchi, more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
In this week’s data digest: we’ve got a Roblox share jump, August’s fastest-growing publishers, milestones for Heartopia, Clash of Critters and Age of Magic, Pocket Worlds buying Hotel Hideaway, fresh Newzoo stats and more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...
Data digest: Roblox shares jump 11%, August’s top publishers, Heartopia, Clash of Critters, Newzoo stats, more
We’ve also got Pocket Worlds buying Hotel Hideaway, StoryToys stats and a milestone for Playkot in this week’a round up.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
In this week’s data digest: we’ve got a Roblox share jump, August’s fastest-growing publishers, milestones for Heartopia, Clash of Critters and Age of Magic, Pocket Worlds buying Hotel Hideaway, fresh Newzoo stats and more: mobilegamer.biz/data-digest-...
Far-right political party Reform UK has launched a new iOS and Android app which contains a basic high score game called Small Boat Scramble. In it, players are asked to repel boats carrying immigrants before they reach British shores: mobilegamer.biz/reform-uk-la...
Reform UK has launched a ‘stop the boats’ game in its iOS and Android app
A basic arcade game called Small Boat Scramble is part of the right wing party’s Small Boat Watch app, which launched yesterday.
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September 16, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Far-right political party Reform UK has launched a new iOS and Android app which contains a basic high score game called Small Boat Scramble. In it, players are asked to repel boats carrying immigrants before they reach British shores: mobilegamer.biz/reform-uk-la...
After launching Lumines Remastered this summer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi says he could bring more of his games to mobile soon. He also believes mobile players are increasingly open to premium-style games, after years of free to play dominance: mobilegamer.biz/tetsuya-mizu...
Tetsuya Mizuguchi on the return of Lumines – and why premium games could bounce back
After launching Lumines Remastered this summer, the revered game designer says he could bring more of his games to mobile soon – and says mobile players are increasingly open to premium-style games…
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September 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
After launching Lumines Remastered this summer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi says he could bring more of his games to mobile soon. He also believes mobile players are increasingly open to premium-style games, after years of free to play dominance: mobilegamer.biz/tetsuya-mizu...
Two Swedish trade unions have issued a formal strike notice against King after the Microsoft-owned company rejected a collective bargaining agreement: mobilegamer.biz/king-staff-c...
King staff could strike after the Candy Crush maker rejects collective bargaining agreement
Sveriges Ingenjörer and Unionen say strike action could begin September 25 if King won’t budge.
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September 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Two Swedish trade unions have issued a formal strike notice against King after the Microsoft-owned company rejected a collective bargaining agreement: mobilegamer.biz/king-staff-c...
Toy giant Mattel wants its answer to Hasbro’s Monopoly Go, says COO Devin Nambiar. The Barbie, Uno and Hot Wheels owner bought out NetEase’s stake in Mattel163 and is now known as Mattel Game Studios: mobilegamer.biz/toy-giant-ma...
Toy giant Mattel has set its sights on mobile – and it wants a Monopoly Go of its own
The owner of Uno, Barbie and many more bought out NetEase’s stake in Mattel163 and now has ambitions of its own as Mattel Game Studios, says COO Devin Nambiar.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Toy giant Mattel wants its answer to Hasbro’s Monopoly Go, says COO Devin Nambiar. The Barbie, Uno and Hot Wheels owner bought out NetEase’s stake in Mattel163 and is now known as Mattel Game Studios: mobilegamer.biz/toy-giant-ma...
Have a peek at what’s coming next from Blizzard, Scopely, Zynga, Supercell, Rovio, PlayStation Mobile and more in our regularly-updated list of soft launch games you need to know about: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...
The soft launch games you need to know about from Blizzard, Supercell, EA, Moon Active, Zynga and more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
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September 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Have a peek at what’s coming next from Blizzard, Scopely, Zynga, Supercell, Rovio, PlayStation Mobile and more in our regularly-updated list of soft launch games you need to know about: mobilegamer.biz/the-soft-lau...
Roblox said at its developer conference that games and experiences will soon be shippable as standalone apps for PC, console and mobile. It also announced plans around offline and instant web games, plus new payment tools: mobilegamer.biz/roblox-to-le...
Roblox plans to let creators turn their games into standalone apps
Announcements at RDC 2026 also cover offline play, web instant-play, 2D game support and new creator payment tools.
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September 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Roblox said at its developer conference that games and experiences will soon be shippable as standalone apps for PC, console and mobile. It also announced plans around offline and instant web games, plus new payment tools: mobilegamer.biz/roblox-to-le...