Neil Long

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

The first true Black Mirror game, Thronglets, is out today on Netflix. And it could represent the next phase of the streaming giant’s push into games. Thronglets seems to show that there’s now much tighter collaboration between the streaming giant’s TV and gaming teams. It is developed by Netflix-owned Oxenfree creator Night School Studio, and is the centrepiece of the Plaything episode in the new Black Mirror season, which is also live today.

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Eyeball Games’ debut title Pool Masters is launching later this year, and will try to give category leader 8 Ball Pool a run for its money. And it has a decent chance of doing so – the studio is cofounded by Karsten Niemeier and Thomas Elgaard, who claim to be the minds behind the original 8 Ball Pool – the game that has gone on to dominate the mobile pool category under Miniclip’s ownership. Pre-orders for Eyeball Games’ debut title Pool Masters are live today.

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

This is an edited version of the editorial published in last Friday’s newsletter, for paid subscribers only. If you want to read more opinion-led stuff like this every Friday, sign up as a paid subscriber below:You know one company’s been dominating the headlines when you start running out of logo variants to use. In late 2023 and early 2024 it was Unity; you can probably find six or seven different flavours of that logo in the mobilegamer.biz archives. In 2025, it’s AppLovin.

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Resident Evil 3 is the latest iOS port to suggest there’s practically no demand for years-old console games on high-end iPhones. Data firm Appmagic estimates that in its nearly three weeks of availability on high-end iPhones, Resident Evil 3 has been downloaded just under 115,000 times, and Capcom has made under $50,000 from the game. The estimates from fellow data firm Appfigures are even worse.

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Thanks to the 100ish people who came to our debut event, Off The Record, last week. And in particular, thanks to our panellists, host Miniclip and sponsors Appcharge, WeHype, Exient and Moore Kingston Smith. The response has been phenomenal – we had twice the number of people apply for a spot at the event than we could accommodate. Clearly, there’s a very real need for smaller, high-level, behind-closed-doors events for mobile game leaders.