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New game digest: Habby, Halfbrick and Miniclip titles incoming, Squad Busters hits China, Epic freebies, Rebel Moon, more

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Tom Ivan

Here every Friday you’ll find the latest global releases, new soft launches and everything in between. This column is sponsored by Supercell, which seeks founders for the next new Supercell game. The next round of their new game incubation program, Spark, starts in August and is still open for founder types from the fields of programming and art. Your opportunity here.
Netflix wants ‘more titles like Grand Theft Auto’ - but is cautious on future games investment

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Netflix talked plenty about its current and future games offering in its latest earnings call, having just delivered another quarter that beat Wall Street expectations.
SuperPlay’s Disney collab ups the ante in the growing solitaire market

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Playtika’s market leading solitaire game, Grand Harvest, has another major contender. After King launched Candy Crush Solitaire in February, Disney Solitaire enters the fray today – and is made by one of Playtika’s own studios, SuperPlay.
Scopely clarifies Niantic layoff reports

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Scopely has told us that it will not be making any workforce reductions at its newly-owned Niantic game teams. As you may have read across the games media in the last day or two, Niantic made 68 layoffs following the sale of its game business to Scopely for $3.5bn in March. But those layoffs were at Niantic Spatial, the spun-out, non-gaming entity focused on AR tech. Those layoffs were also already previously announced in a blog published on March 20, written by Niantic boss John Hanke.
Data digest: Minecraft rises, Scopely drives M&A, Thronglets, DC Dark Legion, Roblox numbers, spending trends, more

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Tom Ivan

Every Wednesday we break down the latest data, research and financial results into digestible chunks. Read on for the numbers you need to know about minus the fluff. This column is sponsored by Xsolla, which can help you to quickly launch your branded web shop to boost revenue and expedite your marketing ROI. Get started here.
Dream Games nets LeBron James for new Royal Kingdom ad

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

Dream Games has drafted in basketball icon LeBron James to star in a new Royal Kingdom ad. Royal Kingdom is the Turkish studio’s second global launch afterRoyal Match, which has been a regular fixture in the top grossing charts. According to March’s Appmagic estimates, Royal Match was the third top grossing mobile game globally, with $147m earned last month alone. Royal Kingdom earned around $13.5m for the same period, according to Appmagic.
King and Candy Crush could be entering a bolder ‘launch and learn’ era

1 week ago | mobilegamer.biz | Neil Long

The launch of Candy Crush Solitaire could signal a subtle change in direction for King, judging by our conversation with Candy Crush Saga GM Paula Ingvar. As we’ve reported previously, Ingvar said at GDC that with the addition of Solitaire, Candy Crush is in the ‘franchise phase’ of its development – suggesting there are more new Candy-themed takes on other puzzle genres incoming.
New game digest: Sonic Rumble, Black Mirror, Peppa Pig, Apple Arcade updates, more

2 weeks ago | mobilegamer.biz | Tom Ivan

Here every Friday you’ll find the latest global releases, new soft launches and everything in between. This column is sponsored by Supercell, which seeks founders for the next new Supercell game. The next round of their new game incubation program, Spark, starts in August and is still open for founder types from the fields of programming and art. Your opportunity here. Sonic Rumble (Sega)This Sega and Rovio collaboration is a party game featuring 32-player battle royale challenges.
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror game showcases Netflix’s new direction

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.
The minds behind 8 Ball Pool are back to take on…8 Ball Pool

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.