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New game digest: Football Manager, Honor of Kings Chess, Zynga’s dice game, Warhammer Survivors and more

Also this week: The Conjuring: Unspoken, Crossy Road Rush, Monster Hunter Rise, Asphalt Track Star and more.

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Ubisoft is closing Rainbow Six Mobile just seven months after launch

AppMagic estimates suggest is has earned just over $5.3m in lifetime IAP revenue from 13.1m downloads.

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As Paramount and Warner become Skydance, here’s what its mobile catalogue looks like

Skydance owns IP including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, DC, Star Trek and more – but throw in myriad licensing agreements and it’s a complex portfolio.

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Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise appears to be coming to mobile through Netflix

The mobile version rebuilds touch controls and unlocks event quests through progression.

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Google defends Play Store commissions in £1bn UK class action

The claim says Google’s commissions of up to 30% were passed on to around 20m consumers.

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Google Playground, AppLovin’s court battles, Scopely’s next game and plenty more

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Google reveals Playground, its AI-powered game-making platform

Players can create and edit games with prompts and then play them on mobile or PC through Google Playground, its new browser-based platform.

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Data digest: Monopoly Go tops ad spend chart, Türkiye market stats, investments and more

There’s also a milestone for Funfinity’s Food Hunt, August’s top performers according to Appfigures and more in this week’s round up.

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Crossy Road Rush leads Apple Arcade’s November line-up

The new Hipster Whale title will be joined by State of Play’s Kami 2+ and Food Stylist+ from Zeste.

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AppLovin sued over allegedly serving adult ads in children’s games

The lawsuit claims the adtech firm bypassed parental controls and used fingerprinting to track kids.

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Thatgamepublisher wants to sign mobile games playing in “meaningful emotional territory”

The Sky: Children of the Light studio’s new label will fund and publish third party games on any platform, including mobile.

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Scopely’s Genshin Impact-like Marvel game, dubbed Project Comet, seems to have leaked

The free-to-play game is reportedly planned for mobile and PC with crossplay.

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September’s top grossing mobile game chart: Honor of Kings, Gossip Harbor, Roblox, more

September’s AppMagic estimates suggest Candy Crush, Whiteout Survival, PUBG Mobile and Last War had a tough month while Pokémon Go bounced back from a tricky August.

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September’s mobile game download charts: Free Fire, Roblox, Block Blast, Bus Fever Party, more

Bus Fever Party and Color Block break into the top ten as Meowdoku returns and Arrows fades.

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Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Scopely, Supercell, Google, Roblox, Tripledot and more

There’s also recruitment news for Miniclip, Trailmix, Playtika and Grand Games elsewhere in our latest roundup.

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New game digest: Sifu, Castlevania, Microsoft Jewel, One Piece, River City Survivors, more

We’ve also got new titles from Tencent, FunPlus, Plug In Digital and more in this week’s round-up.

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Supercell, Rovio, Playdemic, First Touch, Sybo and more back SpecialEffect’s One Special Day

The disability charity’s flagship campaign launches with a slate of publishers donating a cut of IAP and DLC revenue.

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Devolver-owned Reigns developer Nerial closes after 13 years

Devolver and Nerial have jointly decided to end development at the studio, meaning around eight staff are seeking new roles.

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Video Games Europe hits back at EU watchdog targeting King, Supercell, Mojang and more over IAP practices

The EU-backed CPC Network has launched coordinated enforcement action against 11 games companies, but VGE and the EGDF have pushed back.

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AppLovin sues Unity over alleged data collection through its Ad Quality SDK

AppLovin wants a court to block Unity from collecting data via its free Ad Quality tool.

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Mario Kart Tour, Minecraft Blast, Zynga + Supercell deal blocked, games on Instagram(...?), more

Podcast Episode · mobilegamer.biz digest · 30 September · 20min

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King’s Minecraft Blast is back in soft launch

King and Mojang’s mobile puzzle spin-off is currently downloadable in Malaysia on Google Play only.

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Mario Kart Tour closes after seven years and nearly $270m in revenue

AppMagic estimates suggest Nintendo’s mobile racer earned an estimated $268.5m from over 276m installs since launch in September 2019.

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Data digest: Circle’s $25m raise, August’s biggest earners, Japan’s top titles, webgame stats, more

We’ve also got fresh numbers on Brawl Stars, Colony Flow, Mystery Dumpling, Hunting Rivals, Bleach Mirrors High and more in this week’s round-up.

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General Intuition raises $220m at $6.2bn valuation, trains AI on gameplay clips

The funding values General Intuition at nearly triple its January valuation.

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Zynga founder Mark Pincus claims he nearly bought Supercell for $400m

“We had the chance to build the biggest game company in the world.”

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Tencent and Capcom collab Monster Hunter Outlanders arrives October 29

The mobile spin-off arrives almost two years after it was announced.

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Trophy Games acquires Airlines Manager maker Playrion from Paradox for $2.6m

The Airlines Manager and Airport Simulator: First Class studio joins Trophy Games as the company raises its full-year revenue guidance.

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