New games now: Sonic Rumble, Netflix does Roblox, Solo Leveling, Cheech and Chong and more
Also this week: Apple Arcade and Netflix's latest releases, a new Boombit game and trading firm Jane Street gets into mobile gaming.
Two top execs out at Playtika in leadership restructure
The COO and CRO roles have been eliminated, with boss Robert Antokol taking on all of their direct reports.
Xbox’s mobile game store is coming in July
Microsoft-owned games like Candy Crush and Minecraft will be available through the web store, with partner titles to follow after launch.
‘If Roblox and TikTok had a baby’: Supercell-backed HypeHype edges closer to launch
HypeHype COO Teemu Mäki-Patola says player-creators are already earning good money from the soft launched UGC platform – and it wants pro gamedevs to join in, too.
Data digest: Squad Busters installs, Spyke gets $50m, ATT stats, a Candy Crush-addicted priest and more
There's also data on the most engaged mobile players, Apple's CTF tweaks and services revenue, Liberty Pixel's $1m raise and more in this week's numbers round-up.
EA cautious on “high-risk” mobile market amid team consolidation
EA continues to merge its mobile and ‘HD’ teams for EA FC, Madden and Sims, but investments in mobile games outside of that will be “very limited”, says boss Andrew Wilson.
Mighty Doom studio Alpha Dog Games closed amid sweeping Microsoft cuts
According to Appmagic Mighty Doom has made over $7.3m in IAP revenue since its launch in March 2023, with over 7.6m downloads to date.
April’s top grossing mobile games worldwide
There are big gains for LastWar, Genshin Impact and an all-time high for Brawl Stars in April’s top grossing games by IAP revenue, according to Appmagic.
April’s top mobile game downloads worldwide
In Appmagic’s top downloads for April, Supercent's Pizza Ready is way out in front with over 26m installs, surprise hit Supermarket Manager Simulator arrives in third and Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile plummets a whopping 50 chart places.
Game emulator Delta passes 7m installs – but is Nintendo about to get it pulled down?
“Just because Nintendo hasn’t taken action yet does not prevent it from doing so in the future,” says one gaming law expert.
Unity has finally found John Riccitiello’s successor
Former Zynga, EA and BioWare exec Matthew Bromberg has taken over as CEO and president.
Hypercasual’s ‘ship has sailed’ says Kwalee as it gets serious about casual games
Kwalee is on the hunt for more publishing deals and acquisitions in the casual game space after signing Text Express from GameHouse, says mobile boss John Wright.
