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Following primarily the mobile gaming landscape with weekly drops of news aggregation while occasionally also publishing some content
[Last Week in Games] King loses 10% of staff, Supercell rolls out Mo.co to all players worldwide, and more news!
[HBR Takeaways] You are What You Measure
[HBR Takeaways] Why is it so Hard to Tackle the Obvious?
[HBR Takeaways] The More People Want Something, the Less They'll Like It
[HBR Takeaways] Debunking Four Myths about Employee Silence
[Last Week in Games] A potential Sonic theme park, Umamusume: Pretty Derby hits global launch, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Warner Bros. Games Restructures Into Divisions Centered On Core Franchises, Bigger Games raises $25M, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] EA closes Cliffhanger Games, Apple acquires Sneaky Sasquatch dev RAC7, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Squad Busters 2.0 is out, Microsoft to lay off 3% of employees, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China, Tripledot has acquired all of AppLovin’s studios, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Epic Games touts victory in latest court ruling in Apple antitrust case as Apple forced to ditch 30% fee on outside links, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Intel to lay off 20% of its workforce, 80% of Roblox users are on mobile, contributing 46% of Robux revenue, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Machine Zone CEO out as AppLovin lays off 97 staff, A Minecraft movie soars past $550m at the box office, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] AppLovin shares dive 19% after latest short-seller report, Supercell wants to bring top IP to film and TV, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] GDC draws nearly 30K attendees, Discord could go public this year, Tencent invests $1.25bn in new Ubisoft subsidiary, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Supercell is launching Mo, Discord is getting mobile ads, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Pokémon Go (and other Niantic games) just sold for $3.5B, Tactical Shooter Shutting Down Just A Year After $30 Million Investment, and more news!
[Last Week in Games] Tripledot buys AppLovin's game division, Pokémon Go Tour Unova made $19.8m in two days, and more news!
[Last week in games] AppLovin labels short-seller reports “nefarious” and “misleading” as shares sink, Microsoft pushes ahead with AI in gaming, and more news!
[Last week in games] Pokémon Go is for sale, Big Fish stops new game development, and more news!
[Last week in games] Final Fantasy iOS game shuts down over unfixable bug, Habby’s Capybara Go surpasses $100m in gross player spending, and more news!
[Last week in games] Football Manager 2025 cancelled on all platforms, while King launched the first new Candy Crush, and more news!
[Last week in games] Squid Game: Unleashed hits No. 1 top free game in 24 countries, 2025 predictions incoming, and more news!
[Last week in games] Squid Game: Unleashed out now, Netflix removes GTA 3 and Vice City from gaming library, and more news!
[Last week in games] Tencent and Ubisoft in talks over potential management-led buyout, Fortnite players could earn nearly $100 from a massive Epic Games settlement, and more news!
[Last week in games] Roblox wants to reward you for evading app store fees, Pokémon TCG Pocket reportedly surpassed over $200m in first month, and more news!
[Last week in games] Elon Musk wants to start his own AI video game studio, Xbox’s mobile plans hit another stumbling block and more news!
[Last week in games] Dream Games launches Royal Kingdom worldwide, Play Ventures raises $140m in third gaming fund, and more news!
[Last week in games] NetEase execs arrested for alleged money laundering and bribery, Nintendo is definitely suing Palworld developer, and more news!
[Tiny Teardown] Archero 2 (Habby Games)
[Last week in games] Microsoft CEO pay rises 63% to $79 million, Pokemon TCG Pocket launches worldwide, and more news!
[Last week in games] Apple reported to be working on a game-focused App Store for iOS, Google wins temporary reprieve in legal showdown with Epic Games, and more news!
[Last week in games] Scopely: From $1B to $10B in 5 Years, Supercell’s first-ever chief marketing officer departs, and more news!
[Last week in games] Scopely is lining up a “megadeal” acquisition for 2025, Roblox accused of conflating metrics, and more news!
[Teeny Tiny Teardown] All in Hole (Homa Games)
[Last week in games] Tim Sweeney has no regrets over battles with Apple and Google, EA’s retreat from mobile continues, and more news!
[Last week in games] Babayigit steps down as Tripledot COO, Ubisoft workers urged to strike in October, and more news!
[Last week in games] Nintendo And The Pokémon Company Are Suing Palworld Developer, TouchArcade is Shutting Down, and more news!
[Last week in games] Unity cancels Runtime Fee, Microsoft cuts 650 jobs in its Xbox games division, and more news!
[Last week in games] Minecraft Movie starring gets its first trailer, Rocksteady reportedly lays off staff, and more news!
[Last week in games] Former Xsolla employees accuse CEO of misusing company accounts, Has Squad Busters' latest update 'saved' Supercell's latest launch?, and more news!
[Last week in games] Apple's App Store boss quits amid major reorg, Black Myth Wukong peaks at 2.2M players on Steam on first day, and more news!
[Last week in games] The Epic Games Store is out now on iOS and Android, Borderlands movie grosses $16m globally, and more news!
[Last week in games] Jam City has laid off 10% of its workforce, GameStop Shuts Down Game Informer, and more news!
[Last week in games] Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Employees, Q2 mobile app spending hits a new record of $36.2 billion, and more!
[Last week in games] 500+ World of Warcraft developers unionise, Monopoly Go has passed $3bn in revenue, and more!
[Last week in games] Apex Legends Getting Review Bombed Over Battle Pass Controversy, On enterprise AI startup: CEO resigns, staff laid off after $11M in cash goes missing, and more!
[Last week in games] Dungeon and Fighter: Origin surpasses $500 million in its first month, Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice, and more!
[Last week in games] Dungeon & Fighter’s $270m debut, Supercell reboots Clash Heroes as Project Rise, and more!
[Last week in games] Aptoide becomes first non-Apple iOS store, Netflix moving games boss Mike Verdu to new role, and more!
[Last week in games] Detailed report of what led to Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League's $200M flop, Supercell's Squad Busters generates more than 30m lifetime downloads, and more!
[Last week in games] Supercell launches Squad Busters worldwide and monster title Dungeon & Fighter Mobile picks up $66 million on China's App Store , and more!