The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business.

Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes.

In this episode:

• Some slightly kinder words about Rovio from parent company Sega after a brutal verdict in its last financials
• Tripledot’s $40m acquisition of Supersonic from Unity – the UK-based firm’s second big buy in recent times (plus a bit on Unity’s financials, which are really improving)
• Take-Two’s financial results show mobile shrinking slightly but still representing over half its bookings in the last quarter – some snippets on the publisher’s views on UA and direct to consumer in there too
• A summary of Playtika’s unusual move to slash UA spend on its hit game Disney Solitaire by 70% – which may or may not have something to do with expensive SuperPlay earnouts
• A bit on Block Blast coming to Apple Arcade – which we assume means Apple is paying a premium to Hungry Studio, it’s effectively the most popular puzzle game in the world
• Despite absolutely massive revenue and profits, the markets didn’t like AppLovin’s latest financial results as it missed guidance
• Google’s Play Store now accepts native Venmo payments, another way in which it is opening up a bit
• MTG now calls its midcore studios Playamp, meaning Plarium, InnoGames, Snowprint, Hutch, Ninja Kiwi and Future Play have a jazzy new umbrella brand
• SciPlay has cut 20 jobs in Israel, reflecting further struggles for social casino
• Loads and loads of data nuggets including Sensor Tower’s webshop estimates, a spike for Pokémon Go, decline for Love and Deepspace and plenty more
• Some quick jobs and new game news
• The return of a very special guest right at the end, and more ambient sounds from a sunset walk in Norfolk

#59, 13/08/26. Supported by Xsolla.