Are Epic and Xbox's app stores doomed?
Maybe, but the business is so desperate for genuinely viable alternatives to Apple and Google's ecosystems, any sign of potential change is a good thing.
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New games now: Game of Thrones, Scopely goes gardening, Dark and Darker, Mortal Kombat and more
Also this week: Kingdom Rush 5, a flurry of new Netflix games, a musical puzzler and another gacha RPG.
Fortnite is coming to AltStore, but is being pulled from Samsung’s Galaxy Store
Epic says it will only put its games on app stores “that give all developers a great deal” – and won't work with "mobile stores that serve as rent collectors".
Monopoly Go has passed $3bn in revenue, says Hasbro
That means Monopoly Go has earned about $1bn in the last three months alone; Scopely said it passed $2bn in March.
Outfit7’s Talking Tom series has quietly become a colossal media empire
My Talking Tom has come a long way: the series now has 23 billion downloads, 470m monthly players, 100m+ YouTube subscribers, 25 theme parks in China – and there’s a movie on the way.
Data digest: Honor of Kings’ western launch, Peak hits $5bn, Monopoly Go’s lucrative live op, Japan market stats and more
Also this week: a Q2 investing overview, Snake Clash, Stillfront stats, Appmagic's $3m raise and Hero Wars hits $1.5bn.
Former Epic VP Alain Tascan is the new boss at Netflix Games
The exec was previously in charge of first party game development at the Fortnite maker.
What’s the deal with Royal Match-alike Piggy Kingdom?
It looks just like a Dream Games title, has run an ad that appears to rip off a Royal Kingdom creative and is making good money from relatively modest installs. So we tried to find out more...
Jobs digest: moves at Kwalee, Google, Nordeus, Newzoo, Fusebox, Solsten, Sandsoft and more
There are also moves and promotions at SocialPeta, TikTok, Hasbro, Unity and Adikteev in our latest recruitment round-up.
Are Epic and Xbox's app stores doomed?
Maybe, but the business is so desperate for genuinely viable alternatives to Apple and Google's ecosystems, any sign of potential change is a good thing.
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