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As i’ve mentioned before in this newsletter, mobilegamer.biz is now two years old, and i’m delighted to say the site is really picking up steam.
But after a week-long post-GDC malady and with the kids now off school, it’s time to slow it down a bit.
There will be a slightly lighter content schedule next week, though there will of course be the regular mix of jobs news, data and new release stories, now handled excellently by new contributor Alex Calvin, a freelance writer who has been working in games industry media since 2013.
I have a couple of big interviews to throw in the mix as well, all being well. But for now, i’m all out of juice.
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The rest of the last week’s coverage is below, including two stories about Brawl Stars and Candy Crush Saga that have really resonated. Enjoy!
This week on mobilegamer.biz
New games now: AFK Journey, World of Warships: Legends, Asphalt’s evolution, Ghost Trick, that Sonic/Fall Guys game and more
Also this week: Farming Simulator Kids, new indie darlings, fresh games from Tencent, Netease, Phantom Gamelabs and more.
Incrmntal claims it has caught a fraudulent ad network red-handed
The ad platform has “several names, all affiliated with the same company”, and Incrmntal claims to have run over 1,000 tests to prove its case – but it won’t name the company involved.
How King defines a ‘good’ Candy Crush Saga level – and constantly prunes the bad ones
King’s head of central insights Jan Wedekind and senior director of data science Xavier Guardiola reveal a little of Candy Crush Saga's secret sauce.
Data digest: Warzone Mobile launch stats, mobile spend set to drop, Aream tops dealmakers, mobile ad trends and more
There’s a deluge of new data and research to wade through in the mobile games business. Our regular data digest column breaks it all down into digestible chunks.
Supercell explains Brawl Stars’ big comeback, from an all-time low to 8.8x revenue
We got hold of Supercell’s slides from its GDC talk last week. Read on to find out how Supercell revived its arena brawler, even after removing loot boxes.
EU threatens Apple and Google with “heavy fines” as it launches anti-steering policy probe
Apple’s new fee structure for alternative app stores is also subject to “investigatory steps”.
The soft launch games you need to know about
Take a peek at the games in testing from King, Miniclip, Rovio, Dream Games, Playrix, Zynga and more.
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