Squad Busted
Supercell had to grovel as well as pay top dollar just to be allowed into Summer Game Fest. Clearly, mobile games have a terrible PR problem – but what can we do about it?
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New games now: Game of Thrones, Need for Speed, Assassin’s Creed, Darker and Darker, Skate and more
Also this week: fresh indie games from Capy and Kairosoft, Tilting Point's Avatar game and other notable new releases.
Squad Busters is ‘quickly getting toward profitability’, with third party IP incoming
Supercell also said that ideally its soft launch “probably would have been a bit longer”.
Fortnite and the Epic Games Store are coming to iOS in Japan next year
Japan is the latest market to force Apple to open up its ecosystem following a new government ruling, but the US "is still locked behind Apple’s Iron Curtain,” says Tim Sweeney.
Netflix Games boss Mike Verdu moves aside to set up new “games innovation” team
Verdu will remain in charge of Netflix Games until a replacement is found.
Data digest: Sensor Tower, Niko Partners, Tenjin, SocialPeta insights plus numbers for Wuthering Waves, Pizza Ready and more
There's also updates on Island Hoppers, Squad Busters and AppsFlyer in this week's batch of digested data.
Voodoo has acquired social media app BeReal for €500m
The hyper and hybridcasual games giant has swooped for the popular social network to ‘further accelerate its diversification into consumer apps’.
Netflix Games’ Leanne Loombe on GTA, content strategy, IAPs, big screen games and more
What's next for Netflix Games? More titles based on its IP, more personalisation and games of all genres for every screen size.
Squad Busters hit $10m in its first week, say data firms
Appfigures and Appmagic estimate Squad Busters generated $10m in consumer spend during its first week of global launch, while Sensor Tower says it was $9.1m.
Jobs digest: moves at Huuuge, Moonton, Homa, Flexion, Pixel Federation, Oh Bibi and more
There are also appointments and promotions at Glowmade, Supercell, AppAgent, Tactile Games, Ruby and Scopely in our latest recruitment update.
Editorial: Squad Busted
Supercell had to grovel as well as pay top dollar just to be allowed into Summer Game Fest. Clearly, mobile games have a terrible PR problem – but what can we do about it?
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