Unity's lost year
It has taken Unity twelve months to scrap its catastrophic Runtime Fee policy, and now it's even further behind AppLovin. As one source asked me this week: what the f**k is going on over there?
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Warcraft Rumble and Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile teams hit by Microsoft cuts
The layoffs are part of the 650 job losses announced earlier this week. Microsoft has insisted that no games will close as part of the downsizing.
New games now: Flappy Bird, Elder Scrolls Castles, Yakuza, Valorant, Once Human and more
There's also new home design, merge and social deduction games – plus a virtual theme park with “mature themes and adult humor”.
Unity’s Runtime Fee is dead
"We’re reverting to our existing seat-based subscription model for all gaming customers," says CEO Matthew Bromberg.
Redly Games is Helsinki’s latest Supercell-backed startup
The new studio is led by former Supercell game lead Thea Chow and is making a mobile-first 3D adventure game in Unreal Engine 5.
How Zynga went from “the worst operating company in the industry” to a $12.7bn sale
CEO Frank Gibeau says he found “a huge culture war inside the company” when he joined in 2015, so he cleared out senior management and focused the firm on publishing.
Data digest: AFK Journey spikes, Stillfront splits, Blackout’s buyout, Roblox’s wild ambitions, fresh market stats, more
There's also new numbers and insights on Trivia Crack, Odeeo, Mother Games and EU players in this week's round-up.
Apple believes legacy console ports and an Honor of Kings spin-off will “take iPhone gaming to the next level”
Apple's keynote suggested Resident Evil 2 and Sniper Elite 4 are still on the way despite previous console ports’ poor performance.
Lifetime Netflix Games downloads pass 210m, GTA: San Andreas hits 25m, says Appmagic
Read on for the full top 20 Netflix Games titles by lifetime downloads, according to Appmagic. Plus: what's trending now.
Dream Games’ Royal Match has passed $3bn, says Appfigures
The match 3 puzzler has now generated over $3bn in lifetime gross revenue from 300m downloads since 2021, says data firm Appfigures.
Unity's lost year
It has taken Unity twelve months to scrap its catastrophic Runtime Fee policy, and now it's even further behind AppLovin. As one source asked me this week: what the f**k is going on over there?
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