Destiny: Rising's impossible job

How do you launch a mobile edition of a beloved franchise without causing a fan furore over monetisation? With great difficulty, unless you’re planning on not making any money at all.

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New games digest: Destiny: Rising, Marvel Mystic Mayhem, Age of Empires, PvZ 3, Indus, Jam City’s new soft launch and more

There's also a new Voodoo game, an RPG about necromancy, a political puzzler, a new Square title and Game Boy-style indie release in this week's update.

Stillfront CEO and founder Larsson ousted amid restructure at Swedish roll-up firm

The Swedish group that owns Goodgame, Storm 8, Babel Games, Jawaker, Kixeye and more has appointed Alexis Bonte as interim CEO.

Data digest: Wild Rift, Brawl Stars and Genshin numbers, Funplus adds 50 staff, Azra gets $43m, US market stats and more

Also this week: a review of the SEA market in H1, Disney Pixel RPG's solid start and further fundraising news.

EA pulls Plants Vs Zombies 3 from stores for “major overhaul”

The current iteration of the game has been in soft launch since January this year. EA says it will re-tool the game and it will return soon.

Will Destiny: Rising hit like COD Mobile or flop like Apex Legends Mobile?

Or: a brief history of what happens when a big-name console and PC shooter makes the move to mobile.

King opens new Berlin office

The Candy Crush maker has expanded its presence in Germany’s capital. And yes, the new office has got a slide.

NetEase reveals Destiny: Rising

Bungie’s big shooter goes mobile with an ‘alternate universe’ spin-off. A closed alpha begins on November 1, but there’s no release date yet.

Jobs digest: moves at Homa, Voodoo, Tactile, Cypher, Mag, Hutch and more

There's also new hires and promotions at Bazooka Tango, Scopely and more in our latest recruitment round-up.

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Destiny: Rising's impossible job

How do you launch a mobile edition of a beloved franchise without causing a fan furore over monetisation? With great difficulty, unless you’re planning on not making any money at all.