Supercell, Trailmix, 2025's top grossing games + top downloads so far, more
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This week’s stories:
New game digest: Resident Evil, Disney Magic Match, Subnautica, soft launches from Metacore, Voodoo and more
The week's notable new game news, all in one place.
Watch: Supercell and Trailmix discuss new frontiers in mobile at Develop Brighton
Charmie Kim and Felicity Gracie-Herst talk new games, live ops, player expectations, AI and more.
Off The Record Brighton in pictures
Some snaps from this week's intimate, Xsolla-sponsored gathering on the south coast.
Data digest: Destiny Rising, App Store fines and stats, Block Blast, MENA, playable ads, more
This week's batch of need-to-know numbers, at-a-glance.
Charmie Kim on new launches, AI games and Supercell’s ‘experimental era’
Supercell London is busy at work on a new game that’s not aimed at the “typical Supercell demographic”, says Kim.
‘Merge 2 was barely a genre – now it’s a red ocean’: Trailmix on keeping competitive
Trailmix GM Felicity Gracie-Herst explains why her team has relaunched Love & Pies' core gameplay and economy.
2025’s top grossing mobile games (so far)
As we reach the halfway point of the year, LastWar and Whiteout Survival are Honor of Kings' closest challengers, according to Appmagic. Full analysis inside.
2025’s top mobile game downloads (so far)
Now we’ve got six months of 2025 data, let’s have a little dig through Appmagic and see where we’re at, shall we?
The soft launch games you need to know about
Take a peek at the games in testing from Supercell, Playrix, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio, Miniclip and more.
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