Tim Sweeney's holy war

The Epic CEO apparently won't stop until he breaks mobile's platform duopoly – but at what point does this battle become too expensive to fight?

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This week’s stories:

New games digest: Archero 2, Wooga’s next launch, Football Manager, Persona, Monopoly World and more

There's also new games from Illusion Labs, NetEase, Coffee Stain, Level Infinite and more in this week's round-up.

Supercell, Playdemic, Rovio, First Touch, MAG and more join Special Effect’s One Special Day

23 different mobile games will be donating a percentage of their UK profits to the charity today.

September’s top grossing mobile games

Appmagic estimates suggest Royal Match and LastWar are now Honor of Kings' closest contenders, while Whiteout Survival continues to climb and Monopoly Go flattens out a bit.

September’s top mobile game downloads

Roblox led the pack in September according to Appmagic estimates. Offline Games tumbled from the top spot, while a supermarket sim and satisfying cleaning/sorting game rose through the ranks.

Data digest: Call of Duty Mobile, Zenless Zone Zero, Squad Busters numbers, SEA market update, more

There's also updates on Balatro mobile and India's competitive battle royale scene in this week's snackable numbers round-up.

Epic’s mobile Games Store: up to 50 titles by Q4, free games program, lower fees for Unreal devs, more

Epic has also promised self-publishing tools and social features as it fleshed out its Games Store pitch to mobile developers. Plus: yet more Tim Sweeney trash talk.

As rumoured, Krafton is indeed making a Palworld mobile game

PUBG Studios is making the game, but it appears to a mobile adaptation rather than a straight port of the PC and console version.

Balatro mobile hits $500k in five days, tops paid game charts

Developer LocalThunk will have also earned a decent chunk of revenue from the Apple Arcade edition of the indie sensation, too.

EA mobile racing veterans form new Melbourne studio The Three Thousands

Co-founders Joseph Donoghue, Nikhil Kurian and Benjamin Dawe were previously running the likes of Real Racing 3, Need for Speed No Limits and The Sims FreePlay.

Epic files Google and Samsung collusion suit as its Games Store hits 10m installs

CEO Tim Sweeney also called for more legislation to loosen Apple and Google’s grip and slammed their continued “malicious compliance”.

Jobs digest: moves and promotions at Aghanim, Voodoo, Homa, CrazyLabs, Trailmix and more

There's also recruitment news at Gram, Sunday, Golden Whale and Matchingham Games in our latest jobs update.

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Tim Sweeney's holy war

The Epic CEO apparently won't stop until he breaks mobile's platform duopoly – but at what point does this battle become too expensive to fight?