The business layer of mobile gaming: revenue charts, funding rounds, layoffs, store policy fights, and regulation. Numbers first, spin later, preferably never.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-16
Netflix prepares to cut approximately 1,000 jobs across engineering, tech, and games, including departures at acquired mobile developer Next Games.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-16
Bengaluru studio Spill Games secures $10.5 million Series A led by Elevation Capital to accelerate casual game development on its proprietary Compass engine.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-16
Canadian publisher East Side Games secures CAD $4M bank credit and a US$4M export loan to support operations and fund two unannounced mobile games for 2027.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-16
Tokyo VR specialist MyDearest acquires 100% of Roblox studio moze, uniting user-generated content expertise with immersive virtual reality production.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Supercell announces Squad Busters will close its servers permanently on December 14, 2026, marking its first discontinued global release.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Miniclip spins out AdSurge as a standalone adtech business, claiming formats become skippable in half the time and require fewer taps to dismiss.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Roblox reaches an agreement with Algerian regulators, re-establishing access while establishing local developer training and Arabic safety moderation safeguards.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Playgama introduces MCP integration and Sandbox tools enabling AI coding agents like Claude Code to build, publish, and iterate lightweight mobile browser games.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Arknights claims the top spot on Japan's Google Play grossing charts following the debut of Chapter 17 Souhen Rinkai and 6-star operator Kal'tsit Esperanta.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
MIXI temporarily suspends Kotodaman's external community portal after unauthorized access to Commune exposed email addresses and profile data of 750 members.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
President Lula da Silva signs a decree regulating Brazil's Legal Framework for the Games Industry, bolstering financing, training, and export platform Game Brasil.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Ubisoft proposes closing Finnish studio RedLynx affecting 52 positions and cutting 70 roles in Singapore as mobile restructuring pressures intensify.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-15
Drake Star Partners reports $2.4B across 45 gaming M&A transactions in Q3 2026, driven by Alibaba's $1.5B sale of Lingxi Games and surge in AI tool investments.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-14
Google reveals Game Finder, an AI-powered discovery feature that analyzes your gamer DNA to suggest Android games matching personal mechanics and playstyles.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-14
Tencent leads a $46 million investment into Istanbul-based Flow Games following the explosive growth of physics-based mobile shooter Smash Fest.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-14
Japanese studio RENGAME halts development of Licca-chan Puzzle: Dream Coordination indefinitely, leaving the fashion-doll mobile puzzle game in limbo.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-14
Fate/Grand Order returns to number one on Japan's Google Play grossing charts ahead of the returning Fate/Samurai Remnant collaboration event.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-13
Fingersoft announces Lego Hill Climb Adventures will sunset with IAPs ending October 23 and store removal on December 15; staff redeployed without layoffs.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-13
Roblox integrates the Audioscape team to develop generative AI audio creation tools, AI Audio Agents, and characteristic-based acoustic search for developers.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-13
An Aream & Co industry report reveals Q3 2026 mobile game revenue dropped 7% YoY to $19.6B, with downloads down 10% and zero 2026 releases in top-grossing charts.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-11
Konami's eFootball topped Japan's App Store grossing rankings on 5 of 7 days, propelled by Epic Spanish League legends, while Hololive Dreams held strong.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-11
SD Gundam G Generation Eternal led Google Play's grossing charts in Japan on 6 of 7 days, propelled by Mobile Suit Victory Gundam content.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-10
Devsisters announces Big Shot Pictures, led by Brian Robbins, has optioned CookieRun for a potential Hollywood animated feature film adaptation.
Mobile Industry / 2026-10-10
Pocket Gamer announces the 13th annual Pocket Gamer Awards, opening nominations Oct 15 across 22 categories including Best Webshop and Indie Developer.
Reports reference named industry outlets and data firms such as MobileGamer.biz, PocketGamer.biz, Sensor Tower, and AppMagic, with sources linked in each article.