That EA-Scopely supergroup, Reform's mobile game, King strikes, Mattel, Roblox, Mizuguchi, more
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The mobilegamer.biz podcast is a concise, banter-free digest of what’s driving the mobile games business.
Every week, mobilegamer.biz founder and editor Neil Long goes on a walk and tells you what’s going on in under 20 minutes.
In this episode:
- Some thoughts and speculation on that potential Saudi-owned gaming supergroup including EA, Scopely, Moonton and more
- More right-wing weirdos are making games: this time it’s the UK’s Reform party with their ‘stop the boats’ game
- A bit on the potential strikes at King’s Stockholm and Malmo offices later this month
- A rattle through a popular story about Mattel’s mobile gaming ambitions
- New Roblox tech will allow creators to export their games as native mobile, PC or console titles, but details are vague
- A word on that commission calculator I knocked up with Claude, which will give you an idea of how much Apple, Google or a typical web store will take from you, depending on your circumstances
- A summary of our chat with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who brought Lumines to mobile and could bring more of his games to iOS and Android
- Yet more Apple news, this time it’s a load of EU trade bodies and pressure groups complaining about the new EU App Store terms
- News nuggets from our regular data digest, new games and soft launch updates
- Limited ambient sounds this time but an exciting police car siren midway through, and the potentially very wrong pronunciation of ‘Sulake’
#64, 17/09/26. Supported by Xsolla.