Neil Long
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I run https://t.co/DJBziH8nZF and cover the mobile games industry. Tips: neil at mobilegamer dot biz. Ex-Apple, Edge, ONM, MCV
Joined July 2010
People kept asking for a podcast, so here it is: every week I go on a walk and tell you what’s happening in the mobile games business:
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s podcast: Quickfire discussion of that King AI layoffs story, an interview with Zynga boss Frank Gibeau p….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s new game digest, Moon Active takes on Monopoly Go with a board game spin on Coin Master and Tencent take….
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Lots of AI talk this week so I spoke to this ‘AI first’ studio that has been running for two years and has plenty to say.
AI hasn’t quite transformed gamedev just yet – but the founder of ‘AI first’ studio Half Moon says the coming tech could leave some larger, slower-to-adapt studios behind:
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: Going to Gamescom? Come to Off The Record Cologne. On Monday August 18 we'll be hosting more insider discussion of what….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s data digest: 2025’s top publishers so far, Fortnite stats, June's biggest ad spenders, investment news a….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: “How much value am I getting for these fees? They're just not in balance anymore”: Zynga boss Frank Gibeau is unhappy w….
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Grim stuff. You should see some of the claims I couldn’t publish.
Our sources have shed more light on the King layoffs:.- Many staff cut will effectively be replaced by the AI tools they built and trained.- The Farm Heroes Saga team is being ‘cut in half’ .- King HR described as a ‘shitshow’.- More:.
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: Lots going on in our latest jobs digest: Trailmix's cofounder departs, a new UK game council forms plus there are moves….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s podcast: Supercell, Trailmix and 2025's top grossing games + top downloads so far. Plus! data, soft laun….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s new games update: Resident Evil and Disney titles, soft launches from Metacore and Voodoo, Subnautica, R….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: For those not in Brighton this week, you can now watch our sesssion with Supercell and Trailmix about new frontiers in….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: We hosted an intimate, evening-only version of Off The Record at Develop Brighton this week. Here are a few highlights:….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s data digest:.- Destiny Rising, Block Blast milestones.- App Store shenanigans.- MENA insights.- Funding,….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: Supercell London is leading development of a new title not aimed at the “typical Supercell demographic”, says former Sp….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: ‘Merge 2 was barely a genre – now it’s a red ocean’: Trailmix GM Felicity Gracie-Herst explains why her team has relaun….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: We’re halfway through the year already, somehow. So here are the top grossing mobile games of 2025 so far, according to….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: Now we’re halfway through the year, here are the top downloads of 2025 so far, according to Appmagic: .
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: Get a peek at what’s incoming from Supercell, Playrix, EA, Ubisoft, Rovio, Miniclip and more in our soft launch hub. Th….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week's podcast: detail and thoughts on the King and Blizzard layoffs, Tripledot's $800m deal with AppLovin, yet….
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RT @mobilegamerbiz: In this week’s new game digest: Destiny Rising, Mo Co, Talking Tom, Angry Birds, Rainbow Six, Magic Chess, Figment, Tro….
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