Start your week with a Monday briefing of the most read articles from the global mobile games industry in the last seven days on PocketGamer.biz:
1) Aonic acquires exmox for nearly $100 million dollars
It’s all going down in ad-tech town. A tidy ‘nearly $100 million dollars’ brought exmox into the family. Notably, Aonic invested $60 million into AddApptr recently too. With that much money to splash around, it’s clear that Aonic is one to watch.
2) Supercell to shelve Clash Quest in September
Supercell’s unicorn-chasing expectations strike again, as Clash Quest fails to meet expectations and is lined up for an early retirement.
3) Samir Agili: The emergence of Web3 games resets the playing field
Tilting Point’s CEO took a moment out of his busy day to tell us about his experiences in the industry, and his thoughts on the future.
4) Tencent reports first quarterly loss since first listing in 2004
The normalization of the market following the pandemic is cited as a cause, but there are some other interesting snippets in there.
5) Is the AppLovin, Unity, and ironSource story really over?
While Unity has made it clear that they’re not interested in moving towards Applovin over ironSource, they haven’t made it impossible for a deal to go forward.
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- Mobile Game of the Week
- The mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales
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- The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
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