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Week in Mobile Games E44 - AppLovin vs. short-sellers

38 min • 1 mars 2025

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple and Steel Media CEO Chris James discuss the latest mobile games industry news from the past week.

On this episode, we discuss:

AppLovin vs. short-sellers: We discuss the claims, AppLovin's response and what it all means for the company and the wider advertising market.
Is the industry seeing more investment? We look at where the money is flowing as new startups emerge.
Developer Trends Survey takeaways: We analyse our survey report and discuss the big trends right now.
As the Amazon App Store closes on Android and Epic Games Store third-party revenue is down (through Epic Payments), we discuss the future of alternative app stores and whether they can break through.
Supercell has revealed its latest title: Boat Game. So naturally, we had to talk about it and Supercell's new games strategy.

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