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Apple TV is struggling, the casual gamer is dead, and it's all change at Rovio

The hottest articles of last week

Apple TV is struggling, the casual gamer is dead, and it's all change at Rovio

It seems doom and gloom caught our reader's attention last week, as the main theme of our top five articles is failure, death, and corporate restructuring.

Our top story was the stepping down of Rovio's CEO Pekka Rantala, who has been replaced by Kati Levoranta. Wilhelm Taht, meanwhile, has taken on the role of Head of Games, and Mikael Hed has become the new Head of Media.

Next up, midcore strategy game Star Wars: Commander received an update that introduces a new planet and two new races that can be found in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in an effort to get a slice of the hype pie.

Thirdly, Playtika's Alex Galasso talked to us about how "the casual gamer is dead", and how the audience the industry thinks of as casual is actually becoming more like the hardcore gamer.

And finally, we look briefly at why the Apple TV isn't make much money for its developers, while Everywear finds success in its D-30 retention for its Apple Watch RPG Runeblade.

Let's hope this week is a bit cheerier, eh?


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