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Catharina Lavers Mallet joins Talla, what makes MZ so successful, and Subway Surfers devs face class-action lawsuit

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Catharina Lavers Mallet joins Talla, what makes MZ so successful, and Subway Surfers devs face class-action lawsuit

Everyone loves a good lawsuit story - either because the suit itself is patently ridiculous, or because there's a very real chance of wrongdoing.

Whatever the reason, our readers were definitely interested in the story of Kiloo and Sybo Games facing a class-action suit claiming that they have been selling the personal information of children to advertisers without their parents' permission, as it was our most read article of the last week.

Second on our Hot Five is the first part of Anil Das-Gupta's breakdown of what makes MZ such a successful developer, starting with a brief history of the company and what games it actually makes.

AI, India and UA

Thirdly, King's former General Manager and Studio Head Catharina Lavers Mallet has joined AI firm Talla as its COO.

And finally, Zynga is making a move on India with a game designed specifically for the region by the studio's Bangalore office, and Jon Jordan takes a look at Glu Mobile's current experiments in user acquisition.

Click the link below to find out more about the stories that caught our reader's eye over the last week.


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