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Red Alert on top in China, Zynga picks up big-name IP, and Frank Gibeau talks company growth

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

Red Alert on top in China, Zynga picks up big-name IP, and Frank Gibeau talks company growth

Despite years in the doldrums, Zynga remains one of the industry’s biggest games companies.

Having completed a turnaround, the publisher is now eyeing a future of sustained growth. We caught up with Frank Gibeau to discuss how it plans to do that in our most read article of the week.

Our second hottest story relates to that discussion - Zynga has picked up mobile game licenses for Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars. Not bad.

Red Alert, EA and Marvel

Elsewhere, we published our weekly mobile game charts, revealing that Tencent’s Command & Conquer Red Alert Online has quickly topped the App Store download rankings in China while also becoming a top 10 grosser.

Lastly, EA’s finances show a stalled mobile business and FoxNext’s Marvel Strike Force has earned over $55 million in revenue worldwide.


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Craig Chapple is a freelance analyst, consultant and writer with specialist knowledge of the games industry. He has previously served as Senior Editor at PocketGamer.biz, as well as holding roles at Sensor Tower, Nintendo and Develop.