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The Diablo Immortal debate rages on, Flaregames lays off 45 staff, and Brawl Stars gets a global release

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

The Diablo Immortal debate rages on, Flaregames lays off 45 staff, and Brawl Stars gets a global release

Helsinki’s mobile games powerhouse Supercell has finally made the call - Brawl Stars is getting a global release in December.

The industry has been rife with debate over whether the famous Finnish developer would give it a full launch - and the news it would be resulted in our most-read story of the week.

Our second most-read story was the sad news that Flaregames has laid off 45 staff and CEO Klaas Kersting has stepped down amidst a company-wide restructure.

Diablo, KPIs and Drivetime

Elsewhere, our contributing editor Jon Jordan has his say on Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal announcement and why fans may have won that battle but have ultimately lost the war.

Finally, Jam City VP Jeremy Horn delves into the KPIs needed to a successful global launch and Drivetime raises $4 million to make games for drivers.


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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.