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Tencent and Playtika are believed to be in talks about an acquisition

Voting ends at midnight on July 20th

Total earnings are likely higher including D2C and ad revenue

PocketGamer.biz news editor Aaron Astle revisits his top stories from 2025

Spending on the biggest new releases fell, down from $3bn across the top 10 of 2024

Playtika generated $674.6m in Q3 2025, with $209.3m from DTC platforms

DTC sales were up 1.3% year-over-year to $175.9m in Q2

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

As solitaire installs rise for seven consecutive years to a record-breaking 347m, we ask game design consultant Jakub Remiar for further insight

Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers

We highlight the latest new games that have broken cover over the past week

"We don't develop something not to launch it. We develop something to go all in and make it a top-grossing title"

The game is currently soft launched in Columbia and the Philippines

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Gradient Universe founder Oxana Fomina explores how SuperPlay is successfully scaling the game five years later

The mobile movers and shakers of the last 12 months revealed!

Playtika is set to acquire Dice Dreams creators SuperPlay for up to $1.95 billion