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Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years News Nov 22nd, 2023

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years

SuperScale’s new report reveals the vast majority of mobile games are shuttered by their third anniversary

Supercell-backed studio Papukaya is closing down after three years News Nov 20th, 2023

Supercell-backed studio Papukaya is closing down after three years

The Helsinki-based studio aimed to reach non-gamers with experimental titles

Embracer Group will need to “continue making tough decisions” News Sep 22nd, 2023

Embracer Group will need to “continue making tough decisions”

Speaking at a company Q&A, CEO Lars Wingefors confirmed that more closures are on the horizon

Stranger Things: 1984 developer BonusXP to shut down News Jun 2nd, 2023

Stranger Things: 1984 developer BonusXP to shut down

The company behind Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3: The Game is shuttering after 11 years

Gameloft shutters Budapest Studio amid shift away from mobile News Mar 9th, 2023

Gameloft shutters Budapest Studio amid shift away from mobile

The company is aiming for success in the console and PC markets

EA cancels Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile News Feb 1st, 2023

EA cancels Apex Legends Mobile and Battlefield Mobile

The studio is also closing developer Industrial Toys

Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund Hot Five Jul 4th, 2022

Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund

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101 Studio becomes ByteDance’s first games unit closure News Jun 28th, 2022

101 Studio becomes ByteDance’s first games unit closure

Some staff will reportedly transfer to Bytedance's games division, Nuverse

Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify Hot Five Jun 20th, 2022

Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify

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Hot Five: Playtika layoffs could reach 250, Supercell invests $60mil into Love & Pies, and Square Enix commits to NFTs Hot Five Jun 6th, 2022

Hot Five: Playtika layoffs could reach 250, Supercell invests $60mil into Love & Pies, and Square Enix commits to NFTs

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Playtika to lay off 250 employees as it closes three development studios News Jun 1st, 2022

Playtika to lay off 250 employees as it closes three development studios

London, Los Angeles, and Montreal studios are closing, Helsinki studio considered

Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure News May 26th, 2022

Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure

Twitter woes, commercial failures and porting issues, and fighting burnout among influences towards the one-man studio’s closure in May 2022

Google to close Stadia Games and Entertainment studios News Feb 2nd, 2021

Google to close Stadia Games and Entertainment studios

Studio head Jade Raymond has departed the company too

Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down News Feb 27th, 2020

Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down

Almost three years since opening

Virtue Reality developer Ultimatum Games shuts down News Feb 20th, 2020

Virtue Reality developer Ultimatum Games shuts down

"We tried everything"

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