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To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days.
1) Final Fantasy XIV Mobile could be launching August 29th
Square Enix and Lightspeed Studios’ Final Fantasy XIV Mobile has a tentative release date in China, listed on the country’s App Store with an August 29th launch.
Though no official word of a release date has yet come from Square Enix, a licence approval was granted for the title in China last year and pre-registrations have already opened.
2) Machine Zone CEO out as AppLovin lays off 97 staff
Ad tech firm AppLovin has laid off 97 staff, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) filing in California.
This included the CEO and design director at Mobile Strike developer Machine Zone, after the CTO was laid off in a previous notice.
3) Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid board game to launch on Kickstarter with early pledge reward
Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid is a new Clash of Clans board game launching on Kickstarter, marking the IP’s first adaptation to this medium.
The Epic Raid is expected to reimagine Clash of Clans gameplay in a physical setting, with players building defences, deploying units and raiding others’ bases. Early pledges will earn consumers a bonus miniature of the Golden Barbarian King.
4) Nintendo app installs surge after Switch 2 Direct while its mobile games go unnoticed
This month’s Nintendo Switch 2 Direct has had a knock-on effect on multiple Nintendo mobile apps, with the Nintendo Switch Online app leading the pack. It saw a 109% daily download surge on April 2nd, according to Sensor Tower data.
Nintendo Music had a 28% spike in installs, but the Nintendo Today app appeared unaffected by the Switch 2 news.
5) Bleach: Brave Souls hits 100m installs ahead of 10th anniversary
KLab’s Bleach: Brave Souls has surpassed 100 million global installs across mobile, PC and console, with at least 25% of those installs having occurred in the past two years.
The milestone has been reached ahead of the game’s 10th anniversary, approaching this July in Japan.
