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Journal
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Game News · 2 min
Supercell Sets the Final Dates for Squad Busters: 1 December Off the Stores, 14 December Offline
Supercell has confirmed Squad Busters will leave the app stores on 1 December and stop being playable on 14 December, one of three mobile closures announced this month.
Game News · 2 min
Tencent Reportedly Backs Turkish Studio Flow Games With a $46M Package
PocketGamer.biz reports that Istanbul's Flow Games has secured a $46 million funding package, mostly from Tencent, on the back of its physics shooter Smash Fest.
Game News · 2 min
Apple's Indie Games Week Puts Seven Small Teams in the Spotlight
Apple has opened an Indie Games Week on the App Store with seven featured titles. For small studios everywhere, the interesting part is how a store feature changes what a game can plan for.
Game News · 2 min
Ubisoft Is Shutting Down Rainbow Six Mobile Less Than a Year After Global Launch
Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Mobile will go offline on 15 January 2027, less than eleven months after its global launch. Here is what we know, what we don't, and what small studios can take from it.
Industry Trends · 3 min
Why Indian Game Studios Still Build Alone: The Missing Layer of Collaboration and Publishing
Indian studios are often trusted as co-development partners but rarely given lead roles, and domestic publishers' share of Indian game spending fell from 11% to 6% between 2020 and 2022. We look at what the evidence says, where collaboration is starting, and what small studios can do themselves.
Industry Trends · 2 min
Google Play's New Fee Structure Reaches the Rest of the World by September 2027: What Indian Studios Should Prepare
Google Play has split its fee into a service fee and a billing fee, with a lower tier for games that join Level Up. It is live in the US, UK and EEA now and reaches the rest of the world by 30 September 2027. India is not named, so it falls under that last group.
Industry Trends · 2 min
India's Mobile Games Market Is Heading to $2.4B by 2029: What the Post-Ban Data Means for Small Studios
A new India State of Play report puts mobile games at $1.1B in 2025 and $2.4B by 2029. The headline is growth, but the details on monetisation, genres and puzzle are what small studios should read.
Dev Log · 2 min
Cyber Block 2.1.1: Bits, a Shop, Diwali Skins and a Gentler First Five Minutes
Cyber Block 2.1.1 is live on Google Play: every win now pays Bits, a new shop sells boosters and skins (including a Diwali-ready Diya skin), the first levels guide you, and the game gets a brighter neon-dusk look.
Industry Trends · 3 min
Reigns Studio Nerial Goes Into Hibernation After 13 Years: What Small Studios Can Learn
The studio behind Reigns is ending development after 13 years and 11 games. What the numbers and the structure say for small studios.