Centipede

Oakever Games shenanigans, King and the Xbox cuts, Hipster Whale, One State, Monopoly Go, more

The mobile games industry is currently navigating a period of significant structural change, legal scrutiny, and strategic consolidation.

• Oakever Games is facing multiple copyright infringement lawsuits, including a loss to Hungry Studio regarding the game Qblock, amid allegations that the company systematically clones successful titles and uses aggressive user acquisition to drown out competitors.
• Xbox’s latest restructuring resulted in 268 job cuts across its first-party studios, though the mobile-focused King division appears largely unaffected, despite looming strike actions in its Stockholm and Malmo offices.
• Hipster Whale, following its acquisition by Atari for $29.3 million, has gained access to Atari’s deep IP archive and plans to develop modern takes on classic titles like Pong, Breakout, and Centipede for mobile.