Sensor Tower's AppMagic acquisition and Sega's brutal Rovio comments | Week in Mobile Games podcast

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple, deputy editor Paige Cook and news editor Aaron Astle talk through the latest games industry news on the 91st episode of the Week in Mobile Games Podcast.

On the show we discuss:

• Sensor Tower's acquisition of rival AppMagic.
• Time and Business Insider's moves to follow the New York Times Games playbook with the launch of new games.
• Nintendo Switch 2 sales and the company's share price fall.
• Sega's brutal comments on the Rovio acquisition.
• Ebay's rejection of GameStop's surprise proposal to buy the company.
• The new Wordle TV show, which sounds oddly familiar...

00:00 Introductions07:54 Gamescom LATAM takeaways11:33 Sensor Tower acquires AppMagic16:10 Nintendo's Financials and Switch 2 sales22:32 Ebay rejects GameStop's purchase offer26:25 Time and Business Insider Games29:06 Sega Financials and Rovio's Performance36:16 Wordle gets a TV show

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