Week in Mobile Games E54 - Fortnite’s Epic return and the challenges of launching a game in 2025

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple, deputy editor Paige Cook and news editor Aaron Astle discuss the latest games industry news on the 54th episode of the Week in Mobile Games Podcast.

On this week’s show we cover:

• Fortnite's Epic return to the US App Store.
• The challenges of launching a mobile game in 2025.
• Square Enix's falling sales and its comments on struggling to beat the competition.
• Activision's decision to pull Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile.
• King's new president.
• Supercell's expansion of its AI Innovation Lab to San Francisco.
• The new Clash of Clans series coming to Netflix.
• Pokémon Trading Card Game's $1 billion milestone.

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