Week in Mobile Games E59 - A dark day for Xbox

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple and news editor Aaron Astle discuss the latest games industry news on the 59th episode of the Week in Mobile Games Podcast.

On this week’s show we cover:

• Microsoft's mass layoffs, a studio closure, game cancellations, a comms disaster, what the latest redundancies mean for the future of Xbox, and the company's mobile ambitions.
• Our interview with Rovio about Angry Birds Bounce and Sega's influence on the famous Finnish developer.
• Apple's latest rule changes in the European Union as it continues to battle the Digital Markets Act.

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