Week in Mobile Games E63 - The Esports World Cup unpacked and lightning strikes twice for Supercell

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple, news editor Aaron Astle and events content coordinator Charlie Scowen discuss the latest games industry news on the 63rd episode of the Week in Mobile Games Podcast.

On this week’s show we cover:

• Takeaways from the Esports World Cup after a visit to Riyadh.
• Clash Royale's Brawl Stars moment.
• Why the team at NextBeat is joining Duolingo's gamified learning revolution and the challenges of launching new games.
• How Talofa Games' Monster Walk aims to stand out from Pokémon Go.
• Unity's attempts to claw back ground lost from AppLovin in the ads space with Vector.

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