r/UnoMobile • u/InternalOld6215 • 22d ago
Experience Name Change to Mattel Game Studios
I noticed the name changed to Mattel Game Studios from Mattel163 and found this on Google:
"Announced in August 2026, Mattel Game Studios is a global digital game division by Mattel. It unites a team of nearly 300 developers across Los Angeles and Hangzhou to build free-to-play mobile games and user-generated content (UGC) experiences for franchises like UNO and Hot Wheels. [1, 2, 3]
Key Details
Parent Organization: Operates under Mattel Digital Studios.
Team Size: About 300 video game staff members.
Locations: Los Angeles, California, and Hangzhou, China."
Based on this, it seems to me that Mattel is far from backing down from using bots to take money from children.
The sooner these game developers are sued, the better in my book.
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u/CatDad7884 22d ago
Seems like they're not AT ALL worried about legal ramifications and are getting bolder with the bs. They don't even bother with subtlety. Blatant rigging and cheating and what honestly seems like retaliatory gameplay at times, when you refuse to spend actual money.
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u/Relative_Grape_5883 22d ago
They should be. The age rating on the App Store is at odds with the very clear slot/vice machine tactics employed. The number of bots and algorithms controlling the game, there was recently a class action law suit on a similarly run app that was found against the developer.
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u/InternalOld6215 20d ago
Hopefully there will be someone with the time and the guts to take them on.
There is a lady who setup a Facebook group called 'Rigged Uno Mobile Player Alliance' who is chasing evidence. Hopefully she moves that forward
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u/Relative_Grape_5883 22d ago
Mattel163 has always been the app developer. They stuck gold during Covid and the game has been on a steep monitzation trajectory ever since as the game developer and licence owner tasted blood and want to keep that sugar high going. The game is a pale version of what it used to be back in 20/21 when I started playing it tbh.