Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire made on average $1 million a day in November

Combat-focused city builder earned $30 million worldwide throughout last month

Soomla snags $2.6m in funding to boost mobile monetization measurement platform

The funding was led by JAL Ventures with further investment from existing partners

• Funding
• Series A

Pokemon Go catches $80 million worldwide revenue in November

Worthy catch marks a 50 per cent year-over-year increase

• Data
• Revenue
• Pokémon GO

Gameloft’s Disney Magic Kingdom soars to $114 million in lifetime revenue

Enchanted park builder has also reached over 70 million downloads since 2016

• Data
• Downloads
• Revenue

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile crowned best game of the year on Android by Google

King’s Candy Crush Friends Saga and Team Alto’s Odyssey also given nods

• Awards
• Google Play
• 2018

Donut County and Gorogoa named iPhone and iPad game of the year by Apple

Alto’s Odyssey and battle royale games also given the nod

• Awards
• 2018

“By the games industry for the games industry”: India Game Developer Conference kicks off

Rebranded event aims to promote emerging sector

• India
• India Game Developer Conference

Tencent and NetEase saw a 382 per cent increase in international mobile games revenue during 2018

China’s game freeze hasn’t stopped the country’s biggest players going global

• China
• Revenue
• international

PUBG Mobile revenue grows 166 per cent to surpass Fortnite for the first time

Brendan Greene’s handheld battle royale earned $12 million in the week ending Black Friday

• Revenue
• Black Friday
• PUBG

US mobile games revenue hit $55.8 million all-time peak over Black Friday

This year’s bargain holiday market the most successful day for mobile gaming in the US ever

• Revenue
• Black Friday
• North America

PUBG Mobile hits 30 million daily active players and 200 million downloads in eight months

Handheld battlegrounds held the second highest MAU count among all mobile games this quarter

• Data
• Esports
• PUBG

PlayRaven leaves Eve: War of Ascension to CCP after joining Rovio’s flock

CCP London will take over the development of the galactic MMO tie-in

• Acquisition
• Strategy Genre

Jam City laid off “a large number” of developers on Friday

Mobile developer has yet to reveal exactly how many employees have lost their jobs

• Jobs
• Redundancies

Social casino giant Playtika acquires Pearl’s Peril dev Wooga

German studio finds a buyer after self-proclaimed 'tough two years'

• M&A
• Acquisition
• Casual

Join us for the PG Christmas Mixer in association with Ogury

Free relaxed networking, panel discussions and drinks in central London

• London
• Christmas
• Mixer