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Southeast Asia powered Gravity’s Ragnarok M: Eternal Love to $50 million a month EASTERN PROMISE Sep 5th, 2019

Southeast Asia powered Gravity’s Ragnarok M: Eternal Love to $50 million a month

We speak to Gravity COO Yoshinori Kitamura and delve into the data

Mobile esports games earned $15.3 billion in 2018 MOBILE ESPORTS Aug 30th, 2019

Mobile esports games earned $15.3 billion in 2018

Over 51% of China’s domestic games market was grossed by mobile titles.

Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Gardenscapes, Homescapes and Township bag top 10 grossing spots CHARTS Aug 29th, 2019

Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Gardenscapes, Homescapes and Township bag top 10 grossing spots

Rankings from August 12th to 18th

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Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year SWITCH IT UP Jan 18th, 2021

Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sits at the top of Japan's charts

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day IMPOSTER Jan 7th, 2021

Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day

International version 'Murder Party' picks up 19,000 downloads too

Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far LOCKDOWN LIFT Dec 16th, 2020

Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far

PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list

The Asia-10 market will have 826 million gamers by 2024 GROWING MARKET Dec 3rd, 2020

The Asia-10 market will have 826 million gamers by 2024

It is expected to generate $42 billion in 2024

Nexon’s The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon is #1 Korean action RPG BLOWN TO THE TOP Nov 24th, 2020

Nexon’s The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon is #1 Korean action RPG

Crunching the data with App Annie

Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50% LOST IN TRANSLATION? Oct 22nd, 2020

Dragalia Lost nears $150 million worldwide revenue, Japan accounts for 50%

Action RPG now sits at fourth spot for top-grossing Nintendo mobile titles

Honor of Kings reigns supreme as the top-earning mobile game in September IT'S AN HONOUR Oct 20th, 2020

Honor of Kings reigns supreme as the top-earning mobile game in September

Followed by fellow Tencent title PUBG Mobile

Japan is responsible for 22% of mobile games global revenue in the first nine months of 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY Oct 19th, 2020

Japan is responsible for 22% of mobile games global revenue in the first nine months of 2020

Japanese games have generated $814.5 million internationally this year

BTS World and BTS Universe Story close in on $50 million combined revenue DYNAMITE Oct 6th, 2020

BTS World and BTS Universe Story close in on $50 million combined revenue

Estimated 15 million downloads between the two titles

Tencent's Chinese iOS game revenue drops $125 million as Lingxi and Lilith see strong growth SHAKE UP Oct 6th, 2020

Tencent's Chinese iOS game revenue drops $125 million as Lingxi and Lilith see strong growth

Trends in the world's largest market

Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week BREATH OF THE WHO? Oct 6th, 2020

Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week

Number one title across 74 countries on iOS and 33 on Google Play

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020 ONLY 3% OF DOWNLOADS Sep 14th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020

Five billion global downloads were made in the genre of hypercasual too

PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months PLAYER VERY WELL KNOWN Sep 11th, 2020

PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months

Battle royale has picked up 770 million installs

Pokémon Home captures $5.5 million in revenue across first six months SWEET HOME ALAKAZAM Aug 18th, 2020

Pokémon Home captures $5.5 million in revenue across first six months

Seven million installs since launching on February 12th, 2019

Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore $100 MILLION RISE Aug 3rd, 2020

Mobile games revenue grew by $135 million across Malaysia and Singapore

Partly due to a rise in esports

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