Oct 7, 2025

Milestone

• Roblox

25.4 million concurrent users

Roblox’s Steal a Brainrot becomes first game to surpass 25m concurrent players

Oct 7, 2025

Report

• Aptoide

87% of mobile game developers rely on Google and Apple for most revenue

Oct 2, 2025

Other

• Nintendo
• Intelligent Systems
• DeNA

$90,000 in first week

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Shadows makes just $90,000 in first week on iOS

Oct 2, 2025

Report

39% develop for mobile

39% of game devs are making mobile games, but layoffs make them "go numb"

Sep 29, 2025

Other

• Electronic Arts

$1.1 billion

The state of EA's mobile portfolio following its $55bn acquisition

Sep 30, 2025

Anniversary

• HoYoverse
• miHoYo

$6.4 billion

Genshin Impact celebrates five years and $6.4bn on mobile as annual spend declines by 42%

Sep 30, 2025

Milestone

• Mythical Games

1 million installs

NFT penguin game Pudgy Party hits one million installs in first month

Sep 29, 2025

Milestone

• Bungie
• NetEase Games

$10 million

Destiny: Rising hits $10m in first month on mobile

Sep 23, 2025

Milestone

• Tencent

$300 million

Delta Force hits $300m on mobile after record daily revenue

Sep 18, 2025

Report

• Perforce

Cross-industry game engine adoption surges, led by Unreal, Unity and Godot

Sep 17, 2025

Anniversary

• Capcom
• Scopely

$270.9 million

Monster Hunter Now celebrates second anniversary and $271m in lifetime player spending

Sep 10, 2025

Report

• Newzoo

$188.8bn 2025 market forecast

Newzoo: Global games market set to hit $188.8bn in 2025

Sep 2, 2025

Milestone

• Bungie
• NetEase Games

1 million installs on iOS

Destiny: Rising surpasses 1m installs on Apple’s App Store

Sep 2, 2025

Milestone

• Infold Games

$750 million

Anime-style dating sim Love and Deepspace surpasses $750m

Sep 1, 2025

Report

• Niko Partners

Player spending on games in China grew to $49.2bn in 2024

Aug 29, 2025

Report

• Scopely
• Savvy Games Group
• Steer Studios

Saudi Arabia’s games market projected to reach $1.64bn by 2028

Aug 26, 2025

Milestone

• Cygames

$46.8 million in two months

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby picks up 57% of mobile revenue outside Japan in two months since global launch

Aug 27, 2025

Milestone

• Roblox

47.4 million concurrent users

Roblox’s peak concurrent user count hits record 47.4m as Steal a Brainrot and Grow a Garden compete

Aug 26, 2025

Report

• Neogames

Finnish games revenue €2.85bn

Finnish games industry's revenue and profit declines in 2024 despite Supercell boon

Aug 14, 2025

Report

• Sega
• Rovio

$552.6 million

Sega sales down 23% as Rovio falls short of expectations

Aug 12, 2025

Report

• Playsafe ID

Cheating impact report

PlaySafe ID report: Cheating makes 42% of players consider quitting games

Aug 11, 2025

Report

• Zynga
• Take-Two Interactive

Take-Two bookings up 17% in Q1

Mobile powers Take-Two bookings growth to $1.4bn in Q1

Aug 11, 2025

Report

• Konami

Konami games revenue up 14%

Konami's games division grows 14% in Q1 as eFootball soars

Aug 8, 2025

Other

• Zynga
• Playtika
• EA
• AppLovin
• Huuuge Games
• Stillfront Group
• Take-Two Interactive
• Modern Times Group (MTG)
• Ten Square Games
• SciPlay

DTC revenue

How much direct-to-consumer revenue are mobile games publishers making?

Aug 7, 2025

Report

• Wooga GmbH
• Playtika
• Superplay

40% DTC revenue target

Playtika eyes bullish 40% direct-to-consumer revenue

Aug 6, 2025

Report

33% devs want minimal AI use

Devcom survey: A third of devs prefer minimal AI involvement in game production

Aug 5, 2025

Milestone

• Supercell

$77 million

Is Clash Royale having its Brawl Stars moment?

Aug 4, 2025

Report

• Nintendo

5.8 million Switch 2 units

Nintendo Switch 2’s launch month sales more than double original Switch’s

Aug 4, 2025

Report

• Capcom

308.3 million

Capcom generates just 1% of net sales from mobile as segment falls 50% Y/Y

Aug 4, 2025

Report

• Apple

$94bn

Apple revenue rises to $94bn in Q3 2025 despite $800m tariff-related costs

Jul 31, 2025

Report

• AppMagic

Casual games market grows 3.6% amid a surge in strategy titles

Jul 30, 2025

Report

• Krafton

$1.1 billion

Krafton generates $1.1bn revenue in record-breaking H1 2025

Jul 30, 2025

Report

• Electronic Arts

$1.3 billion

EA surpasses high-end guidance range with $1.3bn net bookings this Q1

Jul 29, 2025

Other

• Cygames

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby makes 50.3% revenue outside Japan in first global month

Jul 29, 2025

Report

• Take-Two Interactive

$5.6 billion

Take-Two’s mobile portfolio accounts for 52% of $5.6bn net revenue in latest fiscal year

Jul 28, 2025

Milestone

• Cygames

$66.7 million in six weeks

Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond daily revenue spikes 786% with first new card set Infinity Evolved

Jul 25, 2025

Report

• Playsafe ID

42% of parents say the games industry doesn't do enough to protect kids online

Jul 23, 2025

Report

• Nexon
• Playrix
• Tencent
• King
• Scopely
• HoYoverse
• Budge Studios
• Homa
• Moon Active
• Dream Games
• Century Games
• Microfun

$10.6 billion

H1 2025 genre analysis: Mobile strategy games surge to $10.6bn as RPG revenue tumbles

Jul 24, 2025

Report

• Konvoy

$196 billion

Global games market to hit $196 billion by 2026

Jul 24, 2025

Anniversary

• Zynga

$23.6 million

Game of Thrones: Legends celebrates first anniversary and $23.6m in lifetime player spending

Jul 22, 2025

Other

• Modern Times Group (MTG)

$304m Q2 revenue

MTG revenue doubles to $304m in Q2 2025 following Plarium deal

Jul 22, 2025

Report

• Nintendo

5,630 employees

Nintendo hires at least 455 full-time staff as total headcount surpasses 5,600

Jul 21, 2025

Anniversary

• The Pokemon Company

$182.8 million

Pokémon Sleep sleepwalks to $182.8m in two years

Jul 21, 2025

Report

Spanish games industry hit $2.8bn in 2024

Jul 14, 2025

Other

• Cygames

$6.6 million

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby trots to $6.6m outside Japan after 18 days

Jul 15, 2025

Report

• Niko Partners

MENA-3 to make $2.8bn in 2029

MENA-3 games market set to reach $2.8bn by 2029 

Jul 14, 2025

Report

• Aream & Co

M&A hits $6.2bn in Q2

Games industry deal value hits $6.2bn in Q2 2025