Leaks
Genshin Impact developers MiHoYo on legal hunt for leakers
The hit games' developers have subpoenaed Twitter for the names of users suspected of leaking its secrets
Related People
Forrest Wei Liu
President
Accolades
Articles featuring HoYoverse
Chinese Culture
Tencent and other Chinese gaming companies to help promote Chinese culture
Big name companies are aiming to deliver "broader value"
Closed Beta Co-op
Could HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail recapture Genshin Impact’s success?
Final Closed Beta for the latest entry in the Honkai series coming to iOS, Android and PC
Lots Of Licences
Happy Chinese New Year! Regulators grant 88 new game licences
Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo and others to benefit with new licences for games such as Honkai: Star Rail
Genshin's First-ever Exhibition
Genshin Impact hosts its first art exhibition with life-size characters
The Paris-based exhibit features more than 16 original pieces of concept art
Revenue
Genshin Impact surpasses $4bn in lifetime revenue
Genshin Impact hits new revenue highs, bringing in over $4bn of revenue within two years of launch
Revenue Results
Genshin Impact makes it to $4 billion revenue as PUBG Mobile reaches $9 billion
Installs for both games are down compared to last year
Report
Genshin Impact scaling beyond mobile highlighted as defining industry milestone in Niko Partners' Gametech report
The latest cross-platform report goes into the current state of gaming technology with mobile playing an increasing part in pushing tech forward.
Market Impact
Genshin Impacts celebrates its second birthday in style
The game was the third most profitable title of the past two years
Genshin's Growing Giant
Genshin Impact surpasses $3.6 billion revenue ahead of second anniversary
The game made $12 million revenue on day of Version 3.0 release
Best Of 2022
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022
The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months
Rpg Stats
Report: 63% of RPG revenue comes from mobile
Genshin impact was the most streamed title of June 2022
Bold New Moves
Unity attracts major, local investors as it expands into the Chinese market
The move has attracted investments from some of the country’s tech giants
Home Of The Hoyoverse
miHoYo selects Singapore as metaverse division headquarters
HoYoverse development will be focused in the city state
Game Licenses
NetEase and Tencent denied licenses in China
The companies were absent from the list of 67 new game approvals
Mihoyo Vs Minmetals
MiHoyo sues Minmetals in business trust dispute
Minmetals trust firm has been separately sued by Lilith Games
Summer Games Fest
HoYoverse holds the ground for mobile representation at the Summer Game Fest
Trailers for Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Star Rail
Genshin Growing
Genshin Impact surpasses $3 billion mobile revenue milestone
The top-grossing mobile gacha averages $1 billion every six months
Star Rail Waiting In The Sky
Genshin Impact devs open closed beta for Honkai: Star Rail
HoYoverse opens beta period for select sign-up with no geographic restrictions
Mobile Games Awards 2022
Updated: the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022
Championing the mobile games industry at the prestigious MGA 2022
Four Years Of Fun
Honkai Impact 3rd artwork exhibition celebrates four years of global launch
Will visit locations worldwide, including Berlin, New York, and San Paolo
Funding Fusion
MiHoYo invests $65 million towards nuclear fusion devices
Contributing to Energy Singularity’s Tokamak research to lower carbon emissions
Brand-new Brand
MiHoYo launches new international HoYoverse brand
Keeping the MiHoYo name in China
Action Advances
Genshin Impact drove US Action mobile game spending in 2021
Hypercasual was the most downloaded genre
Getting Comfortable
PUBG Mobile takes top spot in December 2021 at $244 million
China makes up over half of all revenue for the battle royale
Tencent On Top
More than $1 billion generated by eight mobile games each in 2021
PUBG Mobile is the highest-grossing for a second year
Back And Forth
PUBG Mobile reaches $254 million revenue, Genshin Impact $207 million in November 2021
Coin Master has its best month ever
International Expansion
Genshin Impact creator Mihoyo opens new Montreal studio
Plans to scale to 100 employees within next year
Genshin Strikes Gold
Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021
Generated highest monthly revenue for a mobile game this year
Making An Impact
Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year
China, Japan and US are top three spenders
Bigger Boost
New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days
Floating World Under the Moonlight is a winner
Best Of 2021
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
The movers, the shakers, and all those funky moneymakers
Winner Winner
PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue
The battle royale jumped ahead by almost $70 million
A New Horizon
Sony and MiHoYo partner to bring Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy to Genshin Impact
PlayStation heroine will be available after version 2.1 update
Call To Action
Genshin Impact spurs mobile action games to $435 million in US for H1 2021
The figure shows a 104 per cent rise for the genre year-over-year
Winner Winner
Introducing the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Celebrate the big wins and catch up with all the highlights
No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
High Impact
Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending
The milestone has been hit within six months of launch
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact cuts through $874 million in five months
The game was released on September 28th 2020
Top Of The World
Honor of Kings reigns as top-grossing mobile title in January 2021
Followed by PUBG Mobile
On The Up
Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5%
Just behind Playrix and King
Cod Tops Lot
The Game Awards 2020 mobile nominees revenue and downloads revealed
How do the top games stack up against one another?
Money Money Money
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile title in November 2020
Followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact
What A Sneak
Apple names Sneaky Sasquatch as Apple Arcade Game of the Year
Genshin Impact picked up iPhone Game of the Year
High Impact
Genshin Impact generates nearly $400 million in two months
It has averaged $6 million a day
High Impact
Genshin Impact takes home the Best Game accolade at the Google Play Awards
It is also nominated for Mobile Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2020
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact was the highest-grossing digital title in October 2020
Mobile spending was up 15 per cent year-on-year
The Game Awards
Among Us, Genshin Impact and Call of Duty: Mobile are nominees at The Game Awards 2020
Animal Crossing: New horizons is up for Game of the Year
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact reigns supreme as the top grossing game in October
Tencent had three entries
High Impact
Genshin Impact has hit $245 million in player spending on mobile
The biggest launch of a mobile RPG in the US