Clash of Clans breaks $4 billion, PUBG Corp drops Epic lawsuit, and indies rocked by Google Play download woes
Supercell’s Clash of Clans has broken $4 billion in revenues on iOS since its launch back in 2012, which generated enough buzz to send the news straight to the top of our illustrious Hot Five.
The data comes courtesy of App Annie, who had a peek at the past 10 years of iOS to derive various forms of data. One of the biggest being that Clash of Clans has grossed the most revenue out of any game or app.
Second up, PUBG Corp decided to end its lawsuit against Epic Games that alleged PUBG had its copyright infringed by Fortnite.
Google, Diamond Diaries Saga, and Game of Thrones
Elsewhere, a host of indie developers have been hit with a drastic drop in installs on Google Play following recent algorithm changes from Google.
Following on is the news that Candy Crush dev King launched a new IP, Diamond Diaries Saga, on iOS and Android. Finishing up the list is a study that showed Fortnite Mobile to have five times the revenue of PUBG, but half the downloads.
#5: Fortnite Mobile has five times the revenue of PUBG but half the downloads
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Fortnite Mobile has five times the revenue of PUBG but half the downloads »Epic Games’ mobile port of Fortnite has pulled in five times the revenue of rival PUBG Mobile and only needed half as many weekly downloads to do so.
As previously reported, Fortnite made $92 million in revenue for the 11 weeks ending on June 18th, while PUBG generated around $19 million for the same period.
On the download front, PUBG peaked at 23.3 million downloads during its first weeks on mobile compared to the 3.4 million that Fortnite brought in.
#4: Candy Crush dev King launches new IP Diamond Diaries Saga on iOS and Android
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Candy Crush dev King launches new IP Diamond Diaries Saga on iOS and Android »Candy Crush developer King has released its second game in as many weeks.
This new, ahem, gem is a new IP called Diamond Diaries Saga.
The physics-based linker game had been in soft-launch since October 30th last year on Android. It had initially appeared as Royal Boulevard Saga, which was soft-launched in August 2016.
Much many stapes in the King's portfolio, Diamond Diaries Saga is a casual title. Gameplay revolves around drawing links between objects of matching colours to clear the board and complete objectives.
#3: Drastic drop in Google Play downloads rocks indie devs after discovery algorithm fiasco
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Drastic drop in Google Play downloads rocks indie devs after discovery algorithm fiasco »A slew of indies have been hit with a calamitous drop in installs on Google Play following recent algorithm changes.
Problematic signs starting showing on Thursday June 21st, with a host of devs airing concern on various forums from Unity to Discord. The issues persisted to Monday morning, June 25th with many of them reporting drops of up to 90 per cent in organic traffic.
The fallout is supposedly the result of a bug that is interfering with how apps can verify paid licenses.
The bug has since been acknowledged by a Google employee who said the problem is under investigation. A fix has yet to arrive.
#2: PUBG Corp ends Epic Games lawsuit over PUBG and Fortnite copyright infringement claims
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PUBG Corp ends Epic Games lawsuit over PUBG and Fortnite copyright infringement claims »PUBG Corp has reportedly dropped its lawsuit against Epic Games.
That's according to a local court system website which said that PUBG Corp has sent a letter of withdrawal to Epic, closing the case.
Why the suit has been dropped is unclear.
However, both companies are linked through a relationship with Chinese tech and entertainment giant Tencent. So it's possible that the parent has had to get in to stop the kids from fighting.
#1: App Store users have spent over $4 billion on Supercell’s Clash of Clans
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App Store users have spent over $4 billion on Supercell’s Clash of Clans »Supercell's Clash of Clans has generated more than $4 billion since releasing in 2012 and as such is the highest grossing game on the App Store in the last 10 years.
Following on from Clash of Clans, the second and third spot of the charts were taken by King’s Candy Crush Saga and Mixi’s Monster Strike.
In terms of downloads, however, Supercell's mega-hit is sitting in fourth.
The download charts for the same period were topped by Candy Crush Saga, which racked up 280 million downloads. Kiloo’s Subway Surfers and Half Brick’s Fruit Ninja placed in second and third.