Dena Financials Q3 Fy19
DeNA game profits slump as Pokemon Masters and Mario Kart Tour fail to take off
Posts overall loss of $460 million so far in FY2019
Sony Financials Q3 Fy19
Fate/Grand Order sales stalling despite clearing $4 billion in lifetime revenues
No real impact on Sony's overall figures, of course
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy19
Capcom sales fall to $485 million despite growth in mobile revenues
Shift from physical to digital taking a toll, but profits still growing
Financials
EA's mobile digital net revenue decreased by $51 million last quarter
Company still "conscious" of Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Q3 2019 Financials
Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES
Over 300 million software sales in less than three years
Apple Q1 2020 Financials
Apple posts record quarterly sales of $91.8 billion thanks to iPhone and wearables growth
Profits grow 11.4 per cent year-on-year for Q1 2020
Financials
MAG Interactive sees 17% revenue jump but a 40% drop in active users
Interim report detailed September to November 2019
Possible Deal
Rumours suggest iDreamsky is attempting a leveraged buyout of Leyou
Deal reported worth $1.4 billion
Play Your Cards Right
Gwent mobile made up 68% of CD Projekt Red's revenue following launch
Witcher 3 card game is due to arrive on Android in Q1 2020
Big Up
Tencent’s revenue grows by 21% thanks to Call of Duty and PUBG Mobile
Total revenue for the quarter came in at $14 billion
Financials
Activision Blizzard and King revenue drops as Candy Crush stays top-grossing franchise in US
Free-to-play title had a monthly active user base of 247 million over the previous quarter.
Financials
Mobile pushes Square Enix's game profits up 33%
Dragon Quest Walk and Romancing SaGa Re: univerSe come in strong
Sticky Situation
Glu Mobile grows sales 8% to a record $107 million but still fails to make a profit
Net loss of $5.1 million sees shares drop
Solid Base
G5 Games sees average monthly revenue per payer at $45.80
Hidden objects still paying off
Financials
Zynga achieves best quarterly revenue and bookings in 12-year history
Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons both drive quarter
Super Smashed It
Switch sells over 41 million as Nintendo's profits jump 53%
The power of Switch Lite
Still Flapping
Rovio's Q3 2019 sales up 5% thanks to Angry Birds Dream Blast
Angry Birds 2 had a soft summer
Mind The Gap
EA's mobile Q2 2019 revenue falls 20% to $177 million
No new games to boost sales
Nice Growth
Mobile games boost My.Games' revenues 27% in Q3 2019
The firm is launching an new store in Q4
Small Margins
Tencent gains majority stake in consortium that owns Supercell
Moves from 50 to 51.2% ownership
Jam Tomorrow
Rovio to increase UA spending in H2 2019 to maximise 'window of opportunity'
2019 sales and profit will be lowered than predicted
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GPU revenue down 20% year-on-year at Nvidia
While games revenue saw a 27 per cent drop from 12 months ago
Still Got It
Nida Harb 3 helps drive Stillfront revenue up 46% to $50m in Q2
Earnings before tax more than double to $13.3m
Perfect Growth
Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile and Perfect World power Tencent's smartphone revenue to $3.2bn in Q2
Overall online games business grew eight per cent to $3.9bn
Financials
Animoca Brands posts highest revenue quarter in company’s history
Company took $5.8million in sales during Q2 2019
Financials
Take-Two wants to increase its presence in mobile as Social Point makes “meaningful” impact on sales
'PC and other' contribute to around 20 per cent of sales for the quarter
Financials
Zynga’s strong portfolio gives firm best-ever revenue and bookings for Q2
Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons contributed $70 million
Financial Results
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes nears 80 million players but EA’s mobile revenue drops by 16%
The company earned net revenue of $1.21 billion for this fiscal year
Licence Royale
7% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from mobile
Total War: Warhammer 2 and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cited for their strong performances in boosting royalty revenue
Mobile Up
Nintendo Switch sales continue to be strong as hardware reaches 36.87 million
Software builds to 210.13 million with Mario Maker 2 selling 2.42 in three days
Financials
Mobile powers My.Games sales to $117m in Q2 2019
Smart devices accounted for 60 per cent of total revenue during the quarter
Financials
Mobile fuels games growth at MTG in Q2 2019
Mobile games now represent more than half of all gaming revenue
All Time High
Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65 million MAUs
Games cash drops 10 per cent year-on-year
Falling Sales
Ubisoft cites lack of new releases for 24% mobile revenue decline in Q1
Mobile made up seven per cent of total net bookings
Live Long And Prosper
Scopely reaches $1bn in lifetime revenue
Six games have exceeded over $100 million
Stock Sold
India's Reliance Entertainment reduces ownership to 14.2 per cent of Codemasters
Racing firm's CEO Frank Sagnier says that OnRush has been played by 2.5m people as of March 2019
Lot Of Bottle Caps
Fallout Shelter accumulates $100 million in player spending on mobile
63 million downloads across the App Store and Google Play
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Jagex subscription sales up 22.9 per cent in 2018
Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue
Profit And Revenue
Games Workshop generated $323 million in revenue over the last 12 months
This includes approximately $102m in profit
Financials
Gravity and Puzzle & Dragons spur on GungHo sales to $318m in Q1 2019
Developer Gravity riding high on Ragnarok M success
Financial Declines
For the first time since launch Lineage 2 is no longer Netmarble’s biggest sales driver
Blade & Soul Revolution generated more revenue than any of the publisher’s other games in Q1 2019
Monster Declines
Mixi eyes casual players for Monster Strike revival as game surpasses 50m installs
FY2020 profits forecast to drop by 88.6 per cent
Finance
Weak mobile and browser game performance led to a poor 2019 financial year for Square Enix
Solid releases couldn't sway the tide against slower-than-expected mobile and MMO performance
Financials
Japan success helps propel NetEase sales to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019
Chinese publishing giant also knocking it out the park at home
Finance
Ubisoft’s mobile bookings grew nearly 75 per cent in a record year for the French publisher
Mobile might be a minor part of Ubisoft's business, but it's only going to become more important in the coming years
Financials
Tencent hopes Season Passes will help revitalise games growth after decline
Publisher is now clear of China's licensing freeze
Mobile Future
NCSoft wants more from its legacy RPG franchises on mobile as sales decline
Mobile still makes up more than half of the company's sales
Covet Profits
Glu Mobile’s return to profitability dampened by share price drop
Crowdstar powers sales as Design Home and Covet Fashion lead the way
Last Call
Starbreeze on the hunt for investment but could close by as early as next month
Firm lost $17.4m before tax in first quarter of the year
Financials
DeNA games sales and profits fall in FY2018
Company hopeful Mario Kart Tour can do the business in 2019