Konami Financials Q4 Fy17
Konami generates $2 billion in sales as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links surpasses 40 million downloads
Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu gets another million downloads for the quarter
Netease Financials Q1 Fy17
NetEase off to a strong start in 2017 with $2 billion in revenues thanks to Onmyoji
Fantasy Westward Journey keeps on trucking
Mixi Financials Q4 Fy17
Mixi sales reach $1.82 billion as Monster Strike hits record number of users in Q4 FY17
Plans $114 million investment into its entertainment business for FY18
Square Enix Financials
Square Enix sales up to $2.25 billion as Final Fantasy Brave Exvius sees global success
Mobius Final Fantasy goes unmentioned once more
Ea Financials Q4 Fy17
EA banks on live ops and new Sims mobile game in FY18 to boost slowing mobile business
Galaxy of Heroes now has a 162 minute average daily playtime
Road To Recovery
Zynga shares surge to their highest point since mid-2014 after promising Q1 earnings
Latest financials please investors
Activision Blizzard Financials Q1 Fy17
Activision Blizzard revenues hit $1.73 billion as Candy Crush franchise remains a stable performer
King is also getting into social casino now, apparently
Housewarming
Why Glu Mobile is planning to double its UA spending in 2017
Design Home is ramping up
Zynga Financials Q1 Fy17
Zynga sees revenues rise to over $194 million as Zynga Poker sees huge boost
Words With Friends suffers heavy losses
Glu Financials Q1 Fy17
Glu starts 2017 strong with $57 million in revenues thanks to Design Home and Tap Sports Baseball
Still making a heavy loss
Anniversary Celebrations
GungHo stems quarterly decline as Puzzle & Dragons income recovers for fifth anniversary
Number of downloads surpasses 45 million in Japan alone
Business News
Apple revenues up year-on-year to nearly $53 billion despite iPhone and iPad sales slump
Greater China revenues fall on quarterly and yearly basis
Soaring Financials
Rovio’s games business revenues soar to nearly $62 million in Q1 2017
Nearly doubles quarterly revenue year-on-year
Super Fire Emblem
Deconstructing Nintendo’s $300 million mobile game success
The start of something bigger?
Cyberagent Financials
CyberAgent sales grow to $1.62 billion but profits fall sharply in H1 FY17
Profits are way, way down
Gree Financials Q3 Fy17
GREE's release blitz scores sales of $142.4 million thanks to three top 50 grossing games
Has plenty more where that came from
Capcom Financials Fy17
Capcom sales up to $782.5 million as it eyes stronger mobile performance
Hoping to "break through the current situation" with big IPs
Nintendo Financials Fy17
Nintendo profits soar to $921 million as Switch sells 2.74 million units
Goes awfully quiet on its mobile games
Jagex Financials Fy16
Jagex posts second consecutive record financial year with revenues up 28% to £74.4 million
Profits also up 21.5% year-on-year
Key Deals
Acquisition spree spurred Keywords revenues up 67% to €97 million in 2016
Services provider bought eight companies last year
Netdragon Financials Fy16
Hong Kong developer NetDragon boosts revenues by 120% following strong mobile growth in 2016
Planning on releasing further mobile games to dig into the market
Igg Financials Fy16
Lords Mobile made $130 million in 2016 to spur IGG revenue up 59% for the year
Profits also up 74% year-on-year
37 Interactive Financials Fy16
Chinese games publisher 37 Interactive grew its mobile profits by 978% in 2016
Mobile revenues reach $237.9 million for the year
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy16
Tencent shows impressive growth in 2016 with a staggering $21 billion in revenues generated
$6.3 billion generated in Q4 alone
First Among Equals?
Did you know Zynga now generates more mobile game revenue than EA?
Zynga rise is going unnoticed
Worthalot
MAG Interactive revenues rose to record $29.5 million in 2016
Profits increase to $5.8 million
Happy Birds
Rovio revenues shot up 34% in 2016 as games business had best year ever
Games business revenues increase to €159 million
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Fantasy Revenue Journey
New mobile games spurred on Chinese publisher NetEase to $4 billion in revenue in 2016
A stellar year for the firm
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy16
Nexon pinning hopes on strong 2017 launch line-up as sales and profits fall in 2016
Dynasty Warriors and Final Fantasy could be huge
Com2us Financials Q4 Fy16
Com2uS posts record year for sales and profits as it pushes further into the global market
86% of sales were generated outside of Korea
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy16
Netmarble profits jump 81% thanks to hugely successful launch of Lineage 2
Also sees continued growth from its other long-running franchises
Playing On Bold Beats
CEO Frank Gibeau on how Zynga is regaining its mojo through live operations
It's time to create forever franchises
Mixi Financials Q3 Fy17
Mixi sales and profits are up as Monster Strike interest holds steady in Japan
Anime and film help promote the game
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy16
Zynga remains loss-making but revenues and bookings increase in Q4 2016
Zynga Poker makes up 20% of all Q4 revenues
Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy16
King makes up nearly 25% of Activision Blizzard's $6.6 billion in sales for 2016
MAUs fall but players are more engaged
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy17
Mobile makes little impact as Ubisoft sales drop to $564 million
Soft-launched Rabbids Crazy Rush given a release window after lengthy testing period
Glu Financials Q4 Fy16
Glu inches past $200 million in revenues for 2016 thanks to Crowdstar acquisition
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood still making money
Dena Financials Q3 Fy16
DeNA revenues and profits fall while native mobile games vastly outperform browser for the first time
Nintendo partnership confirmed to be "mid to long-term"
Innogames 2016 Financials
InnoGames proves shift to mobile is working with revenues up 25% in 2016
Mobile revenues also up 68%
On The Up
The rise and rise of EA’s 'very profitable' $600 million mobile business
Breaking the $600 million barrier
Square Enix Financials
Square Enix scores profits of $151 million but goes quiet on flagship mobile title Mobius Final Fantasy
Brave Exvius is the clear winner
Sega Financials Q3 Fy16
Sega Sammy profits and revenues up despite slowing pace of Japan's mobile games market
Existing games continuing to rake in the cash
Gungho Financials Q4 Fy16
GungHo's profits fall 36% as interest in Puzzle & Dragons wanes
Still trying to push engagement through toys and apps
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy17
Capcom all but forgets mobile as profits limp along to $24.4 million
Toware no Paruma was a top grossing game in Q2, not Q3
Ea Financials Q3 Fy17
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is still EA's top mobile game with average daily sessions of 155 minutes
FIFA Mobile gets strong downloads but needs better monetisation
Konami Financials Q3 Fy17
Konami profits up to $182 million as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links surpasses 25 million downloads
Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu still a favourite
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo posts profits of $904 million thanks to Pokemon GO and Super Mario Run
Pushes Animal Crossing Mobile back to next fiscal year
Line Financials Q4 Fy16
LINE grows revenues to $1.2 billion despite global MAUs falling by three million
Revenues going up, users going down
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy16
Tencent hits $6 billion in sales with help from 40 million DAUs on Honour of Kings
Generated $1.44 billion from mobile game sales alone