Take Two Financials Q4 Fy17
Take-Two revenues hit $1.78 billion with help from mobile CCG WWE SuperCard
Social Point purchase will be accretive to profits in FY18
Lost Its Marbles
Netmarble share prices fall 8.3% from its IPO price despite $610 million revenues in Q1
Financial results apparently weren't good enough
Tencent Financials Q1 Fy17
Honor of Kings powers Tencent game revenues to $3.3 billion in Q1 2017
CrossFire Mobile and Dragon Nest Mobile also performing well
Ubisoft Financials Q4 Fy17
Ubisoft plots acquisitions after mobile division accounted for just 7% of its $1.6 billion sales in FY17
Plots out big plans for its FY18
Mobvista Financials 2016
Chinese ad tech firm Mobvista scores revenues of $296 million for 2016 thanks to overseas sales increase
Revenues up 155% year-on-year
Com2us Financials Q1 Fy17
Com2uS scores $108 million in revenues in Q1 as it eyes eSports future for Summoners War
Three years gone and still plenty of life in the game
Sega Financials Q4 Fy17
Sega hits $3.2 billion in revenue as profits jump 414%
Hortensia SAGA and Puyopuyo!! Quest continue to perform
Nexon Financials
Nexon posts record revenues of $657 million in Q1 FY17
Mostly from one PC game
Gameloft Financials Q1 Fy17
Gameloft revenues fall to $73.9 million but DAUs and MAUs are growing
N.O.V.A. Legacy hits 12 million downloads to boot
Dena Financials Q4 Fy17
DeNA revenues hit $1.26 billion as it plots further partnerships beyond Nintendo
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes doing well for the developer
Ncsoft Financials Q1 Fy17
NCSoft earned $35 million in royalties from Lineage 2 Revolution in Q1 FY17
But profits slumped by 60%
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"