Trying Times
GREE looks to Japanese "release blitz" to rescue longterm decline
Planning a "release blitz" for FY17
Dena Financials Fy16 Q1
DeNA sees small revenue increase as it focuses in on Japan and China
Stepping away from the economic uncertainty of the rest of the world
Nexon Fy16 Q2 Financials
Nexon grows in South Korea with DomiNations and Heroes of Incredible Tales, but suffers losses overall
Takes biggest hit in North America
Activision Blizzard Financials
King brings in $454 million and 409 million MAUs for Activision Blizzard following acquisition
Another non-Candy Crush game due out later this year
Long Wait
Zynga's Social Slots see 31% growth but overall the company remains loss-making
Waiting for a hero
Levelling Up
Stellar performance from Star War: Galaxy of Heroes boosts EA Mobile's sales to a record $165 million
Global top 20 grosser
Slipping Down
Apple's revenues tank in China
Halved in 6 months
Going Home
Sky-mobi is the latest Chinese NASDAQ-listed game company to delist
CEO Michael Tao Song offers MBO
Value Of Something
SoftBank and Tencent negotiations rumoured to value Supercell at $9 billion
So says the rumourmill
Fait Accompli
Bitterness of takeover sweetened as Vivendi pays Guillemot family $170 million for its shares
Bitterness of takeover sweetened as Vivendi pays Guillemot family $170 million for its shares
Cash Out
To reduce debt, SoftBank is selling back $685 million shares to GungHo Online
Sprint deal forces hand
On The Road
LINE expected to announce its long-awaited IPO plans next week
Off-on move now backed on
Older Female Payers
G5 Entertainment announces it's generated $100 million from mobile hidden object games
Can you spot the difference?
Home Growth
Sega Sammy sees 6% growth in Japanese mobile game revenues in FY16 to $375 million
But overall company sales down 5%
Rpg Cash Machine
Summoners War hits $500 million in lifetime revenues, boosting Com2uS to another sales record
From only 60 million downloads
Rising High
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes helps boost EA Mobile FY16 sales up 9% to $548 million
Big brand, big hit
Home Runs
Baseball titles boost Konami's FY16 game sales up 27% to $1.2 billion
Jikkyo Powerful Pro Yakyu bats well
Creative Accounting
Estimates suggest King may have stabilised its revenue decline
Very simple math
Turnaround
Rovio's game sales up again to $161 million, but company makes loss in 2015
#MakeRovioGreatAgain
Jam Tomorrow
Gameloft attempts to fight off Vivendi, announcing 2018 sales target of $390 million
The plan for 2016-2018
Still On The Up
Supercell sees 2015 sales up 35% to $2.3 billion
Growing even pre-Clash Royale
King Acquired
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King for $5.9 billion
Creates the "largest game network in the world"
Getting Harder
Sega Networks downgrades FY16 sales prediction by $125 million
Blames delays, Japanese competition and 5 game failures
Final Quarter
Fewer players, fewer payers: King sees 2015 sales slide 12% to $2 billion
Candy crushing
On The Up
Strong Madden NFL Mobile growth sees EA Mobile's sales up 3% to $128 million
But non-GAAP sales up 43%
Levelling Up
Com2uS' Summoners War-fueled growth continues with 2015 sales up 85% to $369 million
Another big year
Riding P&d's Long Tail
Blaming market saturation, GungHo sees 2015 profits down 23%
What's next?
Mind The Gap
With profits down 36%, Nintendo's second 'high profile character' mobile game becomes even more vital
Miitomo due out March
China Rising
China's leading game company Netease tops IBD 50 Index in US stock market
Going global
On The Slide
King's relative decline continues with FY15 Q3 sales down 2% to $480 million
Candy Crush matures more
Jackpot
Social casino growth sees Zynga post $3 million profit in FY15 Q3
Beats guidance
A New Hope?
Minions Paradise's failure to shine drags EA Mobile's sales down 14% to $124 million
Relying on legacy portfolio
French Fancies
Is Vivendi's move the first step in a Ubisoft-Gameloft merger?
Corporate stalking horse
On The Up
NetEase posts 63% revenue surge in Q2 to $780 million
Fantasy Westward Journey and Blizzard licences lead
Monster Mash
Japanese free-to-play RPG Monster Strike earns $4.2 million a day
Something has risen in the east.
Mind The Gap
A Candy Crush Saga hole sees King's sales down 14% to $490 million
Bitter pill
Levelling Up
Off the back of aggressive UA spending for Summoners War, Com2uS' sales rise 16% to $97 million
RPGs are the way ahead
Nadir Continues
Still loss-making and losing players, but Zynga sees FY15 Q2 sales up 9% to $200 million
Trying times
Kardashian Decline
Glu slips back into loss as FY15 Q2 sales slide 19% to $56 million
Cash in hand higher thanks to Tencent
Legacy Glide
Despite no new launches, EA Mobile sees Q1 FY16 sales rise 7% to $145 million
Squeezing the margins
Slip Sliding
FY15 Q2 sales drop 5% to $69 million as Gameloft hit by a 17% decline in DAUs
Sales don't match downloads
Watch Out
What does Apple's financial report mean for the Watch?
Tim Cook kept tip toed around cold hard facts.
Outgoings
King sees cash pile fall by 33% to $661 million as it seeks to bolster share price
Sales steady
Quality Mark
Nexon sees FY15 Q1 mobile sales up 16% to $70 million
Top of Tanker and DomiNations launched well
Seeking A Billion
Japan #1 Monster Strike raking in $3.8 million per day
Touted as Japan's next billion-dollar mobile game
Boom Continues
Despite spending $15 million on UA, Com2uS sees FY15 Q1 profits rise to $25 million
Another record quarter for Korean publisher
Hard Times
Mobile majority Zynga sees FY15 Q1 sales down 5% to $183 million
Losses will continue
Leap Forward
EA Mobile sees FY15 sales up 26% to $504 million
Now has 165 million MAUs
Celebrity Sustain
Glu sees FY15 Q1 sales up 56% to $69.5 million
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Rebound
With Dungeon Hunter 5 leading the charge, Gameloft sees FY15 Q1 sales up 17% to $71 million
New year, new hope