Quarterly Reports
NetEase sees a 12.8% year-on-year increase in net revenue
The company has dodged the current trend of decline
Organic Growth
Embracer Group Q1 financials reveals 107% increase in net sales
The Swedish video game company reports net sales of $682 million, a significant increase compared to last year
Quarterly Report
Garena sees sharp decreases in year-on-year bookings and revenue
This comes in spite of the continued success of Free Fire
Quarterly Report
Tencent reports first quarterly loss since first listing in 2004
The company’s revenue has decreased 3% year-on-year
Financial Report
Rovio H1 2022 report: Good results in a market facing headwinds in Q2
The Angry Birds franchise was – as ever – a particularly strong performer
Financial Report
East Side Games release Q2 report
The company's tie-ins with popular IPs proved successful
Overcoming Challenging Times
Nexters announces results for the first quarter 2022 and proposes changes to the board of directors
Developers of Hero Wars and Throne Rush will aim to finish the year strongly after new appointments
Quarterly Finances
Unity announce 9% revenue growth, but lower annual guidance in Q2 results - no comment on Applovin deal
This call should be of considerable interest due to AppLovin's acquisition plans
Quarterly Report
Roblox revenue increases 30% year-on-year
Daily active users increased 21% while hours engaged increased 16%
Quarterly Report
Korean market key as Nexon experiences a record-breaking quarter
FIFA Online 4 and Dungeon&Fighter Mobile were the company's biggest mobile hits
Reports And Forecasts
EA forecasts a 48 per cent boom in mobile revenue in the coming fiscal year
FIFA Mobile sees record-breaking net booking quarter for Electronic Arts
Mobile Dominance
Mobile games more profitable than console AND PC combined, reports Activision Blizzard
Latest financial report shows Call of Duty Mobile, Diablo Immortal and Candy Crush central to $1.64
billion Q2 revenue
Stranger Things Have Happened
Netflix games only engage a slim minority of its streaming audience
Fewer than 1% of subscribers are playing the company's mobile games
Possible Acquisition
Latest financials from Square Enix reveal noticeable declines
Sony, Tencent and Nexon expected to buy stakes from Square Enix as the Japanese video game company acquisition seems more likely after performance in the last three months
Sega Staying Strong
Sega Sammy Holdings Q1 financial report shows 11% sales growth
New data concludes that market trends are cooling due to the impact of changes in post-pandemic consumer behavior
Deal Me In
Drake Star: 2022 games industry deals on track to exceed $150 billion
Drake Star partner Michael Metzger speaks with PocketGamer.biz on the highs and lows of games industry deals in H1 2022, and why IDFA is driving deals in the mobile sector
Financial Findings
Netmarble’s Q1 2022 results show 43% fall in EBITDA year-over-year
Casual games found to be Netmarble’s most lucrative genre
Ash Cashem
The Pokémon Company celebrates a record fiscal year
Net profit increased by 123%, with sales reaching $1.6 billion
Double Digit Development
Huuuge announces Q1 2022 results with $84 million in revenue
Adjusted EBITDA percentage increase reaches double digits
Cites Regulatory Crackdown
Tencent revenue growth slows to a crawl following China’s crackdown on tech companies
Net profit fell to 23.4 billion yuan in Q1 2022 – down 51 per cent year-on-year from 47.8 billion yuan
Take-20
Take-Two to release 20 mobile games separately from Zynga
Mobile release of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition seemingly delayed, scheduled within fiscal 2023
Fertile Battlegrounds
Krafton: PUBG Mobile accounted for 75% revenue in Q1 2022
Of record-high $405.7 million revenue for the period, mobile title recorded $307.1 million alone
Football And Fighting
Nexon predicts doubling of mobile revenue following Q1 2022 financials
Record year for FIFA ONLINE 4 M and launch of Dungeon&Fighter Mobile bolster Nexon's mobile confidence
Ubisoft Alone
Ubisoft to bet on mobile, F2P as annual sales fall
CEO Yves Guillemot moves to quash acquisition rumours in investors call
Take Me On A Journey
Rovio targeting one major, Angry Birds Journey-scale, release annually
Alex Pelletier-Normand and René Lindell, CEO and CFO of Rovio respectively, open the Rovio capital markets day 2022 with a profile of Rovio’s growth opportunities
Fi-fuh?
Electronic Arts sees 82% increase in mobile revenue in fiscal year 2022
FIFA Mobile sees 80% growth in new players, as EA ends partnership with the football association
Where Is The Money
Call of Duty Mobile’s $1 billion consumer spend attributed to China despite highest spend in US
Activision Blizzard states 650 million downloads for mobile title now rivals console/PC player bases
Revenue Results
Higher revenue and lower costs for Zynga in Q1 2022
$691 million revenue marks a 2% increase over Q1 2021
Stats From Sweden
More than three-quarters of Stillfront’s Q1 revenue came from mobile games
Q1 2022 interim report reveals net revenue of $172 million
Catapulting
Rovio sees 26% revenue growth against mobile F2P decline
Revenue increased to €85 million in Q1 2022, a year-on-year increase from €67.1 million
$3 Billion Losses
Zuckerberg warns metaverse losses will continue until 2030s
Meta’s Reality Labs operated at $3 billion loss in Q1 2022
Do Not Activate
Activision Blizzard Q1 financial results reveal substantial decline
“Robust growth at King” unable to offset the considerable $500 million difference in revenue between Q1 2021 and 2022
Best Q2 Yet
MAG Interactive Q2 2022 revenues reach $8.1 million, up 6 per cent
Strongest second quarter in company history
Record High
Nexters saw record high revenues of $434 million in 2021
Also reported record high Q4 bookings and revenue
Towering Over
Tencent games revenue up 9.9% in 2021 to almost $33 billion
Solidifies position as largest games company worldwide by revenue
Revenue Rise
Flexion sees 52% Q4 revenue growth to $13.8 million
Strongest quarter in company history
Casual Control
Playtika revenue grew 8.9% to $2.58 billion in 2021
Board of directors considering the sale of the company
Saved By Q4
Netmarble scraped 0.8% revenue growth in 2021 to $2.12 billion
Q4 revenue climbed 20.4% to $656.6 million
Strong Growth
NetEase revenue jumps 19% to $13.75 billion, mobile games do $9.6 billion
Boosted by new titles such as Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Revelation
Region Lock
Region Lock: Turkey's hypercasual truimph, and what it means for its young population
PocketGamer.biz takes a look at the meteoric rise of Turkey as a mobile games behemoth, and what it means for the country’s young workforce
Goods Of Growth
Embracer Group's Q3 net sales increased 135% to almost $600 million
Nine month performance increase of 78.3% to over $1.2 billion
Well Sourced
IronSource revenue rises 67% to $553 million
Projects up to $820 million in revenue for 2022 fiscal year
Still Growing
Stillfront revenues rise 37% to over $586 million
Planning to soft launch 15 titles in the first half of 2022
Hard Questions At Supercell
Supercell's 45% revenue increase in 2021 follows staff burnout
2021 revenue reached $2.24 billion, and a message about sustainable working from Supercell CEO
Birds Boost
Rovio 2021 revenues increase 5.1% to $326.6 million, boosted by Angry Birds titles
Record high fourth quarter results
The Might Of Mobile
PUBG Mobile boosts Krafton’s 2021 revenues to record-highs of $1.57 billion
Release of Battlegrounds Mobile India and PUBG New State boosted Q4 sales
Best Year Ever
Zynga reports record-high sales and bookings for Q4 and FY21
Company posts record highs despite greater losses
Fallen Fiscally
Nexon mobile revenue falls 20% following a year of "building and investment"
Looking ahead at upcoming games pipeline in 2022 to boost revenue
King Provides
Mobile games drive Activision Blizzard revenue
Record performance from King as console and esports revenue dwindles
To Be Expected
Nintendo’s mobile revenue falls 5.2% to $347 million
Nintendo Switch sells over 100 million units, overtakes Nintendo Wii