Krafton Not Slowing Down
Krafton Inc reports revenue of $729 million for the first half of 2022
PUBG: Mobile vital to Krafton's successful H1, earning $550 million in mobile business sector
Gaming In China
Niko Partners: 40% drop in Chinese young gamers after September regulations
However, the number of Chinese gamers will rise to 115 million by 2026, predicts the market intelligence provider
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
Optimistic Q1 Report
Take-Two chairman and CEO optimistic about the potential long-term growth for the mobile industry
NBA 2K22, Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online contribute to Take-Two's strong GAAP net revenue
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
Ip-based Games Take Charge
IP-based games have positive impacts on the mobile industry, according to research by Newzoo
A report from a leading provider for PC and console games analytics shows IP holders often choose mobile as their go-to platform
T3 Market Rises
The evolution of mobile advertising in 2022: higher quality, fewer ads
Upcoming territories such as the Middle East, South America and South Asia lead the market with an increase of 10 per cent, according to new data from SocialPeta
Permission To Play
Playing games doesn't make you mad or bad
Gaming does no harm to mental health according to recent study by the University of Oxford
Predicting Revenue
Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029
Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
Major Breakthrough
Diablo Immortal surpasses $100 million in global revenue
Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play MMORPG passes another milestone
We're All Gamers!
One-third of Call of Duty: Mobile gamers are playing Candy Crush Saga
New data from Ampere Analysis proves that players don't limit themselves to just one genre
Unity Users
Consumer Acquisition: Unity games have seen 32% IAP revenue growth in 2022
Rewarded video ads engagement also escalated, with 62% of players engaging daily
Mobile Majority
More than half of ALL games revenue this year will come from mobile
Global mobile games industry forecast of $103.5 billion in 2022, according to new report from Newzoo
Quarterly Report
Ubisoft Q1 2022 report shows 9.8% sales decline
Mobile performance is strong, but other platforms have seen cancellations
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
South Korea's Gamer Surplus
Newzoo finds three-quarters of South Koreans are gamers, and mobile is the most popular platform
59% of gamers in South Korea play on mobile
Latency And Lag
Edgegap: lag and latency are major problems for mobile gamers
Mobile gamers experience lag and latency at greater rates than PC/console, with 34% quitting games entirely as a result
Big Games, Small Devices
Midcore games are on the rise
GameRefinery report examines the US gaming landscape
Turbulent Times
Research and Markets report finds China’s playerbase fell to 706 million in 2021
China Mobile Games 2022 report predicts mobile and PC games revenue will reach $55.23 billion in 2026
Show Me The Billions
data.ai: Mobile players to spend $21.4 billion in Q2 2022
Of $33 billion spend on mobile apps, gaming will take the lion’s share
Subscription Prediction
Ericsson projects more than 1 billion 5G subscriptions in 2022
1.1 billion prediction tweaked following invasion of Ukraine
Cause To Captivate
User acquisition to be dominated by three key factors: predictive analytics, automation, and data privacy
Tempr. report suggests casual mobile games will especially benefit from predictive analysis
Prediction Positivity
McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030
Between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion could come from e-commerce
Spending On Subscriptions
Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games
11% of subscription-model apps are games
Predicting And Projecting
Sensor Tower: player spending on mobile games reaching $117 billion by 2026
Apps to outpace games in terms of spending, but gaming predicted to remain the largest individual category.
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
Subscription Success
GameRefinery: creative battle pass implementation found in 60% of the top grossing mobile games
Gacha and battle pass elements are integrating into many genres
Google It
Google: only 16% of mobile gamers want NFT-based games
Player base split on engagement with in-game ads, motivation to start mobile titles, and NFT-based games of little interest
May Merriment
Apex Legends Mobile and Ni No Kuni boost US mobile performance in May, GameRefinery finds
Report analyses mobile sectors in US, Japan, and China
Apple And Apps
68% of mobile games devs find marketing more difficult following Apple ATT
Tenjin and Growth FullStack speak to PocketGamer.biz on their latest report which states 99% of developers plan to use alternative Android stores this year
The Lion's Share
Mobile gaming to exceed 60% of entire games market in 2022
More than $1.6 billion spent weekly on mobile games in Q1 2022 alone
Hypercasual Heights
Pangle and Newzoo’s hypercasual report explores the eastern and western market divide
Audience variation between US, UK, Japan and South Korea highlighted
Rocky Roblox Report
Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement
Per daily average user, average bookings were at $11.67 in Q1
Revenue Report
Mobile game revenue decreased for first time ever in Q1 2022
Sensor Tower's State of Mobile Gaming 2022 report shows revenue and install variation by country
Revenue Results
Higher revenue and lower costs for Zynga in Q1 2022
$691 million revenue marks a 2% increase over Q1 2021
Industry Insight
Newzoo: a "breakthrough" in mobile game reach as revenue to surpass $100 billion in 2022
Latin America and Southeast Asia could be biggest contributors to mobile growth
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
Att Analysis
One year on, less than half of mobile players opt-in for ATT
Hypercasual found to have the highest initial opt-in rate
Searching For Stats
Angry Birds is the most popular mobile game in the US, according to search volumes
Bits and Pieces analyse mobile game search data
Most Read
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Report Reveals
Drake Star Partners: Q1 2022 games industry deals casts shadow over entirety of 2021
More deals in mobile than any other gaming segment
Tracking Transformative Trends
Mobile app trends 2022: A global benchmark of app performance
A new report from Adjust highlights key changes in the global mobile industry, from privacy changes to user behaviour and the value of retaining players
Analysis Of Ad Creatives
Liftoff: playable ads are most "cost-effective" ad format
Analysis of over 200 million instals and 12.6 billion clicks
The Cloud's Acclaim
Amdocs: 85% of UK gamers would give up new hardware for cloud gaming
Biggest draws are the option to play on any device in any location
The Most Searched
Minecraft, Free Fire and Genshin Impact are the most searched for mobile games, says Mozillion
18 games reached one million or more average monthly searches from January 2021 to 2022
Environmental Expectations
Netmarble unveils ESG report with sustainable management goals
Three key initiatives outlined
Guessing The Growth
Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026
Expected to reach $94.8 billion by the end of 2022
Modern Mobile Gaming
Tapjoy: Women play on mobile more times per day than men
Over 50% of mobile gamers prefer ads over pay-to-play