Success In Gaming
Finland’s highest earners are in the gaming industry, with Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen leading the charge
The country is a hub of the global mobile gaming industry
Financials
Playstudio financials see continuous growth and expansion of their PlayREWARDS platform
The Las Vegas based studio acquired mobile developer Brainium earlier in the year and has already accredited strong quarterly revenue performance to this
Financial Findings
Unity’s latest financial report reveals $322.9 million in Q3 2022 revenue and predict Q4 earnings
Up by 13% from Q3 2021
Results Revealed
EA’s Q2 financial results reveal $1.44 billion gross profit, with full games only contributing a fraction
Live services represent large share of company revenue
Swedish Games Industry
Swedish Games Companies contributed $5.8bn to the global economy, national report reveals
The majority of the country’s game makers are solo operations
Adjust Analysis
Exclusive: Educational, Casino and Arcade games on the rise according to Adjust's Q3 2022 report
Adjust analyses the EMEA and UK markets for the third quarter of 2022
Special Report
The mobile gaming market is on track for a record breaking year
Data.ai delves into the performance of the market throughout the third quarter of 2022
Stumble Guys Success
Battle royale game Stumble Guys is making almost half a million dollars every day
Scopely-owned game has a total of 265 million downloads
The Growth Of Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming market to exceed $175 billion by 2027
China’s strong growth is projected to continue over the period
Subscription Spending
Xbox Game Pass earned almost $3 billion revenue on consoles in 2021
Service more than doubled Nintendo’s subscription earnings for the same period
Sensor Tower Report
Player spending forecast to fall 2% year-on-year in 2022
Google Play game revenue is predicted to fall 8.3%
Market Impact
Genshin Impacts celebrates its second birthday in style
The game was the third most profitable title of the past two years
Revenue Results
Nexters makes a comeback from net loss in H1 2021 to record-high net income for H1 2022
$56 million in H1 and $33 from Q2
Revving And Racing
Mario Kart Tour steers towards $300 million revenue as it celebrates third anniversary
Celebrations include Mii Racing Suits and several cities to drive around
Genshin's Growing Giant
Genshin Impact surpasses $3.6 billion revenue ahead of second anniversary
The game made $12 million revenue on day of Version 3.0 release
Guest Post
Mobile game monetisation: the third way
Mike Gadd discusses how mobile extensions can increase revenue while decreasing the frustration of consumers
Market Dominance
1% of publishers are responsible for 91% of app revenue
The publishers also generated 79% of downloads in H1 2022
Global Revenue
Diablo Immortal generated $97 million in August
Honor of Kings topped the revenue charts for the month
Profile
In the mobile games industry 'change is the only constant'
Hajar Noreddine of adjoe discusses revenue streams ahead of her talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki.
July Charts
Uma Musume Pretty Derby raced into July’s charts
Stumble Guys unseated Subway Surfers as the month’s most downloaded iOS title
Happy Anniversary
State of Survival celebrates third anniversary, passes download milestone
The game has passed a milestone 150 million downloads
European Gaming Market
52 per cent of Europeans play games reveals recent report
45 per cent of gaming revenue in 2021 came from apps
Quarterly Report
Roblox revenue increases 30% year-on-year
Daily active users increased 21% while hours engaged increased 16%
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
Congratulations!
King of Avalon celebrates sixth anniversary
Frost & Flame expansion helps drive $10 million revenue for FunPlus in the last 30 days
Quarterly Report
Playtika sees big success with casual games
A strong quarter for the company
Global Mobile Market
IP-Power and Eastern markets play a major role in July mobile industry performance
The month saw big success for midcore titles.
A Strong Quarter For Mid-core Titles
The highest-grossing mobile games of the quarter revealed
A new study examines the mid-core, casino, and casual markets
Hot Five
Hot Five: Wild Rift breaches $500 million revenue, InnoGames publishes salary bands, and Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for PGbiz "fucking idiots" comment
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Quarterly Report
Ubisoft Q1 2022 report shows 9.8% sales decline
Mobile performance is strong, but other platforms have seen cancellations
Quarterly Report
Mobile revenue continues to increase for Stillfront Group
Mobile represents almost 80 per cent of revenue, with strategy titles growing the most over Q2 2022
Stranger Things Have Happened
Netflix remains tight-lipped on mobile games plans in Q2 financial report
Loss of 970,000 subscribers significantly less painful than 2 million predictions
¥1.1 Million Fee
Shanghai tech firm fined $163,000 for unlicensed game publication
One of the country’s harshest penalties for such cases
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
Bytedance And Meta Reign Supreme
Apps are earning more revenue than games for the first time ever
Spending in non-game apps has grown more than twice the rate as games
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
Success And Challenges
Israeli industry reached $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021, with mobile the dominant gaming platform
Israeli gaming industry must overcome lack of local talent, youth investment, and government funding to build
Alternative Revenue
ONEMT: quality users who drive revenue show up through the alternative app stores
Flexion CEO Jens Lauritzson explains how the company helped ONEMT give their game a revenue boost
Blazing A Trail To Success
Diablo Immortal earned $49 million in first month
The game earns over $1 million a day
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
Racing To Success
Uma Musume Pretty Derby's South Korean release nets $2.3 million within 24 hours
June 20 release tops the charts on App Store and Google Play
Fired Up
Fire Emblem Heroes exceeds $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes is the first Nintendo game to join the billion-dollar Unicorn Club
Mag Interim Report
MAG Interactive AB experiences highest revenue quarter since founding, despite a decline in users
Highest revenue since company founding in 2010
Hot Five
Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion
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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
Tiking Along
TikTok owner ByteDance generates $1 billion in annual games revenue
Mobile titles by Ohayoo, Nuverse, Moontoon, and C4 Connect
Success To Reinvest
Nordcurrent celebrates 20% growth in 2021
Largest games company in Lithuania has created temporary office in Poland to support its 20 Ukrainian employees
Welcome To Hell
Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks
Five million downloads for the first F2P title in the Activision Blizzard franchise
Deep Dive In Dislyte
How Dislyte took over half of the battler market in its first weeks of release
AppQuantum's Julia Kara looks at Lilith Games' latest RPG team battler, and whether its streamlined onboarding and polish will provide the same sustainability as its mid-core competitors
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