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
Polish Expansion
Amber to open Polish studio following 56% revenue growth
Studio to be headed by game designer Greg Ciach
Return Of The King
Revenue boost on alternative stores for strategy game
Flexion CEO Jens Lauritzson explains how the company helped Top Games give their game a revenue boost
Prospering Pikachu
Pokémon GO celebrates lifetime player spending of $6 billion
Sensor Tower data reveals the game has averaged $1 billion per year since launch
Alternative App Stores
Android games make $50 million through alternative app stores, states Flexion
“Essentially a bonus for games that already do great in Google Play,” claims CEO Jens Lauritzson
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
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
Meeting Milestones
57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China
Worldwide revenue reaches beyond $8 billion
China's Climb
Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022
Revenue up 2.72% year-over-year
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Rolling In Revenue
Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds
Top 10 companies saw conbined revenue totalling $126 billion last year
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
Making Millions
How did Multi Maze 3D go from high CPI to a worldwide profitable hit?
Find out how CrazyLabs helped a game with high CPI become a global success with over 20 million downloads and counting
Reinvigorating Revenue
Comeback gods find new glory
Flexion CEO Jens Lauritzson explains how the company helped DECA give a great game a revenue boost
Genshin Growing
Genshin Impact surpasses $3 billion mobile revenue milestone
The top-grossing mobile gacha averages $1 billion every six months
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
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
Puzzle Players
Sensor Tower: US puzzle game spending increased 4.2% to $5 billion
Decline in downloads witnessed across the board
Making Money Matters
Diversifying revenue: how Fingersoft strikes the right balance
Meta Audience Network and Fingersoft explore the reasons for adopting a diverse revenue model within mobile games and the impact it had on the Hill Climb Racing franchise
Growing Esports Engagement
Mobile esports finding its audience in emerging markets, says Newzoo
Esports expected to generate $1.38 billion by the end of 2022
Tencent On Top Again
Mobile games spending continued to fall by 6.3% to $7 billion in March 2022
Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile were the highest grossing games worldwide
Best Q2 Yet
MAG Interactive Q2 2022 revenues reach $8.1 million, up 6 per cent
Strongest second quarter in company history
Reach For The Skies
Cloud gaming will quadruple to $6.3 billion by 2024, says Newzoo
Large media companies predicted to join the sector
Record High
Nexters saw record high revenues of $434 million in 2021
Also reported record high Q4 bookings and revenue
Zynga's Keen Eye
Zynga subsidiaries are some of Turkey's highest-earning internet companies
Peak Games, Rollic Games, and Gram Games make the cut
Towering Over
Tencent games revenue up 9.9% in 2021 to almost $33 billion
Solidifies position as largest games company worldwide by revenue
The Lion's Share
Mobile games consumer spending reached $22 billion for Q1 2022
65% of all consumer spending is on games
Reclaimed The Throne
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing game for February 2022
Snatches back first place with $225 in consumer spending
Dragalia Is Lost
Nintendo is shutting down Dragalia Lost after main campaign ends
Second mobile game to be shut down with one year
Hypercasual Takes The Pie
Unity: Hypercasual game creation increased 137% in 2021
Report looks at revenue, monetisation, retention, engagement, and more
Partner Up
Google Play brings new features for higher earning developers
Developers must generate over $5 million monthly and must be in "good standing" to qualify
In Game Ads
50% of mobile publishers will be using in-game ads by the end of 2022
Half of the world's game publishers will be making use of in-game ads by the end of 2022 according to bullish predictions from ad-specialist Adverty CEO Thorbjorn Warin
Skill-based Spending
Tether Studios surpasses $250 million lifetime revenue
Over 30 million downloads across 27 titles
Revenue Rise
Flexion sees 52% Q4 revenue growth to $13.8 million
Strongest quarter in company history
Tis The Season
Sensor Tower: Half of top grossing mobile games in 2021 feature season pass
Ad removal is the most widely used monetisation mechanic
Seasonal Spending
GameRefinery: Seasonal events boosted revenue and player numbers in February 2022
Merge Mansions sees best ever day for in-game revenue at $84,000
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
Negligible Decline
Over 228 million active mobile gamers in the US and Canada in 2021
Down 4% over 2020
$1.5 Billion
Call of Duty: Mobile fires past $1.5 billion in consumer spending
US is highest spender at $647 million, or 43%
Digital Entertainment Domination
Research and Markets: Asian mobile games market to reach $86.6 billion by 2027
Tablets top smartphones for user experience, but overall users are significantly lower
Starting To Slow
PUBG Mobile hits $237 million for January 2022
Global mobile games market generated $7.4 billion, a 7% fall
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