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
Most Read
Hot Five: Supercell's 45% revenue increase, Garena Free Fire banned in India, and FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores
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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
Rpg Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes approaches $1 billion
Nintendo's highest-earning mobile game
King Provides
Mobile games drive Activision Blizzard revenue
Record performance from King as console and esports revenue dwindles
Everything Everywhere
The state of mobile in 2022: Millions of apps, billions of downloads, trillions of hours
The incredible ongoing growth of the global mobile market – and the value of games – are highlighted in App Annie’s State of Mobile 2022 report
Apac Predominance
Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo
Report indicates TikTok users are more likely to spend on mobile games
Getting Comfortable
PUBG Mobile takes top spot in December 2021 at $244 million
China makes up over half of all revenue for the battle royale
Best Year Yet
App Store developers earned $260 billion since launch
Up $60 billion from start of 2021
Million Makers
Over 900 apps and games generated first $1 million in 2021
Games publishers make up the lion's share
Tencent On Top
More than $1 billion generated by eight mobile games each in 2021
PUBG Mobile is the highest-grossing for a second year
Back And Forth
PUBG Mobile reaches $254 million revenue, Genshin Impact $207 million in November 2021
Coin Master has its best month ever
Games Take Gold
Consumer spending on mobile games and apps will reach $135 billion
Google Play accounts for majority of downloads at over 100 billion
Revenue Riser
Developers on Flexion's platform see a 10% boost in revenue
Google Play games can be brought to Huawei, Amazon, Samsung and more
Still Rising
Mobile games will generate $89.6 billion by the end of 2021
Honor of Kings earns $2.9 billion
Match Madness
Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021
However, the popular puzzle genre is the fifth most popular sub-genre according to App Annie
Arising Africa
95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo
South Africa leads the way for player spending across the continent
Seasonal Spending
90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events
Game Refinery crunches the numbers