Earth Is Closed
Mojang confirms Minecraft Earth is officially shutting down today
Half a million in player spending
11 Days
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds beats Pokémon GO to $100 million revenue
Only available in five markets
Still Growing
Mobile games revenue rises by 18% to $44.7 billion in first half of 2021
$26 billion from the App Store alone
Grass Tacks
Golf Clash scores $780 million in lifetime revenue, tops US player spending
$185 million in 2020 alone
Emergency Meeting
Among Us has generated $86 million on mobile in nearly three years
324 million downloads since launching on June 15th, 2018
30% Rise
Over one billion mobile games were downloaded per week in Q1 2021
$1.7 billion in player spending
Business Booming
5G will power mobile games industry to $272 billion by 2030
178% rise over 2020
No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
3,600 New Hires
Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue
46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars
40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive roars to $100 million-plus revenue and 25 million downloads in three years
Over 300 million dinosaurs unlocked
Quiz Questions
Pokémon, Call of Duty, PUBG and which other 2 IP-based games generated $1.4 billion in the US during 2020?
Pokémon GO earned close to $480 million
Blox Party
Roblox revenue up 140% to $387 million in Q1 2021
Looking to hire more engineering talent
Mobile First
Mobile to drive Brazil games market to $2.3 billion in 2021
Largest market by games revenue in Latin America
Sony Beast
Fortnite revenue dominated by PlayStation at 47%, iOS just 7%
Android, Switch and PC make up 19 per cent
Wizards Divide
As Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery crosses $300 million, Wizards Unite is moribund
92 million installs since launch
Money Bags
Huuuge Games grew profits 131% to $57 milllion in 2020
The company went public in February
Start Your Engines
Mario Kart Tour races past $200 million in revenue
And 200 million downloads
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: China will be 32% global games revenue in 2021
"China's gaming market is growling larger and larger"
Crash Cow
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run generated $700,000 in first week
Runner nears 38 million global downloads
Good Lord
Lords Mobile revenue surpasses $2 billion following battle pass introduction
Now doing +$80 million a month
Making Bank
Pixel Federation generated $56 million in 2020, up 52%
Diggy's Adventure was top seller
King Of The Hill
Honor of Kings top-grossing mobile title in March 2021 generating $257 million
Followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact
Money Money Money
Tencent's Timi Studios hit revenues of $10 billion in 2020
The largest Tencent-owned studio
Hey Big Spender
Mobile game spending hits $22 billion in Q1 2021
Downloads grew by 15 per cent
Making Bank
Three Kingdoms Tactics hits $1 billion in lifetime revenue
96% of player spending is from China
Money Maker
Sumo sees 2020 sales up 41% to $95 million
A bigger adventure
Winner, Winner
PUBG Mobile shoots through $5 billion in lifetime revenue
Three years after it was released
Cloud Nine
Cloud gaming to generate $1.4 billion this year
Companies such as Microsoft and Amazon have joined the market
Making Bank
Tencent had profits of $19.5 billion in 2020
Helped by Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile
Money Bags
Keywords Studios had revenues of $441 million in 2020
"As we enter 2021, we are very confident in the Group's opportunity for growth"
Making Bank
Ten Square Games saw $153 million in revenue last year
Fishing Clash was the driving force
High Impact
Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending
The milestone has been hit within six months of launch
Around The World
Tapjoy launches new Country Multipliers tool
"To increase offer wall conversions by awarding virtual currency for rewarded advertising offers"
Back Of The Net
Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year
The category grew 20% year-on-year
Everybody Loves A Tomb
From Guardian of Light to Reloaded, here's how Tomb Raider fares on mobile
The numbers behind Tomb Raider on mobile
Hey Big Spender
UK consumers spent £7bn on the games market last year
Mobile was responsible for £1.5 million
What Are The Odds?
Casino was the second-biggest genre in the US in Q4 2020
It accounted for 17.2 per cent of mobile games revenue
Show Me The Money
Playstudios predicts $269.9m in revenue for 2020
It expects myVegas to aid performance in 2021
Money Bags
Team17 experiences sixth straight year of growth thanks to new releases
Revenue grew 34% to £83 million
Mobile Madness
Mobile was the top-earning games platform in 2020
The games industry is expected to have revenues of $189.3 billion this year
Money Money Money
War Robots shoots through $500 million in lifetime revenue
It was first released in April 2014
Top Dog
PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing game in February 2021
Followed by Honor of Kings and Genshin Impact
Money Bags
Skillz continues to grow having seen revenues of $230m in 2020
“Our first quarter as a publicly-traded company was our twentieth consecutive quarter of revenue growth"
Money Money Money
Roblox Mobile smashes through $2.5 billion in lifetime revenue
Ahead of its direct listing on the NYSE
Getting Competitive
Esports to generate over $1 billion in 2021
China will be the most lucrative market
Money Bags
Discord revenue nearly tripled during 2020
Platform boasts 140 million monthly active users
Making Bank
KamaGames experiences sixth straight year of growth
A revenue increase of 38.4% year-on-year
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact cuts through $874 million in five months
The game was released on September 28th 2020