Money Money Money
My.Games' revenue grew 30% in 2020
Grand Hotel Mania and War Robots were key drivers
Game On
UK consumers spent £4.4 billion on games last year
Mobile is the most popular platform with 34.7% of players
Live And Kicking
The five-year journey of Hill Climb 2 and how Fingersoft is already prepping for a third
Fingersoft's Daniel Rantala discusses the racing sequel
Get Hyped
Hypercasual titles account for 31% of mobile game downloads in 2020
RPGs proved to be the top genre for revenue
Making Bank
Roblox predicts $1.5 billion in revenue for 2021
A potential growth of 56% to 64% year-on-year
Money Money Money
InnoGames saw record-breaking revenues of $266 million in 2020
The pandemic and mobile titles have been cited as the driving force
Money Money Money
NetEase had a successful fourth quarter with $3 billion in net revenue
"We maintained steady development across our primary businesses"
On The Up
Mobile digital games market up 6% in January 2021
Garena Free Fire proved to be the most lucrative mobile title
Money Bags
Coin Master is a winner with $2 billion in lifetime revenue
It has picked up nearly 195 million downloads
Money Maker
Player spending on mobile games to hit $138 billion in 2025
The majority will be generated on the App Store
Money Bags
App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025
Europe is expected to lead the growth in revenue
Money Bags
Rovio continues to see good profitability despite drop in revenue
The Angry Birds creator generated $329.7 million in 2020
Money Bags
Netmarble saw substantial growth in 2020
It generated $2.25 billion in FY2020
Top Of The World
Honor of Kings reigns as top-grossing mobile title in January 2021
Followed by PUBG Mobile
That's Just Super
Supercell saw great success in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic
"We, of course, are incredibly lucky to work in the games business"
Money Bags
Zynga experiences record breaking year with $1.97 billion in revenue
"In an unprecedented year, our talented and resilient teams finished Q4 strong, delivering our highest quarterly revenue and bookings in Zynga's history"
Money Money Money
Nexon experiences great year as it generates $2.8 billion in 2020
"Nexon looks forward to multiple catalysts in 2021, including new games, on new platforms, coming to new markets"
Money Money Money
Glu Mobile hit $540 million in revenue last year
"Our financial results reflect the tremendous progress we made throughout the year"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The state of mobile games in 2021
"People were hungry for new apps and new games"
Top Of The World
Tencent and NetEase remain App Annie's top publishers for the fourth year running
A number of companies jumped up more than 10 places this year
Money Money Money
Nintendo generated $13.4 billion between April 1st and December 31st
Mobile generated around $400 million
Making Bank
Australian games studios generated $140.4 million in revenue in 2020
That's a 29 per cent increase year-on-year
Money Money Money
Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Aided by its launch in China last year
Money Money Money
Apple experiences record-breaking quarter as it generates $111.4 billion
“Our December quarter business performance was fueled by double-digit growth in each product category"
Get Real
Simulation games revenue was up 62% in the US last year
The casino genre was most popular for downloads
Found A Solution
Xsolla launches new mobile game commerce solution
“Our new Mobile Game Commerce solution helps developers overcome these restraints and succeed by creating a seamless experience that drives revenue back to those making the games"
Mobile Madness
The mobile digital games market was up 5% in December
Pokemon Go was the top-grossing title
Spellbinding
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months
Player spending consistently on the rise each month since launch
Credits Will Do Fine
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes made up 98% of all revenue from the last five Star Wars mobile games
Collectible RPG has generated $1.2 billion to-date
It's An Honour
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in December 2020
Followed by PUBG Mobile
Money Money Money
Fyber experiences best ever Q4 as it grosses $108.2 million
“2020 brought about unique challenges and significant uncertainty, and Fyber’s success in navigating these challenges is a true testament of the resilience and diversity of our business"
Big Spender
Mobile consumers spent $143 billion on apps in 2020
Games revenue is predicted to hit $120 billion this year
Money Money Money
Animoca Brands had a record breaking 10 months in 2020
It generated $38 million by October 31st
Money Money Money
Lockdown causes UK video games revenue to hit $5.7bn in 2020
Market saw a 14.5 per cent increase year-on-year, digital rose by 16.5 per cent
Money Money Money
European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year
$9.6 billion was generated through games
One Of Us
Among Us tops worldwide download charts for 2020
PUBG Mobile was the most lucrative mobile title last year
Imposter
Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day
International version 'Murder Party' picks up 19,000 downloads too
Bricked
Minecraft Earth failed to cross $500k in lifetime revenue - are location-based games off the map?
While Pokemon GO has adapted and thrived, others have come up short
Money Money Money
Digital games spending hit $126.6 billion in 2020
The majority was generated via mobile
Put 'em Up
Call of Duty: Mobile fires through $14 million in its Chinese launch week
The game has generated $644 million in lifetime revenue
Tick Tock
TikTok reigns supreme as the top-grossing app for December 2020
Followed by YouTube at No.2
Get Hyped
Hypercasual publisher Ducky is generating $1 million a month
Its games have been played 145 million times
Money Money Money
Ten Square Games hits nearly $50 million in Q4 2020
“This has been another great quarter for Ten Square Games"
Money Money Money
Mobile consumer spending hit $111 billion last year
An increase of 30.2 per cent year-on-year
Big Spender
European consumers spent $54.6 million on mobile apps on Christmas Day
Globally mobile spending hit $407 million that same day
Asynchronous Or Synchronous
Why "2021 will be the year of mobile esports" according to Ryu Games' Nick Contino
"I think we’ll see all of the big players jump into the space"
Public Potential
Playtika IPO shows revenues and debts of $2.3 billion
It aims to raise over $1 billion
Claim A Freebie
GameRefinery makes its iOS downloads and revenue data free
"2020 has been a tough year for everyone, and so we're delighted to offer our iOS revenue and download data free to all customers this Christmas"
Lockdown Lift
Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far
PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list
Cod Tops Lot
The Game Awards 2020 mobile nominees revenue and downloads revealed
How do the top games stack up against one another?