Brawling In It
Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months
75 million global downloads since release
Growth
Social casino dev KamaGames saw revenues soar 33% to $76.4m in 2018
Gross revenue hit $76.4 million as DAU counts saw a similar jump up
Look Out Thanos
Marvel Strike Force adds Captain Marvel as game makes $150 million in first year
New Alliance War mode rolled out too
Niantic Used Happy Hour
Pokemon Go trainers have spent $2.45 billion in less than three years
Franchise as a whole on mobile reaches $2.5 billion
Super Sell
Supercell’s Clash Royale surpasses $2.5 billion in three years
Recently passed third anniversary on March 2nd
Revenue Dropping Boys
Fortnite revenue declines 48% month-on-month in January
Peak month in december though
China
Tencent and NetEase see non-China mobile game revenue soar 500%
China's biggest publishers look abroad as the nation's market remains unpredictable
Dragalia Won
Dragalia Lost outpaces Super Mario Run and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp with $75m lifetime sales
Still a way off of Fire Emblem Heroes
Fiscal
Netease ends 2018 on strong footing with almost $3 billion in Q4 revenue
Lifetime successes and strong newcomers drive Netease to a job well done this year
Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive grosses $40 million in nine months
These scientists have not been preoccupied
Financials
Netmarble profit tumbles 72% year-on-year in Q4 due to slowing sales and lack of new releases
Publisher appears to be struggling to fill the hole from fading Lineage 2 and Harry Potter revenue
What's Next?
The Walking Dead: Our World dev Next Games lays off 26 staff as losses mount
Operating losses for 2018 increases to $19 million
Diamonds Are Forever
Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million
Good news for Steve
Maple
Maplestory M’s massive success is only part of Nexon’s record-setting financial results
Nexon’s highest full-year performance across both PC and Mobile made FY2018 one of the publisher’s strongest years to date
We Like Ike
Fire Emblem Heroes has grossed over $500 million in two years
More than all other release for mobile combined
Hail To The King
Candy Crush maker King's revenue up in 2018 to $2bn, touts $100m ads business
"The next phase about where the ad business heading is about continued scaling"
Keep Calm And Carry On
After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point
2019 could see the company experience explosive growth again
Sales Star
Brawl Stars scores $110 million in two months
Supercell might be in another annual drop, but Brawl Stars might be the game to turn things around
Financials
Supercell revenue drops again to $1.6 billion for 2018
But Brawl Stars performance signals better times ahead
Back In Business
GungHo breathes new life into Puzzle & Dragons as MAUs and sales increase in Q4
Sales and profits up quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year
Sales Lost
CyberAgent president “regrets relying too much on a single game title” as Dragalia Lost underperforms
Sales fall below expectations and aren't enough to recoup costs in other areas of the business
New Plan
Square Enix mobile games underperform as publisher signals it’ll rebuild business
Lowest sales quarter in 2018 and 2019 financial years for smartphone and browser sectors
Cut
Google won’t be dropping its 30 per cent revenue split in the wake of Epic’s Fortnite antics
"I think there's a value exchange there and it's been the industry standard"
Epic Win
Fortnite surpasses $500 million for iOS in less than a year
Game took 326 days to hit the milestone
Big Investment
Mobile marketing tech firm Ogury picks up $21m investment
Company generated $100m in 2018
Financials
Dragon Ball Legends drives a strong Q3 2019 performance for publisher Bandai Namco
Mobile brawler success sees expectations raised for the publisher’s end-of-year results
Comeback Kings
“Zynga’s turnaround is now complete” as publisher posts record mobile earnings
Mobile revenue hits $816m in 2018
Forging Ahead
InnoGames revenue at all-time high as mobile sales grow 37% in 2018
Mobile takes 50 per cent revenue share in key US market
On The Up
Design Home generates $158 million in 2018 as Glu Mobile closes in on profitability
Big year ahead for the publisher's steady comeback
Ea Financials
EA Mobile downbeat on year-end earnings in face of “increasingly challenging” market
But China success for Command & Conquer offers hope
Financial Report
Animoca Brands ends a record year with Q4 revenue of $4.6 million
Continued blockchain partnerships and investments secure a strong year for the Chinese publisher
Doctor Doctor
Disney Tsum-Tsum’s $1.5 billion success story bodes well for Dr. Mario World
Plush puzzler has grossed at least $10 million monthly since March 2014
Toasty
Dragon Ball Legends surpasses $140m in revenue
Over $100m made in the US and Japan alone
Sports Stars
Sports games score big sales for Konami as revenue tops $1.76 billion for last nine months
Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links set to launch in China on mobile
Financials
Keywords anticipates revenue to grow to $287m in 2018
Unaudited financials claim strong growth following aggressive M&A strategy
Switched On
Nintendo posts strong quarter despite lowering Switch sales estimates to 17m for the year
Mobile spurs on approximately $300m in sales
Touchdown
EA Sports mobile games score $1 billion in revenue
Madden franchise has generated sales of $490 million
Financials
iPhone revenue drops 15% year-on-year as Apple looks to services
But iPad revenue is up
Squawk
Angry Birds 2 revenue grew 47 per cent in a record-breaking 2018
Bird-flinging sequel brought in revenue over $116 million last year
Serious Money
Best Fiends developer Seriously grew revenue by 65% to $69m in 2018
Credit for growth given to focus on live ops and marketing strategy
Star
Supercell’s Brawl Stars racks up $63m in its first month
Players spending up to $2m a day
Sharp
Knives Out a big battle royale winner for NetEase in 2018 with $465m revenue
Knives Out benefited from Japanese fame and being monetisable in China
Super
Clash Royale leads the way as Supercell takes $1.4 billion in revenue from 2018
Brawl Stars brought in $46m despite only launching in December
Critical Hit
Pokemon Go bagged nearly $800 million from in-app purchases in 2018
Sales up 35 per cent on 2017
Cash Cows
Pokemon Go world's top grossing mobile game in November
SuperData top 10 grossers includes Puzzle & D
Gold Star
Brawl Stars nets Supercell over $5 million in opening week
Comparatively, it made $6m from its one and a half years in soft-launch
Calm Down
Honor of Kings skips past $4 billion in lifetime revenue
278 million downloads to date
Time To Recalculate
Why the 70:30 App Store revenue split is doomed
The old order is passing
Royale
Knives Out out-earns both PUBG Mobile and Fortnite in November revenue results
NetEase’s battle royale is propelled to No.9 this November with over $52 million in player spending
Epic
Sensor Tower: Epic Games’ Fortnite makes $1.2m a day for November on iOS alone
The battle royale has now made $385 million from iOS