Revenue
Game of War’s spoils surpass $2.8 billion revenue worldwide
MZ’s flagship hits the milestone just after its fifth anniversary
Revenue
Fortnite swoops past $200 million revenue on iOS five months after launch
Rapid success puts the battle royale on equal footing with Clash Royale’s performance
Starring Role
Revenue up 616 per cent for Supercell's soft-launched Brawl Stars in July
The month saw the Finnish developer add new countries to the soft-launch along with new content
Crushing It
King’s Candy Crush Saga enjoys highest grossing 12 month period with $930m made
The match-three title made $693 million in the 12 months prior
War
Pixonic’s War Robots racks up $190m in revenue
The third-person shooter originally launched back in April 2014
Nice
PUBG Mobile has made $50 million in revenue
The battle royale received a shot in the arm following the introduction of the Royale Pass
Fine Catch
Pokemon Quest captures $8 million in revenue from mobile after one month
The RPG has proved most popular in Japan followed closely by the US
Oh No
Netmarble shares plummet to all-time low as Lineage 2 popularity fades
Shares dropped 11.27 per cent on August 9th to close at 126,000 won
Is It Worth It?
Is it time for the App Store and Google Play to ditch the 70/30 revenue split?
The mobile mavens offer their opinions
Financials
Square Enix profits drop after three months with no new games and new mobile titles fail to perform
Three-month financial results show a slow quarter for the Japanese publisher
Diverse
Mobile diversification strategy helps drive NetEase to $2.5 billion revenue for 2Q18
Horror game Identity V and battle royale title Knives Out were namechecked specifically
Casting Sales
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery hits $55 million revenue in just over three months
Nearly half of player spending occurs in US
Jammin’
WildWorks’ kid-focused MMO Animal Jam strikes up revenues to the tune of $150m
$20 million of which comes from the mobile version Animal Jam: Play Wild
Decline Continues
GungHo revenue and profits fall again as publisher struggles to replace Puzzle & Dragons
New release Yo-Kai Watch World surpasses one million downloads
Crushing It
Candy Crush developer King has made more than $1 billion so far this year
Monthly active users for King's portfolio hit 270 million
A New Focus
MZ’s Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire rakes in $380m in one year
US players alone bring in $138 million
War Never Changes
Fallout Shelter mobile surpasses $93 million in revenue
Could hit $100m by the end of the year
Billions
Lineage 2 Revolution follows Lineage M in breaking $1 billion barrier
Still making $30 million a day 20 months on
Break The Market
Glu Mobile’s Kim Kardashian: Hollywood nets $8m in revenue in Q2
The sum represents a year-on-year growth of 20 per cent
Report
Keywords half-year pre-tax profits up 66% to $18.43m
All 7 acquisitions made in 2018 so far are performing "in line with expectations"
Well Made
Games Workshop's yearly profits nearly double to $97m
“Our business and our hobby are in great shape, the best shape either has been for some time”
End Of The Beginning
CEO Frank Gibeau on moving on from fixing Zynga to growing it
The long haul
Fired Up
Fire Emblem Heroes fires up $400m in worldwide revenue
The RPG launched just under 18 months ago and has proven to be Nintendo’s most popular outing on mobile
Cash Of Clans
Clash of Clans players still spending $1.5m a day in 2018
Title likely to have made around $316.5 million this year already
Surf’s Up
Subway Surfers' iOS revenue sprints past $80 million from in-app purchases
Six years after launch Kiloo’s runner is still a runaway success
Home Run
Glu Mobile hits record $99.4m bookings as Design Home continues strong showing
Tap Sports Baseball 18 and Covet Fashion also perform well
Report
Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales
Earnings report for the Japanese publisher shows a strong start to the year, with $1.5b in overall revenue so far
Galactic
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes generated nearly $55m during Q2 2018
Galaxy of Heroes spearheads Electronic Arts’ mobile business, accounting for 29 per cent of total revenue
Crazy Financials
Animoca Brands posts record $6m revenue for Q2 2018
Profits come in at $193,000
Paradise Palms
Fortnite mobile clears 100 million downloads and $160m revenue
Reached milestone
Milestone
Vainglory brings in over $50m in lifetime revenue
Super Evil Megacorp’s 2014 MOBA secures a spot as the third most popular genre entry on mobile
Financials
Capcom delivers record $35m profits despite mobile decline
Revenue jumps to $155 million for the three months ending June 30th 2018
Report
FIFA success dominates EA’s financial report for Q1 FY2019
Publishing giant brings in a net revenue of $1.14 billion this quarter
Hustle And Bustle
War Robots and Hustle Castle spur Mail.Ru’s game revenue to $89m
Mobile on the march at publisher
Report
Revenue at hidden object specialist G5 Games jumps to $44.7m in Q2 2018
Swedish publisher is placing a priority on building up development teams for future success
Punch Up
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle amasses over $1 billion in revenue over two years
Bandai Namco continue to find success with the Dragon Ball license
Chicken Fund
PUBG Mobile hits $30m in revenue in four months
The battle royale title saw revenues trip upon the introduction of the royale pass
Two Sweet
Fortnite Mobile bagging up to $2m a day
Revenues have received a shot in the arm following the launch of season five
Slow And Steady
Next Games revenue nearly halves in H1 2018 as The Walking Dead: Our World dev buckles down on game launches
Development costs and fall in DAUS hurts sales
Crushing It
Candy Crush Saga the highest grossing Western-developed mobile game in Q2 2018
Generated $213 million during the quarter across the App Store and Google Play
Ka-ching
Social casino dev KamaGames claims 53% revenue growth in H1 2018
Number of daily active users up two-fold
Legendary
Moonton’s popular MOBA Mobile Legends plunders $200m in global revenues
$25 million of that comes from the US
Steady Hands
Mobile sales stable for Ubisoft as total revenue doubles to $464m for Q1 2018
Mobile sales contributed eight per cent of net booking which is flat from the year prior
A Pretty Penny
Fortnite hits $1 billion through in-game purchases across mobile, PC and console
Viewers racked up 574 million hours watching Fornite in May alone
Giggity
Jam City’s Family Guy Another Freakin’ Mobile Game breaks $30 million in revenue
The match-three game originally launched last year in April
Kamehameha
Dragon Ball Legends generates $40 million in revenues in just over a month
The lion's share of revenue comes from Japan with 67 per cent
Co-op
App Store and Google Play game revenues hit combined $26.6 billion in first half of 2018
The combined total is a 28 per cent year-on-year increase from last years $26.9 billion
First Strike
Marvel Strike Force generates over $25m revenue in four months
Comic book RPG has been downloaded over 10 million times since its March 28th launch
Grand Job
Fate/Grand Order rakes in over $2 billion in revenue worldwide
97 per cent of the game’s revenue comes from a home-grown Japanese audience
Constructive
Roblox creator community on track to earn over $70 million this year
Active creator count has grown over 250 per cent in the last year alone.