On The App
Mobile games revenues to hit $70 billion in 2018
Revenues will account for more than half of the $137.9 billion made across all platforms
Going Up
Chinese publisher 37 Interactive doubled its mobile revenue to more than $500m in 2017
Overseas revenue for mobile games also jumped up 80 per cent
Victory Royale
Fortnite mobile grosses $25 million in first month
Daily revenues top $1 million
Skilled
Mobile esports company Skillz doubles revenue to $200 million run-rate in less than nine months
Revenue run-rate up by 125 per cent thanks in-part to player involvement in over one million tournaments per day
Cash Royale
Fortnite Mobile pulled in over $15 million in 20 days
The battle royale games daily revenue tripled after the game was made launched fully on iOS
Deep Data
Increasing user LTV by 45% with automated loyalty and dynamic pricing
Wappier CEO guides developers through automated revenue management
Building Revenue
Invitation-only Fortnite Mobile rakes in $5.3 million in its first 10 days
The battle royale title previously managed to snag $1 million within its first three days
The Charticle
PUBG Mobile versus Fortnite Mobile: Which is performing better?
The battle royale commences
Top Dogs
Mobile games spending one-third higher than on PC/Mac, handheld and console combined in 2017
Mobile gaming continues to grow thanks by and large to growth in Asia-Pacific territories
Ka-ching
Social casino dev KamaGames’ revenues hit $57.5 million in 2017
Earnings up by 63.4 per cent from 2016
Get In
NetEase’s PUBG-like Knives Out reaps $24 million in February thanks to unexpected success in Japan
Japanese players contributed to 80 per cent of global sales outside of the Chinese Market
All The Marbles
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution generated $924 million in first 11 months
Seoul-based games publisher also looking to continue big Western push with more titles set for 2018
Business News
Rovio issues profit warning as company plots big Hatch investment and UA costs rise
Revenues also anticipated to be well down from forecasts
Fire Emblem Heroes Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes generated almost $300 million in revenue in its first year
Sensor Tower estimates it's still generating $10 million each month
Colopl Financials Q1 Fy18
Colopl's revenues slide despite strong launches for Disney Tsum Tsum Land and Alice Gear Aegis
White Cat Project no longer generating the overall majority of its revenues
Nintendo's Potential
Nintendo could grow revenues by $2.5 billion from IAPs and subscriptions, says Newzoo
Market research firm looks into the ways Nintendo can improve its revenues
Innogames Financials 2017
Forge of Empires developer InnoGames' revenues grow to $200 million for 2017
Elvenar's mobile release to be a key focus in the future
Vivendi Financials Q4 Fy17
Gameloft averages 2.5 million downloads every day but its MAUs and DAUs are falling
Generates 65 per cent of its revenues from internally-developed games
G5 Financials Q4 Fy17
G5 Entertainment revenues hit $45 million following purchase of The Secret Society
Cashflow heavily impacted by the deal
Mixi Financials Q3 Fy18
Mixi revenues slide but Monster Strike remains one of the world's top grossing mobile games
No plans for the future revealed
Crazy Defense Revenues
Animoca Brands' Crazy Kings franchise generates $1 million in revenue in a month
Crazy Defense Heroes has a very strong launch
Supercell Financials 2017
Supercell revenues drop to $2.25 billion due to lack of new games and falling sales in Clash of Clans
Pressing on into China and Asia in 2018
Money Makers
950 mobile games generated more than $5 million in consumer spend in 2017
App Annie's Silvia Buermann shares insights into the growing mobile market
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy18
Ubisoft's China-only mobile game Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos generates over $120 million in revenues
Avoids specifics on the rest of its mobile endeavours
All Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco plots "full-blown" push into China and aggressive development of new IP
Posts revenues of $4.45 billion for the first three quarters of its FY18
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy17
Nexon's Pixelberry acquisition provides immediate boost to US revenues
Some growth in Korea too thanks to old games
Glu Financials Q4 Fy17
Glu's Design Home and Covet Fashion lead revenue growth for "historic" 2017
Still making a loss, but it's making bigger revenues too
Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy17
Candy Crush franchise growth nudges King's 2017 revenues to a sweet $1.99 billion
Despite consistently falling MAUs across the company overall
Financial Report
DeNA fails to hit holiday expectations despite Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launch
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp pinpointed as a highly for the quarter
Take-two Financials Q3 Fy18
WWE Supercard and Dragon City keep Take-Two's revenues flat for Q3 FY18
Social Point continues to be largely ignored in the company's financials
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy17
Zynga posts first profitable year since 2010 following successful launch of Words With Friends 2
CSR2 and Zynga Poker also continuing to grow
Ncsoft Financials Q4 Fy17
Lineage M's huge success pushes NCSoft's revenues to a record $1.6 billion in 2017
Sales are beginning to die down following the launch
Love Produces Revenue
China-only dating sim Love and Producer generated $32 million in January 2018
From the developer of Love Nikki - Dress UP Queen
Square Enix Financials Q3 Fy18
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help grow Square Enix profits to $204 million
Dragon Quest Rivals goes unmentioned despite initial success
Sega Financials Q3 Fy18
Sega revenues fall despite continued success of Hortensia Saga and Puyopuyo!! Quest
Hoping new games released next year will push revenues up again
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy17
Netmarble's latest game Tera M helps push revenues to $567 million
Lineage 2 Revolution still generating the most revenue
Gungho Financials Q4 Fy17
Gungho doubling down on Puzzle & Dragons in 2018 despite years of declining sales
Expect a new anime, manga, and esports tournaments in the coming months
Gree Financials Q2 Fy18
Gree revenues stall as it focuses efforts on live ops for SINoALICE and Another Eden
Money saved from closing studios offset by increasing outsourcing costs
Apple Financials Q1 Fy18
Apple posts all-time revenue record of $88.3 billion for its Q1 FY18
Sales of its iPhones drop, but revenues from the sales grow
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Keywords Growing
Keywords Studios expects 2017 revenues to hit $186 million following 11 acquisitions in a year
Still has $37.9 million in cash for further acquisitions
Konami Financials Q3 Fy18
Konami's PES 2018 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links drive revenues up to $1.64 billion
The games have 80 million downloads and 60 million downloads respectively
Cyberagent Financials Q1 Fy18
CyberAgent revenues hit $899 million but games business stays flat for sixth consecutive quarter
Gearing up to celebrate anniversaries for both Granblue Fantasy and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy17
Monster Hunter Explore's continued popularity pushes Capcom's mobile revenues to $31.2 million
The developer is still trying to make a breakthrough in mobile
Next Games Financials Fy17
Next Games' The Walking Dead: No Man's Land suffers as developer moves on to other projects
Revenues grow slightly, but the loss grows too
Ea Financials Q3 Fy18
EA's FIFA Mobile drives Q3 FY18 mobile revenue growth with 139 million downloads
Didn't have much to say about its other mobile games
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo's Switch closes in on 15 million units sold worldwide
Revenues hit $7.88 billion on the back of Switch and Super Mario Odyssey sales
Superdata 2017 Year In Review
Tencent's megahit mobile MOBA Honor of Kings generated $1.9 billion in revenues in 2017
SuperData Research looks back on the year that was
King Of Monsters
Monster Strike was the top grossing game worldwide for the third year in a row in 2017
Honor of Kings would probably be on top if China had Google Play
App Store 2017
Developers on the App Store earned $26.5 billion in 2017
January 1st 2018 sees $300 million in sales alone