Mind Candy 2016 Revenues
Mind Candy's 2016 revenues fell to $4.65 million as mobile sales dropped by 90%
Overall loss was down, and it's continued to push on through 2017
Tencent Rules All
Tencent generated 51.6% of China's online games revenue in China in Q3 2017
Beijing-based research firm iResearch digs into the numbers
Tapjoy New Features
Tapjoy adds Custom Exchange Rates and Permanent Currency Sales to its advertising offerwall
Set different prices for different players, or drop prices for a limited time for everyone
Go Money
Pokemon GO generates $16 million in tourism revenue for Japan's Tottori Prefecture in three days
89,000 people arrive in the region's sand dunes to catch Pokemon
Good Game, Goodgame
Goodgame Studios surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenues in eight years
Now has over 340 million registered players
Outta Here
Outplay Entertainment has increased its revenues by 1,904% since 2013
Ranked fastest-growing tech company in Scotland by Deloitte
Finnish Xr
Finnish XR companies grew their revenues by almost 600% in 2016 compared to 2015
FIVR breaks down Finland's XR ecosystem
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Ubisoft Financials Q2 Fy18
Ubisoft's Ketchapp and Growtopia catalogue boost mobile DAUs by 234%
Very little else to mention in its financials
Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
Com2us Financials Q3 Fy17
61% of Com2uS' $98.9 million Q3 overseas revenues came from North America and Europe
Summoners War continues to be the biggest performer
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy17
FIFA Online 3 M and Dark Avenger 3 boost Nexon's revenues to $532.9 million
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed and DomiNations continue to grow
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue
On The Up
Zynga posts profit for second consecutive quarter for first time since IPO
Revenues at highest level in four years
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Hunter Explore and IP licensing boost Capcom's mobile revenues to $21.9 million
Overall revenues hit $295.4 million
Super Tax
Supercell generated €881 million in tax revenue in 2016
CEO Ilkka Paananen earned €46.6 million in taxable income
Next Games Financials Q3 Fy17
Next Games plans further expansion with new office in Los Angeles and bigger HQ in Helsinki
Shooting for 200 staff in 2018
Apple Financials Q4 Fy17
Apple's iPhone 8 and 8 Plus launch push revenues to $52.6 billion
Yearly revenues come in at $229.2 billion
Activision Financials Q3 Fy17
King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3
Candy Crush franchise has its strongest quarter yet
Sega Financials Q2 Fy18
Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA continue to keep Sega's mobile revenues afloat
Revenues grow to $1.7 billion
Glu Financials Q3 Fy17
Glu Mobile's revenues grow to $81.8 million as Design Home scores another 8.7 million downloads in Q3
Now gearing up to launch The Swift Life
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy17
GungHo revenues drop to $613.9 million as Puzzle & Dragons continues to face decline
Gearing up to launch new titles to stem the decline
Konami Financials Q2 Fy18
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links hits 55 million downloads as Konami clears $1 billion in revenues
Plenty of other games contributing to overall success
Sony Financials Q2 Fy18
Fate/Grand Order boosts Sony Music's revenues to $1.81 billion
Sony ForwardWorks goes unmentioned
Ea Financials Q2 Fy18
EA mobile revenues dip to $158 million as FIFA Mobile scores 113 million downloads
Madden NFL Mobile and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes lead growth
Gree Financials Q1 Fy18
Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million
Profits fall drastically to just $16.8 million
Cyberagent Financials Q4 Fy17
CyberAgent revenues reach $3.28 billion thanks to continued strong performances of Shadowverse and BanG Dream!
Investing in the future of eSports and Bitcoin
Smashing Records
App Store and Google Play downloads hit record 26 billion in Q3
Consumer spend also at all-time high
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same
One Special Day
"It's gone up a whole new level": SpecialEffect on its most significant One Special Day yet
Fundraiser Nick Streeter talks bringing in developers and raising awareness
No Great Loss
Removing 32-bit apps from the App Store will affect less than 1% of the store's overall revenue
Sensor Tower digs into the data
Marketplace Millions
Minecraft Marketplace creators have generated over $1 million in revenue since June 2017
Microsoft still looking to expand its creator roster
A Growing Business
Swedish games industry generated revenues of $1.7 billion in 2016
Swedish Game Developer Index spills the beans
Money Truck
Indian developer Nukebox Studios generates $500k revenue in 45 days from new game Food Truck Chef
Title secures three million downloads in just 10 days
Good Job
Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues
Developer aims to expand the IP with Empire: Millennium Wars
F2p Requirements
The requirements for making a free-to-play game in 2017
Freelance F2P consultant Teur Weidemann shares his rules
See The Future
IronSource adds Ad LTV Prediction tool to mobile ad mediation platform
Better understand how much money you're likely to make from your ads
Tencent Financials Q2 Fy17
Tencent revenues grow to $8.56 billion as mobile games sales beat PC for the first time
Honor of Kings by far the biggest driver of revenue
Mobile Game Heroes
DeNA games business profits up on back of Nintendo partnership as overall revenues fall
Fire Emblem Heroes sales "satisfactory" for Japanese publisher
Netease Financials Q2 Fy17
NetEase clears $2 billion in revenues as Onmyoji gets off to a strong start in South Korea
Already a top ten grossing game in the region
Summoners War Billionaire
Summoners War clears $1 billion in lifetime revenues three years after launch
Com2uS hosting a worldwide tournament for the game too
Ncsoft Financials Q2 Fy17
NCSoft's mobile sales jump 300% to $83 million thanks to Lineage M
Mobile take on PC MMO is cannibalising other games with its name
Top Grossing Games H1 2017
Honor of Kings is the highest-grossing mobile game worldwide for 2017 so far
Some interesting entries in the rest of the rankings
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Sony Hits & Misses
From Fate/Grand Order to Mingol and PlayLink: Two years of Sony's mobile big bangs and misfires
A look at the three pillars of Sony's current mobile efforts
Join The Family
Capcom to dissolve and absorb Capcom Mobile subsidiary
Also posts sales of $105.6 million for the quarter
Ea Financials Q1 Fy18
EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users
NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players
Cyberagent Financials Q3 Fy17
CyberAgent sales hit $2.4 billion but profits are still in a slump
Nothing particularly new or surprising this quarter