Crikey
Lineage 2: Revolution was the top grossing game worldwide in February 2017 despite only being launched in South Korea
Monster Strike and Clash Royale didn't stand a chance
Netease In 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey players exchange over $7.3 million worth of in-game currency daily
Pearl Research has all the details from NetEase's media event in February 2017
Super Mario Flop
Super Mario Run's sales failed to meet Nintendo's expectations
But Fire Emblem Heroes is doing well
The Rich Get Richer
The top ten public developers generated 54% of the global games industry's revenues in 2016
Tencent made up 10% of all revenues generated in the year
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
First Among Equals?
Did you know Zynga now generates more mobile game revenue than EA?
Zynga rise is going unnoticed
Worthalot
MAG Interactive revenues rose to record $29.5 million in 2016
Profits increase to $5.8 million
Asian Dominance
Tencent world’s top earning mobile games publisher in 2016
Asia-Pacific companies dominate App Annie’s rankings
Kabam Boycott
Why Marvel: Contest of Champions' top players are threatening to walk away
Kabam could be set to lose a substantial source of their revenue from the game
Korean Insight
82% of Korean games companies have annual sales of less than US $87,000
The top 10 Korean games companies: market insight from our partners at This Is Game
Happy Birds
Rovio revenues shot up 34% in 2016 as games business had best year ever
Games business revenues increase to €159 million
King Clash
Clash Royale tops global mobile digital sales market in January 2017
SuperData Research breaks out the top ten
Pokemon Back
Pokemon GO shoots back to the top of the grossing charts following major update
New Pokemon and customisation options helping boost revenue
Rising Spending
US iPhone gamers spent an average of $27 on games in 2016
Sensor Tower breaks out some estimates
Cash Royale
Supercell’s Clash Royale grosses $1 billion in less than a year
Finnish studio's latest hasn't left US App Store top 10 grossing rankings since September 2016
Fantasy Revenue Journey
New mobile games spurred on Chinese publisher NetEase to $4 billion in revenue in 2016
A stellar year for the firm
Supercell Financials 2016
Supercell sees revenues grow to $2.3 billion in 2016 thanks to success of Clash Royale
Earnings also increase around 8%
Esports In 2017
Revenues from eSports expected to hit $696 million in 2017
Newzoo digs into the growth of the market
Japanese Hit
Nintendo's Fire Emblem Heroes made more than $5 million in first few days
Over one million downloads half a day after release
Fired Up
Nintendo’s Japan-first approach for Fire Emblem Heroes pays off as it nets $2.9 million on its first day
Already a top grosser in the US and Japan
Pokemon Go Billionaire
Pokemon GO surpasses $1 billion in revenue in seven months
Sensor Tower thinks it has a long future ahead
Super Mario Revenue
Super Mario Run generates $39 million from 78 million downloads
Tatsumi Kimishima finally offers some numbers
Deal Me In
Digital CCGs set to generate $1.4 billion worldwide in 2017
SuperData Research looks at how the genre will perform
Grow Your Game
How Pixonic grew revenues for Walking War Robots from $0 to $1 million a month
Philipp Gladkov talks confidence and analytics
Not Quite A Billion
Pokemon GO generated $950 million in revenue in 2016
More than global sales for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
Rapid Revolution
Netmarble's Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses $176 million in revenues in its first month
Only launched in South Korea
Stealth Success
Breakout Ninja generated $24,100 from 650,000 downloads in its first week
Helped promote other titles too
Money Makers
App Store developers earned $20 billion in 2016
Apple rounds up its 2016 with some big numbers
Tiga Survey 2017
Majority of UK games studios expect to increase investment and employment in 2017
Everyone's fairly optimistic
Xiaomi In India
Xiaomi surpassed $1 billion in revenue in India during 2016
Sold two million devices in Q3
'tis The Season
In-app spending generated $500 million in revenue during Christmas 2016
Two days, a lot of sales
Super Mario Jog
Super Mario Run has generated $30 million from 90 million downloads
Lower than expected but not hugely surprising
Looking Back
Mobile games generated $40.6 billion in revenues from 2.6 billion MAUs in 2016
SuperData Research looks back on the year
China Esports
China's mobile eSports industry expected to generate $2.6 billion in revenue in 2016
Three times more than 2015
Running Nicely
Super Mario Run generates $14 million during its first three days of launch
Yet more numbers run in
Ad Revenue Attribution
AppsFlyer launches Ad Revenue Attribution service to track all revenue sources in one place
See how much ad revenue you're actually making
Super Mario Predictions
SuperData predicts $60 million in revenue for Super Mario Run
Only time will tell
A Royal Victory
Royal Revolt 2 saw 28% better D30 retention thanks to TROPHiT partnership
Incentivised campaigns does wonders for flaregames
Super Mario Estimates
Super Mario Run will generate $71 million in its first month of release, says Sensor Tower
7.1 million paying players is reasonable, right?
Jostling In Japan
Sony's Fate/Grand Order has been more successful financially on Android in Japan than Pokemon GO
Could never match global success
Projection Or Pipe Dream?
"IAPs in India are going to be tough nut to crack"
What stands between India and $1.1 billion?
Indian Mavens
Will India's mobile games market really be worth $1.1 billion by 2020?
Indian Mavens discuss App Annie's projections
The Main Event
How Space Ape makes up to 50% of its revenues from in-game events
Simon Hade explains
Downloads Soar, Revenue To Follow
Indian mobile gaming revenues will reach $1.1 billion by 2020
App Annie and NASSCOM expecting big things
Bigger And Cheaper
Mobile games will be bigger than PC in Southeast Asia by 2018
Niko Partners report tells all
The Charticle
How has the market responded to the changing genres of Plants vs. Zombies and Best Fiends?
Has the change been resisted, or welcomed with open arms?
Tencent On Top
Tencent generated more games revenue in the first half of 2016 than EA or Activision Blizzard ever have in a year
Newzoo Global Games Market Report tells all
Samsung Sales
Samsung slashes sales forecasts and predicts $2 billion loss in wake Galaxy Note 7 woes
Sales figures affected, but not so much
Heating Up
Samsung profits increase by $3.6 million despite exploding phone fiasco
Other arms of the business still performing well
Going To The Top
Pokemon GO generated $204 million of August 2016's $3 billion mobile game revenues
Highest grossing game of the month