February 11, 2025

Shifting Up

Shift Up revenue up 30% to $151m in 2024 despite decrease in Goddess of Victory: Nikke sales

The South Korean developer acknowledged "fierce" competition in the industry but asserted Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s "possibility of long-term success"

February 11, 2025

Financials

Sega’s net sales slide down 8% year-over-year as Football Manager 25 skips release

Entertainment division saw 8% growth during the past nine months

February 11, 2025

Pubg Push

Krafton makes record-breaking $1.9bn with mobile revenue up 35.7% in 2024

Operating income also hit a record high, attributed to the success of the PUBG series

February 10, 2025

Financials

Mobile sales slump hits Square Enix profits

MMOs have proven Square Enix’s only growing games segment nine months into the current fiscal year

February 10, 2025

Hot Five

Hot Five: Fire Emblem Heroes’ voting power, Candy Crush Solitaire broadens the brand, and Pokémon TCG Pocket hits half a billion dollars

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

February 7, 2025

Week In Views

UK rejects calls for stronger consumer protections and Nintendo's Fire Emblem Heroes hits $1.3bn in revenue | Week in Views

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

February 6, 2025

Platform Power

EA’s Q3 revenue down 3% YoY, as mobile is only platform with GAAP growth

Live service sales more than doubled full game sales revenue in the quarter

February 6, 2025

Sequel Success

Archero 2 makes $32.8m in first 30 days from player spending

Habby’s Archero sequel peaked at $1.4 million on January 25th

February 5, 2025

Voting Value

Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes: eight years, $1.3bn revenue and the value of player voting

Fire Emblem Heroes celebrates its eighth anniversary with latest Choose Your Legends poll results

February 4, 2025

Switch Ascension

Nintendo Switch sales surpass 150m units, but company profits down 42%

Mobile and IP-related business accounted for 5% of total revenue over the first nine months of the fiscal year

February 4, 2025

Revenue Result

Meta earned $164.5 billion in 2024 but VR/AR division made another loss

The company’s VR/AR segment made an operations loss of $17.7 billion

February 4, 2025

Pokemon Power

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket rockets past $500m in just 22 days more than Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go took 75 days from global launch to its first half-billion, versus TCG Pocket’s 97 days

February 3, 2025

Mobile Matters

Konami profits up 41.8% as eFootball surpasses 800m installs

Mobile’s Professional Baseball Spirits A was used in the eNippon Series of the Prospi A Pro League

January 31, 2025

Week In Views

Marvel Snap lands new publisher and Pokémon Sleep surpasses $140m | Week in Views

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

January 30, 2025

Mobile Monsters

Capcom's operating income drops 38%, but Monster Hunter series hits 100 million sales

"Digital contents" have contributed $189.9 million out of total $201.3 million operating income this year

January 30, 2025

Royal Revenue

Royal Match earned 51% of all match-3 IAP revenue in 2024 as casual genre made $15.2 billion

Meanwhile, Monopoly Go earned 55% of casual casino’s earnings

January 30, 2025

Lucrative Love

Love and Deepspace celebrates first anniversary and over $400m after record-breaking month

The dating simulator made $61 million in December 2024

January 28, 2025

Polar Night Pulled

Atelier Resleriana to end global services after just 14 months

The latest entry in the Atelier series has earned almost $57.7 million on mobile worldwide 90% of which has come from players in Japan

January 27, 2025

Successful Sleep

Pokémon Sleep snoozes past $140m in time for 1.5 year anniversary

The Pokémon sleep tracker has slowed down in earnings these past six months with fewer Legendary events

January 23, 2025

Partnership Power

Pokémon TCG Pocket partners with McDonald’s as player spending hits record low

Players in the US can earn Pack Hourglasses and Wonder Hourglasses with their Happy Meal purchase

January 17, 2025

Week In Views

PGC London is almost here, Archero 2's first week, and Nintendo Switch 2 revealed | Week in Views

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

January 17, 2025

Pgc London

PGC London 2025 approaches as UK player spending hits record $1bn in single year on mobile

AppMagic data suggests that 2024 was the most lucrative year on record for mobile games in the UK

January 15, 2025

Supercharged Sequel

Habby’s Archero 2 makes $6.6m in first week from player spending

The US has quickly established itself as a key market for Archero 2, spending $1.9 million

January 9, 2025

Finance And Fashion

Infinity Nikki styles up $16 million in launch month on mobile

The fifth entry in the Nikki series has far exceeded its predecessors in launch month revenue

January 9, 2025

Gotta Catch 'em All

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket smashes $400 million in 10 weeks

Player spending was lower on average in Pocket’s second month, but also saw a new record high

January 8, 2025

In The Zone

Zenless Zone Zero achieves record revenue during Version 1.4 as it surpasses $250m on mobile

The urban RPG hit a peak of $8.6 million in daily player spending on December 18th, 2024

January 6, 2025

Hot Five

Hot Five: 2024’s top earners, the most downloaded mobile games, and Scopely’s Chengfeng Studio acquisition

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

December 19, 2024

Top Charts

The top grossing mobile games of 2024

Analysis of the highest revenue-generating mobile titles of the year

December 18, 2024

Best Of The Best

Asian developers dominate as 2024's top 10 new mobile games surpass $3 billion

Dungeon & Fighter: Mobile, Love and Deepspace, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket and others led the way for new games’ success this year

December 16, 2024

Hot Five

Hot Five: Animal Crossing’s comeback, Balatro’s big milestone, and Infinity Nikki’s record launch

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

December 10, 2024

Pocket Premium

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete surpasses $3m with highest daily spend since 2017

The premium edition has now replaced free-to-play Pocket Camp

December 9, 2024

Infold Income

Infinity Nikki is series’ strongest launch with $4m in four days on mobile

It has been outperformed by Infold Games’ other 2024 title, Love and Deepspace

December 9, 2024

Hot Five

Hot Five: Infinity Nikki goes global, Royal Kingdom beats Royal Match, and Pokémon TCG Pocket makes $200m in first month

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

December 6, 2024

Week That Was

Royal Kingdom’s $2.4m debut, Infinity Nikki’s launch and Pokémon TCG Pocket rivals Pokémon Go's early success | Week in Views

The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories

December 5, 2024

Royal Revenue

Royal Kingdom makes $2.4m in 14 days, quadrupling Royal Match’s early earnings

The US market has spent almost $1.1 million in two weeks

December 4, 2024

Pokemon Power

Pokémon TCG Pocket matches 91% of Pokémon Go’s launch month revenue through the power of playground rumours

Secret missions, 90s nostalgia and online speculation set TCG Pocket apart from the competition

December 3, 2024

Resilient Growth

Apple's App Store ecosystem in China hits $519 billion in developer sales

Developers kept over 95% of the revenue without paying commissions

December 2, 2024

Spending Success

Dungeon & Fighter: Mobile smashes $1bn in six months in China

Nexon’s beat 'em up has hit the mighty $1 billion mark solely in iOS player spending in China

December 2, 2024

Spending Sensation

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket skyrockets to $200m in first month

The collectible card game is already the third most successful Pokémon title on mobile

November 28, 2024

Seasonal Surge

Monster Hunter Now surpasses $250m in time for Season 4 monsters and a new AR feature

The addition of customisable Palicos promises new opportunities to "get creative with AR"

November 25, 2024

Royal Revenue

Royal Kingdom records $450k in first four days to beat Royal Match’s debut

The UK remains on top for player spending after a head start through soft launch

November 25, 2024

Hot Five

Hot Five: Monopoly Go’s 58% decline, Adjust lays off staff, but "seismic" Pokémon TCG Pocket could be the next Pokémon Go

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

November 21, 2024

Sinking Spending

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis surpasses $100 million

Square Enix’s RPG hits the mobile milestone after over a year and slowdown in monthly revenue

November 19, 2024

Monopoly Money

Monopoly Go revenue falls 58% in October but remains a top 10 grossing game

Scopely’s hit casino game still isn’t board of making bank, and neither are celebrities

November 18, 2024

Pokemon Power

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket surges past $100 million in 17 days

The card collector game is averaging almost $6.4 million per day in player spending

November 18, 2024

Warcraft Wave

Warcraft Rumble is making the move to PC with monthly mobile earnings down 92% in first year

Blizzard Entertainment plans to launch the game on Battle.net to allow simultaneous play with World of Warcraft

November 18, 2024

Hot Five

Hot Five: Royal Kingdom’s soft launch success, Microsoft eyes another acquisition, and Disney considers its next CEO

Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz

November 15, 2024

Six Month Milestone

Solo Leveling: Arise hits 50m players and $139m revenue in first six months

But player spending in Netmarble’s RPG is on the decline

November 13, 2024

Sweden Stands Strong

Swedish games industry revenue hit $3.3 billion in 2023

Domestic sales saw a rise of 6.4% year-over-year

November 12, 2024

Monster Money

Monster Hunter Now’s Carnival Global a "roaring success" with 151% revenue surge

The paid event was a global adaptation of Now’s first in-person event, Carnival 2024: Shibuya