Not Too Shabby
Nexon’s MapleStory M hits five million downloads globally in two weeks
The side-scrolling adventure game originally hit three million within its first week
Billion Dollar Baby
Magic Leap One Creator Edition launches with $2,295 price tag
Only available in select US cities however
Ar Games
Facebook Messenger gets augmented reality games
Extends possibilities as a games platform
Casting Sales
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery hits $55 million revenue in just over three months
Nearly half of player spending occurs in US
On Job
Ad platform Bidalgo taps up former Clicktale CFO to bolster executive team
Nir Ackerman will join as CFO and will be tasked with overseeing all of the company’s financial operations
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
Who Are Ya
Bandai Namco soft-launches Doctor Who collectible card game on Android
The collectible card game is currently available in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Thailand
Blocked
Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project
Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
The Weekly
The Weekly: WeChat mini-games success, South Korea's regulatory struggles, and the mobile app economy's second act
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Hot Five
Supercell and Playerunknown answer Elon Musk's call, Peak bets on Ryan Reynolds, and Fortnite avoids Google Play
The past week's hottest articles
Quite Possible
PUBG Mobile is bringing Mission Impossible: Fallout to its pocket-sized battlegrounds
The month-long campaign to bring tie-in content and challenges to PUBG is already underway
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
Salty Springs
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney labels Google Play 30% revenue share “disproportionate” as Fortnite bypasses Android store
Developer goes direct to consumer in bold move
Not Bad
Apple becomes first public company worth $1 trillion
The iPhone manufacturer hit the market value on Thursday
Indie Mavens
How big is the cloning problem within the mobile games industry and what can be done about it?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Lucky Draw
Mobile users account for 71% of the $1.5 billion digital card games market
Hearthstone leads the charge on a market expected to grow to $2 billion by 2020
Mobile Gaming
Supercell and Playerunknown respond to Elon Musk's Twitter callout for Tesla game devs
The product architect is angling for Pokemon Go with an “adults in cars anime vibe”
Duty Calls
Activision working with Tencent on new Call of Duty mobile game for China
Collaboration confirms a free-to-play mobile entry in the long-running first-person-shooter franchise
End Of The Beginning
CEO Frank Gibeau on moving on from fixing Zynga to growing it
The long haul
Global Influence
How to make the most from influencer marketing around the world
Zorka.Mobi's Regina Tsvyrova delves into the local markets and how best to work with content creators in each region
Limited Time Offer
ASO platform Mobile Action ditches indie subscription fee for limited time only
Indie developers and small studios can pick up services for special one-time fee of $99
Partnership
Google partners up with Unity to extend ad campaign reach
The agreement will give Google access to Unity’s network of mobile games through Universal App campaigns
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
Severing Links
Apple limits App Store discovery as it cuts affiliate programme and threatens future of mobile sites
Officially ends October 1st 2018
New Marketing Tools
Facebook reveals new UA tools as it claims 50% of all app revenue will come from ads by 2021
Social network reveals playables, retention optimisation and value optimisation solutions at ChinaJoy
Hyper-publishing
Why AppLovin is getting into the mobile publishing game with Lion Studios
Division has already racked up hundreds of millions of downloads for its portfolio
New Management
Sega of America names Ian Curran as new COO and president
Industry veteran steps into the new role effective today alongside serving position on Atlus USA’s board
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
Downloads Story
MapleStory M racks up three million in one week after global launch and is a US top 100 grosser
A top grossing game in 29 countries including the US
Upgrades
YouAppi's 360 mobile marketing platform releases new SDK and improves fraud detection
SDK lets companies gain direct access to programmatic advertising inventory
Learning Tools
Epic includes a nifty tutorial for creating high-end mobile games with the latest build of Unreal Engine
'Action RPG' sample project aims to help get developers to grips with high-quality mobile production
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
Event
Early Bird tickets for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 end today
Book your tickets by midnight to save up to $400 for September B2B games industry event
Paradise Palms
Fortnite mobile clears 100 million downloads and $160m revenue
Reached milestone
Fortnite Android
Battle royale hit Fortnite may bypass Google Play for Android release
Rumours suggest there will be timed exclusivity for Samsung Galaxy Note 9
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
Code Kids
Microsoft puts $500k behind tech training for students of colour
Publisher enters partnership with Black Girls Code to improve STEM education
Takeover
FoxNext among assets purchased in Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Games division one of the “key assets” acquired by the big mouse
Event
Top 20 reasons why you need to be at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September
From the 16 conference tracks by 160 world-class speakers to networking, pitching and the Global Connects Party. This is one event you cannot afford to miss!
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
Blade Runner 2049 enters open beta, Candy Crush Saga makes $213m in Q2, and Peak partners with Ryan Reynolds
The hottest articles from the mobile games industry over the last week
The Weekly
The Weekly: Steve Jobs' mobile predictions, how to work with big IP, and Switch's mobile mode analysed
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Report
FIFA success dominates EA’s financial report for Q1 FY2019
Publishing giant brings in a net revenue of $1.14 billion this quarter
No Sticks, Just Carrots
How mobile app Blast hopes to encourage gamers to save by playing
Straight from the Nudge handbook
Xhance
Xhance reinvents game data analytics and performance with blockchain
Control your game-analytics with Adrealm’s mobile data attribution platform Xhance is decentralised, open-sourced and revolutionary