Record Revenue Royal Match takes a sweet lead over Candy Crush as Honkai: Star Rail zooms by Genshin Impact
Release Date Revealed Zenless Zone Zero July 4th release date confirmed as pre-registrations surpass Honkai: Star Rail’s
April 23, 2024 Honkai Hoorah Honkai: Star Rail earned more than double Genshin Impact’s revenue in March Honkai: Star Rail generated $118.3 million in-game on mobile compared to Genshin Impact’s $58.5 million
March 6, 2024 Revenue Rivals Honkai: Star Rail’s monthly revenue doubles while Genshin Impact slips back miHoYo’s two biggest games generated a combined $180.3 million on mobile in February
February 13, 2024 Gacha Giants Genshin Impact is top for gacha earnings while Honkai: Star Rail slides Three of the top five gacha games have had a great start to 2024, but who's moving up and who's moving down in the earnings charts?
February 6, 2024 Analysis Is Honkai: Star Rail cannibalising Genshin Impact? Andriy Zmeul analyses the revenue drop for Genshin Impact and investigates if their own Honkai: Star Rail is to blame
February 6, 2024 A Major Update Honkai: Star Rail hits 100m downloads and launches V2.0 today The update will see the highly-anticipated Penacony realm make its debut with Apple Vision Pro compatibility on board too
January 3, 2024 Gacha Glimpse Genshin Impact, Fate/Grand Order, Goddess of Victory: Nikke… How would the big gachas fare with a China ban? As Chinese regulations scrutinise gacha mechanics, are the genre’s biggest players making enough elsewhere?
October 6, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news, including big name games coming to mobile, unique marketing tactics, acquisitions and more
October 2, 2023 Flagship Festivities mihoyo's Genshin Impact quietly celebrates third anniversary miHoYo’s flagship celebrates three years, but it's clear that Honkai: Star Rail is the new apple of the company's eye
October 2, 2023 Making A Meal Honkai: Star Rail goes IRL: Collaborating with famous restaurant chains around the world Across the cosmos to the real world, Honkai: Star Rail is set to make an impact in chains near you
September 25, 2023 Chairman Comes miHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu steps down as chairman… Liu Wei steps up Cai Haoyu will focus on research and development to push the company forward
September 20, 2023 Market Analysis Honor of Kings makes $238 to become the world's highest grossing app in August Plus the full breakdown of August 2023's biggest top ten global app performers
September 18, 2023 Gaming In China miHoYo and NetEase block Alipay payments on iOS iOS users were also banned from recharging via Alipay
September 12, 2023 Industry Insight China dominates among the top 100 global mobile publishers 40 of the top 100 publishers in August 2023 were from China - three more than in July
August 28, 2023 Supergames NetEase go for maximum 'Impact' with new RPG Project Mugen NetEase is in pursuit of MiHoYo’s 'supergame' throne with two studios working on their new open-world urban RPG
August 8, 2023 On The Right Track Honkai: Star Rail races to $500 million in worldwide sales The game has pushed miHoYo to second place in global game publisher sales rankings
August 1, 2023 Mihoyo Milestone MiHoYo makes $8 billion in user spending with 73% from Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail makes up 6% of the total in just a few months
July 12, 2023 Goliath Games June’s three most lucrative mobile games all came from China Sensor Tower reports on the 10 biggest revenue generators worldwide
July 12, 2023 Making Money From Peak Speed to Honkai: Star Rail – who to watch in the Chinese games market Sensor Tower’s June report reveals 39 of top 100 global publishers come from China
June 19, 2023 Summer Celebration Genshin Impact to host real-world summer events in Paris, New York and Berlin The game’s first-ever summer festival is coming this July
June 16, 2023 Sensor Tower Report Honkai: Star Rail races past Genshin Impact in overseas revenue MiHoYo’s latest game continues to be a massive success according to the latest data
June 9, 2023 Genshin Impact Genshin Impact records lowest monthly revenue as Honkai: Star Rail soars The success of Honkai: Star Rail saw the original smash hit game’s revenue drop to $53.8 million
June 5, 2023 Success In China Tencent and NetEase generated over 80% of revenue among the country’s top game makers The two companies were China's top developers by revenue in Q1
May 30, 2023 Honkai: Star Rail MiHoYo is aiming for pole position in China’s market A month on from the release of Honkai: Star Rail, and the game continues its meteoric rise
May 16, 2023 Stellar Star Honkai: Star Rail pushes MiHoYo ahead of NetEase for revenue with only Tencent ahead Honkai: Star Rail starts stronger than Genshin Impact
May 16, 2023 Gamerefinery Report Updates and record breakers: How did mobile gaming do in April? GameRefinery analyses the mobile gaming market last month
May 2, 2023 New Release Honkai: Star Rail races to 20 million downloads on launch day Hoyoverse’s latest game is on the right track to break records
April 24, 2023 Sci-fi Star Honkai: Star Rail pre-installs available now on App Store and Google Play A reflective round-up of developments on the next, eagerly awaited miHoYo game
April 17, 2023 China Changes Why you should be optimistic about mobile gaming in China Game licence approvals offer new opportunities to Tencent, miHoYo and others
March 27, 2023 Stellar Star HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail to release in April 2023 Mobile and PC releases are coming ahead of PlayStation launch
January 25, 2023 Closed Beta Co-op Could HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail recapture Genshin Impact’s success? Final Closed Beta for the latest entry in the Honkai series coming to iOS, Android and PC
January 19, 2023 Lots Of Licences Happy Chinese New Year! Regulators grant 88 new game licences Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo and others to benefit with new licences for games such as Honkai: Star Rail
April 28, 2022 Star Rail Waiting In The Sky Genshin Impact devs open closed beta for Honkai: Star Rail HoYoverse opens beta period for select sign-up with no geographic restrictions