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July 5, 2024 Critical Hit Pokémon Go catches nearly $8 billion in eight years Niantic's blockbuster fell to its lowest revenue since 2017 - but its web shop could be hiding true player spend
July 4, 2024 Top Charts June 2024 mobile game charts: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile hits No. 1, and Supercell rises to No. 2 Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
July 3, 2024 Busting Out Supercell’s Squad Busters hits $24m net revenue in first 30 days Supercell's latest picked up 40m installs during its first 30 days
June 26, 2024 Classic Celebration Garena Free Fire celebrates seventh anniversary with $4 billion in lifetime revenue The celebration includes "classic features" with a focus on nostalgia
June 25, 2024 China Cha-ching Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s first month of iOS revenue was twice that of Honor of Kings Nexon and Tencent's RPG generated $270 million on iOS in its first month, becoming China’s most-downloaded game
June 21, 2024 Busting Out Squad Busters generates $28 million in first three weeks The latest numbers on Supercell's big new game launch
June 20, 2024 Golden Genre RPGs dominated Japan's Golden Week thanks to Fate Grand/Order, Monster Strike, Genshin Impact and more Golden Week 2024 generated less mobile revenue than in 2023, but RPGs continued to excel with 9 out of 10 top ten placings
June 19, 2024 Jumping In Japan Wuthering Waves, Gakuen Idolmaster, Squad Busters: Which new mobile games won Japan over this May? Plenty of new mobile hits launched last month, from Supercell, Kuro Games, Bandai Namco and others
June 18, 2024 Summoner Celebration Summoners War celebrates 10th anniversary with $3 billion in lifetime revenue Summoners War first launched in 2014 and has been downloaded over 200 million times since
June 17, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Zenless Zone Zero's 40m pre-registrations, Squad Busters' $10M in week one, and what iOS 18 REALLY means for games Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 10, 2024 Record Revenue Royal Match takes a sweet lead over Candy Crush as Honkai: Star Rail zooms by Genshin Impact Q1 welcomes a new round of heroes as Monopoly Go, Royal Match and Honor of Kings come out on top
June 10, 2024 Busting Out Supercell’s Squad Busters picks up $10 million in first week Brawl Stars earned $4.1m during its first seven days, according to Appfigures
June 10, 2024 Big News Squad Busters’ supercharged launch, Pokémon’s record revenue, and Star Wars: Hunters finally hits the target Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
June 6, 2024 Casual Comedown As RPGs and casual genres drastically decline, Monopoly Go! gives casino a 34% revenue surge Sensor Tower and data.ai’s latest report reveals a 24% revenue decline for RPGs in Japan
June 6, 2024 Mighty Mobile Mobile app revenue reached a new quarterly record at $35.8 billion in Q1 2024 Mobile games specifically surpassed $20 billion for the first time in two years
June 5, 2024 Busting Out Supercell's Squad Busters generated $1.1m on launch day The Finnish studio's first release in five and a half years picked up 8.8 million downloads on day one, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower
June 3, 2024 Pokemon Power It’s another record-breaking year for Pokémon as revenue reaches $1.9 billion Pokémon’s mobile catalogue alone generated approximately $1 billion in the fiscal year
June 3, 2024 Top Charts May 2024 mobile game charts: Brawl Stars peaks, Supercell rises, and Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s big China launch Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
May 30, 2024 Rpg Reversal Reverse: 1999 celebrates one year in China with $74 million and "semi-anniversary" in the West Bluepoch’s launch title is celebrating its "semi-anniversary" with Version 1.6 and up to 90 free summons
May 29, 2024 Profit Power Ten Square Games' Q1 profits beat the whole of 2023 as it powers up with AI Its TSG Store is proving to be a financial winner even through its top games slump
May 29, 2024 Fighting Start Dungeon & Fighter Mobile picks up $66 million on China's App Store in first week Nexon president and CEO Junghun Lee said title has potential to have "profoundly positive impact" on company's revenue and profit
May 29, 2024 Missing Millions Supercell's big Squad Busters mistake and how they're missing out on millions Božo Janković explains how Squad Busters lack of ads could add up to a mountain of lost revenue
May 28, 2024 Super Squad Squad Busters releases globally tomorrow… But is it REALLY the next big thing? Supercell’s sixth mobile game is almost here but as it gears for launch, how's the future hit performing?
May 23, 2024 Super Sonic Sega reaches financial targets one full year ahead of schedule in record fiscal year Sega’s revenues and profits were the highest in 10 years in FY2023
May 22, 2024 Record Revenue Bandai Namco’s sales soar while profits plummet, as mobile hardly gets a mention Record net sales were achieved in fiscal year 2024 but operating and recurring profits fell
May 20, 2024 Financials Tencent first quarter revenue sails past $22.5 billion - up 6% year-on-year The company enjoyed huge growth in Q1, highlighting the performance of Honor of Kings and the Supercell portfolio as key components to their success
May 8, 2024 Sporting Score Q4 FY24 was EA’s strongest for mobile, but it still only earned them $307 million EA released 11 titles and over 600 content updates in its 2024 fiscal year but their big bucks are being made outside of mobile
May 8, 2024 Record Revenue PUBG maker Krafton generated 60% of record-breaking $487.7m Q1 earnings from mobile Mobile earnings totalled $294.6 million in the first quarter of the year, up 15.5%
May 7, 2024 Nintendo Numbers Nintendo made $10.8 billion in FY24 with mobile and IP income up 81.6% It’s been another successful year for Nintendo, but mobile victories are harder to find
May 7, 2024 Vibrant Victory Goddess of Victory: Nikke reaches $750 million in 1.5 years Shift Up is celebrating Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s latest milestone with new characters and free gacha pulls
May 7, 2024 Top Charts April 2024 mobile game charts: Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile loses launch momentum and Brawl Stars’ astronomical rise Our monthly look at the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
May 1, 2024 Brawling Boost Brawl Stars has already earned more in 2024 than the entirety of 2023 Supercell's smash hit has recovered from a year-on-year decline with a strong start to the year
April 30, 2024 Honkai Hoorah Honkai: Star Rail zooms beyond $1 billion on its first anniversary Honkai: Star Rail generated $1.3 billion in its first 12 months, with 25% from 6% of players…
April 29, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Supercell’s Squad Busters levels up, retro Nintendo on iOS, and Genshin Impact’s worst month yet Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
April 23, 2024 Warzone Wobble Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile generated 'just' $6.92 million in its first month Meanwhile its predecessor Call of Duty: Mobile’s launch month brought in over six times as much at $44 million
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
April 17, 2024 Financials MAG Interactive revenue falls by 25% Y/Y as it places “big bet” on new crossword game Crozzle Swedish publisher pays up tax bill on research and development deductions over the last few years
April 16, 2024 Robot Wars War Robots blasts past $900 million as shooter celebrates 10 years since launch Mobile title has attracted more than 270 million registered players to date
April 15, 2024 Uk Ukie UK video games market hits £7.82 billion valuation with mobile up 4.5% Ukie’s Consumer Market Valuation Report reveals the UK games industry saw 4.4% YoY growth in 2023
April 11, 2024 Profit Power ByteDance profits reportedly rise 60%, surpassing Chinese competitor Tencent ByteDance has been pulling back from gaming after TikTok has played a greater role in the company’s surging revenues and profit
April 4, 2024 Merge And Match Merge-2 revenue surges 10% while Match-3 flops by 11% AppMagic data shows the highs and lows of February 2024, from revenue to downloads to winning events
April 3, 2024 Super Stars Brawl Stars crushed Clash of Clans’ monthly revenue in March Meet the new champion. New features, events, content, and lead producer all help push Brawl Stars to greater heights
March 25, 2024 Revenue Rivals Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile generates $1.4m in first four days Shooter launched globally on March 21st after racking up more than 50 million pre-registrations
March 21, 2024 Revenue Share How revenue sharing can support free-to-play Zebedee’s CSO Ben Cousens discusses how times are changing and how strategies towards monetisation and UA need to change
March 20, 2024 Flexion Finances Flexion revenue climbs 64% as Epic gives the gaming market a "boost of confidence" Distributing Monopoly GO! to alternative app stores was one among many 2023 wins at Flexion
March 19, 2024 Gaming Glory Hybridcasual generates 800% more revenue per user than hypercasual Adjust and AppLovin’s The Gaming App Insights Report highlights hybridcasual’s impressive year after analysis of the top 5,000 gaming apps
March 18, 2024 Profit Power Huuuge Games' profits up 35.1% in 2023 despite falling revenue and DAU Revenue was down 11% but cost cutting measures helped Huuuge achieve another year of rising profits