GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During the first half of 2023, global mobile game consumer spending reached $41 billion, according to data.ai's latest report. The analyst firm highlights that May saw game revenue hit $94 million worldwide. The highest the month has seen since 2020.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A new report from Niko Partners projects that the East Asia PC and mobile game markets will hit $29.8 billion in 2023. The study comprises of Japan, South Korea, and Chinese Taipei. It adds that Japan will account for over 60% of consumer spending for the region. Read more

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox In 2023, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 64% of consumer spending on mobile games. That's according to a new report from data analyst firm Global Data, which says that the sector generated $124 billion. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

billion in 2023, and is expected to decline by 2.9% The East Asia Games Market Model report covers Japan and Korea, markets that also saw a slight increase in their number of gamers in 2023, to 96.3 Mobile was the largest segment, accounting for 68.4% The East Asia games market generated $30.1 in 2024 to $29.2 million players.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

billion in 2023, a 4.4% While overall game sales were up in the UK in 2023, boxed sales have continued their decline and were down 5% to £495 million compared to 2022. Mobile sales were also up, reaching £1.52 increase compared to 2022's revised total of £7.49 to £2.48 year-on-year to £684 million.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Fishdom’s Sailing Regatta was added at the beginning of February 2023.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2024

The German games market grew by 6% to €10 billion in 2023, with revenue from mobile games having almost doubled to €2.9 billion since 2018 when revenues were estimated to be €1.5 That's according to new figures released by the German Games Industry Association (Game), based on data collected by Data.ai.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

His first game, mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. Solo developer Splenbit of Blocks Tracks Trains: “I like pursuing my own vision” Two years after its initial release, Sixth Extinction is now free to play on mobile and Steam. Developing my first game was a complete learning experience for me.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 19, 2024

Japan's mobile market is showing signs of growth after a slight decline in 2023, with games enjoying a stronger performance than the wider apps market. increase in spending compared to Q4 2023. Similarly, consumer spending remained largely flat last year when you account for the fluctuations in the Japanese yen's value.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 10, 2024

Even with their country's restrictions in play, Chinese players kept spending money and downloading games for their phones.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Newzoo has lowered its games market forecast for 2023 to $184 billion, a 0.6% billion in 2023. Newzoo attributed its lowered forecast in part to challenges in the mobile market, suggesting that a "challenging privacy landscape will somewhat limit growth until 2026", including potential impact of the Epic vs Google antitrust trial.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supercell has published its financial results for 2023, in which revenue dropped by 4.2% During an earnings call, CEO Ilkka Paananen attributed this decrease to a decline in games sales during the first half of 2023 and the overall health of the mobile games market. to €1.7 billion compared to last year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2024

PWC has tracked that the revenue of Serbia's top 15 most successful companies totaled €175 million ($190 million) in 2023, up 17% year-on-year. This is according to the 2023 Serbian Gaming Industry Report, which covered the 21 largest companies in the sector. Read more

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Digital Chess, one of the first video games ever created, has experienced a massive revival on mobile, with hundreds of Chess games available to download from the iOS store. million people signing up to the browser-turned-mobile game Chess.com and a 603% leap in chess book sales in the US; it now even has an exclusive game on Netflix.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 23, 2024

Roblox reported over 13,000 incidents of child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2023, with around 24 predators arrested for grooming and abusing victims on the hugely popular social game platform in the US. That's up from 3000 the year before.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A new Sensor Tower report says mobile puzzle games have generated $42 billion since the company began tracking data in 2013. Real-time puzzles such as Tetris and Traffic Jam Fever saw significant growth between January 2022 and March 2023, with a 103% increase in downloads and a 64% rise in revenue.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mobile games made up $110 billion of App Store $167 billion spending throughout 2022, says Data.ai.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Japan's total mobile game revenue is projected to hit $12.6 billion in 2023, marking another year of declines for the market, according to a new report from Adjust and data.ai.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Tencent’s PUBG Mobile, and Riot’s League of Legends: Wild Rift) might just have the answers you’re looking for. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 8, 2023

billion in 2023, up 2.6% Mobile revenue due to increase 0.8% billion in 2023, a 2.6% The mobile market is due to reach $92.6 The mobile market is due to reach $92.6 At a glance: Market estimated to generate $187.7 billion Consoles expected to produce $56.1 increase year-on-year, according to Newzoo's latest report.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 11, 2023

billion in 2023, representing +2.6% Mobile accounts for the highest share of revenues, but a challenging privacy landscape will somewhat limit growth until 2026. Console shows 2023’s biggest revenue growth, thanks to its +7.4% billion in 2023. The biggest contributor to this growth is Mobile. year-on-year growth.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Market research firm Niko Partners released its SEA-6 Games Market reports, which say that PC and mobile games are poised to hit $5.8 billion in 2023. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 31, 2023

The Wings Elevate Game Accelerator program has opened applications for 2023. Sponsored by Netflix and delivered by Code Coven, this year will focus specifically on mobile games from creators of marginalized gender identities.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Seattle-based event to help bring the mobile games industry together.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

million in 2023, but a long way removed from the pandemic-induced highs of 2021 and 2022 (€80 million and €77.1 The industry employs approximately 1,100 professionals in 2024, up from 1,017 in 2023. In 2023, Slovak developers released 237 games, 80 of those were own games and 137 were games created in cooperation with a third party.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% This growth is largely driven by a strong slate of releases in 2023 and the enduring popularity of cross-platform titles and evergreen games. year-on-year, reaching $43.2 year-on-year, bringing in $92.6

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2024

says that mobile consumer game spending hit $107 billion in 2023. The figure represents a decrease of 2% year-over-year, according to the State of Mobile 2024 report. billion a week on mobile games globally and throughout the year titles were downloaded more than 1.1 A new report from Data.ai billion times. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Take hybridization in gaming: while hybrid casual games were the buzz back in 2019, it’s only now—in 2023 and 2024—that they’re fully coming into their own. We might think that trends change fast, and while that’s partly true, some shifts take years to really hit their stride.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Japan is the world's biggest market for consumer spending on location-based titles like Pokémon Go and Dragon Quest Walk, having generated over $620 million in 2023. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. Nevertheless, mobile gaming represents a whopping 61% of all games revenue , a number that would be even larger should we account for all the in-app-ad revenue.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Top image: Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios It’s time to look back at what the year 2023 has meant for the games industry. billion in 2023, growing +0.6% billion in 2023, growing by +6.3% Meanwhile mobile gaming keeps struggling a bit. million by the end of 2023 (+15.6% year on year. year on year.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Discover data-backed insights to help your monetization and user acquisition strategies achieve more with less.

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Game Refinery

MAY 31, 2023

This major privacy update has greatly impacted mobile marketers and advertisers by making it more difficult for them to access the data they rely on for user acquisition purposes. The study sample included the US top-grossing 200 list for iOS games, according to GameRefinery data that was accessed in late January, 2023.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

A common way to monetize freemium mobile games is through in-app advertising, where ad placements are sold to generate profit from the entire player base. The most popular format in the US mobile game market is the rewarded video ads, with 74% of mobile players preferring the format over forced ads and banners.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2023

In fact, it was a disappointing Christmas overall for the publisher, with Just Dance 2023 failing to hit the financial mark, too. It would be harsh to call the game a flop, but it missed Ubisoft's targets significantly. Read more

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