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 27, 2024 Ramping Up Revenue "Unconventional characters" and "respect for creative freedom" drive Reverse: 1999’s $100m success We sit down with Bluepoch’s development team on building a successful gacha with a brand-new IP
November 26, 2024 Milestone Matchingham Games celebrates reaching 750 million downloads worldwide “A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey.”
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 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 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 11, 2024 Milestone Ludus: Merge Arena hits over £2 million in monthly revenue and secures 3 million installs The game's daily active users grew by 50% in October
November 6, 2024 Major Milestone Call of Duty: Mobile hits one billion downloads AppMagic estimates show the title has generated consistent revenue each year since launch
November 4, 2024 Pocket Power Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket surpasses 10 million downloads and $23m revenue Japan makes up 45% of player spending during the game's opening five days, followed by the US
October 29, 2024 Revenue Result Reverse: 1999 celebrates first anniversary in the West with $100m on the horizon The time travel title celebrated one year since global launch on October 26th
October 22, 2024 Marvel Milestone Marvel Snap surpasses $275 million as it celebrates second anniversary Mobile revenue dropped by 40% in year two, but movie releases may be changing its fortunes…
October 11, 2024 Week That Was Scopely’s potential “megadeal”, Ubisoft shares fall and rise, and Wuthering Waves’ journey to $150m | Week in Views The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
October 1, 2024 Avia Anniversary AviaGames celebrates eight years: From garage-based startup to award-winning publisher The company’s portfolio spans Bingo Clash, Bingo Tour, Solitaire Clash and more
September 27, 2024 Genshin Goliath Genshin Impact hits $6.3 billion in time for fourth anniversary, but is it running on fumes? HoYoverse’s flagship game dipped below $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time
September 24, 2024 Top Grosser Dungeon & Fighter: Mobile surpasses $800 million in four months The beat ‘em up made almost $10 million in a single day this June
September 10, 2024 Profit Plummet Huuuge Games’ profits down 30.6% YoY but top games hit major milestones Despite declines in revenue and profit this Q2 Huuuge Casino and Billionaire Casino both surpassed $2 billion in lifetime revenue
August 5, 2024 Major Milestone NetEase’s Blood Strike rockets to 50 million installs in less than a year The milestone was reached within nine months of official release in Southeast Asia
July 31, 2024 Milestone Whiteout Survival races past $1 billion revenue The US leads as the game's top revenue region
July 31, 2024 Milestone Netmarble's Solo Leveling: Arise has passed $100 million revenue More than 30% of the game's revenue comes from South Korea
July 29, 2024 Squad Spenders Squad Busters takings pass $50 million, but how does it compare to Supercell’s greatest hits? The US currently represents the game's biggest market share, where it's earned $19.6 million so far
July 19, 2024 Milestone Loop Hero hits 1 million downloads on Android and iOS The game's first chapter is free to play with the full adventure available for $6.99
July 16, 2024 Mobile Milestone Wuthering Waves sails past $100 million in under two months According to AppMagic data, players in Japan have contributed 23% of its mobile earnings thus far
July 8, 2024 Triumphant Trio Zenless Zone Zero has earned almost $25 million in five days AppMagic estimates suggest HoYoverse’s latest launch is behind those of its Genshin and Honkai stablemates, despite 50m+ downloads in 72 hours
July 1, 2024 Billion Blitz World of Tanks Blitz celebrates 10th anniversary and $1 billion in revenue Blitz takes a more creative approach than its PC counterpart, aiming itself more at a Gen Z audience
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 17, 2024 Racing Ahead Uma Musume: Pretty Derby trots to 21 million downloads from limited Asia release Uma Musume: Pretty Derby first launched in Japan in 2021 and has remained in Asia ever since
June 17, 2024 Million Milestones Million Lords hits 3 million downloads with MENA and Asian markets in its sights The team at Million Victories attribute the success to "a unique gaming experience combined with great marketing"
June 12, 2024 Zenless Zenith Zenless Zone Zero surpasses 40 million pre-registrations, beating Supercell's Squad Busters HoYoverse’s next title has nearly doubled Honkai: Star Rail’s pre-registration numbers, and bettered Supercell's big launch
May 22, 2024 Milestone MY.GAMES celebrates Rush Royale's 83 million milestone with Festival of Talents The event is currently underway and will conclude on Tuesday, June 4th 2024
April 25, 2024 Monster Milestone Monster Hunter Now reaches 15 million downloads Monster Hunter Now reached 10 million installs in 35 days but its taken another six months to gain five million more
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 Hot Five Hot Five: XCOM Legends’ rumoured shutdown, Squad Busters verges on soft launch, and Royal Match reaches $3 billion Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
April 8, 2024 Industry Journey “I’m proud of what we do at King but I’m even prouder of how we do things” King’s VP of product for Candy Crush Soda Paula Ingvar shares on turning a hobby into a profession
March 27, 2024 Major Milestone Hypercasual developer FreePlay surpasses 1.5 billion downloads The company's portfolio has generated 500 million installs during the last year alone
March 18, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Monopoly GO’s next-level UA, Supercell’s psychological analysis, and AI use for NPC dialogue Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
March 13, 2024 Billion Brilliance Monopoly GO makes $2 billion in 10 months with "less than a quarter" of that spent on UA Over 70% of the game's 10 million+ players play the game every day
March 7, 2024 Monster Milestone Monster Hunter Now climbs to $150 million in time for six month anniversary Japan remains the biggest spender by far, followed by Hong Kong and Taiwan
March 7, 2024 Download Deluge Hypercasual powerhouse Supersonic verges on five billion downloads in its first four years Supersonic by Unity has published some of the industry’s most downloaded games, Bridge Race included
March 4, 2024 Eggcelent NetEase’s Eggy Party reaches 500 million players in under two years The party game surpassed 40 million daily active players during the Lunar New Year
February 26, 2024 Installs For India Ludo King surpasses 1 billion Play Store downloads in meteoric moment for Indian games industry Ludo King is the first Indian mobile game to surpass the one billion install figure
February 21, 2024 Player Power TreesPlease Games plants one million trees via LongLeaf Valley The game from ex-Square Enix staff has already led to one million trees being planted in Africa, Asia and Latin America
February 15, 2024 20th Century And Beyond Reverse: 1999 surpasses $50 million with increasingly monetised Japanese audience Bluepoch’s launch title has surpassed $50 million in just over four months since global release
February 12, 2024 Hot Five Hot Five: Apple and Roblox embrace AI, a Match Factory milestone, and Warframe mobile gets further funding Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
February 5, 2024 Peak Performance Match Factory! surpasses $20M… With 99% coming from iOS Peak Games’ Match Factory! has taken the 3D puzzle world by storm since its August 2023 release
January 17, 2024 Gotta Earn 'em All Pokémon Masters surpasses $300 million in lifetime player spending After Pokémon Go, Masters marks The Pokémon Company’s second-biggest mobile game by revenue
January 16, 2024 Whiteout Wonder Whiteout Survival surpasses $400 million in 11 months Century Games’ frosty survival title has slid its way onto nearly 30 million mobile devices