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In October 2024, Newzoo's analysis identified Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/3/Warzone/Black Ops 6 as the highest-earning game in six markets, namely France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US
Gamers spend a lot of time watching gaming video content on platforms like Twitch and YouTube. Each week, they watch videos for an average of 8.5 hours, according to a study by MIDiA Research
The analytics service AppMagic compiled a list of mobile casual game publishers that earned the most from IAP* from January to November 2024. Scopely took the first place in the ranking
The analytical service AppMagic has named the ten mobile games in the match-3 genre with the highest revenue from in-app purchases (IAP). More than half of the projects in the top list are games from King and Playrix.
The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK has requested a formal probe into Apple's and Google's control over the mobile market
Study: App Store revenue in China in 2023 — $519 billion
· 13 days agoJu Heng, an associate professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics business school, studied the revenues of the App Store in China. The figures turned out to be astronomical
The platform now tracks traffic more accurately, allowing developers to obtain more reliable data about who visits their game pages.
Meridian Play, a company founded by the former MY.GAMES business development director for Asia, Ilya Gutov, has announced the launch of a gaming accelerator for startups. Its focus is on the Asian market
Xsolla forecasts that the mobile gaming industry will generate $98.7 billion in total revenue in 2024, with China expected to dominate the market by contributing $34.6 billion.
Analysts from Lumikai have released a report on the state of the video game market in India. According to their forecasts, the industry's revenue is expected to grow by an average of 20% over the next four years
Based on data from AppMagic, the editorial team of App2Top has prepared a report on the situation with downloads and revenue in the global mobile market
EA Sports FC 25 led Newzoo's overall revenue charts for September and secured a position within the top three across all individual gaming consoles.
Many developers view the current state of gaming VR with skepticism. This conclusion can be drawn from the results of the study conducted by The Game Developer Collective.
The Game Publishing Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association released a report on the state of the local gaming market for the third quarter of 2024. It reports a historic peak in revenues and confident industry growth, largely attributed to the successful international launch of Black Myth: Wukong
Statista analysts have published a report on the state of the UAE video game market. According to their forecasts, from 2024 to 2027, the market size will grow at an average annual growth rate of 5.4%
Study: 71% of Americans play video games
· 2 months agoThe analytics company Circana attempted to determine what the video game audience in the United States looks like today. To do this, they surveyed 5,100 residents of the country
The portal MobileGamer took a look at the current state of the mobile shooter market. They referred to data from the AppMagic service and compiled a top-9 list of the highest-grossing games in this genre on the App Store and Google Play based on the results from September
Game Freak has announced that a data breach, which led to the exposure of employee information, took place in August 2024
Based on data from AppMagic, the editorial team at App2Top prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month.
Pokémon developer Game Freak has been hacked, resulting in a massive leak of various data. This includes personal information and internal files relating to both existing and unannounced games.
Sensor Tower released a report on the state of the mobile gaming market in Southeast Asia for the first half of 2024. Here's a look at the numbers and trends
William Volckmann, a staff member at the American research institute Institute for Private Capital, attempted to determine how piracy affects game revenue. To do this, he analyzed 86 games with built-in Denuvo protection that were released on Steam from September 2014 to December 2022
The so-called “activist short-selling” firm Hindenburg Research has released a report on Roblox and its business. The company accused the game platform of manipulating metrics and lying to investors, among other things.
A pair of players from the United States have initiated a class action lawsuit against Ubisoft, accusing the company of allegedly distributing the Personally Identifying Information of its online store users to Meta.
Study: 53% of gamers prefer single-player games
· 2 months agoThe company MIDiA Research attempted to find out which game modes are the most popular. To do this, it surveyed over 9,000 people from the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Poland, and several other countries
Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) has shared some data on the domestic video games market. The PC segment has shown significant growth since 2019, steadily increasing its share.
Xbox Research has broadened its scope to incorporate developers and collaborate with product teams, aiming to deliver data insights that enhance its tools and services
Experts from Futura Digital have prepared a column for App2Top about an upcoming legal conflict between Nintendo, its close affiliate The Pokémon Company, and Pocketpair, which released the multiplatform blockbuster Palworld earlier this year
I've often thought that Star Wars Outlaws seemed like it should have been released as a Christmas game
In August, Black Myth Wukong emerged as the leading revenue-generating game across the six markets examined by Newzoo
Last War: Survival is a mobile strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse, developed by the Singaporean company First Fun. The game was released in July 2023. According to the analytics firm Sensor Tower, since its release, Last War: Survival has generated over $900 million
Black Myth: Wukong has become the best-selling game of 2024 on Steam, according to the analytics service VG Insights. Until recently, this title belonged to Palworld.
EA anticipates surpassing market growth and achieving margin expansion through fiscal year 2027.
Various analysts have been sharing their sales forecasts for the PlayStation 5 Pro since its official announcement. Here is some fresh data from Niko Partners.
What Challenges Is Ubisoft Facing? | Analysis
· 3 months agoSince its initial public offering nearly three decades ago, Ubisoft's corporate saga has been characterized to some extent by ongoing struggles against various takeover and control attempts. At the time of its IPO, Ubisoft was mainly a European distributor for other gaming companies, with nascent ambitions to evolve into a significant publisher and developer of its own games. Just a few years later, a series of strategic decisions catapulted Ubisoft onto the global stage as a major publisher with several key intellectual properties, consequently attracting the attention of larger companies looking to expand through acquisitions. In 2004, Electronic Arts acquired nearly 20% of Ubisoft, leading executives to worry about a possible hostile takeover. Although EA eventually divested its shares in 2010, Ubisoft soon found itself battling a much more formidable takeover attempt. The founding Guillemot family engaged in a three-year struggle to prevent the media conglomerate Vivendi from gaining a controlling interest in the company.
The consulting firm Strategy Partners and the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (RVI) analyzed the Russian video game market. Below are some conclusions from the study
Niko has published its 2024 India Gamer Behavior and Market Insights Report, indicating that over three-quarters of PC gamers reported an increase in their spending on PC games in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period the previous year. The report states that 65.4% of respondents are involved in esports, whether by playing, watching, or competing themselves, and 57.2% learn about new games through streamers and influencers. The report, which delves into areas such as gamer behavior, expenditure, gaming hours, preferred platforms, esports, and mergers and acquisitions, among other topics, also reveals that 57% of mobile gamers in India have played a battle royale game in the last three months, with BGMI and Free Fire being particularly popular.
The 4game platform attempted to create a profile of the Russian gamer. We have selected the main results of the study.
Based on data from AppMagic, the editorial team at App2Top has prepared a report on the most downloaded and highest-grossing mobile games of the past month — My Supermarket Simulator 3D, Supermarket Master 3D, and AFK Journey
Sony has made the decision to immediately withdraw the hero shooter Concord from sale and will deactivate its servers as of next week, September 6. Although Firewalk Studios' AA shooter was launched only recently on August 23, game director Ryan Ellis revealed through a statement on the PlayStation Blog that the game would be taken offline to "determine the best path ahead." Ellis expressed gratitude to players and Concord's "passionate community" for their support, stating, "We've been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar"
The more tools, the better! A new analytics service called SteamTrender has emerged to help developers and data enthusiasts better navigate Valve’s ever-expanding game platform.
In July, EA Sports College Football 25 achieved the top position in Newzoo's overall revenue rankings, and also led the charts on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms. As reported by Newzoo, this newly revived series installment emerged as the best-selling sports game of the month. Additionally, two other new releases appeared in the July charts, among them was Nexon's The First Descendant, which secured the No. 5 spot and attracted 10 million players within the first week following its launch on July 2
What's happening with the hyper-casual games market (hereafter referred to as HC games) at the moment was explained by Sergey Martinkevich, Publishing Lead at Azur Games
The data attribution service Tenjin released a report on the state of the mobile game advertising market in the second quarter of 2024. Here are the details
In February, Microsoft put an end to weeks of intense speculation, partly fueled by its own enigmatic pre-announcement, by revealing that four previously exclusive games—Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded—would become available on additional platforms. At the time, Microsoft emphasized that these were older titles, all launched over a year earlier, while noting that upcoming exclusives such as Starfield and MachineGames’ Indiana Jones game were not part of this expansion plan. However, it seemed evident that this move indicated a broader strategic shift. This week at Gamescom, the company confirmed this trajectory by announcing that Indiana Jones and the Golden Circle will launch on PS5 in Spring 2025, following its initial release on Xbox and PC in early December.
Various analysts and research firms continue to share data on the successful launch of Black Myth: Wukong. The game, meanwhile, continues to break records on Steam.
Modern gamers may permanently lose the ability to play 96% of old games released in Australia. This conclusion was reached by the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)
Valve is developing a new hero shooter that is currently in the late stages of production. Although it is intended to be under wraps, the secret is somewhat out in the open, as more than 20,000 invitations to test the game have already been distributed via Steam. Officially, players are not supposed to discuss it
A recent report by Niko Partners, in collaboration with the Saudi Esports Federation, highlights that player expenditures in the Gulf Cooperation Council reached $2.24 billion in the Middle East and North Africa during the previous year. The white paper titled "Localisation in the MENA Region" sheds light on various localization strategies within MENA countries, concentrating particularly on the GCC nations, which encompass Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The analysis anticipates a compound annual growth rate of 7.7% for player spending, projecting an increase to $3.48 billion by 2028, with the aspiring gamer population expected to grow at a rate of 2.9% to total approximately 38.9 million gamers
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Last War: Survival is a mobile strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse, developed by the Singaporean company First Fun. The game was released in July 2023. According to the analytics firm Sensor Tower, since its release, Last War: Survival has generated over $900 million