Elden Ring has soared 18 positions to land at No.3 on Newzoo's overall revenue charts for June, driven by the launch of its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. The game from FromSoftware also made its debut in the Top 20 of Newzoo's monthly active user engagement charts, climbing to No.13 from its previous No.27 spot in May. Meanwhile, Fortnite and EA Sports FC 24 have held onto the top two positions in Newzoo's revenue rankings across all platforms, and Destiny 2 advanced three spots from No.8 to No.5
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Revenue of MONOPOLY GO! has surpassed the $3 billion mark
· 17 hours agoIn its financial report for the second quarter of 2024, Hasbro revealed the current revenue of the mobile hit MONOPOLY GO!. The company reported that users have already spent $3 billion in the game
Hasbro has published its financial report for the second quarter ended June 30. Let’s take a closer look at the performance of the company’s Digital Gaming segment and its plans for the future.
Paradox Interactive has released its financial report for the second quarter ended June 30. The publisher experienced a significant decline in both revenue and profit.
Paradox Interactive released its report for the second quarter of 2024. The cancellation of the life simulator Life by You has seriously impacted the company's finances
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a 2D metroidvania developed and published by Adglobe’s subsidiaries, Live Wire and Binary Haze Interactive. The game recently reached a new sales milestone.
The decline in the mobile gaming market is coming to an end, forecasts the analytics company Sensor Tower. According to their calculations, this year gamers worldwide will spend $78 billion on in-app purchases (IAP) in mobile games — 1.6% more than in 2023
The developers of the metroidvania ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights have announced that their game has sold over 1.5 million copies. It took three years to reach this milestone: ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights was released in June 2021
GDEV, parent company of game developer Nexters, has announced a new major milestone for its flagship title — mobile battler Hero Wars: Alliance.
Chinese company Lilith Games, which developed Rise of Kingdoms and AFK Arena, is showing extraordinary generosity. In an interview with PocketGamer, Vincent Ou, head of strategy and investment at Lilith Games, revealed that the company has implemented what they call the "Aladdin Plan," under which they regularly share profits with their employees
GDEV has shared a new achievement for the mobile battle game Hero Wars: Alliance. They announced that since 2017, the game has earned $1.5 billion and garnered 150 million downloads
EA Sports College Football 25 has surpassed 2 million sales for its premium edition, granting players early access three days prior to the official release. The publisher revealed on Friday that 2.2 million players received early access to the game. According to IGN, the only method to obtain this early access was by purchasing the deluxe edition for consoles, priced at $99.99, as opposed to the standard edition priced at $69.99. Besides the 2.2 million early access players, 600,000 additional individuals played the game in advance via the EA Play subscription service
The analytics company Newzoo has named the console and PC games with the highest revenues and number of copies sold for the period from April to June 2024. The rankings only took into account game metrics from six markets: the USA, UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany
GTA publisher Take-Two has updated the list of risk factors that may affect its financial performance and business reputation. One of the new additions is review bombing.
The mobile market in Japan is exhibiting signs of recovery following a minor dip in 2023, especially within the gaming sector which is outpacing the broader apps market. A recent report by Adjust, in collaboration with Sensor Tower, reveals that Japan saw a mere 1% decline in app installs year-on-year for 2023. However, the first quarter of 2024 experienced a 3% uptick compared to the final quarter of 2023. Consumer spending remained relatively stable last year when considering the fluctuations in the yen's value. Nonetheless, the first quarter of 2024 has already recorded a 3.5% rise in consumer spending compared to Q4 2023
Ubisoft has published its financial report for the first quarter ended June 30. The company’s outperformed expectations thanks to its strong back catalog and the launch of XDefiant.
Sales of Pacific Drive have exceeded 600,000 copies
· 8 days agoDevelopers from Ironwood Studios announced that the automotive survival game Pacific Drive has sold over 600,000 copies worldwide. The game took just under five months to reach this number, as Pacific Drive was released on February 22, 2024, for PC and PlayStation 5
Ubisoft published its report for the first fiscal quarter, which ended on June 30, 2024. Below are the key financial details of the company
Ubisoft announced its financial results for the first quarter, highlighting a 15% increase in gaming session days on consoles and PCs, predominantly driven by its games-as-a-service (GaaS) offerings. The company pointed to XDefiant reaching a significant milestone of 10 million players as a promising development, alongside Rainbow Six Siege's robust performance at the start of the year. Monthly active users (MAU) rose by 7% year-on-year to 38 million. Additional factors contributing to Ubisoft's positive Q1 results included strong pre-orders for Assassin's Creed Shadows, which also boosted sales of older titles in the series, and notable engagement with The Crew Motorfest. The company's player recurring investment (PRI) surged by 24.6% to reach 158.7 million
European players continue to actively spend money on games. Sales in the region remained strong in the first half of 2024 despite a slight decline compared to the same period last year.
According to GSD data, nearly 80 million PC and console games were sold throughout Europe in the first half of 2024. This marks a 1.6% decline in unit sales compared to the beginning of 2023. Despite the dip, the results are notable given the less robust lineup of releases in the first half of this year versus the previous year. Notably, the first half of 2023 featured major launches like Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In contrast, only two of the top ten best-selling games in 2024 so far were released this year: Helldivers 2 (ranked No.2) and The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered (ranked No.10)
The analytical company InvestGame analyzed the situation in the gaming deals market in the second quarter of 2024. It released a report with data on private investments, M&A, and public offerings
Gaming remains one of the fastest-growing sectors within the entertainment industry, according PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Analysts have shared a new forecast for the growth of the global video game market over the next five years.
After leaving Valve and going indie, veteran game designer Matt T. Wood found success with his studio Double Dagger and cute adventure title Little Kitty, Big City. Here is some new data about the game’s commercial performance.
The Steam Summer Sale has been a success for Bohemia Interactive. Here is how the studio’s tactical shooter Arma 3 performed during the event.
ERA, the UK’s digital entertainment and retail association, has published a report on the state of the domestic market for the first six months of 2024. The data shows a significant decline in video game sales.
Nintendo Switch saw sales of 1.3 million units across its three models in the initial six months of the year in Japan, marking a 31% decline from the 1.9 million units sold during the same timeframe the year prior. In Japan's first half of 2024, Famitsu's sales data indicates that combined sales of both PlayStation 5 models reached 791,497 units, reflecting a 43% decrease from the 1.4 million units sold in the same period last year
Capcom's Resident Evil 7 for iOS has reportedly generated just $28,140 to date. According to AppMagic data cited by Mobilegamer.biz, the game has been downloaded roughly 83,000 times since its July 2 launch. Mobilegamer.biz suggests that considering Apple's revenue share, the number of paying users could be as low as 2,000. GamesIndustry.biz has contacted Capcom for further details.
Half-year video game sales in the UK fell by 29.4%
· 11 days agoIn the first half of 2024, residents of the United Kingdom spent almost a third less on video games than they did a year ago, according to data shared by the British Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)
Video game sales in the United Kingdom have declined by nearly 30 percent in the first six months of 2024. Data from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), representing digital services and retailers of music, video, and games, indicate a 7.9 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase in music revenue, "significantly outpacing" both video and games. Video sales grew by 5.4 percent, while video game sales fell by 29.4 percent YoY. Despite this significant decline, video games remain the largest revenue generator, bringing in £348.6 million
Murky Divers has achieved a milestone of 100,000 sales in under a month. For more details on this story, please visit the official source using the link below
Tencent continues to dominate the mobile games market thanks to its portfolio of multi-billion dollar hits. Here are the top-grossing publishers on iOS and Android for the first half of 2024.
Valve is still a private company, so most information about its operations and finances remains undisclosed. But thanks to new court documents, we can now get a glimpse of some of the internal data.
MobileGamer has compiled a ranking of mobile game publishers with the highest IAP revenues for the first half of 2024 based on data from the analytics service AppMagic
The release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion boosted Elden Ring sales in the UK. According to the GamesIndustry portal, citing GSD data, 467% more copies of the game were sold in the country in June than in May
Steam’s seasonal sales are definitely one of the best events to boost interest in older hit games. And Frost punk developer 11 bit studios has some nice stats to prove it.
According to GSD data, 2.53 million console and PC games were sold in the UK in June, representing a decrease of almost 14% compared to last year. June 2023 saw a flurry of major releases, including Diablo IV, Final Fantasy 16, F1 23, and Street Fighter 6, whereas June 2024 has experienced a notable slowdown. Leading the sales chart is EA Sports FC 24, bolstered by the ongoing European Championship competition currently being held in Germany
Pokémon Sleep generated $100 million in revenue during its first year, based on figures from AppMagic. PocketGamer reports that Japan led in player spending, with an estimated $73 million since the app's release on July 17 of the previous year. Users in the United States contributed $15 million, while players in Taiwan spent $4 million
Dungeon & Fighter Mobile remains the chart-topping game in China. The latest analyst estimates reveal another major milestone for Tencent’s new hit.
At the end of June, the analytical service Sensor Tower found that in the month since its release, the Chinese version of Dungeon & Fighter Mobile earned $270 million on the App Store alone. Now analysts at Niko Partners have revealed the size of the game's monthly revenue, taking into account Android stores
Techland has shared its financial results for 2023, and they were lackluster compared to the previous two record years. The company, however, remains optimistic about its position and future games.
A few days ago, Devolver Digital announced plans to issue 23.9 million new shares on the stock exchange and to raise £7.9 million ($10 million) from their sale. It seems that in the end, they exceeded their investment target
Techland reported the largest loss in its history
· 22 days agoThe creators of Dying Light ended 2023 with an operating loss of 90 million zlotys ($22.7 million), reports the Polish publication Puls Biznesu, citing Techland's financial report. This is the worst result in the company's history
CyberConnect2 Studio and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment have announced that the action RPG Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has been purchased over 8 million times worldwide. It has been four and a half years since the game's release, which debuted on January 17, 2020
On July 4, the release of the new game by miHoYo studio, action RPG Zenless Zone Zero, took place on PC, PlayStation 5, and mobile devices. We turned to the data from the AppMagic analytics service and looked at how the mobile version of the project performed at launch
Rooftops & Alleys, a parkour game focused on freerunning through concrete jungles, has been another indie success this year. It has gathered a strong community around it and performed well commercially in its debut month.
According to Sensor Tower data, Squad Busters has earned $24 million in revenue in its first month. PocketGamer reports that Supercell's newest release experienced a steady revenue decline since its launch on May 29, dropping to $3.7 million in the week of June 17. However, the following week saw a modest recovery, with revenue rising to $3.9 million. During this period, Squad Busters amassed 40 million downloads across the App Store and Google Play, largely driven by initial launch activity. The United States led in both player spending and overall downloads
The market for virtual and augmented reality headsets continues to decline, reports the analytics company IDC. They found that in the first quarter of 2024, 67.4% fewer VR/AR headsets were sold than at the beginning of 2023
Revenue for Warcraft Rumble neared $40 million
· 24 days agoEight months ago, on November 2, 2023, Blizzard Entertainment released the mobile strategy game Warcraft Rumble. As noted by the MobileGamer portal, since then the game has earned over $39.1 million from in-app purchases
Steam is home to games of many unusual subgenres, and the niche of titles simulating various professions and (sometimes not-so-legal) occupations is becoming increasingly populated. The recent success of Drug Dealer Simulator 2 fits well into this trend.
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Valve’s Kassidy Gerber recently shared several updates on Steam as a platform and some of its key metrics. Here are the key findings.