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Rovio Restructuring
Sega calls out sluggish Rovio performance as it eyes turnaround
Stillfront Stats
Stillfront’s net revenue declines 14% to $143.9m, but Big Farm: Homestead drives organic growth
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Cloud Coins
Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy makes $6.7m in first month
Cloud Strife and other fan favourites are appearing in Square Enix’s new gacha
Surfer Spending
Subway Surfers City runs towards $2m in player spending in two months
The endless runner more than doubled the original Subway Surfer’s player spending over the same period, but the classic has far higher ad revenue potential
Hot Five
Hot Five: Arknights: Endfield approaches $100m, Xbox mobile store still in development, and government support becomes a priority
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Origin Spending
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin nears $10m in one month on mobile
Netmarble’s gacha RPG is expected to launch new content updates every three weeks
Arknights In Action
Arknights: Endfield approaches $100m on mobile in three months
Japan currently leads player spending at 41% of the global mobile total
Market Report
India's mobile in-app purchase revenue tops $300m in Q1 2026
Non-gaming apps generated over $200m, growing 44% YoY and driving monetisation
Africa Is Mobile
Deluxe Creation Studios’ Shola Edu on monetisation in Africa, global audiences and what actually drives revenue
“The goal is to build something that feels genuinely African and is good enough that the rest of the world wants in”
Disney Deluge
Disney Solitaire celebrates first anniversary with $230.9m in player spending
Total earnings are likely higher including D2C and ad revenue
Uk Valuation
UK games market hit record £8.8bn in 2025
Latest figures from Ukie highlight impacts of digital software, mobile and transmedia
Week In Views
Playtika’s next move, The Division Resurgence’s early numbers and Game of Thrones’ next mobile title | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Afk Arena Anniversary
AFK Arena celebrates seventh anniversary and over $1.5bn in lifetime earnings
The game is now being surpassed by sequel AFK Journey, but remains among Lilith Games’ most lucrative titles over its lifetime
Chart Rankings
March 2026 mobile game charts: Brawl Stars revenue rises nearly 50%
A deep dive into the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
Mario Money
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie jumps to $372.6m at box office in five days
Nintendo and Illumination’s sequel title follows 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the first film based on a game IP to surpass $1bn
Resurgence Revenue
The Division Resurgence makes $717,000 in first seven days
Ubisoft’s new shooter fell slightly short of Rainbow Six Mobile’s recent week-one earnings, but peaked higher
M&a Milestone
Games industry M&A hits $7.7bn in Q1 2026 led by Savvy Games Group
Mobile led M&A during the quarter, with deals by Scopely, NCCSOFT, Nazara and others
Chart Rankings
February 2026 mobile game charts: Have the top risers over the past few years all peaked?
A deep dive into the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
Model Analysis
Fire Emblem Shadows earns just $578,000 in first six months, less than 1% of Fire Emblem Heroes
Shadows and Heroes share an IP but opt for different genres and monetisation models
Week In Views
ByteDance's Moonton acquisition, Fortnite's Google Play comeback and a $2bn milestone for Farm Heroes Saga | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Major Milestone
King’s Farm Heroes Saga officially hits $2 billion
PocketGamer.biz has learned that Farm Heroes Saga reached the $2 billion lifetime revenue mark
Milestone
Ludus hits $3m monthly revenue as installs surpass 8m
Vietnam launch marks a strategic push into Southeast
Company Growth
Mobvista reports $2.05bn revenue for 2025 as Mintegral drives growth
Mintegral generated $1.96bn in revenue, remaining Mobvista’s primary growth driver
Kingshot Crown
Kingshot’s first year: $800m, 11 months of growth, but backlash from whales
Century Games’ Kingshot was the most lucrative new mobile release of 2025
Monetisation In Africa
Africa’s monetisation debate: founders weigh in on mobile, PC, and the realities of game revenue
Several founders warn that treating Africa as a single gaming market ignores the continent’s diverse economic and payment realities
Market Report
Vietnam’s mobile games market reached $825m in revenue in 2025
The country now has around 54m gamers, placing it among the world’s top seven markets by mobile game downloads
Scopely Celebration
Scopely celebrates 15 years with more than $15bn in lifetime revenue
The publisher has achieved over 150bn hours of playtime across its portfolio
Rainbow Six Start
Rainbow Six Mobile snaps up $1.6m in first 14 days
Player spending has been led by the US since global launch, already surpassing any country with soft launch access
Clash Comeback
Clash Royale celebrates 10 years and $4.9bn in player spending after resurgence
2025 was a major comeback year for the title, bolstered by changes to daily battles, influencers and more
Pokemon Pocket
Pokémon TCG Pocket hits six-month high as franchise turns 30 years old
The digital card game generated $4.7m on February 27th, its highest sum since August 2025
Market Growth
Over 95,000 mobile games were downloaded every minute in 2025
New Sensor Tower report shows retention and monetisation now matter more than raw installs
Early In Endfield
Arknights: Endfield makes $46m in first month on mobile
The gacha game saw a boost with its first new character banner on February 7th
Week In Views
China’s rising chart power, Warzone Mobile’s final months and Pokémon Go’s PvP update | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Ready To Reflect
Matthew Ball's State of Video Gaming in 2026: "China is eating the video games industry"
Highlights from the State of Video Gaming in 2026 report include content sales growth, fewer layoffs and victory for China and Roblox
Chart Rankings
January 2026 mobile game charts: Clash Royale falls, PUBG Mobile rises, and Microfun breaks into the top 10
A deep dive into the global mobile game rankings across the App Store and Google Play
Duolingo Daus
More than 10 million Duolingo users have a 365-day streak
Of the learning app’s 50m daily users, over 10m have a year-long login streak
Revenue Results
EA makes $254m on mobile this Q3 as FC Mobile drives net bookings
Mobile represented approximately 13% of EA’s total net revenue during the three months
Roblox Records
Roblox revenue up 36% Y/Y as Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot drive multiple milestones
Nearly $4.9bn was generated in 2025, with $6.8bn in bookings
Financials
Supercell revenue declines 4% to €2.65bn in 2025
EBITDA rose by 6% year-over-year as Clash Royale growth makes up for Brawl Stars decline
Square Sales
"Weakness in existing titles" as Square Enix’s net sales fall 13% Y/Y
Despite the decline, operating income has risen by 39% year-over-year
Hot Five
Hot Five: Ares Interactive raises $70m, Google's Project Genie sparks gaming shares decline, and Arknights: Endfield hits $30m in two weeks
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Market Report
AppMagic: Games revenue growth stalls at 0.2% in 2025 as strategy emerges as the fastest-growing genre
AI has become mainstream in game marketing, with 56% of the top 100 grossing games using AI-driven ad creatives
Endfield Earnings
Arknights: Endfield hits $30m in two weeks on mobile
Gryphline’s new gacha was released globally on January 22nd
An Anniversary Arrives
Love and Deepspace celebrates second anniversary as $1bn milestone draws near
Players celebrated in-game with a special banner and IRL at a Manhattan sci-fi setting
Milestone
Mamboo Entertainment surpasses $55m in lifetime revenue
The developer has also crossed 1bn installs and published more than 50 mobile games
Road To Kalos
Pokémon Go to experiment with new strategy on the Road to Kalos
Ahead of this year’s Go Tour, the now-Scopely-owned title will echo some of Go’s most lucrative events
Hot Five
Hot Five: PGC London talks, MoneyTime’s $3m seed round, and mobile’s $167bn year in IAP revenue
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Market Report
Global mobile in-app purchase revenue hit $167bn in 2025
Over 280,000 apps were downloaded per minute, reaching 149 billion downloads in 2025 according to a new report from Sensor Tower
Milestone
RuneScape surpasses $3bn in lifetime revenue as Jagex marks 25th anniversary
The RS25 programme is positioned as the most ambitious evolution in RuneScape’s history