2024 by the numbers (so far)
What the first six months of 2024 tells us about the current state of the mobile games business, featuring download and revenue estimates from Appmagic.
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New games now: Zenless Zone Zero, Antstream, Resident Evil 7, Crunchyroll’s Game Vault, The Pathless and more
Also this week: Netflix does Minesweeper, retro indie larks and some big launches out of Asia.
With Zenless Zone Zero, Hoyoverse risks cannibalising its own games (again)
With 40m+ pre-registrations, Hoyoverse’s latest gacha-RPG is sure to be a hit – but industry experts are concerned it’ll just eat into Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail’s earnings.
Data digest: Warcraft Rumble, Monopoly Go, Star Wars Hunters and Squad Busters numbers, Keywords’ £2.2bn deal and more
Also this week: Newzoo's latest report at-a-glance, Mag's latest financials and milestones for World of Tanks and Garena.
June’s top grossing mobile games worldwide
Dungeon & Fighter Mobile steals Honor of Kings' crown in Appmagic's top grossing charts, with Royal Match and LastWar also flying high. But where is Supercell's Squad Busters...?
June’s top mobile game downloads worldwide
A surprise new hit for Zego Studio led installs in June, while Squad Busters placed third in its first full month on the charts – is Supercell's latest launch underperforming?
What Wooga learned from failed match 3 Switchcraft – and what’s next
Managing director Nai Chang says the Playtika-owned June’s Journey maker is more focused than ever on market validation, and is still looking to expand beyond games for older female players.
Epic could bring Fortnite to “other mobile app stores” as its iOS store edges closer to EU launch
The Fortnite maker says its iOS Game Store is with Apple for approval as it targets an EU launch in the "next couple months".
2024 by the numbers (so far)
What the first six months of 2024 tells us about the current state of the mobile games business, featuring download and revenue estimates from Appmagic.
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