1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1110+ words) The German association game has published its annual industry report. I covered the 2025 market figures in April, so this time it focuses more on the audience, the state of the industry, and Gamescom. Market and audience data comes from a…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1773+ words) Reports of the week: CYGMA: The Cyprus Video Game Industry in 2025 Newzoo: The Gaming Market in 2026 Games and Numbers (August 12 — August 25, 2026) Bain & Company: The Gaming Industry in 2026 This is the first industry report from the Cyprus Game Makers Association. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (328+ words) Amir Satvat runs his own game industry layoff tracker as part of ASGC, his free project that helps people in the gaming industry find work. The data is collected from public sources. According to the most recent forecast (August 11), 14,666 people…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1752+ words) Reports of the week: Mellow is the new sponsor of GameDev Reports & we’re kicking in with the first report on the GameDev freelancers in 2026! AppMagic: Top Mobile Games by Revenue and Downloads in July 2026 AppMagic: Mobile Casual Games in H1 2026 GameDiscoverCo:…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (378+ words) AppMagic’s revenue figures are net of store commission and taxes. Revenue from Android stores in China is not included. Honor of Kings is back to its usual numbers - $157.6 million versus $110.6 million in June (+42%). This is the project’s best revenue month…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (496+ words) Mellow is a platform for working with freelancers that helps connect employers with talent. The company processes payouts in more than 100 countries and works with 1,500 companies (including Gaijin Entertainment, G2G, and Sumsub) and 230,000 freelancers. I’m incredibly happy to tell you that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1268+ words) The report is based on Sensor Tower data covering ~5 million MAU across 19 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Ad revenue is estimated using CPM benchmarks by format and network, supplemented with direct CPM data from winning bids at ad…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (658+ words) Meridian Play and JINKE analyzed a wide range of sources to build a comprehensive picture of the state of WeChat mini games in China in 2026. As of March 2026, WeChat’s global MAU stood at 1.43 billion. Total Mini Programs MAU across the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (542+ words) Both surveys were conducted by Atomik Research. 400 developers from the US and UK were surveyed (70% primarily make mobile games, the rest PC), along with 2,000 “web gamers” from the same countries, selected on the criterion of playing web games at least…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) AppMagic’s revenue figures are net of store commission and taxes. Revenue from Android stores in China is not included. Honor of Kings remains in first place, but revenue dropped sharply - from $155.9 million in May to $110.6 million in June (-29%). Whiteout Survival…...