News April 29 PlayStation 4 generated almost half of Fortnite total revenue, while iOS only accounted for 7% New court documents revealed Fortnite’s revenue split between different platforms. It looks like PlayStation 4 (not iOS) has been the main source of revenue for Epic Games’ battle royale.
News April 29 GameRefinery releases its Q1 2021 report: RPGs’ market share declines in China and Japan, while Shooters rise in China GameRefinery released its quarterly snapshot report for Q1 2021. The report looks at the iOS market in the US, China, and Japan as a whole, including genre and publisher market share, player motivations, and shifts in market trends.
News April 28 German advertisers file antitrust complaint against Apple as it rolls out new privacy settings A number of German media companies refused to just accept the new privacy policy Apple rolled out with its iOS 14.5 on Monday. They filed a complaint with the German Federal Cartel Office claiming Apple is abusing its market power.
News April 21 IDFApocalypse begins April 26, 2021 Apple announced that the AppTrackingTransparency requirements will apply starting April 26, 2021
News April 1 Chinese game Three Kingdoms Tactics published by Alibaba surpasses $1 billion in revenue Three Kingdoms Tactics has already become one of the top-grossing mobile games on iOS of 2021. Overall, the Alibaba-published title reached $1.2 billion in lifetime revenue.
News March 29 Mobile runner Crash Bandicoot: On the Run surpasses 8 million downloads in 24 hours Crash Bandicoot: On the Run, a mobile spin-off of the famous platformer series, hit more than 8 million downloads in 24 hours. If you count the game’s early iOS release in, the King-developed title has already generated 11.4 million installs.
News February 17 Liftoff teams up with mobile marketing tech companies to launch Post-IDFA Alliance Liftoff, a global mobile app marketing optimisation platform, announced the launch of the Post-IDFA Alliance. Liftoff is joined by other mobile marketing technology companies like Fyber, Chartboost, InMobi, Vungle and Singular.
Marketing February 15 IDFA policy may lead to iOS in-app advertising market losing nearly 20% of value Analysts unveiled a new forecast on the possible aftermath of Apple’s changes in its IDFA privacy rules. This year, the in-app ad market on iOS may see a 17% drop in the value.
News February 10 UPD: Gamestream and Chunghwa Telecom launch cloud gaming app on iOS approved by Apple An approved cloud gaming app debuted on the App Store in Taiwan. It was developed by Chunghwa Telecom using technology from the French company Gamestream.
News February 3 Tune in on WN Winter for Tenjin’s iOS14 talk “Your App May Be Blocked Soon” Tune in on games industry conference WN Winter’21 on February 10, at 12:00 (CET time), for a keynote session “Your App May Be Blocked Soon; Plus 5 Essential Things That No One is Telling You About iOS 14.”
