The most ambitious gaming companies focus on the biggest genres — in terms of their audience and their cumulative revenue. Here is where the money lies, at least for those who dare play big. AppMagic founder Max Samorukov shared handy conclusions based on the most important changes that happened in the Western mobile games market in 2021.

Over a dozen mobile games have been added to Netflix since November 2021. According to Apptopia, they generated only 8.1 million downloads combined.

Sensor Tower has analyzed growth for different mobile genres in the US during 2021. Driven by Genshin Impact, action games saw the biggest increase in player spending with almost 69%.

Media strategist Eric Seufert has shared five trends of the mobile games market for 2022. Among other things, he believes that companies will start creating Android-first strategies for their titles in the wake of the ATT implementation on iOS.

Yuji Naka, known as one of the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, has released SHOT2048, his first mobile title as an indie developer. It is a hypercasual puzzle game, which he created by himself after leaving Square Enix.

Netflix has started to roll out games on its mobile app. Starting November 3, Android users will be able to download and play five titles with no ads or in-app purchases.

Sensor Tower has shared the list of the highest-grossing mobile titles for August 2021 by worldwide revenue. PUBG Mobile landed in first place with $270 million in player spending.

Sensor Tower has published a new report on the most popular mobile games in the US for the first half of 2021. “Imposter” became the fastest-growing theme, all thanks to a massive success of Among Us.

Tel Aviv company Odeeo has raised $1 million to develop new audio ads for mobile titles. Using this tool, advertisers will be able to deliver people personal audio messages that don’t interrupt gameplay.

Netflix has finally started implementing its plan to bring gaming content to the platform. The new feature is now only available in Poland, where subscribers of the popular streaming service can already play a few titles.

The list was published of 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time. Chinese MOBA Honor of Kings sits on top, with its total revenue approaching $10 billion.

China is one of the biggest markets for mobile games. However, it is still hard for Western companies to enter this territory. That’s why JoyPac decided to help top hyper-casual publishers reach local players and expand their businesses.

Mobile action games are on the rise, and it’s no surprise that Genshin Impact is the leader in this genre. During the first half of the year, miHoYo’s game generated around $174 million in the US stores.

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now also a game publisher, as it has released its first game. ITALY. Land of Wonders is a mobile puzzle adventure, which lets people explore the country’s art and culture.

Riot, which isn’t new to mobile gaming, has announced its plans to bring Valorant to iOS and Android. The new version of the online shooter has no release date yet, but developers revealed the first details about it.

On May 19, NCSOFT released its new free-to-play game Trickster M, which is an heir to the 2003’s MMORPG Trickster Online. Although the title is now only available in South Korea, it is now earning almost $1 million a day.

Turkey continues to strengthen its position in the global games market. Mobile games developed by local studios are now accounted for 20% of the most downloaded games in the US.

DICE gave an update on what’s next for the Battlefield franchise. The studio is working on two separate games, one for PC and consoles and one for mobile.

Newzoo published a report on IP-based mobile games. The analysts calculated that titles based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West earn almost 2.5 times more than all mobile games based on Marvel’s intellectual property combined.