Key staff: Horacio Martos (co-CEO), Andrés Bou (co-CEO) Sales: Undisclosed (Mobile revenues not broken out by Take-Two), Digital $268.2 million The company is also now harnessing Vivendi-owned IP and working with internal partners on new titles, including the newly announced Paddington Run for mobile devices, based on the upcoming film Paddington 2. Vivendi is also taking a more rigorous approach to launching games, something already seen with ambitious titles Gangstar New Orleans and Asphalt Street Storm Racing. The other is to re-engage with internal creativity: over 90 proposals for new games from Gameloft staff have been received. Noting just 20 titles account for 90% of Gameloft’s revenues, part of Vivendi’s approach appears to be ‘less is more’.
Key games: Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Asphalt, Modern Combat, Disney Magic KingdomsĢ016 was the year everything changed for Gameloft.įollowing the success of Vivendi’s aggressive $800 million takeover, the veteran mobile games company is now part of a French media conglomerate with a strong vision for its future. It's also forming even closer ties in Europe with Com2Us with Gamevil Europe becoming a joint venture, which is now known as Gamevil Com2uS Europe.
The APAC region is Gamevil’s most important market.Īs for the future, the company has high hopes for its new range of PC-inspired MMORPGS, especially Royal Blood, which features high-end graphics, deep storytelling and large scale battles. Titles such as Dragon Blaze and Dungeon Link may be niche but they appeal to the strong South Korean domestic market as well as other Asian countries. With RPGs making up almost 80% of Gamevil’s sales, the Korean publisher, which also controls fellow publisher Com2uS of Summoners War fame (a company elsewhere on our list), remains highly focused on hardcore gamers. M&A: Has previously acquired small studios to gain talent and will continue to do so Key games: Dragon Blaze, Kritika, Dungeon Link, MLB Perfect Inning 15 Key staff: James Song (CEO), Kyu Lee (President, USA) After raising $19 million in August 2017 the studio's total funding received to date stands at $63 million.Īlready a major player in mobile eSports, such backing and continued improvements to Vainglory could in time make it an eSports giant. Much like it has attracted avid fans, the company has also caught the attention of investors. Super Evil is also developing a 5v5 mode as it seeks to grow the game’s appeal.
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Recently Vainglory has seen more professional eSports teams begin to take part, and had a major 2.0 update at the end of 2016. Meanwhile it’s been working with the teams to create its own franchise to both push merchandise sales and advise on tournament structure and metas. But it’s an area where Super Evil continues to grow its flagship game Vainglory.Ī three-year multi-million dollar deal with Twitch and major sponsorship from Amazon Appstore have helped increase its presence and fund its championship events. M&A: Partnerships with Twitch and Amazon (Raised $63 million in funding to date)Īs other, bigger companies have proven, getting into eSports is not easy. Key staff: Kristian Segerstrale (CEO), Bo Daly (President) Note: Our list was compiled during June to August 2017, with additional information added during September 2017. Read on to find out more, and visit every day for mobile games industry news. Overall, Europe is represented by 15 companies.
The USA and Japan are the best represented single countries with 11 entries apiece. That doesn’t mean Western companies aren’t successful however – far from it.īig publishers such as Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft and Take-Two have all made significant moves in the market to expand their businesses out from console and PC, and acquire much needed free-to-play expertise.
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This year’s list goes to show that studios from anywhere in the world can make it big in mobile.Įven those companies on our list that aren’t from Asia, a number now have a strong Eastern influence whether that’s through IP, investment or a full acquisition.
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