HQ: Hong Kong Sales: $3.4 million (Q1 2018) Headcount: c.120 Key staff: Robby Yung (CEO) Key games: Crazy Defense Heroes, Crazy Kings Structure: ASX: AB1 M&A: Raised $4.5m through oversubscribed share placement Received $1m investment Purchased 60% stake in blockchain service Fuel Powered Signed Chinese CryptoKitties deal Sold casual games portfolio to iCandy for $3.8mĪnimoca Brands continued to grow its partnerships over the last year, finding new avenues for emerging technologies. Or read on to discover who’s the year’s cream of the crop in the mobile games industry. You can download a PDF copy of this Top 50 list from your Profile area if you're signed in. Warner Bros and Zynga, meanwhile, have purchased studios such as Playdemic and Gram Games, meaning their success does not emanate solely from home. Chinese influence has only increased on the Western market, as Tencent, NetEase and Netmarble splash the cash on investments. Europe has 14 developers on the list.īut to break down regions by HQ is too simple in an increasingly consolidated market. This year, that’s been cut to 17, while North America has taken over the largest share of companies with 18 entrants. Last year’s list saw Asia dominate with 20 entries from the region.
Games-as-a-service is a hot buzz phrase across the industry, and nowhere is it more prevalent or astutely executed as in mobile. The old guard that remain, meanwhile, have typically doubled down on live operations to slow long-term declines or, in some cases even increase revenues of the biggest titles years later. There are 19 new companies named and ranked. This year’s Top 50 Mobile Developer list encapsulates that change. This is supposed to be a mature and consolidating market, yet there’s something of an air of change in the mobile games market – whether that’s the old guard slowly falling away and new stars rising, or the live ops approach that’s keeping old games alive and even renewing success. The list and the event were sponsored by Mintegral, with UPLTV and Xhance as associates.Įach year the Top 50 is based on a combination of factors: the most exciting games, genuine innovation, money made, influence, potential, and company growth this year, among others. Selected by the experts at, together with external advisors, this list rounds up the hottest global games companies from across the sector. You can watch a video of the countdown here. Revealed in a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, to coincide with Gamescom 2018, it's our countdown of the best in the industry. Welcome to 's Top 50 developer list for 2018Īt last, we're able to reveal the latest of our Top 50 best mobile game developer lists.
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