AppAnnie has just released a report on Average Revenue Per User in five major regions (Japan, China, the US, South Korea and the UK). Annoyingly, it doesn’t give actual ARPU numbers. Instead it indexes them to give...

SuperDataResearch has just released some fascinating statistics on conversion rates and ARPPU of mobile games, comparing the behaviour of players in the US and China. Their conclusion might not be what you expect: American has higher conversion...

60% of social games monetisation comes from virtual goods. Ustwo's Whale Trail has achieved an eightfold increase in number of downloads per month since switching from paid to free. 85% of players do not return after the...

If you ever doubted that China is the mainstay of online gaming, the Financial Times dispelled it this morning. 2 million young Chinese playing games at any moment 64 per cent. of all Chinese Internet users are...

Tiananmen Square, eat your heart out. Nothing gets a gamer so riled as “suits” messing with their favourite franchise. So when a new version of The Legend Returns was launched, with shocking features such as allowing players...