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Japanese games firm GungHo Entertainment has decided to sell its stake in Clash of Clans creator Supercell. The stake has been soft to GungHo’s parent company SoftBank so that the former can focus on emerging markets. China, Southeast Asia and South America were specifically identified according to GamesIndustry. To that …
Read More »GungHo sells stake in Supercell
Puzzle and Dragons firm gains $344m as it focuses on emerging markets
Read More »Puzzle & Dragons generates 10x the ARPU of Clash of Clans
GungHo’s hit title making average revenues per user of $11.89
Read More »‘Cross-screen’ studio Turbo gets backing from SoftBank
Korean VC body that bought a majority stake in GungHo and Supercell invests in new ‘cross-screen’ development studio
Read More »Boom Beach is Supercell’s third game
Clash of Clans publisher Supercell has lifted the lid on its third title – Boom Beach. The game, which is currently in beta in Canada and Australia, will be released on iOS in March and on Android some time after that. "We’ve made some risky choices,” Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen …
Read More »Supercell revenues topped $892m last year
Earnings jump nine times 2012 levels
Read More »Clash of Clans making $654,000 a day
Supercell's flagship title continues to generate enormous revenues for Finnish studio
Read More »Clash of Clans is making $654k a day
Supercell’s Clash of Clans is certainly showing the established games powerhouses how it’s done. Business Insider reports that AppData numbers suggest the free-to-play smartphone title is making an astonishing $654,000 a day for the Finnish games firm. An App Annie report last month revealed that Clash of Clans is currently …
Read More »The big trends that defined 2013 in games
From the PS4 and Xbox One, Supercell to mobile, 21 industry professionals tell us their highlights of the year
Read More »Supercell: The billion dollar start-up
Studio CEO Ilkka Paananen tells Develop how the Clash of Clans developer went from scrapping its first title after 15 months to global mobile sensation
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