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FC Mobile posts record quarter in EA financials
EA’s net bookings for the quarter ended June 30 2025 totaled $1.298bn, exceeding expectations. FC Mobile was picked out as a highlight, posting a record quarter in net bookings.
EA’s net revenue was $1.671bn for the quarter. Broken out by platform, net revenue from mobile was $290m in the last quarter, with console on $1bn and ‘PC & other’ on $374m. EA’s outlook for FY 26 remained unchanged.
In the earnings call that followed, EA CEO Andrew Wilson said that “FC Mobile led engagement with over 50m installs and DAU growth year-over-year, underscoring our ability to scale live content effectively and grow globally across platforms.”
Later, EA CFO Stuart Canfield added that “FC Mobile outperformed expectations again this quarter with localized campaigns and growing web store adoption fueling momentum through our Team of the Season event.”
CSR series hits $1bn
Zynga says the CSR Racing series has now surpassed $1bn in lifetime players spending. The series has now attracted 180m players over its lifetime, says Zynga.
CSR Racing debuted in 2012, and its sequel, CSR 2, launched in 2016. A third instalment in the series, CSR 3, has been in soft launch since February 2024.
Private market funding tops $1.1bn in Q2 25
Private market funding in gaming hit $1.145bn in Q2 25, driven by deals such as Tripledot’s $400m acquisition of all 10 of AppLovin’s game studios.
That was up 66% quarter-over-quarter and 62% year-over-year from, according to a new report from VC firm Konvoy Ventures.
Venture capital funding into the games industry in Q2 fell 47% quarter-over-quarter and 62% year-over-year.
There were 60 gaming VC deals in Q2, down 31% from 87 in the previous quarter, and down 48% from 116 in Q2 24.
There were 28 gaming M&A transactions in Q2. The total was down 38% from Q1, although that was the busiest quarter for gaming M&A deals (45) since Q3 22.
There were 73 gaming MA transactions in H1 25, which was up from 71 in H1 23 and 66 in H1 24.
Township hits $4bn
12 years since release, Playrix’s Township has reached $4bn in user spending, Appmagic reports. According to its data, the game has also racked up $2.4bn in lifetime revenue and 604m downloads, for a global RPD of $3.99.
It comfortably leads the farming genre, accounting for 43% of its total revenue in H1 25, followed by Hay Day (13%) and Family Island (11%).
The title has generated 18% of Playrix’s total lifetime revenue and it’s closing the gap on the company’s flagship game, Gardenscapes. Township is said to be growing 25% year-over-year, with monthly revenue hitting an all-time high of $43m in January.
Seekers Notes is 10, hits 47m downloads
Mytona has released new data to coincide with the 10th anniversary of its hidden object game Seekers Notes.
It says the mobile and PC game has been downloaded 47m times across 195 countries, with users racking up over 160,000 years of playtime.
Ludus: Merge Arena tops 7m players
Top App Games says Ludus: Merge Arena has surpassed 7m players since its release in October 2023.
That’s up from 3m installs reported last November and 5m this March, when it also said the mobile strategy RPG was generating close to $3m in monthly revenue.
Last December, Top App secured $10m in funding, which it said would be used to improve and promote the game.
To coincide with its latest player milestone announcement, the publisher said it’s launching a Ludus creator programme designed to spur further growth.
Appcharge says half of first-time web store buyers continue spending
Once converted, web store buyers tend to stick around, according to a new report from mobile gaming DTC platform Appcharge.
Having analysed over $500m in transactions made by hundreds of thousands of players, it says users rarely buy on their first store visit, but that 80% of first-time visitors return within 30 days.
For players who convert within the first week of visiting a store, the median time for doing so is 2.6 days.
It also found that 50% of first-time buyers go on to make a second purchase, half of them within seven days of making the first one.
63% of players who make two purchases make a third one within another week. And 70% of players who make four purchases will make a fifth.
In terms of how players spend, credit card transactions (35%) are the globally dominant payment method for web store purchases, ahead of the likes of PayPal (20%) and Apple Pay (20%).
However, Appcharge says regional payment habits vary significantly. For example, Google Play is widely adopted in Spain (43%) and Italy (40%), but much weaker in the US (12%).
Apple Pay is most popular in the UK, accounting for over a third (37%) of transactions, and Australia (26%), but less so in Germany (11%) and the Netherlands (11%).
In the Netherlands, bank-linked online payment method iDEAL (68%) dominates transactions, and in Poland, Blik (54%) is the leading mobile payment method.
