Google Play’s game-related revenues are growing twice as fast as iOS

Gaming continues to grow on mobile platforms, and Asia is helping Google Play outpace its main competitor.

The Android app store quadrupled its game-related revenue from the fourth quarter of 2012 to the same period in 2013, according to a report from market-intelligence firms App Annie and International Data Corporation (IDC). That’s twice the growth iOS saw, which doubled its revenues over that stretch of time. App Annie and IDC point to device adoption in Asian markets as having a key influence on the increased performance of Google Play and the App Store, which are helping both capture huge chunks of the multibillion-dollar app industry that generated more than $16 billion in spending last year.