Supercell revenues take a big dip in 2018 — to $1.6 billion and profits of $635 million
Supercell had a bad year when it comes to financials for 2018, but theses would be enviable for any other game company in the...
Debbie Bestwick’s roller coaster journey at Worms publisher Team17
Debbie Bestwick has been in the games business for 31 years, and she has known nothing else. Starting with her first job in a...
Supercell CEO thrives on trusting the instincts of game developers
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen has had some spectacular successes in mobile games since starting the Helsinki company in 2010. His team of 240 people...
Supercell 2017 results: $810 million in profit, $2 billion in revenue — without a new game
Supercell announced that it earned a profit of $810 million on revenues of $2.029 billion in 2017. That’s an enviable financial accomplishment for a...
Supercell acquires 62% of London’s Space Ape Games for $55.8 million
Clash of Clans maker Supercell has acquired 62 percent of London-based Space Ape Games for $55.8 million. The deal is another sign of consolidation...
How Supercell approaches investing in mobile game developers
Supercell made a rare move today by investing $7.8 million in Finnish game developer Frogmind, maker of the Badland series. It’s a small amount of...
Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation
Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not...
Supercell hits 100M daily players with just four mobile games
Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four...
SoftBank investment values Clash of Clans maker Supercell at astonishing $5.5B
SoftBank recently paid $1.2 billion to get an additional 22% stake in Supercell.
The DeanBeat: It’s time for the U.S. to wake up and support game startups
The U.S. government and big corporations should do more to create American game startups and the jobs that come with them.