SuperData’s April worldwide digital video games market summary has arrived, and with it we get a glimpse into the top gaming studios. And only the tippy top.
Irritatingly, World of Warcraft has once again been split into east and west, contrary to every other game on the chart. SuperData had split the game for its January report, botched the entries in February and hastily repaired its graphic to rejoin the two, and for March, the WoWs were one from the get-go. Now they’re two again.
The upside for WoW is that its western branch pulled out ahead of World of Tanks in terms of revenue (Tanks was beating a combined WoW last month). Dungeon Fighter Online and New Westward Journey Online II have swapped positions, while the addition of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (and separated WoWs) has pushed Lineage I and Wildlands out of the top 10 entirely. Wildlands dropped down the console list as well;Â ARK Survival Evolved and Mass Effect Andromeda have dropped from the console chart altogether.
On the mobile side, Pokemon Go held steady, but Lineage 2 Revolution continues creeping upward.
Also good news for Blizz? Overwatch revenue “reach[ed] new highs” thanks to Uprising, and “Hearthstone mobile fully recover[ed] from February, one of its worst months ever in terms of digital revenue, on the back of its latest expansion Journey to Un’Goro.”
