App Annie's data for January 2015 shows Candy Crush Saga dropped to No.4. Unfortunately, King's legendary Candy Crush Saga is no longer among the three top grossing games in the world today. alone, eMarketer estimates that mobile games revenue will exceed $3 billion this year. The mobile games industry is huge but it is not limited to casual puzzle gamess. Monetizing the millions of strategy fans among mobile gamers is wise. King's foray into the strategy game genre (where Supercell rules) is a big step forward. While I am still addicted to Clash of Clans, I confess that at Town Hall 8 level, I only often only use the all-dragon attack in clan wars and barbarians & archers combo to raid and steal resources of other players.īattle Nations, with so many types of troops, obviously offers many strategic options. Collecting and upgrading more than 200 kinds of troops means players will take a long time to get bored with Battle Nations. More importantly, Unlike Clash of Clans, Battle Nations comes with hundreds (not just dozens) of types of troops.Ĭlash of Clans has less than twenty types of troops. Clash of Clans only has 150 single-player missions. This game has 500 missions that will occupy a lot of people. Players need to invest serious time and/or real money so they can improve their win rates when fighting against other people.įurthermore, the appeal of Battle Nations is made stronger by its hilarious story line and expansive single-player mission campaign. Battle Nations' addictive features are very similar to Clash of Clans. There are hundreds of mobile games that use turn-based combat. I prefer real-time action but the old-school appeal of turn-based fighting is apparently still very popular. Unlike the real-time fighting/raiding action on Clash of Clans, Battle Nations uses the turn-based combat mechanics first popularized by Final Fantasy in the 1990s. However, watching YouTube videos revealed that Z2Live's game is not a clone of Clash of Clans. I do not have hands-on experience with Battle Nations. Buying games that cater to all types of gamers is judicious on the part of King.Įven Glu Mobile ( GLUU) ported its initially mobile-only Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game to Facebook's platform because there are still hundreds of millions of casual gamers there.īattle Nations Is Not A Clone of Clash of Clans Not all gamers on the planet today like the small screen of smartphones. The acquisition by King Digital can help Battle Nations become popular with Facebook gamers. King Digital's products are still among the most popular games on Facebook's (FB) app portal.
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The cross-platform feature of Battle Nations is in line with King Digital's strong presence among desktop PC users.
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If we include the global sales from iOS and Android gamers, we can guesstimate (using 3x factor) Battle Nations' total daily sales at around $30,000.īattle Nations is also available for Mac and Steam. iPhone users.īattle of Nations is also a hit among Android device users with more than 500,000 downloads. According to ThinkGaming, Battle Nations is already raking in more than $10,000 in average daily sales from U.S. The purchase price of $45 million is likely due to the decent revenue stream of Battle Nations. Unlike Zynga (ZNGA) which is developing its two strategy games, King is using some of its cash hoard to buy promising studios with proven moneymaking game titles. Like NonStop Games, King Digital bought Z2Live for its strategy-centric games, MetalStorm Online and Battle Nations.
Another $105 million bonus payment is tied to the future performance of Z2Live's games.
King paid $45 million cash initially to acquire Z2Live and its games.
In spite of the massive success of its match-3 puzzle game Candy Crush Soda Saga, the diversification continues with King's recent $150 million purchase of Seattle-based Z2Live. KING acquired an iOS strategy game called Heroes of Honor: War of Kings from NonStop Games. I discussed last year that King Digital ( BATS: KING) is expanding outside its match-3 games comfort zone with its acquisition of NonStop Games.
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