{"id":13652,"date":"2026-06-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=5b646d72918bcbf98fa8241e9114f63e"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:00:00","slug":"new-report-from-king-mobile-games-sector-is-strategic-growth-driver-for-europe-contributing-e6bn-and-supporting-63000-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=13652","title":{"rendered":"New Report From King: Mobile Games Sector Is Strategic Growth Driver for Europe, Contributing \u20ac6BN and Supporting 63,000+ Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li class=\"bwalignl\">\n<i>New report shows that more than 1,000 European mobile games studios contributed almost \u20ac6 billion to the European economy in 2025<\/i>, <i>supported more than 63,000 jobs<sup><b>1<\/b><\/sup>, and generated \u20ac7.53 billion in revenue from global audiences in 2025<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"bwalignl\">\n<i>Mobile games are now the most popular way to play, accounting for 55% of global video games revenue, underlining their importance to Europe\u2019s creative and digital economy<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--King, the leading interactive entertainment company behind <i>Candy Crush Saga<\/i>, has today launched a first-of-its-kind report celebrating mobile games as a European success story,<i> <\/i>and spotlighting the sector\u2019s contribution to jobs, growth, creativity and digital innovation across the region.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818930\/5\/Mobile_Matters_report_image.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818930\/22\/Mobile_Matters_report_image.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818930\/5\/Mobile_Matters_report_image.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818930\/21\/Mobile_Matters_report_image.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818926\/5\/king-logo-1_0.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818926\/22\/king-logo-1_0.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818926\/5\/king-logo-1_0.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260529376748\/en\/2818926\/21\/king-logo-1_0.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\nThe report,<b> <i>Mobile Matters: The Impact of Mobile Games for Europe<\/i>,<\/b> shows that in 2025 European<i> <\/i>mobile games companies contributed an estimated \u20ac5.89 billion in economic value (GVA) to the European<i> <\/i>economy.<\/p><p>\nThe research, commissioned by King and conducted by Nordicity, an international research and consulting firm specialising in the creative and digital industries, found that mobile games companies generated \u20ac7.53 billion in revenue from global audiences, a figure forecast to rise to more than \u20ac8 billion by 2028.<\/p><p>\n\u201cMobile is now the most popular way to access and play games, bringing joy to hundreds of millions of people every day. Europe has played an important role in that growth from the beginning. And today, the sector contributes billions to the economy each year - predicted to reach \u20ac6.2 billion by 2028,\u201d said<b> Todd Green, President of King.<\/b><\/p><p>\n<b>He added<\/b>: \u201cBut the impact of mobile games goes beyond economics. They combine creativity and technology in ways that continue to shape one of Europe\u2019s successful creative digital industries. Europe has a real opportunity to build on its strengths by putting players first, and fostering the right conditions for talent, investment and innovation to thrive in a highly competitive global market.\u201d<\/p><p>\nMobile games are now the most common way people experience games in Europe, with over 300 million players<sup>2<\/sup> and accounting for 55% of total global video games revenue<sup>3<\/sup>. The average age of a video game player is now 31<sup>4<\/sup>.<\/p><p>\nBy giving people more choice in how, when and where they play, mobile games have become part of everyday life across the region and an increasingly important part of Europe\u2019s wider creative and digital economy.<\/p><p>\nThe report highlights the sector\u2019s role not only in supporting growth and jobs, but also in strengthening Europe\u2019s overall tech competitiveness in a fast-moving global market. It points to the wider contribution that mobile games can make in developing creative and technical skills, in improving digital confidence and shows how video games more widely can engage the public on social and environmental issues at scale.<\/p><p>\n<b>Simon Little, CEO of Video Games Europe said<\/b>: \u201cThe report is a timely and valuable contribution to the conversation about mobile games in Europe. It reminds us of both the scale of the sector\u2019s economic contribution but also the wider reasons that mobile games matter, from broadening access to play and increasing consumer choice, to helping European studios compete successfully on the global stage.\u201d<\/p><p>\n<b>Notes to editors<\/b><\/p><ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nDownload \u201cMobile Matters: The Impact of Mobile Games for Europe\u201d: <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.king.com%2Fcorporate-and-media%2Fresearch-reports%2F&amp;esheet=54544337&amp;newsitemid=20260529376748&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=here&amp;index=1&amp;md5=0bf2db37de748860df05ec95e79f3e9b\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\nFor more information or to set up interviews with King, please contact:\n<br\/>Jack Evans Brown - <a  href=\"mailto:king@teneo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>king@teneo.com<\/b><\/a> - 07826 420 695\n<br\/>King Comms - <a  href=\"mailto:press@king.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>press@king.com<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\n<b>About King<\/b><\/p><p>\nWith a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world\u2019s most iconic games in the mobile games industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malm\u00f6, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.<\/p><p>\n<b>About VGE<\/b><\/p><p>\nSince 1998, Video Games Europe has ensured that the voice of a responsible games ecosystem is heard and understood. Its mission is to support and celebrate the sector\u2019s creative and economic potential and to ensure that players around the world enjoy the benefits of great video game playing experiences. Europe\u2019s video games sector is worth \u20ac26.8bn, and 54% of Europeans are video game players.<\/p><table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"bwtablemarginb bwblockalignl\" style=\"width:441px;\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwpadl0 bwtopsingle\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<sup>1<\/sup>Total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs (Direct, indirect, and induced)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwpadl0\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<sup>2<\/sup>Newzoo\u2019s Global Games Market Report 2025<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwpadl0\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<sup>3<\/sup>Newzoo\u2019s Global Games Market Report 2025<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bwvertalignt bwpadl0\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><p class=\"bwcellpmargin\">\n<sup>4<\/sup>Video Games Europe Key Facts Report 2024<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table><p>\n\u00a0<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\nJack Evans Brown - <a  href=\"mailto:king@teneo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>king@teneo.com<\/b><\/a> - 07826 420 695\n<br\/>King Comms - <a  href=\"mailto:press@king.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>press@king.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New report shows that more than 1,000 European mobile games studios contributed almost \u20ac6 billion to the European economy in 2025, supported more than 63,000 jobs1, and generated \u20ac7.53 billion in revenue from global audiences in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Mobile games ar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13653,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13652\/revisions\/13653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}