[This Week's Game News] 'It's Cheating, Evei!' Advancing in 'Pokémon Card Game'
The end of June was marked by the news of the imminent arrival of the "Therdomon era," which sent shivers down the spines of those fearing the scorching heat. The game market was abuzz with the global rise of "Pokémon Card Game Pocket."
On the 26th, 'Pokémon Card Game V', introduced a new expansion pack called 'Eevee Garden' which added the popular Pokémon Eevee and its evolved forms. Eevee has an impressive eight evolved forms including Shamiche, Jupithur, Booster, and Nymphia. It is one of the steadfast popular characters, ranking alongside the mascot of the game, 'Pikachu,' from the first generation to the present.
The impact of this update was truly powerful, as it immediately entered the top of the revenue charts, reaching number 1 in Japan's App Store and number 2 in the US, among other major mobile markets worldwide, right after the update.
[PC Online Game News] Summer has come, Maplestory has come too.
In the "The Log," a PC gaming statistics service released by MoreLog, looking at the 'June 3rd Week PC Room Rankings,' it can be seen that 'Maple' continued its two-week upward trend.
Maplestory conducted the 'Assemble (ASSEMBLE)' summer showcase on July 7th to celebrate the release of the new job 'Ren.' The game has been gradually rolling out various events including a pre-registration event and a cultivation event for Ren, the introduction of the second skill core 'Ascend Skill' for the sixth class advancement, and other diverse events.
Since then, 'Maple' has recorded a sharp increase, with the highest usage rate in the history of PC room rankings over the past 20 days. Following this, it saw a usage increase of nearly 289%, which is about three times more than the previous week, climbing to the top two in the PC room ranking for June's third week.
Along with this, the usage time for 'Path of Exile,' which underwent a new league 'Secret of Atlas' update on the 16th, more than doubled, managing to enter the top 20 ranks for the first time in a long while, drawing attention.
[Domestic mobile game news] MaBi Mobile boosted by update
The domestic mobile game market was in the spotlight due to "MapleStory M" (hereinafter referred to as Maple M) ranking second in sales. On the 16th, Maple M introduced a new update titled 'Flash of the Wasteland,' adding various contents such as the original story 'Goddess of Aran: Chapter 2 - The Wasteland Witch,' new regions 'Banhor' and 'Gayrekh Hill,' and a new class 'Electro Mage.'
After the update, rumors spread that "developers went on vacation" due to frequent maintenance, causing users to complain about inconvenience. However, after returning to normal service, the game 'MaBi Mobile' saw a significant increase in revenue and climbed back up to 2nd place on the Google Play sales chart.
In contrast, Netmarble's 'Seven Knights River' (hereinafter referred to as Seven Knights River) maintained its position as the top-grossing game for two consecutive weeks, but fell to 5th place due to a decline in update effects. Similarly, 'Victory Goddess: Nike,' which showed an upward trend last week, dropped to 11th place in terms of sales.
["Overseas Mobile Game News] "'It's so underhanded!' The storm caused by 'Pokémon Card Game Pocket'"
The overseas mobile game market is notably highlighted by the storm caused by The Pokémon Company's 'Pokémon Card Game Pocket'. On the 26th, 'Pokémon Card Game Pocket' released a new theme expansion pack 'Eevee Garden', featuring the appearance of Eevee and its 8 evolution types.
The expansion pack includes all 8 evolutionary forms of Eevee, as well as "Eevee ex" and "Booster ex" among other "Eevee Friends." In addition, Pokemon themed around desserts such as Nidoran Female, Magby, and Magikarp were also released. With the release of all evolutionary forms of Eevee, a Pokemon that symbolizes the franchise alongside Pikachu, the impact was enormous. The game quickly climbed the ranks after the update, reaching #1 in Japan and #2 in the US, showing a steep increase in popularity.
Looking at the situation country by country, in the case of Japan, Netmarble's 'The Seven Deadly Sins' collaborated with 'I Am The Only One Leveling Up,' and introduced various new characters and special events, resulting in a rise to 4th place in sales.
Here, Konami's 'eFootball', which has been affected by the issues surrounding the 'Club World Cup' due to the transfer market and prize money amounting to 1.3 trillion won, ranked second. Last week's surprise number one, GameSight's 'Shadowverse: World Beyond', fell to fifth place.
중국은 새로운 신작이 이슈를 받았다. 바로 텐센트의 ‘FC 모바일’(중국명 FC 足球世界-2025)이다. 무려 7년간의 현지 베타 서비스를 거쳐 지난 5월 26일 중국 정식 서비스를 시작한 ‘FC 모바일’은 레전드 축구 선수 ‘베컴’을 앞세운 이벤트와 함께 신규 카드팩 및 이벤트를 진행. 중국 앱스토어 순위 5위로 뛰어올랐다.
In addition, Dungeon Fighter Mobile maintains its 8th place position, while miHoYo's 'Genshin Impact,' which had risen to 2nd place last week, has dropped back to 9th place.
The United States saw 'Pokémon Card Game POCKET' rise dramatically by 25 places to reach 2nd position, causing all other existing games' rankings to drop. Meanwhile, 'Pokémon GO!' which entered the top ranks due to a new update managed to maintain its 5th place, also making it impressive that out of the top 5, Pokémon games accounted for two spots.
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