Next Games Corporation, Half-Year Review 2018

Focus on preparing The Walking Dead: Our World for global launch - Seite 2

Gross Bookings does not include deferrals related to sales.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as operating profit, adjusted for depreciations, deferrals related to sales, licenses and commissions, as well as adjusted for listing expenses.
*Company hasadjustedH1 2017 Key Financial Figuresto Next GamesGroup figuresto ensurecomparabilitywithH1 2018 figures.

KEY OPERATIONAL METRICS:

		1-6/2018	1-6/2017
DAU		310 766	497 928
MAU		1 011 284	1 467 669
ARPDAU (USD)		0.22	0.22
ARPDAU (EUR)		0.19	0.20

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TEEMU HUUHTANEN:

The first half of 2018, Next Games has focused on preparing for new game launches. During this time we did not release new products and the development of our live game, The Walking Dead: No Man's Land continued on a similar path set in early 2018 without significant changes. The company's revenue was 10.5 million euros, whereas it was 19.5 million euros during the corresponding period in 2017. The company's ARPDAU figure was 0.19 euros. The difference to the corresponding period in 2017 was -0.01 euros.

After the reporting period on 12 July, we launched the location-based augmented reality game, The Walking Dead: Our World globally to 153 markets. We are very pleased with the success of the launch and the reception it has received both amongst the media and player audience.

On its opening week, the game achieved a top 10 position on App Store's game category in over 40 markets and on Google Play in over 10 markets, which indicates the game has generated wide interest. The game's revenue development has started promisingly and the first week's global ARPDAU metric was at 0.35 euros on average. Like all Next Games' games this game is being developed as a long term service. A week after global release we are in the very beginning of this journey, but the player community seems very committed when looking at player activity metrics. On average a player plays 7 sessions per day and spends 37 minutes in the game. The players have collectively completed 100 million missions and walked 9 million kilometers (5.5 million miles), which is 220 times around the Earth. The most active cities are New York, Paris and Tokyo.