Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B A game that really fell during 2022 losing nearly half of its revenues in the process.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As many of our peers are considering shifting their games to P2E, the question everyone is asking is whether this new business model can create sustained success, or whether it’s just the latest hype-driven bubble set to burst. Naturally, mobile game companies are in constant search of new blue spots in the red ocean to compete in.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Casino on Mobile Trends, Demographics, Audience, and IPs. The drop of downloads will most likely lead to declining revenue in 2022. It is very unlikely that any other game will challenge Coin Master. 2022 Predictions #3: Wide Appeal becomes essential.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. Stumble Guys. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 31, 2023

The definition and feasibility of “true ownership” as a concept in Web3 is vastly misunderstood and played fast and loose with for fun and profit. Podcast Gaming Roundup ??????? Microsoft’s mobile gaming opportunity UK relaxes anti-competition concerns on Microsoft-Activision deal What if Meta launches a mobile app store?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments. What does an FX artist do?

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA. Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Until now, Cyberpunk 2077 was labeled the most expensive game of all time; however, it’s expected to lose its title soon.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Candace Thomas (Game Designer) , a veteran designer with vast experience in the MMO genre, having worked at World of Warcraft , the canceled Lord of the Rings MMO by Amazon Studios, and more recently at upcoming Riot’s MMO (wait, is this bad news for the LoL MMO!? billion downloads weekly - how healthy is the mobile games market?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. If you look at the top 30 new downloaded games in 2022, what you’ll find out is that none of them was a hypercasual game. Missed a previous newsletter? year-over-year).

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2022

But despite what may look like a pivotal battle, in reality, these players are a minority within a huge gaming population that is dominated by a single gaming platform - mobile. In 2022, it’s undebatable that the main gaming platform chosen by most people in the world is their smartphone.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Expect more acquisitions, new game releases and revenue diversification efforts (also outside mobile games) from Playtika, as it prepares to bulk up before an imminent 2020 IPO. Also, a Revenue by Strategic Segment graph showcasing a 41% contribution to overall revenues through their mobile gaming portfolio (“Digital”).

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. Given the lack of copyright enforcement, all western games were pirated, making premium games a losing proposition. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Both of these methods can be used for cross-platform game releases including mobile games, PC games, and console games. This blog post contains many sections on concepts and architecture that are similar or identical to those in a past post about Unity, which can be found here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. Netflix for sure has all the money and the customers to execute big on their gaming strategy. Though same was said of Amazon…. Why pay $17.99?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. 2020 was a very good year for mobile games. Merge games will represent the majority of new entrants to the puzzle market in 2021.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

2022 has been a tough roller coaster for blockchain games. I think there is a lot to talk about, so let’s start with looking at what happened during that rollercoaster ride of 2022. The VC investment in blockchain games decreased significantly for the last half of 2022 (source: Jon Jordan ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There is also the fact that the App Store allows certain price tags for IAP items which completely destroys the concept of secondary market. It’s tempting to treat these updates as a way of Apple saying “Death to blockchain games!”. year-on-year Newzoo forecasts game market will shrink 4.3% to $184.4B to $184.4B to $184.4B

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

However, we are missing the forest for the trees when we try to stick to a couple of high-level concepts instead of seeing the larger picture. Gaming Roundup ??????? As discussed above, one of the biggest incentives for creators to exist in web3 marketplaces is the recurring creator royalty.

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