Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature. Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published in March 2022.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Royal Match introduced the Space Mission race event in July 2022.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Elite Quest Vowed in Blood Action RPG: Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Continuing in the RPG genre, Level Infinite’s Goddess of Victory: NIKKE has been a huge success since it first appeared in November 2022, hovering around the top 20 on the Japanese market and the top 200 on the US market.

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Game Refinery

JULY 27, 2022

— Zooba (@ZooBattleArena) June 20, 2022. League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games). Behind the scenes, Riot Games has partnered with organizations supporting LGBTQIA+ populations, for example, ILGA-Europe. Beatstar featured on their Twitter page a drag queen artist Pabllo Vittar, whose song is also playable in the game.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Going the extra mile with your game and adding in just a few more features or touches does make a difference. Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. You’d think that army games and a relaxing experience wouldn’t mix. So ads won’t ever spoil what is arguably a perfect mobile game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% billion in 2022, according to the latest report from Ampere Analysis. The games market received an artificial surge in sales caused by the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. The games market received an artificial surge in sales caused by the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. to £5.38

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2023

The games market in China reached $45.5 billion in revenue in 2022 – that's including mobile, console and PC. Chinese games companies accounted for 47% of the mobile games revenue worldwide and 39% of the PC games revenue, a new report from Niko Partners showed.

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Game Biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The year 2022 was a tumultuous one for the world economy, with a number of factors contributing to a volatile market. The mobile gaming industry was no exception and experienced a significant drop in eCPM (effective cost per thousand impressions) due to these challenges. How Does eCPM in 2022 Compare to 2021?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. These three factors have traditionally made mobile gaming venture capital (VC) friendly, which brings in the capital that keeps the flywheel going.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For example, the DIY home improvement retail market was valued at $848.20B in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.73% from 2022 to 2030. No wonder it scores so well as mobile games. Dessert DIY games There’s a clear winner here as well generating 150 times more installs than its closest competitor.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) was passed in November 2022 and at the time was heralded as a proverbial "game patch" set to rebalance the digital playing field. But fast forward to today, with the effects of the DMA now taking shape in reality, what does this all really mean for the games and interactive entertainment industry?

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

A common way to monetize freemium mobile games is through in-app advertising, where ad placements are sold to generate profit from the entire player base. Freemium games reach wider audiences, but the risk of churn is always looming. Dragon City Mobile’s ad task event. Dragonscapes Adventure’s ad task event.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Our suggestion to all the game developers out there is to make the most out of these safe harbors while they still offer that sweet protection from the raging storm. Firstly, pretty much all of their users are engaging with their service through their mobile devices in addition to TV screens. And that’s a lot of eyeballs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

says that mobile consumer game spending hit $110 billion in 2022. The figure represents a decrease of 5% year-over-year, according to the State of Mobile 2023 report. Regarding mobile game spending, China led with $42.4 A new report from Data.ai billion in player spending. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2024

Mobile games made up 49% of total revenue generated by the global games market in 2023 at $90.4 Conducted between January 2022 and January 2024, the 2024 Mobile App Trends report found that in-app revenue for games apps increased 6% year-over-year, while consumer spending decreased 2% to $107 billion.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Top image: The House of Tesla by Blue Brain Games This year the Slovakian games industry is expected to generate an estimated €70.3 million in 2023, but a long way removed from the pandemic-induced highs of 2021 and 2022 (€80 million and €77.1 The majority of these games target the PC platform, accounting for 72.5%

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Games Industry Africa announced the winners of this year's Games Industry Africa Awards (GIAA). The organization said that recognition of the continent's talent pool is a way to aid the expansion and inspiration of the African game industry. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In 2020, not the best time for many sectors, the revenues of video game companies increased by 23.1% (Newzoo). However, everything changed when 2022 hit the world. According to data.ai, the size of the video game industry in 2022 amounted to $193 billion, a 5% decrease from the 2021 figures.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Only 15% of casual puzzle games in the US top grossing 200 have implemented it, despite it proving reasonably effective at boosting performance in several level-based puzzle games. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

increase over 2022, which itself was down 5% year-on-year. The data firm added it was "optimistic' for the PC and console segments, while mobile gaming is "likely to recover" after difficult conditions for the past couple of years. The compound annual growth rate from 2021 through 2026 was estimated at 1.3%. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

Six Peaks Games is one of them and, while technically a newcomer, it has decades of experience under its belt. In 2011, he founded Fuzzy Logic, a mobile games studio that eventually became specialised in AR and VR across various sectors.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 26, 2024

The Candy Crush maker has been utilising and researching machine learning and AI tech for over half a decade, which is even before it acquired Peltarion , the Swedish-based AI software company it picked up in 2022. In fact, one of those tools has already had a profound impact on the development of the hit mobile game.

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Juego Studio

JUNE 29, 2023

Mobile gaming has grown rapidly in the past decade thanks to the lockdown and the new emerging technologies. In 2022, the mobile gaming market alone accounts for 50% ($92 billion) of the revenue and it […] The post Mobile Game Development Cost : What Factors Influence the Price?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We review the game of the week: Talking Tom Time Rush from Outfit7 ✉️ Received this email from a friend? These are the Mobile Games Defying Economic Headwinds — and Why In data.ai These are the Mobile Games Defying Economic Headwinds — and Why In data.ai Subscribe here!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. This pattern aligns with broader VC trends in gaming: a surge in deal-making during 2021-2022, followed by a decline that remains above pre-pandemic levels.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022. For both of these cases, pixel games often work as a great basis. Released back in 2022, the game takes its inspiration from the widely popular Piano Tiles series by Umoni Games. The market has shrunk from 3.9B installs over the past three months.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox While consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S haven't flown off store shelves in India, mobile gaming continues to scale one peak after another in the country. Microsoft now has a team devoted to building its presence in India.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Finnish mobile game studio Fingersoft announced that it will now offer a six-hour working day option to its employees, for 90% of their full salary. The company experimented with the four-day week and the six-hour working day five days a week throughout 2021 and 2022.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The concept of a mobile game is worth thousands or even millions of dollars, which may not be enough. Some games, like Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, generate billions of dollars annually. For instance, in 2022 alone, Honor of Kings generated a whopping $1.8 It involves making users pay for the game.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Well, according to Newzoo , the games industry is bouncing back from the decline in 2022. Also, after two years of negative growth, due to difficult market conditions, especially around user acquisition, mobile gaming is likely to recover. But what do the numbers say?

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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

MARCH 13, 2025

With experience managing nine-figure user acquisition budgets and scaling successful titles, the company believes it can offer a superior alternative to traditional mobile game monetization models. The Real-Money Skill Gaming Market: A Massive Opportunity Skillz games are available on the App Store, Galaxy Store and the web.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

New year, new insights into the most innovative segment of the mobile gaming market: hyper-casual games! The much awaited “Hyper-Casual Benchmark Report” for Q4 2022 is here to provide you with up-to-date data on key performance indicators, user behavior, and trends in the hyper-casual gaming industry. Let us know!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

2022 was incredibly eventful (as you can read about below) and we are looking forward to starting the new year with all of you in a few days! 2022 GAMES AWARDS: And the winner is… The Biggest News Item of 2022 Looking back, 2021 was truly booming in terms of game news. 2022 has been the opposite.

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Moonmana

JULY 4, 2022

Average weekly time spent playing video games worldwide as of January 2021, by age group. Source Statista 2022. In addition, the spread of smartphones has added the extension of game development experiences for users by making them more realistic and entertaining. . 2022 Game Development Trends. lifestreaming.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% This growth is largely driven by a strong slate of releases in 2023 and the enduring popularity of cross-platform titles and evergreen games. from 2022 to 2027. year-on-year, reaching $43.2

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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