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The Mobile Games Industry In the Year 2023

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1 Organic Discovery Will Be Declared Deceased In 2023, the iOS and Play stores will be officially declared dead - and no funeral will be held. Likelihood of the prediction: 62% #3 Paid UA Becomes a Break-Even Game Advertising is a commodity and in a race to the bottom. Will Netflix launch its first proper hit game in 2023?

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From Music to Games: Dominique Gawlowski’s journey to shaping Free Lives’ culture

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In 2023, I had the pleasure of attending Playtopia Festival for the first time. In 2023, she was named Person of the Year by Games Industry Africa. Despite her parents being anti-games, she enjoyed racing games on her brother’s old Commodore and formed strategic friendships with kids who had Nintendos.

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From Buckles to Games: The Journey of Rex Bowden and Africa Games Week

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In a church filled with diverse races, I was exposed to lots of different people even when it wasn’t allowed in South Africa.” At AGW in 2023, Bowden fondly remembers spontaneously inviting delegates for an ocean swim, “I said, who wants to come for a swim with me? Bowden grew up in Durban. So that opened my mind.”

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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

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So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” ” IN OTHER NEWS Unity 6 announced At Unite 2023 in Amsterdam, Unity announced the next version of its game development engine, Unity 6, set for release next year. ”The drop that began to take shape in H2 2022 continued and even accelerated in 2023.

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Tales of Kenzera: Zau artfully portrays Abubakar Salim’s journey of grief

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In 2023, Abubakar rebranded his company from Silver Rain Games to Surgent Studios to expand Tales of Kenzera into various mediums beyond games. He explains, “Surgent Studios is all about telling stories inspired by human truth, beyond race or gender. When managing multiple projects, Abubakar says, “It’s a balance.

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The State of Gaming 2024: Trends in Marketing, Gaming, and Apps

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2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market. Racing Games: In contrast, racing games have shown modest growth, especially in regions like India and the Middle East, suggesting emerging markets' potential for specific game types. Apps vs. Games The balance between apps and games in the mobile market is shifting.

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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming

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The Idle Games have seen renewed growth with IP-driven games like The Office and RuPaul Drag Race, which are both keeping up their revenues despite the decline in downloads. So it's a fine balance between these high costs and also a higher return on ad spend. MID-CORE GAMES Mid-Core games are a very diverse category.