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What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners

Game Refinery

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Throughout 2023 (and now 2024), Stumble Guys has become a collaborative machine, introducing players to everything from MrBeast , Barbie , Monopoly , Spongebob , Nerf , Rabbids , and many more.

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

And with that, the 2024 season comes to an end. For every year from 2014 to 2024 we shared two gems found on Steam and itch.io KinitoPET Desktop pets have risen to new popularity in 2024. The twin-stick shooter requires you to keep track of and fight the ever-closing game windows while evading enemies.

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Shooting for Success: Navigating the Ultra Competitive Shooter Genre

Deconstructor of Fun

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. Now we’re in 2024 -- and since 2020, we haven’t seen any new IP get a foothold into this market. The player base dropped from 80 million monthly active users in 2021 to 50 million by mid-2024.

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