Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The average check size for Early-stage VC-backed gaming studios has fluctuated notably between 2020 and 2024. In 2024 YTD, a slight rebound indicates cautious optimism but continued conservatism in investment size. In 2024 YTD, ten deals totaled $49m in disclosed funding. over 38 rounds during the same period.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Succinctly, the Play Pendulum theory suggests that the video game industry alternates between two primary types of innovation: content innovation and distribution innovation. With this framework in mind, we can explore how different eras of the industry have oscillated between content and distribution innovation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai Mobile Marketing Trends Mobile marketing has become increasingly sophisticated, with a growing emphasis on building lasting user relationships and leveraging user-generated content. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape.

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Yotes Games

MAY 6, 2024

BGP will now be releasing in 4 parts throughout the year (seasonal style) starting with the prologue "Arrival Story" coming by the end of this month [ May 2024 ]. Act II and Act III will be released months later as free content updates. And there are plans, but not promises, to also release a PC version on Steam this year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

The problem is that at the end of 2024, the market is still noticeably smaller than it was three years ago in 2021. PC games grew driven by dominating live service franchises and a slew of innovative AA titles. Yet I don’t believe that will happen in 2024. The inflation in EU and US is above 3% today.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

If market trends, especially on PC and Console, are something you want to hear more about, I highly suggest you check out my conversation with Newzoo’s Head of Consulting, Ben Porter below. During the lockdown years companies grew in headcount to supply content against the massive surge of demand.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Since its launch in 2018, Epic Games Store has spent bucket loads of money on giving away free games, in order to attract PC gamers away from Steam. “In 2024, we have plans to level up both the partner and player experience.” Success has been hard to come by.

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

Extended iteration, dozens of different platforms, numerous online project validations, extensive user device coverage, continuous issue fixes, and detailed optimizations have made Cocos Runtime a mature, high-performance, highly available, multiple instances, and secure commercial mini-game and interactive digital content runtime SDK.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

They are advancing real-time content generation, text summarization, customer service chatbots, and question-answering use cases. However, many use cases that would benefit from running LLMs locally on Windows PCs, including gaming, creativity, productivity, and developer experiences. Get started with this application now.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. Oscar Salandin is named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In this essay, I will provide you with an overview of the market, discuss the role of apps versus games, the major changes impacting the games business in 2024, and conclude with what may be the future of this rather negative scenario. In theory, AI promises rapid dynamic personalization for users on the content side.

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Game Errors

APRIL 12, 2023

Table of contents: Update your Network Drivers Disable Windows Firewall Give admin privileges to Battlefield’s.exe file Verify the integrity of your game files 1. We recommend Drivefix, a dedicated tool designed to find, install and download the best driver for your PC without breaking a sweat. ⇒ Get DriverFix 2. .”

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sony holds its exclusive State of Play event every year where they announce new products, intellectual properties and exclusive content for previously released games. It was a 20-minute-long video release that featured a few new trailers and some advertisements for some exclusive Sony content. State of Sony so Far.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 12, 2020

Below is the graph of historical (2015–2019) and projected (2020–2024) free cash flow of both Zynga and Supercell by linear extrapolation (not necessarily our belief of what will happen) for the two companies. Clash Royale drew heavy inspiration from Starcraft Nexus Wars, a PC game, but significantly improved the experience for mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio. This has led to a resurgence in the value of IP in the market, as it is now harder to get new users.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

The use of game engines to generate interactive content is a common choice for people these days. It is also used for console and PC games, as well as in the metaverse, such as reality shows and simulating megacities. Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

Being the way a player interacts with all of a game’s content, UI is naturally central to the experience, thus one of the most fundamental aspects a game’s design needs to address is matching up that design with its corresponding system requirements, including the display device! It had to wait.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 19, 2024

This Is Great News For My Business Flatteringly, PC Gamer asked for my opinions about Baldur's Gate 3. If I could make one change to the Larian design aesthetic: Yes, gamers love content. FIFTY EMPTY BOXES ARE NOT CONTENT. In 2024, a game with a ton of reading can do well, but it won't be a megahit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most of the games on blockchain run either on browser or PC. The rules regarding IAP methods are now the following: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets, etc.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2025

2024 was a year of recovery and strategic recalibration for the gaming industry. b) The PC & console segment stood out with reputable developers undergoing sales processes (e.g., Work-for-hire services on the rise: Following ~15,000 layoffs in 2024, publishers are increasingly relying on work-for-hire services.

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