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2024 Feature Mobile 
Game Refinery
MARCH 27, 2025
From PUBG x Dragon Ball to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE x Nier: Automata and State of Survival x Resident Evil , collaboration events with renowned franchises have consistently demonstrated their ability to significantly enhance mobile game performance. Below, we go through the highlights.
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Game Refinery
MARCH 20, 2025
With all that immense popularity, its perhaps unsurprising to note that anime has crept into the mobile market, too. But its not just collaboration events that feature anime; there are also an overwhelming number of titles entirely based on popular IPfrom Dragon Ball: Legends and One Piece: Bounty Rush to Fate/Grand Order.
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Game Refinery
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
The post Announcing the 2024 Mobile GameDev Awards appeared first on GameRefinery.
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Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 7, 2025
Our track record for 2024 predictions: 4 correct 1 partly correct 1 wrong See what we missed and why below. Thats the mobile market of today. To top it all, the geopolitical environment only got worse in 2024. Due to the five factors above, the mobile market continued to stagnate. We certainly dont always get it right.
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Game Refinery
MARCH 11, 2024
Mobile GameDev Awards celebrate innovation and excellence in live event design within mobile games.
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Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.
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Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
If you’re looking for ways to improve player retention for your mobile game, hosting a collaboration event with a well-known franchise as part of your LiveOps might be the answer you’re looking for. To figure out what makes a brand collaboration successful, let’s look at some recent examples of in-game collaboration events in mobile games.
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Game Refinery
MAY 30, 2024
Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Tencent’s PUBG Mobile, and Riot’s League of Legends: Wild Rift) might just have the answers you’re looking for. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.
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Big Games
JANUARY 9, 2025
The gaming world is changing fast, and mobile phones are leading the charge. Mobile gaming becomes more impressive with every new smartphone release, making traditional gaming methods out of vogue. Nowadays, with the introduction of mobile 3D games in the market, many game enthusiasts will eventually surpass it.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 10, 2024
Supercell believes there's room for more mobile games to be highlighted during events like Summer Game Fest. The Finnish developer was the only company to have a mobile-only game featured during this year's showcase on Friday, with the star-studded live-action trailer for Squad Busters promoting its most recent hit.
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Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 2, 2024
In a recent episode of the Deconstructor of Fun podcast, Daniel and Mishka share a wealth of fresh insights and tactical strategies for sustainable growth, diving into the key trends shaping gaming and apps in 2024. Seven Trends Redefining 2024 1. Here’s a snapshot of the notable shifts in the industry right now.
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Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 7, 2025
Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. Mobile, PC, consolethey dont pick one, they pick all of them. Some key trends: Gen Z plays more across mobile, PC, and console than any other generation. What Makes Gen Z Unique?
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AWS Games
AUGUST 15, 2024
Among the impressive lineup is a generative AI kiosk featuring Ada, an in-game, non-player character (NPC) created using the MetaHuman framework in Unreal Engine 5 and Amazon Bedrock , a toolset for building generative AI applications. Tuesday, August 20 Accelerating Game Development with AWS and Revolgy featuring AWS for Games Sr.
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AWS Games
MARCH 6, 2024
Featured partners include Perforce, JetBrains, Incredibuild, AccelByte, Pragma, Heroic Labs, Scenario, NVIDIA, Modulate, and Endava. AWS for Games GDC 2024 session highlights Wednesday, March 20 10:30-11:00am: Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!, Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.
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GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
In its latest statement as part of a CMA investigation looking into mobile browsers and the cloud gaming market, the company said that "despite the changes Apple made to [its g]uidelines between January and March 2024, many of them still represent an obstacle to cloud gaming native apps." Read more
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Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 28, 2025
And with that, the 2024 season comes to an end. What a year it has been, with the number of Godot submissions in game jams rising to new heights, more people working for the Godot Foundation than ever before , and most industry award shows featuring one if not more games made with Godot. The feature freeze for 3.6
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Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. We got to work with professional writers and craft stories featuring iconic characters. The team poured their hearts into the work.
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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. The average check size for Early-stage VC-backed gaming studios has fluctuated notably between 2020 and 2024. In 2024 YTD, ten deals totaled $49m in disclosed funding.
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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 4, 2024
Following another big week in terms of headcount reductions, interactive entertainment is on track to shed a record number of jobs in 2024. Since the start of the year, there have been 7,800 announced layoffs so far in 2024 , compared to 10,500 for all of 2023 and 8,500 in 2022. Each has let go of a similar portion of its workforce.
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Logic Simplified
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
This post was originally published on [ 22-06-2021 ] and has been updated on [ 30-09-2024 ] to reflect new information and insights. Smartphones are as much a tool for entertainment as they are for communication, and mobile games rule the roost for keeping users entertained.
Logic Simplified
APRIL 1, 2024
UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Testing: Each feature, as well as the mechanics of the game, need to be tested for quality control. Unreal Engine has fast grown to be the most trusted engine in the world.
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Logic Simplified
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Hailing from the casual gaming brigade, these games have become synonymous with the mobile gaming experience, delivering entertainment at your fingertips with just a few taps. The Numbers Dont Lie Endless runner games have captivated mobile gamers worldwide, seamlessly blending simple mechanics with engaging gameplay. And guess what?
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AWS Games
MARCH 27, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
2023 turned out to be no less challenging for the mobile market than the year before. With the success rate of the new games released drastically low, one can’t help but ask two questions: When releasing a game in 2024, which genre should I choose to make the most of it? This article is written by Alexandra Doroshenko from AppMagic.
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 12, 2024
The AppMagic Hypercasual games recap for the second quarter of 2024 unveils some interesting information about this specific part of the mobile games market. General Market Trends Compared to Q1 2024, the market has shifted down by 11%, amassing 3.38B installs.
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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 10, 2025
Luke Muscat is no stranger to success in the mobile gaming world. I had never actually shipped any gameplay features with code I had written. After several attempts, he landed on Feed the Deep , a 2D deep-sea diving roguelike with procedurally generated caves, which launched in August 2024. Why did you become a solo developer?
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Deconstructor of Fun
JUNE 24, 2024
The mobile market continues to evolve rapidly, driven by shifting user behaviors, technological advancements, and emerging economic trends. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape. Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai
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Logic Simplified
AUGUST 12, 2024
It not only offers amazing features and advantages but also the flexibility to extend the functionality to make an extremely advanced website. The top WordPress trends that hold enormous potential in 2024, as seen through our critical lens, are listed below. dollars in 2020 and 2021 to nearly 50 billion U.S. WordPress 6.1
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
While some deals are still happening, most companies have full slates of games planned through 2024, that’s why they are hitting the brakes on new investments. We’ve launched 151 Web Shops this year and are featured in 40 of the top 100 mobile games. Absolutely chicken! “In
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AWS Games
JULY 16, 2024
Azur Games , a mobile game publisher and developer, recently achieved over 8 billion game installs across their portfolio of hypercasual games. A hypercasual game is a simple, easy-to-play mobile game with low barriers to entry. Screenshot of Kingdom Clash, published by CASUAL AZUR GAMES.
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Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. Catizen — one of the top Telegram success stories — earned $25 million in revenue as of September 2024 with over 1 million paying users.
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Deconstructor of Fun
MAY 6, 2024
It’s likely you’ve seen these playable ads on social media or mobile news feeds - they often resemble mini-games or animations that users can play around with or view. They are typically found on mobile devices as part of a larger app or within mobile web browsers.
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OPM Jobs
APRIL 13, 2023
Jump to: January February March April May June July August September October November December January 2024 events and dates TBC Mobidictum Network 13th – 14th | Istanbul, Turkey A smaller-scale games industry event for up to 300 attendees, Mobidictum covers many topics across a full itinerary of speakers with plenty of networking.
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AWS Games
MARCH 8, 2024
Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones. Additional features have been added to deploy more production-oriented services, such as Unity’s cache server. The issue of cache volatilization in stateless instances can be solved by leveraging AWS features.
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 23, 2024
At the same time we tried to give our unique twist to the gameplay with our mask-system and deep RPG features, giving a lot of new possibilities to the players to try different builds and approaches. Jyamma games, founded in Milan in 2019, initially focused on mobile games like Hi-Ball Rush and Cowzuuka.
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 19, 2024
At the same time we tried to give our unique twist to the gameplay with our mask-system and deep RPG features, giving a lot of new possibilities to the players to try different builds and approaches. Jyamma games, founded in Milan in 2019, initially focused on mobile games like Hi-Ball Rush and Cowzuuka.
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AWS Games
AUGUST 13, 2024
Harmony Games, a mobile game studio founded in 2023, considered two possible paths for solving the backend problem. With a beta launch of its first game “Domino Adventures” (a casual mobile game in the connect tiles space, with an RPG twist) just months away, Harmony also needed a solution that could be implemented quickly.
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Logic Simplified
JULY 2, 2024
A good UI UX design focuses on creating a website that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing while being optimized for mobile devices. Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform that has been used to create more than 124,071 live websites, as of May 2024. How Magento Can Improve Customer Journey Optimization?
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
By February 2024, the team had grown to three with the addition of Clémence Geurts, who was initially hired for a future project. ” Catching souls Perhaps the most innovative feature in Necro Story is its soul-catching system, a mechanic that adds both urgency and reward to the game’s combat.
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Filmustage
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
But, as we already mentioned, the digital world does not stand still: new names have appeared, and familiar products are acquiring new features to meet customer needs and keep up with the times. Good pre-production software includes features for risk assessment and mitigation planning. Budget and Cost Consider your budget constraints.
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Game Development News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Xsolla Expands Its Offerings to Support Developers with Advanced Web Shop Features, Robust Parental Control Solutions, and New Payment Options in Cambodia and Indonesia. …
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Deconstructor of Fun
OCTOBER 1, 2024
It’s well-known that our analysis of Call of Duty Mobile was printed on the wall of the studio to motivate the team to beat our early predictions. Everything looks tiny when compared with one of the biggest mobile games in history. Brawl Stars looks and plays like a mobile MOBA. What would be my thesis to rally the team?
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PreMortem.Games
JUNE 20, 2023
In 2024 it will be 10 years since I wrote the first lines of code and I never planned to spend more than 2 or 3 years on it!” It started as my second practice project, a very simple OutRun clone for mobile phones, and now it’s available on consoles with an actual publisher behind and tens of thousands of copies sold.
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