Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Torchlight Inifinite is an ARPG (action roleplaying game), and the fourth title in the series made by XD Entertainment. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. What we especially love is Rovio decided to make this an affordable premium game, rather than F2P.

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Unity game engine is one of the gaming industry’s premier game engines, used by development studios for everything from small-scale independent games to AAA titles. The post The Complete Guide to Unity Game Engine appeared first on Starloop Studios.

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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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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. Finally, we concentrated exclusively on the gaming industry. 4 mobile games developers, founded mainly by former King’s employees. —

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AWS Games

AUGUST 13, 2024

Introduction : The importance of selecting a proper game backend Selecting a game backend solution is one of the most significant decisions that game studios face during development. Harmony Games, a mobile game studio founded in 2023, considered two possible paths for solving the backend problem.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. You should start thinking of your LiveOps strategy from the moment you start developing your game.

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Starloop Studios

MAY 4, 2023

With every new console generation comes the anticipation of next-gen games and the experiences they can bring to players. The arrival of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S was met with similar excitement and curiosity as to what the new console generation would bring. At Magic Media, we are well-versed in [.]

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Technological advancements, especially in mobile and 5G technology, along with the emergence of cloud gaming services, are playing a pivotal role in enhancing the overall player experience. Console gaming has the highest players-to-payers conversion, mobile gaming has the lowest.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 15, 2023

KAP Games is a distribution and publishing platform that can best be described as a kind of Steam for Web3 browser and mobile games. It is currently listing more than 50 games including a number of first party titles, such as Brawl of Fame. “With our platform, we make it as easy as jumping onto Netflix. .”

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Giving a number to any game’s development expense is practically impossible. Because each step has its nuances, if one game became successful in a month, other developers could empty their whole bank account, and still, there’s no guarantee the target market will appreciate it. Well, it depends. Not necessarily.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

The unreliability of pre-registration numbers, the overestimation of brand equity, and the waning influence of first-party featuring are soon becoming recurring themes in mobile gaming; Squad Busters' launch throws these challenges into the spotlight. It’s particularly a poor showing of Supercell’s IP. After all, what’s there to lose?

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s mostly because mobile devices became the platform du jour to publish movie tie-in games and other similar shovelware-style titles. Development costs are lower, turnaround time is faster, expectations are lower, and audiences are larger on mobile, so it makes sense that licensors would go there.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. We want to make the best new games, period.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Similarities and differences. Stumble Guys. iOS downloads for Stumble Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs. Overall, the key insights from the August 2024 re-forecasts: Modest Market Growth: The gaming market is expected to see an uptick of 2.1%

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Having been the market leaders for years, these two are the main candidates for the title of the best game engine. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. The antithesis of hypercasual, but Shea said the results mean that a similar approach will now be deployed across all of Voodoo’s studios and games going forwards.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). Further, with publishing program’s like Epic’s , even very expensive games can be funded through a publishing partner. Are there any other exceptions?

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Which Game Engine Has The Best Visual Scripting Tools For No-Code Devlopment? In today’s tutorial we’re going to compare a few different game engines that come with built in visual scripting tools to help game developers make video games without code. Introduction to Visual Scripting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , Executive producer at N3TWORK, who is building his first blockchain game. Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sony aimed to redefine the handheld gaming experience and delivered on it while enjoying great success in the process. PSP was home to some of the most technically advanced game development on a handheld in its time. The DS appealed to a broad demographic, transcending traditional gaming boundaries.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

Deconstructor of Fun has teamed up with MY.GAMES, AWS, Unity, Data.ai, and Google to supercharge the Game Drive accelerator program. Our mission is to bring together the largest players in the gaming market to help smaller developers reach their potential. Read more and get accelerated! Deconstructor of Fun Podcast ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

The rules of the game are not established yet, and, as a game developer, you are expected to create them. On the other hand, it leads to a quite unstable business where you might have to pivot after a year of development. However, the hard part lies in experimenting with everything except the game development itself.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

History Most people in the western hemisphere may not be familiar with Call of Duty: Online (CoDO), a project kicked off in 2010 and announced in 2012 as a partnership between Activision and Tencent, with Activision in charge of development and Tencent as the Chinese publisher of record.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. Scopely’s Star Trek Fleet Command is the only 4X game from a Western developer with a spot in the top 10.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

And especially if it involves exclusive content, it can be punishing for a player joining the game months later to discover that there’s no way to obtain past cosmetics they like. From the developer side, exclusive content also means running a feared content treadmill and potentially having an ever-growing client size.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in game development. . iXie initially focused solely on game QA and specialized QA but recently the studio broadened its area of expertise to include game localization, art production, and 3D services. . Specialties: – Tech and Art Outsourcing, Game Development, and Game Training.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We can say with more confidence than ever that gaming is at the heart of media and entertainment. For the past decade, we’ve looked at mobile gaming as the driver of gaming growth, both in terms of new players and revenue generated. A failed live service game is a massive L for any console publisher.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. The game’s RPI curve has flattened only a little over a month post-launch. So is COD Mobile dead?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. On one hand, it makes sense that Netflix would want to be the Netflix of gaming. The Stranger Things companion games are an example of this.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nevertheless, now that the hype faded out and people are more focused on actually making games, the trade-off between decentralization and mass market reach should sway developers to forget about buzzwords. Where that first sentence worries most of the developers is secondary sales, i.e., sales happening between players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

Report: PC and console global gaming dipped to $92.3bn in 2022 Netflix Games unveils Mighty: Quest Rogue Palace and teases upcoming game from Super Evil Megacorp FTC seeks further details Microsoft's Nintendo, Nvidia agreements Unity and Croquet partner to make multiuser games “automatically” Twitch CEO Emmett Shear steps down CCP raises $40m for AAA (..)

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