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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

Much of the game’s financial success can be attributed to how it has intertwined its likable characters with its monetization mechanics. The game relies heavily on the idea of players growing attached to specific characters and investing to make them a key part of their arsenal.

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Zenless Zone Zero, NTE and the new wave of Chinese games pushing the limits of free-to-play | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Since MiHoYo released Genshin Impact in 2020, an irreversible shift in perception happened across the gaming industry and among many gamers: free-to-play mobile games can actually be good?! Arguably, Genshin Impact had all the ingredients of a fully-fledged AAA console/PC game.

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How to Build Better Live Events with the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker

Game Refinery

The mobile market is incredibly competitive and there’s a growing number of AAA console and PC developers entering the fray. Here’s everything you need to know about using the Live Events Tracker to get the analysis you need to build the best live events framework for your mobile games, no matter what genres you operate in.

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Unity Games That Last: How Testing, Art, and LiveOps Drive Revenue and Retention 

iXie gaming

According to Udonis , 62% of users will uninstall a mobile game if they experience crashes, freezes, or errorshighlighting how critical performance stability is to player retention. QA as a Trust Mechanism Players expect frictionless experiences. Its about reinforcing brand credibility with every player session.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

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. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps).

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How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies

Deconstructor of Fun

In the mobile free to play area, additional capital also means the ability to fund long payback games at scale (e.g., 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). Are there any other exceptions?

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