Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

In a recent podcast featuring Lexi Sydow , Director of Corporate Marketing and Insights at Sensor Tower, several key insights were shared about the current state and future of mobile gaming, mobile marketing, and the dynamic between apps and games. Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai

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Game Daily

AUGUST 21, 2023

The most active sectors by value were technology (24 percent), followed by mobile and esports (19 percent each), mobile cloud gaming (18 percent) and console / PC (15 percent). The console and PC sector saw a 38 percent share of activity by value. Other deals in the offing include Savvy Games Group’s $4.9

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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. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company. Quite the contrary.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

FX: Visual Alchemy “FX is everywhere in movies, TV, games and advertising—frosty breath, blood splatter, bullet hits, sparks, clouds, ocean extensions and splashes. Their work can include artwork for film, elements for video games, advertisements, graphic design, book cover art, and more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Regular mobile game economies are deeper and more consumable-based than those in cosmetic-driven games , which means that Passes on these games can provide more rewards (currencies, boosters, upgrade resources, etc) and keep them perceived as valuable. Some of those games are cross-played with PC and Console.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

You have some Web sites, there are commercial businesses, you have an advertising economy, you have a payments processing economy. You should be able to build a game within Fortnite. A lot of highly acclaimed developers who can make a lot of money from the App Store or from console, which is instead to make their game in Fortnite.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Likelihood of the prediction: 62% #3 Paid UA Becomes a Break-Even Game Advertising is a commodity and in a race to the bottom. The advertising networks know that if we make $10 per player, it is their job to sell that player to us for $9.99. Sure, they are running out of money, but that’s mainly because advertisers pulled out.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Facebook used games for growth and discarded them quickly as it didn’t need them anymore. The platform killed the booming gaming business by handicapping the distribution channels used to grow our games. I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

TWiG #231 - Xbox Admits Defeat in the Console Wars + Riot & Activision Gender Discrimination Lawsuits How did Metacore land one of Hollywood's hottest stars at the absolute peek of his fame? The fact is, that Rovio, just like most of the mobile gaming companies, is a declining business right now.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

You need to be able to do very targeted advertising, which is severely impacted by ATT. Re-engagement advertising has also been decimated by ATT. billion in September quarter but lowers outlook NCSoft invests $15M in Mysten Labs for Web3 gaming infrastructure Square Enix' s H1 sales dip to $1.1 All that is lost with ATT.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 21, 2022

You also need your marketing team to be laser-focused on improving the marketability of the game which includes identifying the characteristics of your most valuable players and finding more players just like them. We are using what we call smart bidding in conjunction with Firebase.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 19, 2024

Growth in Cross-platform Gaming Cross-platform games have become more popular than ever. This implies that players switch between mobile, PC, and console. Well, this implies that developers have had to work more on cross-platform games, ensuring they deliver seamless cross-platform experiences.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Last month , Finnish game developer and publisher Tower Pop announced a $2.1 million investment for its upcoming Web3 game Omega Royale. How does the tower defense (TD) genre – generally associated with casual, mobile gaming – fit into the Web3 world? Let’s take a look.

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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. But especially on mobile, in the post-IDFA world, the developers will likely be more open to adopting an IP that can broaden their appeal and lower CPIs.

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