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Webinar Recap: How Mobile Game Developers Are Using IP Collaborations to Enhance LiveOps

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Of course, the film had a lengthy marketing campaign, and earlier spikes may have coincided with trailers and other advertisements. One such game mode was Jellyfishing , where two teams raced to capture a designated number of jellyfish.

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

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Many developers have invested in more innovative gameplay mechanics to broaden the audiences they can advertise to, with the diversification of game genres being a natural extension of that. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising. This has led to some wildly unusual combinations.

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The State of Gaming 2024: Trends in Marketing, Gaming, and Apps

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Racing Games: In contrast, racing games have shown modest growth, especially in regions like India and the Middle East, suggesting emerging markets' potential for specific game types. Mobile games command a dominant 67% share of global gaming ad spend, with PC and console games trailing at 28%.

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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming

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As device specs and internet bandwidth keeps on improving it might be a matter of time before we start seeing certain mobile gaming genres in direct competition against the PC and Console platforms that offer outsized value through their subscription services. The mobile gaming market is mature yet constantly evolving.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

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In terms of revenue, the genres that took the most damage were: #1 Racing (revenue -28%, downloads +8%) The genre was down early a third down due to a decline across all titles. And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well. while the net revenues declined by 11% to $38.2B. Until next week. ?

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8 Key Factors to Ensure Flawless Nintendo Testing

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It might be interesting to read on 6 Best Console Game Testing Practices to Wow Your Players What Does Nintendo Testing Involve? Like any other console and game testing exercise, Nintendo testing involves a lot of work. Therefore, blind testing Nintendo games and consoles may lead to missed issues. A comprehensive test strategy.

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Banning Hit Box Controllers

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Gamepads must be allowed as well because they are the stock controllers on the consoles these games ship on. It would be too bad of a situation to tell new players that using the default controller of their console is BANNED, and no one is calling for this. Hit Box’s advertising emphasizes these benefits as well.

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