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

Game Refinery

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. This has led to some wildly unusual combinations. Genshin Impact’s turn-based TCG minigame, Genius Invocation.

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Analysis • Unity’s decision to raise its prices should not come as a surprise

PreMortem.Games

Even as creatives in other entertainment industries continue to fight to make fair wages, a new front has opened in gaming as developers figure out what to do about Unity’s new fee structure. Digitalization has resulted in a glut in gaming content and increased marketing expenses. billion last year.

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VR Technology – hot or not?

Played with Fire

Fighting your fears or taking a walk through your future home before the foundation is even laid? Your favorite content creators – Theyre using VR too! Not just games – The VR industry is no longer just about games; it also includes education, medicine, and architecture. No problem!

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Tips For Writing a Video Game Story That WORKS

The Bottom Feeder

In other words: Is your story so good that people give you free advertising? And word-of-mouth is the best advertising.) It doesn't matter how good your content is if nobody sees it. During those hours of walking and fighting (and, in Baldur's Gate 3, searching 20000 identical crates), players will forget a ton of story.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

The decline of the whole genre in the Western markets was caused by a decline in two of the most significant sub-genres: Brawlers and Fighting Games. . #3 Action Games (revenue -18%, downloads +11%) This is a very broad genre with lots of different sub-genres from MOBAs to Runners. The Brawlers sub-genre is pretty much Brawl Stars.

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Deconstructor of Fun

It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals. Clash Royale was reminiscent of some popular Starcraft/Warcraft mods like Nexus Wars or Castle Fight. Supercell attempted to fight this trend by building better tools and a greater focus on user-generated content. There’s nothing bad in incremental innovation. Quite the contrary.

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"Don't Look Up": Satire in its Essence

Filmustage

People care about the truth, and they are willing to fight for it because they wanna know the truth. Or the problem of visual content consumption as in Sidney Lumet's "Network" (1976). Fight Club" dir.: David Fincher In addition, "Fight Club" itself is a witty critique of toxic muscularity. .: Menippean satire.

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