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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using Anime to Boost Engagement and Revenue Across the Globe

Game Refinery

Anime has always had an immense following in Japan and Asia, but its popularity in the West has grown significantly over the past decade. The US anime market is expected to be valued at over $60bn by 2030 , more than twice what it was a decade ago.

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

Game Refinery

QQ Speed An arcade racer implementing TCG mechanics The first game on our list is QQ Speed , an arcade racing game with a manga-inspired art style that’s been very successful in the Chinese market. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising.

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The New 4X Strategy Hit, The Ants, Stands Out With Its Unique Theme and Heavy Emphasis on Social Elements

Game Refinery

As in 4X titles generally, the player is first familiarized with the base (called anthill in The Ants) and its construction mechanics and is soon introduced to the core gameplay map for some resource collecting and enemy fighting. The rough core loop is as follows: Troops collect resources and fight others on the core game map.

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What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners

Game Refinery

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. All these crossovers come in different shapes and sizes too, spanning everything from fashion brands, automotive, anime, TV, movies, and even other video games. Their secret to success?

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The RPG Report, and the worst things in RPGs

Keith Burgun

Kind of “adolescent anime” feeling story, a little silly and a little too fantastical in its basic universe for me, but seems well written. Bad FIGHT pacing. Basically, players don’t want to fight the same fight over and over again. Here are some quick bullet points, though! A bad narrative setup.

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All Time Favorite MS DOS Games

Game Designing

An upgrade to WarCraft, Tides of Darkness provided a number of advanced features, including fighting over sea and air (not just on land). As the last surviving marine sent to stop the demons, players must fight to keep them from destroying everything. This sequel sees players taking on the role of a ruler over one of 13 races.

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7 Ways to Drastically Improve Your LiveOps: Learning from Clockmaker

Deconstructor of Fun

The real-life characters from the game's timeline encourage the player to collect lightning to power their electrical devices and win the progress race. Of course, the responses were quite diverse and difficult to process, but we were able to identify a couple of themes that interested our players: animals and ecology.