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

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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

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In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months

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As one might have expected, we can see several oldies on our list: Bridge Race , Going Balls , Race Master 3D – Car Racing and Car Games 3D: Car Racing. The gameplay uses a simple time-sensitive touch mechanic where a user needs to activate 2D tiles to match the beat of various music tracks being played.

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IP Should Be the Next Big Thing in Mobile Gaming

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Based on a long tradition in mobile gaming, the companies get inspiration and borrow mechanics from each other to the point when the original creator becomes hard to trace. While borrowing mechanics, they sometimes occasionally borrow something more: an expression of those mechanics.

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Gorilla Softworks’ debut game The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism

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They have to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance the technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve their civilization. While the gameplay mechanics reflect the search for historical accuracy, the team of Gorilla Softworks didn’t try to go for realism in the visual presentation.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

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UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. Is it well-defined?

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7 Ways to Drastically Improve Your LiveOps: Learning from Clockmaker

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Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. They just liked the mechanics and continued playing until the event had ended. Try different combos, too.