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

PreMortem.Games

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. Seems like the unspoken game design rule has yet again proved itself here: anime, girls, and cats usually make content way more attractive to users.

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

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Optimizing Animations for Smooth Performance Animations add realism but can strain multiplayer performance. Optimization Techniques: Enable GPU Skinning: The GPU performs animation computations efficiently when GPU Skinning is turned on. Proper memory management ensures smooth, stutter-free multiplayer gameplay.

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Fan Collective Unimatrix 47 Looks at Star Trek: The Animated Series “Yesteryear” Episode

Game Industry News

Even if you’ve never watched an episode of The Animated Series , odds are, you’ve heard mention of the events that take place in “Yesteryear,” even if you are unfamiliar with the episode title. Fontana, it is perhaps the best of the animated episodes and one of the most influential. Written by D.C.

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Rumble Racing Star brings kart racing to Web3

Game Daily

Rumble Racing Star is a Mario Kart-alike with Web3 elements, published by DeLabs Games (part of 4:33 Creative Lab) in South Korea. Quinn Kwon: We were looking at different racing genres and we were inspired by lawnmower racing culture. It’s a really casual racing game.

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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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Daniel Macharia’s bold leap from banking to video games

PreMortem.Games

His journey took an exciting turn when he landed a full sponsorship from the French Embassy in Kenya to visit Rubika, a leading school for Video Games, 2D/3D Animation, and Design in France. He fell in love with driving games like C3 Racing, Forza, Turismo, and Project Scars. Everything always adds up when you look backwards.

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