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Analysis • Saudi Arabia spends big on gaming with acquisition of Scopely

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Top image: Marvel Strike Force by Scopely This week Savvy Games Group , a subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investments Fund, announced that it agreed to purchase Scopely , a privately held mobile game publisher, for $4.9 billion in video gaming assets globally. billion in video gaming assets globally.

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Supercell's Record Year: Crushing It, But At What Cost?

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billion (+77% YoY) EBITDA: 876 million (+78% YoY) Monthly Active Users: 300 million, the highest since 2014 This is a massive turnaround from 2023 when Supercell fell out of the top 10 mobile publishers. The team experimented with everything from esport to UGC and even went as far as removing gacha - only to put it back in.

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2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

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This implies that players switch between mobile, PC, and console. More Robust Franchises Have Gone Mobile There’s a significant increase in the use of smartphones in 2023. Top gaming companies have expanded their reach across different platforms, including mobile, console, and PC. But what does this mean for developers?

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The Game Developer’s Guide to AWS re:Invent 2022

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In this session , the company shared its esports journey from a stopgap solution to laying the foundation for the next generation of esports fandom with Project Stryker. Customer Sessions Game developers had a big presence at re:Invent, including spotlights in multiple keynotes and breakout sessions.

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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

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Specialties: – Concept Art, 3D Art, 3D Art, Illustration, Promo Art, 3D Animation, 2D Animation, Mobile Games, Video Games, UI, and Social Networks. Specialties: – Outsource art, VR Full-cycle, AR, External art / engineering development, art, partner, co-dev, and esports. Winking Corporation. Keywords Studio.

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Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?

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That means players engage more as a job (often as “scholars” from developing countries who borrow in-game assets from richer “sponsors” or “managers,” who receive a cut of their earnings) than for fun. Executive Summary Sky Mavis’ mission is far more about spurring economic opportunity through play rather than about building an amazing game.