Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

We launched the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker to provide an all-in-one platform that allows users to monitor their competitors and live events in real-time, get daily updates, and analyze the features and mechanics proving the most popular with players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

The best strategies now tap into social connections with features like: Friend suggestions and group invites Competitive challenges Social leaderboards Co-op gameplay and team-based experiences The Multi-Platform Reality Gen Z plays everywhere. For developers, this means old-school re-engagement tactics arent enough.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

It incorporated all the usual features in these events, including a battle pass, various gacha, and new cosmetic items themed around the partner IP. Just like Riot, you can use limited-time events to test new gameplay ideas and features. This enormous event ran for almost two months, from July 13 until September 4.

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Stargaze was featured in The Big Adventure Event hosted by Hitcents. Mixture is VR self co-op – single player VR fusion of 2 characters – knight and alchemist. We were also very excited to start a publishing partnership with Beyond Frames. Together we’ll deliver you the most potent Mixture !

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads. iOS downloads for Stumble Guys. Special emotes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 14, 2025

It has achieved significant cultural awareness, too: Duolingo has 14M TikTok followers, is a key partner in Netflixs Squid Games 2 marketing and was featured in the $1B global hit movie Barbie. Leaderboards & Leagues are, of course, a proven feature in games - and lead to better engagement/retention in Duolingo, too.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2023

A lot of ink has been spilled on the debacle of Overwatch 2 canceling their co-op PvE “Hero Mode”. Putting emotions aside, I think it’s worth re-examining why co-op PvE seemed like a good idea in the first place, and what went wrong in development. I’ve seen both sides of the coin here and can speak from experience.

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Game Errors

MARCH 30, 2023

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSaints Row IV Continue by turning off the Threaded Optimization feature. Why does Saint Row 4 keep crashing in co-op? Many players also reported encountering co-op crashes in Saints Row 4. Hit the Add button. Choose Browse. Now, add the folder in the following path.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

What a year it has been, with the number of Godot submissions in game jams rising to new heights, more people working for the Godot Foundation than ever before , and most industry award shows featuring one if not more games made with Godot. The feature freeze for 3.6 Enjoy co-op gaming and procedurally generated worlds in Unrailed 2.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features. These events have been featured in some other casual games from different genres, complimenting the core gameplay and expanding the event rotation.

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Game Errors

MAY 18, 2023

Payday 2 presents a complex and challenging co-op experience delivering its virtual heists. The co-op model is one of the better ones you can come across soon, and we recommend you play Payday 2 with friends. However, what to do if your Steam validation process gets stuck at a certain percentage forever?

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 12, 2019

In case you missed the previous episode: Mobile Publishing #1: Deconstructing Scopely's path to $1B with Scopely’s Javier Ferreira (Co-CEO) To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content Then, if there’s mutual interest on both sides, we look to deepen relationships through new projects, such as co-development.

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Game Errors

MAY 7, 2023

If the COD MW2 split screen is not working, you can go through the instructions and helpful information featured in this article. One of the best features of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the ability to play co-op with friends on the split screen. This feature is not available for PC yet.

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Game Errors

APRIL 7, 2023

Players can freely move anywhere across the open world environment, while the gameplay includes the following features: Weapons, Magic Spells, Horseback Riding, Crafting, and Summons. It takes place in a fantasy-themed world and presents the gameplay through a third-person viewpoint.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Due for release next year, the game features two odd-looking protagonists – Low and Alone – creeping through a place called The Spiral, full of foreboding and dangers. .” Little Nightmares 3 Bandai Namco dropped an announcement trailer for the third installment in the distinctive platform, puzzle, and stealth series.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This time, we are going to dig a bit deeper into the low-level territory, showing some of the new ENet features exposed in Godot 4, and the effort of bringing WebRTC on all Godot-supported platforms. First of all, many users wanted to access some ENet-specific features (e.g. x version with some additional features. Future work.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. Mining is a feature that adds an additional layer of progress to the buildings and deepens the players’ city building aspiration.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rina co-founded Peak Games, which has become a game-changer in the Turkish gaming scene. Originally, they were developing Royal Riches, a social casino game, investing heavily in optimisation techniques like segmentation, personalisation, dynamic pricing, and live ops tailored for the casino title. Let’s take a look.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 18, 2023

As you already know, Star Citizen is unfinished and with bugs, but it has something unique to its experience, especially with co-op with friends. Have you encountered an error code 15007 while playing Star Citizen? It has to address many of its problems, performance, bugs, and glitches.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Additionally, I tested the solutions featured on multiple devices, and I used a system restore point to generate the low fps issue multiple times to find a variety of efficient fixes. Trust me, I’ve been there. A laggy game can turn an epic battle into a frustrating slog. That’s why I’ve created this detailed guide.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some Key Facts about Wizard with a Gun The game features co-op multiplayer, letting you and your friends team up to explore and build. So, I cleaned out the dust and made sure my system was well-ventilated. Additionally, if you are cooling your device by using a liquid system, it might be time to clean it.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Here, the game is overpowered (OP) by the strategies and calls for a balanced approach for individual players involved in the game. Similarly, Buffs are the kind of changes that are made when certain features or video game mechanics need to be tweaked to make them significant in the game.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Warframe is a free to play co-op shooter where you choose to be one of many different heroes navigating the many quests through the game. One of the features I like most about this free to play Star Trek game is that gameplay is split between on-the-ground combat and space combat which helps keep gameplay fresh.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Panel: Recession vs game industry Host: Laura Taranto, Senior Director of Product, Big Fish Chris Petrovic, CBO and Board Member, FunPlus Dara Leung , Managing Director, The Raine Group Micha Katz , Managing Director, Aream & Co. Then, think about play diversity, mastery, depth and social features that make the game even stickier.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

We believe that the growth of individual titles will not necessarily lead to competition, in-spite of user base overlap, as there is enough room for them to co-exist and grow. We will see more aggressive addition of meta, social features and live-ops events combined with potential franchise tie ups. 1 position in 2020.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This year, we featured 22 inspiring creators in our Solo Developers-series and we love to share some of their highlights in these final days of the year. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. Nicot knows the answer to the biggest pitfall of solo development.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. They had to design a 4 player co-op game that all the friendless Arkane fans play as a single player game.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A mix of arcade games in Smash TV and Gauntlet Slayer while keeping the arcade couch co-op vibe. This came about from searching Steam for similar couch co-op games and not really finding anything suitable other than Gauntlet Slayer which I’d played to death. “I’m very influenced by the games I’m playing at the time.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Our peak experiences have always been with the Halo series, which has had couch co-op since the beginning. Then they said couch co-op was delayed. I mean, this is a trademark feature of a major, major game series being published by only, like, the biggest software company in the world. This smells like dysfunction.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 9, 2023

Yet, its developers do have one feature coming that explains why they are Very Smart People who earn their money. Soon, Vampire Survivors will have couch co-op. Couch co-op and party games are one of them. Survivors-like games are PERFECT for couch co-op and party play.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The co-founders of the company come from Peak, Zynga, and Riot, where some held co-founder or key team roles. It is still live, but is most likely in auto pilot without any feature updates being done anymore. Their first title Royal Riches targeted the social casino market. Thus, Tile Busters was born.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Monetization - Setting up the rules for how players engage with the cash shop, how the player receives an item they paid for, how to deal with refunds, showing featured items. Building an interface for designers to author specific audio events to their liking and to set up specific audio trigger conditions.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. While both engines have the ability to create a wide range of games and deploy them to various gaming platforms, each one offers a set of features that are suited to particular projects.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Apps may allow users to view their own NFTs, provided that NFT ownership does not unlock features or functionality within the app. Let’s look at the second sentence: “ Apps may allow users to view their own NFTs, provided that NFT ownership does not unlock features or functionality within the app. ”

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Based on the then-nascent free-to-play (ftp) model, and usually monetized through advertising, the phenomenon even featured in the Wall Street Journal. More sophisticated games soon emerged that featured deck-building and MOBA elements. PixelJunk Monsters 2 and Orcs Must Die’s sequels added a focus on co-op play.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Kristian Segerstrale : Kristian was a co-founder of Glu mobile, CEO of Playfish acquired by EA, was a seed investor in Supercell, was a senior exec at EA, and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp which will soon release their new MOBA shooter called Catalyst Black ( [link] ). and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp. You're now.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Green , who is currently Co-Founder and COO of Knock Knock. I Need a Process (sung to the tune of “I Need a Hero” ) As is the case with every facet of product development and live ops, running the right process is key. Finding a single art style or set of co-existing art styles also starts to diminish the fantasy and immersion here.

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