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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement

Game Refinery

With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.

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How to market console and PC games in a mobile world

GamesIndustry.biz

Traditionally, the console and PC gaming markets have operated very differently to mobile. But that’s changing as technological advancements are allowing mobile developers to bring their games to console, and vice versa. Meanwhile, some of the most successful titles are embracing a cross-platform strategy from conception.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? Stumble Guys vs.

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Take a break from busy GDC and meet Dutch developers at The Netherlands Lounge

PreMortem.Games

But also looking out for publishing or funding deals for our own original concepts and prototypes.” It’s a fully animated social game for mobile and desktop. With the vast library of 1400+ games via PC, as well as via the Cloud on Samsung & LG Smart TV’s and Android, Utomik has quite the reach.

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Untold Stories of ex-Activision Blizzard King’s Founders

Deconstructor of Fun

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. — million downloads collectively.

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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines 

iXie gaming

Manual handoffs between concept artists, modelers, and animators. (ii). Cross-Platform Considerations Live-service games must be optimized for PC, console, and mobile. AI-Assisted Art Creation Generative AI accelerates concept art, texturing, and asset variations. Common issues include: (i). Challenges include: (i).

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The magical realism of Indonesia in the 90’s captured in A Space for the Unbound

PreMortem.Games

In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. We made a pilot trailer and concept art that served as a main aesthetic code for the art style. The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch.

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