Mobile publisher Nordcurrent acquires River End Games
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
With River End under its belt, Nordcurrent aims to get deeper into the console and PC game market while maintaining its strong mobile presence.
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Sony and NCSoft form "global partnership" focused on console and mobile games
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
NCSoft and SIE plan to partner on a number of "global businesses.across and beyond genres and regions," including the mobile games space.
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Should Xbox and PlayStation make a handheld console? | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 18, 2024
As the ninth generation enters mid-life, the rumour mill has started again on what new console hardware will look like. If there is one thing the video game industry does very well, that is jumping on trends, especially if plenty of money could be made. This time it’s all about gaming mobility.
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Mobile 3D Games vs. Console Games: What’s the Future of Mobile Gaming?
Big Games
JANUARY 9, 2025
The gaming world is changing fast, and mobile phones are leading the charge. Not too long ago, we could only dream of playing high-quality 3D games on our phones. Mobile gaming becomes more impressive with every new smartphone release, making traditional gaming methods out of vogue.
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Gameloft closes Budapest studio as it shifts focus to console and PC
Game Developer
MARCH 7, 2023
Gameloft will still make mobile games, but it sounds like it wants to continue pursuing the PC and console crowd after the success of Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Does a game being 'mobile-first' limit the amount a developer can charge on console?
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 25, 2024
Some of the biggest titles of the past few years have demonstrated that mobile platforms do not need to be a lesser alternative to a title's home console editions. Other titles from major IP holders are now set to have simultaneous releases across both home consoles, PC, and mobile devices. Read more
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Apple stakes its claim to AAA gaming on mobile with iPhone 15 Pro series
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Apple revealed the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro series, powered by a redesigned GPU, with exclusive ports of AAA console and PC games. This insight explores its importance, and why meaningful gains for publishers are far from guaranteed.
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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success
Game Refinery
MAY 4, 2023
We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.
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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs. The core gameplay in Gossip Harbor.
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Are games consoles facing extinction?
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 20, 2024
The games industry is in constant flux; what we think we know today as fact is gone often completely different the next day. Developers used to have to partner with publishers for their games to reach market; now they can use digital platforms and release their wares into the world without a middle man. Read more
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12 Ways to Take Battle Passes to the Next Level in Mobile Games
Game Refinery
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature.
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Epic Games launches mobile store, bringing Fortnite and Fall Guys to iOS and Android
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 16, 2024
The Epic Games Store is launching on mobile today. The Fortnite firm announced it will be bringing its games marketplace to Android worldwide, and to iOS in the European Union thanks to this year's Digital Markets Act requiring Apple to enable third-party stores on its mobile ecosystem. Read more
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How to market console and PC games in a mobile world
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 20, 2023
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.
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Levelling Up: What We Learned After Building a Studio From Scratch
Game Developer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
In 2021, we started building one of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever dedicated games studios, aiming to create ground-breaking titles for PC, console, and mobile that the region could call its own.
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Console revenues decline as PC soars; Mobile still dominates in $187 billion market
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
The global games market is navigating a period of slow but steady growth, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report 2024. Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0%
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Does a stuttering console space offer an opportunity for others? | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 4, 2024
Everyone’s favourite candid games exec, Phil Spencer, was in the news last week discussing the concerning ‘lack of growth’ in video games. Game Pass has clearly disrupted things, but it’s not transformed the business in the way subscriptions have in movies and music. And the results have been mixed.
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Report: Console gaming more popular among Japanese youth than mobile
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 21, 2023
A new report by Niko Partners has revealed that consoles are the most popular platform for young gamers in Japan. Console is the most popular format among Japanese gamers, used by 72.3% of the group, followed by mobile gaming at 63.5%.
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Korea plans to grow console industry in the next five years
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 1, 2024
Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has said it intends to grow the country's console market by 2028 in order to revitalise its games industry. As reported by Yonhap News Agency , the government unveiled its five-year plan on Wednesday, aiming to reduce its reliance on mobile and online platforms and boost console sales.
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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
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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The continuing quest to bring Age of Empires to mobile
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 25, 2024
Since then, the historical real-time strategy series has had multiple releases on platforms such as home consoles and mobile devices. With Age of Empires 4 pleasing fans on PC and Xbox, Microsoft is making another attempt to attract smartphone audiences with the upcoming Age of Empires Mobile. Read more
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Newzoo looks at different generations • Mobile most popular among all ages
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Top image by Freepik In their latest report , Newzoo looks at how different generations engage with gaming. It will come as no surprise that across all age groups people play games, but there are some significant differences between the older and newer generations. With each passing generation, gaming becomes more popular.
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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 9, 2024
When you live in a country that houses twenty percent of the entire worlds population, yet hardly see a genuine and honest representation of that country in video games, its time to take matters into your own hands. And thats precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. That choice was very much deliberate.
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What Resident Evil Village on iOS tells us about the future of AAA mobile game development
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox When you play Resident Evil Village on an iPad Pro, it's flabbergasting to believe that this is Capcom's latest mainline entry running natively on a mobile device, looking every bit as good as its home console counterparts.
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Warner Bros. addressing "volatile" AAA console space with live services, mobile free-to-play
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 5, 2024
The gaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery has been historically focused on AAA console games, but the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette wants to change that. Read more
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Epic Games lowers royalty fee for games released simultaneously on Epic Games Store
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Epic Games will drop its royalty fees from 5% to 3.5% for developers that release eligible Unreal Engine games on Epic Games Stores at the same time as other mobile, console, or PC platforms. Read more
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A crash course in porting your game to mobile
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Porting successful PC and console games to mobile has become common practice. Soon after, the studio revealed that it had planned to port Vampire Survivors to mobile sooner, but couldn't find a business partner who agreed with its monetisation approach , so eventually decided to do it all in-house. Read more
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Ampere Analysis: UK console, PC and mobile games revenue declined in 2022
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% The games market received an artificial surge in sales caused by the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. The biggest declines during the period were across in-game monetisation, which covers more casual mobile titles. to £5.38 Read more
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UK games market grew 4.4% to £7.82bn in 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 15, 2024
UKIE published its latest Consumer Market Valuation Report, showing that the UK games market was worth £7.82 While overall game sales were up in the UK in 2023, boxed sales have continued their decline and were down 5% to £495 million compared to 2022. Mobile sales were also up, reaching £1.52 to £2.48
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Get our 2022 LTS best practice guides for optimizing mobile, console, and PC games
Unity Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Our updated optimization guides include the latest updates from Unity 2022 LTS and provide you with useful tips and tactics to optimize your projects.
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Zenless Zone Zero, NTE and the new wave of Chinese games pushing the limits of free-to-play | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 6, 2024
Since MiHoYo released Genshin Impact in 2020, an irreversible shift in perception happened across the gaming industry and among many gamers: free-to-play mobile games can actually be good?! Arguably, Genshin Impact had all the ingredients of a fully-fledged AAA console/PC game.
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Savvy Games Group acquires Scopely for $4.9 billion
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 5, 2023
Scopely today announced that it has struck a deal to be acquired by Savvy Games Group for $4.9 The mobile publisher behind titles like Marvel Strike Force, Stumble Guys, and Star Trek: Fleet Command is the latest in a string of games investments for the Saudi Arabian government-owned Savvy. Read more
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Only a handful of studios in Slovakia generate the lion share of game revenues
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Top image: The House of Tesla by Blue Brain Games This year the Slovakian games industry is expected to generate an estimated €70.3 Pixel Federation is still the biggest game studio in the country, both in employment (270 workers) and revenue. Game designers and graphic artists are also in demand, with 15.9% of releases.
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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 5, 2022
and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. These three factors have traditionally made mobile gaming venture capital (VC) friendly, which brings in the capital that keeps the flywheel going.
Study finds YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for game discovery
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 9, 2024
A new study has found that YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for discovering new games among players. PR and marketing agency Big Games Machine surveyed 1,000 US-based console and PC gamers about how they find new titles to purchase and play, of which 64% said they discover games via YouTube. Read more
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German games market increases 6% to €10bn in 2023
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 25, 2024
The German games market grew by 6% to €10 billion in 2023, with revenue from mobile games having almost doubled to €2.9 That's according to new figures released by the German Games Industry Association (Game), based on data collected by Data.ai. Read more
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Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 8, 2024
The the first time in over ten years, video games is not the UK's biggest entertainment medium. ERA, which is the UK trade body representing video, music and games retailers, says that revenue made by video games in the UK reached £4.74 billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.
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Mobile vs. Console Gaming: A Detailed Guide
Juego Studio
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Video games have become one of the grossing entertainment industries in recent years. The advancement in technology has given rise to many gaming platforms. Consoles and mobiles are two of them. Consoles have larger screens, and high-quality graphics, and can perform multiple actions using game controllers.
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The Mobile Games Industry In the Year 2023
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 31, 2023
Unlike the years before, we decided to really leverage our fantastic community of senior games industry folks to present you with trends that will shape our industry during the year. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. Is it the artwork in itself that is not selling the game? Exit mobile.
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The top 22 mobile games of 2022
Game Analytics
DECEMBER 28, 2022
But one thing that hasn’t changed is new hit games entering the market. So to end the year on a high, we rounded up our top 22 games to hit the charts this year. Here are the top games we loved playing this year. If you want some inspiration for games to binge over the holiday period, look no further. Net Fishing!
Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?
Game Refinery
JANUARY 5, 2023
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?
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Phil Spencer: Xbox needs mobile to thrive - and that includes streaming Starfield
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 24, 2023
Xbox's Phil Spencer has once again said that mobile is the key to growing both Microsoft's games business and the industry overall – and that includes bringing AAA titles like Starfield to smart devices.
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From California to the Philippines with friendly goblins: The story of Orc Chop Games
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 12, 2024
Goblin Stone, the debut title from Orc Chop Games, has two stories behind it. The narrative of the game itself is of innocent goblins turning the tables on the adventurers that so frequently invade their home, inverting a typical fantasy trope. Read more
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Viewfinder wins Game of the Year at the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 8, 2024
The UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 took place last night, with Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder taking home UK Game of the Year alongside best console game. Bonsai Games was named Rising Star, an award sponsored by GamesIndustry.biz. Read more
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This is a hypothetical question, but do you think if there were more consoles on the market instead of the current big 3 we have today, do you think that would be more beneficial to the game industry and market?
Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 15, 2025
Game consoles are primarily platforms on which to deliver content to players, alongside PC, mobile, VR, and other various devices. In the case of streaming video, I don't feel like I'm getting a better value overall with more players in the game. I don't think it would be helpful.
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