Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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. This timeframe allowed us to select the most accurate data using our proprietary deals database. 4 mobile games developers, founded mainly by former King’s employees. —

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

That includes sales of digital and physical video games, covering PC, mobile and consoles. However, revenue from video-based content grew 10% to £4.9bn, driven by subscription services such as Netflix, Disney Plus, and Apple TV. billion, a rise of 2.9% over the year before.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But Shooters on PC/Console are like Match games on Mobile -- one of the biggest genres, with players always hungry for another game… right? Players often return to established titles after trying these new games, reflecting the powerful gravitational pull of long-established live services that are firing new content on all cylinders.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Similar to popular games, the success of viral content is often down to it being relatable and fulfilling certain needs.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

One such error is the PS4 cannot use the content error. When this occurs, players receive the following message: Cannot use the content. If you’ve encountered the PS4 cannot use the content error, don’t worry. What is PS4 cannot use the content error? How do I fix PS4 cannot use the content error?

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. The mobile market is incredibly competitive and there’s a growing number of AAA console and PC developers entering the fray.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

launched in April 2023 and quickly grew to become the world’s #1 casual mobile game, surpassing $1B in revenue within six months. Learn about the technology behind the in-game ThorAI (powered by Amazon Bedrock), and get a dive deep into fully voiced, interactive in-game NPCs in the companion mobile game Missing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Most importantly, if the game crashes for any reason, the editor does not crash at the same time (which could cause data loss). It has been available in Godot as an add-on for a while now, but there were some difficulties in stability and complex setup due to the complicated data structure.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Digitalization has resulted in a glut in gaming content and increased marketing expenses. Mobile game makers and indies can get mired in a host of different costs and expenses as component licensing arrangements—by relying on different service providers for specific technologies (e.g., billion last year.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. Known for popular game franchises including EA Sports FC, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and Apex Legends, EA regularly releases new game versions to mitigate issues, make improvements, and add new in-game content.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

AWS Session Highlights Harnessing generative AI to create unlimited content within game worlds : Saltwater Games details the generative AI architecture of “Resurgence,” an upcoming free-to-play, post-apocalyptic, open-world crafting and survival game. Explore real-world use cases for a variety of generative AI services and solutions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 5, 2019

Welcome to the first episode of our Mobile Publisher Series. In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 25, 2019

Welcome to the third episode of our Mobile Publisher Series. In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile. SuperScale = Growth Partner.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 24, 2025

Written by Marion Balinoff , an influencer marketing consultant with over a decade of experience, including six years in mobile gaming. Known for her data-driven approach, Marion specializes in making influencer marketing measurable, scalable, and profitable for user acquisition. How Do You Calculate Your Influencer Marketing Budget?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

It’s likely you’ve seen these playable ads on social media or mobile news feeds - they often resemble mini-games or animations that users can play around with or view. When integrated with traditional marketing foundations like storytelling and retargeting, they hold even more data-rich potential for brand interaction and recall.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

These emerging players are at the forefront of consuming game-related content alongside their active involvement, emphasizing the growing trend of watching gaming-related media alongside playing. They are likely to have higher levels of engagement, increased spending on gaming, and a greater inclination towards consuming gaming content.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the technology and tools we’re developing alongside our partners, we want to foster a community for our namesake game that is able to create their own content and benefit from it, and immerse themselves in content that others have made and shared.” ” Core to Avalon will be player-created content.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In practice, this means that all further changes will be strictly regression fixes, so the content available here will be largely reflective of the 4.4 Rendering: Reduce mobile pipeline compilations ( GH-102217 ). As such, you can expect this to be our final beta release of the 4.4 beta3 snapshot.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B Noticeably, Tencent’s PUBG Mobile and Garena’s Free Fire were both down 37%.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mobile gaming has come a long way and now it is one of the most profitable and popular gaming platforms. This has resulted in various transformation in the game’s monetization, therefore the mobile game developers have a range of options in monetization than ever before. . Diversifying Revenue Source Leads to Increased Results.

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Logic Simplified

JUNE 19, 2024

A Content Management System helps users create, manage, and modify digital properties like apps and websites. That's where an ecommerce content management system comes in. Also, the uncompromising security measures to protect sensitive customer data ensures secure transactions and builds trust.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This two part series on how to build and grow products with data is written by, Oleg Yakubenkov , CEO @ GoPractice. Oleg has built his data driven product management expertise working on some of the biggest games as well as some of the biggest social platforms in the World. This was no surprise as there was little content in the game.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 3, 2024

Across the world, 85% of consumers engage with games in some capacity: 80% are players, 64% are viewers, and 35% participate in other ways, such as joining online gaming communities or creating content. PC and console gamers typically outspend mobile gamers. They are more likely to play games and, notably, to view gaming content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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 post announced 2024 as Supercells best year ever, and the numbers make a strong case: Revenue: 2.8 Afterall, TikToks HQ is in Singapore.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

Dominant position In Sony’s case, to help sell its headphones and television sets it ensures there is ample content available that showcases the full capability (e.g., In its most recent earnings report, the combined revenue for digital software, add-on content, and network services was $5 billion. Blu-Ray) of its devices.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

The use of game engines to generate interactive content is a common choice for people these days. Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones. This means that data is not sharable between build jobs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 12, 2019

Welcome to the second episode of our Mobile Publisher Series. In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This is the second and the final part of the series on how to build and grow products with data (you can find the first part here ). Oleg has built his data driven product management expertise working on some of the biggest games as well as some of the biggest social platforms in the World. It truly shows how data driven Uber.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 21, 2023

In addition to the series of articles about hypercasual games and the social media trends that inspire them, AppMagic talked to AZUR Games and FreePlay, both developer and publisher in the mobile- and hypercasual games market. How do you track mobile market trends? This data can be easily tracked using Google Trends.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

The mobile market continues to evolve rapidly, driven by shifting user behaviors, technological advancements, and emerging economic trends. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape. 2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Here are some of the ways in which game demographics help: Our game developers use the data around demographics to identify their target audience. The data further reveals that women use a greater variety of games, while men choose to stick with just one or two games. Demographic information also influences game design decisions.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.” Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2025

release a little over a month ago, one mightve expected content updates to trickle out slowly for our initial 4.5 In GH-99551 , rendering expert DarioSamo has implemented support for the Fragment Density Map extension, making the Vulkan Mobile renderer more viable for VR on standalone headsets. With the 4.4 development snapshots.

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