Big Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But in today’s competitive world, the players are unaware of about 80% of the games, while 20% of the games are unprofitable and are removed from the online medium. What Makes a Great Mobile Game? We have first understood the success strategy of a mobile game. Building a Riveting Mobile Game.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Diablo Immortal also builds on its narrative by periodically adding expansions, which add additional playable areas introduced through new story content. For example, when the game added Stormpoint to the world map, a new main storyline quest was added to encourage players to explore this new area.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The mobile game industry is the most demanding industry for the past few years. Though there are millions and millions of mobile game apps available on the Play/App Store, the game companies and developers are interested in building more and more games. The secret of Success Behind the Game.

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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 Games with IPs and/or high production values bucked the trend. Until next week. ?

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Games for Change , in partnership with HP and Google Play, announced the winners of the second annual Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge at the 2024 Games for Change Festival. The challenge is an initiative to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented game developers in the mobile gaming industry.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement? Whoever racks up the highest score wins.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. We need to release regular updates: more content, more events, faster, and higher quality. Reusing content The next thing on our list is reusing and looping content.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Succinctly, the Play Pendulum theory suggests that the video game industry alternates between two primary types of innovation: content innovation and distribution innovation. Each cycle typically lasts about a decade and directly shapes how games are created, distributed, and consumed. Enter the Play Pendulum.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2020

I believe that the deprecation of the IDFA will catalyze a period of accelerated consolidation in the mobile gaming space via M&A. Smaller, single-game mobile gaming studios will see their growth trajectory obstructed completely and suddenly. The valuations of these companies will drop rapidly.

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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? And how do you know which trends will be a hit with a gaming audience?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

Players can also unlock various masks with unique abilities and customize their character through the in-game shop. Thus, when every pixel of the old games seems to be explored up and down, DLC (downloadable content) might become a good option to sugarcoat things. The post Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7

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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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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Dive in to explore the madness that goes into creating games that play beautifully. It’s the IDEA that makes games successful: The whole presence of the game revolves around that idea that makes the foundation of a mobile game development process. It creates anticipation and buzz for a compelling game launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

Key Elements of a Playable Ad Most playable ads will harness the same dopamine-driving elements found in popular mobile games, such as: Engaging visuals and graphics – Playable ads use high-quality graphics and animations to capture the user's attention and draw them into the interactive experience. Are Playable Ads Working?

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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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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 21, 2023

If we notice that ad creatives showing hordes of red stickmen work very well for one game, we test the same idea in other projects. Also, if a game mechanic has high retention, but other metrics are not as promising (e.g., How do you choose which trend mechanics to use as a part of the game and which to skip?

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

You’ve got hundreds of potential competitors to keep an eye on, thousands of live events to track, and constantly changing trends in the mobile market affecting gameplay mechanics, monetization and user acquisition. Or maybe you want to introduce new gameplay mechanics, such as guilds and minigames, but don’t know where to start?

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

In a recent podcast featuring Lexi Sydow , Director of Corporate Marketing and Insights at Sensor Tower, several key insights were shared about the current state and future of mobile gaming, mobile marketing, and the dynamic between apps and games. Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

” “As evident from everyone’s fixation on social media for years, content that humans instinctively find interesting continues to emerge infinitely. We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. Tip #2: How to make an iOS Game?

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Emerging Best Free Game Development Software Now, let’s dive into the free tools the best Game App Development Companies use to make their games. Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Guest post by Kenneth Landen , Director of Product at Hit Factor Executive Summary In the ever-evolving landscape of mobile gaming, Supercell's Brawl Stars has undergone a remarkable resurgence, transforming challenges into triumphs. The Brawl pass is also a key component to quest content depth and goal setting in the game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On December 12th, 2022, Brawl Stars removed its loot boxes, replacing it with a ‘direct purchase’ system for acquiring content. This translated into a substantial spending for hardcore players that wanted to obtain and maximize new content very fast. All while maintaining the general rules for the regular content.

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The Knights of Unity

MAY 6, 2020

Hyper-casual games do not have a story, they have little content, and yet it is one of the most addictive genres in the history of gaming. Hyper casuals dominated the mobile games market in 2017 and they are still growing in popularity. They include short rounds and maximally simplified mechanics.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Stumble Guys uses IP in live events to introduce new gameplay mechanics Stumble Guys x Nerf Over on the casual Market, Stumble Guys fumbled home with the other Best Collaboration Event Award.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The game development process typically includes designing the game’s concept, characters, and mechanics, followed by programming to implement functionality and create interactivity. Quality assurance and testing ensure the game functions as intended, and ongoing updates may address bugs or introduce new content.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

Progression and milestone rewards When players have achieved something great in the game, such as reaching a significant milestone or completing a tricky level, providing them with an opportunity to invest in the game is an excellent way to keep the momentum going. for coins used to purchase in-game hints.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Improve your mobile and web app quality using AWS Device Farm : Riot Games details how it uses AWS Device Farm to streamline its mobile app testing process, improve the quality of mobile games and SDKs, run automated and manual tests on real devices in the cloud, identify and fix issues faster, and release updates more frequently.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In-app purchase (IAP) offers are one of the most popular and longest established monetization features in the mobile market. As so many mobile apps are free to download, these IAP offers are basically the lifeblood of mobile games, and there are plenty of different ways you can design an enticing IAP offer for your game.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Is it well-defined?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

For most players (including payers) the Pass is primarily retention and an engagement mechanism. It’s also important to understand that Passes are not a straightforward feature to balance that can be applied to any game without risks. I get THIS MANY CONTENT for this little money!? In other words, Passes don’t expire.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: But what is exposed with these types of ads is just how fundamental the user acquisition function is for mobile games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. It’s again taking a super simple addictive core game but actually pairing it with a simplified progression mechanic and some amount of live operations.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Hyper-casual games are simple, easy-to-play games that have become increasingly popular in recent years. With the rise of smartphones and mobile gaming, hyper-casual games have exploded in popularity due to their accessibility and addictiveness.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The loss of depth in gameplay mechanics is compensated with a higher weight of the poker-like mindgames. The brief and high-intensity game loop makes it well attuned to mobile gaming tempo, and it’s one of the reasons why the game is so damn engaging.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together. 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.”

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