PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Younger generations are increasingly exploring various avenues of interaction with games, extending beyond traditional gameplay. 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.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Wild Kingdoms (Itan Orisha) by Kucheza Gaming She compared her childhood to her sons’, noting the significant changes in media consumption and behaviour due to technological advancements. She observed an evolution in her children’s preferences from traditional Disney shows to influencer and gameplay content.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The mobile games market is dominated by a few titles that players return to again and again. Fostering that kind of loyalty is crucial, especially given that only around two percent of a game’s player base can generate up to 95 percent of its in-app purchase revenue. The report is also based on interviews with players.

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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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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. This strategy can lead to increased retention and deeper interaction with the ad content, ultimately resulting in better conversion rates for advertisers.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

Content stays king. Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 They are looking to leverage their IP across various media to create interconnected experiences and maximize revenue potential. billion in consumer spending in 2025E , up 4.6% year-over-year. billion (3.6%

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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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Game Development News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution

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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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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?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Macharia is currently a lecturer at one of the highly esteemed institutions in Kenya the African Digital Media Institute (ADMI). His journey took an exciting turn when he landed a full sponsorship from the French Embassy in Kenya to visit Rubika, a leading school for Video Games, 2D/3D Animation, and Design in France.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Eric is a media strategist, quantitative marketer, and author who has spent his career working for transformative consumer technology and media companies. Eric is the author of the book Freemium Economics and the founder of Mobile Dev Memo , the ultimate growth blog and podcast. Access all of our previous predictions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Apart from running the one and only MobileDevMemo , he also runs a strategy consulting firm for media and consumer technology companies - Heracles Media. 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:

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. On paper and from his reputation, Mike is a fantastic hire to lead the charge on gaming for Netflix, and shows they are serious about the gaming business.

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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. That is when mobile games have begun to be (successfully) monetised.

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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. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. —

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

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. This has made core CCG fans passionately receive it as a refreshing experience, although retaining them for a long time may put a lot of pressure on the flow of new content.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Now she builds strategy for and sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Game Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Two new research surveys were released this week, helping us to understand the ever-shifting nature of game consumers, their habits and their preferences across demographic sectors. Parents of teens are 46% more likely to play games with their kids. Mostly though, people play mobile games.

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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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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Game art studios are organizations specializing in producing digital interactive media. Still, they all provide a similar service: they produce graphics and animation for games, web applications, and other digital content. What do Game Art Studios do? Casual Mobile Art.

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Game Daily

JULY 14, 2023

. “Video games are seen as a tool for building problem-solving skills, teamwork and collaboration, communication, conflict resolution and leadership skills,” states the trade org. Positive attitudes to games have ticked upwards as the form has matured. Last year, half of ESRB-rated games were rated E for Everyone.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yet, those professionals in mobile game development services know how to tackle these challenges. But the chaos and the desire to create visually stunning and immersive games fuels their determination. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging.

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Game Daily

MAY 3, 2023

We’re making sure that we have the right amount of content, making sure that creators are happy with the platform and that it makes sense for them from a business perspective, from a tooling perspective, and from an experience perspective. We are not the owner of the content they create. More content from big partners.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

Overall, the key insights from the August 2024 re-forecasts: Modest Market Growth: The gaming market is expected to see an uptick of 2.1% Mobile Opening Up: mobile gaming is set to grow by 3%, driven by improving economic conditions, platforms opening up, and increasing the success of existing big hits.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

Hoping that your game is going to become a cultural phenomenon is a super long shot and often requires access to a top IP that can be very expensive. This is the main reason why mobile game businesses are extremely dependent on User Acquisition (UA), and mastering UA is crucial in building a highly scaled mobile app business.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Announcing Legends of Runeterra A few weeks ago, Riot Games, creators of the megahit League of Legends, announced their new card game, Legends of Runeterra as a part of their 10-year anniversary announcement (read: Riot's 7 new games are a declaration of war against Blizzard ). Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Lloyd has been on the executive team of three-game companies (Merscom, Playdom and Spooky Cool Labs) and part of exits worth over $800 million. content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. Finally, subscriptions offset risk in developing and launching new content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This is no wonder, given that the business model has evolved from premium products to free-to-play, subscriptions, and ad monetization while competing against other forms of entertainment such as video streaming and social media. FTX on the other hand was lavishly funding blockchain gaming while holding assets for some of the companies.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Publicity for a mobile game is out of the question, it's too expensive. You can get a publisher, but most mobile publishers are scammers. If they tell you they will gladly publish your game, don't believe them! As an example, if your game has 30 levels (missions, scenes, locations, etc), you make 2 or 3 of them.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. #1 1 How to make an analytic global launch decision So, you have soft launched your game. No day is alike for a live game with tens or hundreds of thousands of daily active players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix - True Behemoth of Casual Mobile Games Founded in 2004, Playrix entered the industry by making premium Match-3 and Hidden Object games. As a result of growth of app stores in early 2010s they switched their focus and decided to jump onto the free to play mobile games in 2011. Playrix’ active portfolio.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Narrative Twist The game's previous characters were strictly utilitarian : they introduced players to the world and reacted as players explored the garden. T his kind of approach would be fairly outdated in the modern mobile game market. The same goes for the game's monetization tactics.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Breaking into the top of the genre requires often massive development investments, an unrivaled content pipeline, and superb live operations - and often an appealing IP. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. Rule #3: Straightforward content production.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

It’s gonna be the work, the creative work of millions of people who can each add their own elements to it through content creation and programing and design. We’re talking about a mass participatory media, which needs to be an economy if there’s not an economy underlying this thing. And the other way of adding value.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

The game has failed to see an uplift ever since mid-2019 when the battle pass was first introduced into the game. Clash Royale’s gacha driven collection economy with a fairly limited amount of content has been evidently too shallow for a battle pass leading to long-lasting impacts to a game’s revenue stream.

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