AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For mobile games in particular, managing the authentication and authorization of your players can pose some unique challenges. Some of these challenges relate to the use of mobile devices themselves. Offline authentication : Mobile devices may not always have internet connectivity. Look at the system’s customisation options.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 30, 2024

Last week, GamesIndustry.biz presented a webinar with TikTok and the National Research Group on modern mobile gaming. Going under the title: Mastering Engagement and Loyalty In The New Mobile Gaming Era, the two groups shared insight and data around the rapid changes in the mobile landscape and the impact it can have on games businesses.

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Rocket Brush Studio

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

AI in mobile testing is booming, pushing developers to stay competitive and enhancing regression testing, script, data, performance, usability, and visual testing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Netflix's mobile release of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy has been downloaded 18 million times across iOS and Android.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 23, 2024

I was recently playing a mobile game. Based on a long tradition in mobile gaming, the companies get inspiration and borrow mechanics from each other to the point when the original creator becomes hard to trace. Mobile game developers face rising production and UA costs and a lack of financing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 19, 2023

India has granted Krafton's Battleground Mobile India a three-month operational trial period. As reported by TechCrunch , the decision comes as the publisher addressed issues about users' data security and the location of the game's servers after its 2022 ban. "We

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Catch our podcast for an in-depth breakdown of these trends and insights into the future of mobile game marketing, and get your hands on the freshly released Hybridcasual Playbook by Deconstructor of Fun in partnership with Meta. Ryan from Kwalee sees this same trend taking off in gaming.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A new Sensor Tower report says mobile puzzle games have generated $42 billion since the company began tracking data in 2013. The genre achieved 50 billion all-time downloads during this period.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He started his journey as a trained Petroleum Engineer but discovered his true passion for Data Science during his final year at Covenant University. “I I worked with a lot of data then,” he recalls, “and I loved how the data told a story and gave insights on what should be done.” I focus on data at Dash Studios,” says Ikpeme.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 16, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox With the Fallout TV series grabbing headlines and attention across the industry, data from mobile analysis firm Sensor Tower shows the impact it is having on the video games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Vampire Survivors is already a hit on mobile, having been downloaded more than one million times within one week of release. The iOS and Android port of the hugely popular indie game was a surprise announcement during The Game Awards last week, and offers the full experience to mobile users for free.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During the first half of 2023, global mobile game consumer spending reached $41 billion, according to data.ai's latest report. The analyst firm highlights that May saw game revenue hit $94 million worldwide. The highest the month has seen since 2020. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Vampire Survivors launched on Android and iOS last month, but Poncle developer Luca Galante had intended to bring the breakthrough hit to mobile platforms considerably earlier. Unfortunately, nobody I spoke with was on board with the monetization I had in mind for the platform: non-predatory.". Read more.

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Rocket Brush Studio

AUGUST 23, 2023

Mobile testing can be done efficiently with ChatGPT's AI capabilities and human oversight. This approach improves testing coverage and quality while ensuring data privacy and identifying potential issues for a seamless user experience.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This time it’s all about gaming mobility. The logic being that the Nintendo’s Switch is one of its best-selling consoles of all time, Valve has seen success with Steam Deck and Sony has seen its mobile streaming peripheral, the PlayStation Portal, fly off shelves.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The data firm says it is the first decline for the UK market since 2012. The biggest declines during the period were across in-game monetisation, which covers more casual mobile titles. UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% to £5.38 billion in 2022, according to the latest report from Ampere Analysis. Read more

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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. Nevertheless, mobile gaming represents a whopping 61% of all games revenue , a number that would be even larger should we account for all the in-app-ad revenue.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. Mobile, PC, consolethey dont pick one, they pick all of them. Some key trends: Gen Z plays more across mobile, PC, and console than any other generation. Heres what the data says: Intrusive ads?

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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? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 25, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile has hit $1.4 As reported by PocketGamer.biz , per AppMagic data estimates, the shooter has reached $2.2 million in consumer spending within four days after launching worldwide. million in lifetime revenue. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 14, 2024

The data comes from IGN Playlist, which is a backlog and play activity tracker that is available on the web and via a mobile app. Astro Bot is the winner of the summer games showcases (so far), with the most wishlists of all the games shown and announced over the past two weeks.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% In contrast, mobile gaming, despite its significant market share, is expected to grow at a slower rate of 3.0% Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. year-on-year, reaching $43.2

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

An unfairness that we in the mobile game industry have experienced a tightly controlled distribution landscape for our entire industry's lifetime. The implication of government actions will bear consequences on mobile games and apps that are being distributed in the future. DMA could be the thing that rescues the mobile games industry.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Africa is home to nearly 200 million gamers, who spend hundreds of millions in US dollars on video games (primarily on mobile). That's according to the newly-published Africa Games Industry Report, which goes live today in the aftermath of Africa Games Week.

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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. billion since 2018 when revenues were estimated to be €1.5

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Unity Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Discover data-backed insights to help your monetization and user acquisition strategies achieve more with less.

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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. 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

JULY 31, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Japan's total mobile game revenue is projected to hit $12.6 While the earnings figure would account for 70% of the projected $18 billion total for all in-app user spending this year, mobile gaming revenue for 2023 would dip 3% year-over-year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 7, 2025

Thats the mobile market of today. Due to the five factors above, the mobile market continued to stagnate. Prediction 3: Apps Will Overtake Games CORRECT Heres whats going on: A significant challenge for mobile games is the increasing competition from non-gaming apps, which are capturing more user attention and spending.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

2023 turned out to be no less challenging for the mobile market than the year before. Methodology The report mainly focuses on the performance of the mobile games market in Tier-1 West countries, which include the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Germany. The rate was based on the comparison study of the titles’ data.

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Half Geek

AUGUST 3, 2022

Fullscreen, audio, and worse of all, data-read & write features for save games. In summary, developing for mobiles is high maintenance compared to PC, where you can at least be confident that your game 5-10 years ago still run fine on modern hardware. Mobile apps need constant updates to keep up with Google & Apple shenanigans.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exploring upcoming trends, the data firm indicated that the market recovered last year and will slowly grow in 2024 and beyond. The data firm added it was "optimistic' for the PC and console segments, while mobile gaming is "likely to recover" after difficult conditions for the past couple of years. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 8, 2024

Founded in 2016, Fusebox is a mobile free-to-play studio based in the UK. Nazara Technologies has acquired UK based Fusebox Games for $27.2 It publishes interactive story titles including Love Island, and has similar games in development based on other global television IPs. "We Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The data firm previously estimated that the games market would experience a 2.6% Newzoo attributed its lowered forecast in part to challenges in the mobile market, suggesting that a "challenging privacy landscape will somewhat limit growth until 2026", including potential impact of the Epic vs Google antitrust trial. rise to $187.7

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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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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

No wonder it scores so well as mobile games. views on TikTok, and it also has a ‘simulator’ following in the mobile games industry. The post DIY desserts and tie dye shirts – Mobile games inspired by social media (part 2) appeared first on PreMortem Games. DIY gives people a sense of community and achievement.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. I concluded from this experience: that narrative in mobile free-to-play games was often an immense waste of resources.

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