Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the modern gaming industry, game co-development has become more commonplace across the board as development projects become more expensive and complex. For mobile game development projects in particular, working with an experienced [.]

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Game Developer

APRIL 12, 2024

Even small companies can forge partnerships with top-tier brands like Disney, Marvel, and Mattel, negotiating collaborations that bring mutual benefits.

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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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Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 10, 2025

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun, a games industry veteran of 15 years, who's no stranger to hammams, pide and late-night kebabs around Taksim. Trkiye has rapidly established itself as one of the world's most dynamic mobile gaming hubs. Watch the 2024 talks here. billion acquisition in 2020.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

Below, we’ll go through four basic strategies for targeted IAP offers that do just that, with specific trigger timings and unique appeal, while looking at how these have been implemented in some of the top games on the market. Users who clear one of these challenging levels receive a ‘missing toy’ for an in-game toy box.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

How Block City Wars developers use shaders and fog effects to fake distant objects, optimizing draw distance for better performance.

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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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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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. We’ve updated the blog post with new battle pass implementation examples and best practices for introducing the feature into your mobile game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 23, 2024

Sony seems to be building a mobile games platform for free-to-play games. This is according to tech site TweakTown , which spotted a job listing for a mobile platform architect. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 9, 2024

The mobile gaming industry is intertwined with innovations and trends in various fields. In this article, we explore the trends shaping the outlook for mobile game development and strategies for retaining audiences in the context of constant changes. As new trends emerge, audience demands may evolve. Read more

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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 During the pandemic, the margins in the mobile games market continued to grow, surpassing expectations. Game development professionals often regarded other business niches with disdain, citing superior financial metrics as the reason.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 28, 2024

Mobile games now serve global audiences. Gone are the days when free-to-play mobile audiences were concentrated in Tier 1 gaming markets in the west and the far east. Earlier mobile titles could get away with optimizing gameplay and live events for players in these markets. Read more

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Game Developer

AUGUST 18, 2023

With Rovio now among its subsidiaries, Sega has a bigger presence in the mobile game market and another franchise to play around with.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Written by Stanislav Yushenko , an ex-M&A lawyer who transitioned to the business side of gaming. I was recently playing a mobile game. The game was fun, though I forgot the name. Spot the difference (credits: Kopelovich and Iorga ) Playing casual games often gives me a sense of dj vu.

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Game Developer

JULY 29, 2024

Common animation problems in mobile game development and find practical solutions to improve quality.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

Luke Muscat is no stranger to success in the mobile gaming world. I didnt feel like I was learning that much with each new game, he says. Determined to push himself, he embarked on a new path as a solo developer. One that would force him to master every aspect of game creation, from coding to marketing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

New research from mobile revenue growth engine SuperScale has found that 83% of launched mobile games fail within three years, while 43% are cancelled during development. According to the report, 76% of launched games reached peak revenue within the first year, but only 4% reached this peak during the second year.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dive into some of the most popular and successful ways app developers implement season-based systems in mobile games.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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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. These credentials could be used to take non-permitted actions, for example, directly accessing APIs used by the game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 10, 2024

Series Entertainment has acquired story-driven, episodic mobile game studio Pixelberry. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 3, 2024

2024 hasn't exactly gotten off to the best start for the game industry: mass layoffs loom over large publishers like Epic and Riot Games , and it's becoming harder and all the more expensive to develop and deliver breakthrough games. The general atmosphere is one of distrust and dissent, to say the least. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 10, 2024

Supercell believes there's room for more mobile games to be highlighted during events like Summer Game Fest. The Finnish developer was the only company to have a mobile-only game featured during this year's showcase on Friday, with the star-studded live-action trailer for Squad Busters promoting its most recent hit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 13, 2025

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun and a games industry veteran with 15 years of experience in building, operating, and scaling games and game companies. The gaming industry is no stranger to ambitious bets, but few are as bold as Skillzs $75 million Developer Accelerator. Lets dive in.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Take hybridization in gaming: while hybrid casual games were the buzz back in 2019, it’s only now—in 2023 and 2024—that they’re fully coming into their own. Ryan from Kwalee sees this same trend taking off in gaming. Why Hybrid Monetization Works So Well?

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Smartphones are as much a tool for entertainment as they are for communication, and mobile games rule the roost for keeping users entertained. This is a win-win for both players as well as game app developers , because good game apps are forever in demand. Players enjoy varied settings to play in.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

A common way to monetize freemium mobile games is through in-app advertising, where ad placements are sold to generate profit from the entire player base. Freemium games reach wider audiences, but the risk of churn is always looming. The game has several power progression vectors.

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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. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.

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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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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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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Meet with AWS for Games experts to learn about the transformational power of generative AI and cloud game development.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2023

The team at MY.GAMES, together with Google and Amazon Web Services, have just revealed the third season of its Game Drive program, specifically for mobile developers. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 4, 2023

With the mobile game market’s outstanding growth over recent years, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how young of an industry it still is. However, it’s also clear that legislative changes and player feedback both demand a new approach from game makers and marketers. Read more

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Unity Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

See how more8bit kept development streamlined with a clear vision and smart prototyping to launch Bleak Sword , an Apple Arcade hit.

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Game Refinery

MAY 31, 2023

ATT permission is usually requested via an in-app pop-up notification where users can choose to allow or deny tracking on a per-app/game basis. When do the top-grossing games display their ATT pop-up? And are there any additional tactics that the top-grossing games are using to encourage their players to agree to tracking?

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