iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Mobile gaming has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, with millions of users spending time playing games on their smartphones and tablets. As the mobile gaming market continues to expand, mobile game developers must find ways to make their games stand out in a crowded marketplace.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The genre difference is what makes Tower of Fantasy stand out from its competitor Genshin Impact, as the two games might have otherwise been too similar without some tweaks in the feature set. How is the genre shift shown in the game? As a typical MMORPG feature, players can also challenge others for an open-world fight.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

More importantly, it showed audiences worldwide that this 1400-year-old board game can be glamorous, resulting in over 3.2 million people signing up to the browser-turned-mobile game Chess.com and a 603% leap in chess book sales in the US; it now even has an exclusive game on Netflix.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Olivier Madiba recalls playing games on warm sunny afternoons at his grandmother’s home with a spark in his eyes. It was during those moments, captivated by the epic boss fights and voice acting in Final Fantasy 7, that Madiba’s deep love for video games was ignited. These are some of his fondest childhood memories.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 23, 2024

The developers expect over forty hours of gameplay with three large areas to explore and more than hundred different enemies to fight. At the same time we tried to give our unique twist to the gameplay with our mask-system and deep RPG features, giving a lot of new possibilities to the players to try different builds and approaches.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 19, 2024

The developers expect over forty hours of gameplay with three large areas to explore and more than hundred different enemies to fight. At the same time we tried to give our unique twist to the gameplay with our mask-system and deep RPG features, giving a lot of new possibilities to the players to try different builds and approaches.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Fighting Purchase Regret with Ownership.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

There was also this no-name developer Supercell that launched their first mobile games just few miles away back in 2012. What makes this game so successful? The first three and most impactful feature suggestions on GameRefinery suggest adding core game variations like blockers and level goals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Post-COVID investment flows in Social and mobile gaming emerged as one of the best performing sectors during coronavirus, and the ensuing influx of investment will likely impact companies large and small. This is especially notable in slots design, where meta-features and slot machines are typically developed by separate teams.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Source: Competitive Insights into Social Casino Games, Newzoo Report. The biggest factor is probably increased investment into live-ops activities and incremental feature innovations over 2019, which is beautifully captured in Liquid and Grit’s product investment graph below. This is China based Funtrio. Ad revenues not included.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Both of the authors are true fans of Command & Conquer franchise and both of the authors understand all to well how hard it is to ship a hit mobile game. No matter how you look at it, Command and Conquer Rivals is a good mobile game and the team behind it should be proud of the game they shipped.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

If your game is constantly filled with new players, they will happily play content they have never seen before, and at the same time old players can invest their time and money into the event to get all the rewards they probably missed the first time. Plan content looping during the feature design phase. And I'll tell you why.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies. Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

Ever since it joined Kabam’s mobile gaming lineup, Marvel: Contest Of Champions has provided a mix of good and bad for its legions of players. Some players have reported that their game is crashing when they attempt to access certain features or events. That should solve most crashing problems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

GoPractice is a tool I would have loved to have at the beginning of my product management career and it’s a tool that I love having now, a decade into making and operating free-to-play games. GoPractice is also highly recommended by some of the top mobile games companies, which is how I originally got connected with Oleg.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Further, slots game economies are still stuck largely in the digital dark ages of the single currency economy. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Mobile gaming market is close to what an economist would call a perfectly competitive market (except for some categories such card and fighting games - looking at you, Herthstone and Contest of Champions). The publisher/developer usually base their launch decision on a hypothesis of the scalability of user acquisition.

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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. New 5v5 Game Modes 5v5 is a new game mode variant for each of the core game modes.

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Game Errors

APRIL 26, 2023

Action-packed gameplay : The Far Cry 6 game features a variety of weapons and tools for players to use in combat, which can create a thrilling and satisfying experience. Developers are still reluctant to talk about the customization But it is already known that Far Cry 6 will offer deep customization of the main features.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Cookie Run is has some imporessive traction in the Western markets, which may potentially turn this game into a proper worldwide hit. The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2020

Due to that fact, the impact of live operations and adding new content for old users in such games is a much bigger lever than new user acquisition. Games with frontloaded monetization have a limited monetization potential due to low long-term retention. A great example would be 4X games or an auto-battler.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 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: The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5% In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Everyone on the product team looks at new content and features and judges whether it will help retain customers and bring in new subscribers. Build a loop A successful subscription plan should be tied to engagement in the underlying game. The more a customer plays the game, the higher the value of the subscription.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

We originally created a taxonomy together with Game Refinery dividing the games market into four different categories: Casual, Mid-Core, Casino and Sports. Then we further broke down the categories into genres and sub-genres based on feature sets. Action Puzzle and Other Puzzle are home to a ragtag bunch of games.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Going the extra mile with your game and adding in just a few more features or touches does make a difference. Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. Perhaps the Viking theme is in fashion (thanks to a certain God of War game hitting the stores), but it’s made our list and definitely a game to get lost in.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Niantic’s AR-based mobile game took the world by storm and broke numerous world records , including the most revenue grossed by a mobile game in its first month ($206.5m). On top of the standard neutral area, Now also features three randomly placed habitats: Forest, Swamp, and Desert.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

We break down RPGs into 6 sub-genres based on games’ features and core gameplay. The game brings 99% of N3TWORK’s IAP revenue signaling dire times for a publisher that was at its top only a couple of years ago. Fighting Games. All are the same within the Fighting games.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re a casual gamer looking for some entertainment or a dedicated hardcore game enthusiast, today, we have curated a list of the best high-graphics games for Android just for you. Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! So, are you excited to take a look?

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. But is there an ultimate winner?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

However, the gameplay in Dislyte is nothing new, adopting Lilith’s best practices for CCG-RPG games with validated gameplay, solid meta-features, and gacha-based monetization. The game also lacks sustainable growth with poor retention due to limited in-game content, weak end-game, and grindy progression.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Last month , Finnish game developer and publisher Tower Pop announced a $2.1 million investment for its upcoming Web3 game Omega Royale. How does the tower defense (TD) genre – generally associated with casual, mobile gaming – fit into the Web3 world? Let’s take a look.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Access all previous predictions here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Apple did feature Archero a week later and this is also when PewDiePie launched his influencer video. Half a month later, the Google featuring came.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

billion in 2018, making it the highest-earning mobile game of 2018. Honor of Kings established TiMi’s ability to develop commercially successful ports on mobile. TiMi continued its streak of popular PC/console mobile ports when Tencent signed TiMi to bring Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) to mobile in 2018.

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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! The only exception here, if the type of game requires it (e.g. a fighting game), is animation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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