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Webinar Recap: How Mobile Game Developers Are Using IP Collaborations to Enhance LiveOps

Game Refinery

MARCH 27, 2025

From PUBG x Dragon Ball to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE x Nier: Automata and State of Survival x Resident Evil , collaboration events with renowned franchises have consistently demonstrated their ability to significantly enhance mobile game performance. Below, we go through the highlights.

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Toymaker Mattel is becoming a mobile game publisher

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MARCH 5, 2024

Hot Wheels and Barbie toymaker Mattel is expanding its video game interests, with a new publishing arm that will "co-devleop" and publish mobile games.

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Report: Sony making PlayStation mobile store for F2P games

Game Developer

MAY 22, 2024

Now that it's in the PC market, Sony is seemingly taking its first steps into phones with a PlayStation mobile platform.

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Mobile publisher Nordcurrent acquires River End Games

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With River End under its belt, Nordcurrent aims to get deeper into the console and PC game market while maintaining its strong mobile presence.

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African mobile game publisher Carry1st nets $27M in funding

Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carry1st, which published Call of Duty: Mobile in South Africa, plans to use its newly raised money to license more games and develop its own.

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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using Anime to Boost Engagement and Revenue Across the Globe

Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

With all that immense popularity, its perhaps unsurprising to note that anime has crept into the mobile market, too. Weve previously explored how collaborating with fan-favorite IPs as part of a LiveOps strategy can have a drastic impact on in-game performance, and that logic very much applies to anime crossovers.

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Netflix taking mobile-first, 'phased approach' to game releases

Game Developer

JUNE 26, 2024

The streamer still has dreams of being a big player in games, but keeping its feet on mobile ground is where it wants to be until it can make good on its larger plans.

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Playtika buys mobile game dev Innplay Labs

Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Months after it swore off releasing new mobile games, Playtika has bought up Innplay to create "exceptional gaming experiences for our players."

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Tencent reportedly canceled unannounced Nier mobile game

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Without a proper monetization plan and licensing fees to pay, Tencent pulled the plug on Nier's second mobile spinoff.

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PlayStation finds two new execs for its mobile game division

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Two-year alums Olivier Courtemanche and Justin Kubiak will respectively lead the direction and business partnerships for PlayStation's mobile ventures.

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Sony and NCSoft form "global partnership" focused on console and mobile games

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

NCSoft and SIE plan to partner on a number of "global businesses.across and beyond genres and regions," including the mobile games space.

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FBI warns that mobile games may be front for cryptocurrency scams

Game Developer

MARCH 15, 2023

The FBI suggests mobile players be wary of anyone who wants them to spend real-world money on cryptocurrency to play a game on their phones.

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The Mobile Games Moving Away From Gacha

Game Refinery

APRIL 27, 2023

Mobile games and gacha mechanics have been closely aligned for a significant time. Regardless of the genre, most gamers playing titles on a mobile device will inevitably encounter gacha mechanics in some shape or form, whether that’s a box gacha, sugoroku gacha, timed gacha, or one of many others.

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Playtika will temporarily suspend launching new mobile games

Game Developer

MARCH 1, 2023

Playtika puts its plans to release new mobile games on pause, for the moment.

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6 Ad Formats to Take Your Mobile In-Game Advertising to the Next Level

Game Refinery

JUNE 19, 2024

Dive into the benefits of mobile in-game ads for mobile marketers and the 6 ad formats to take your campaigns to the next level.

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How To Accelerate Your Mobile Game Growth

Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Learn how game developers can expand their mobile game business beyond the app stores, improve UA and discoverability, and discover more freedom to deliver unique experiences directly to new and existing players.

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Microsoft considered acquiring Square Enix for mobile Game Pass plans

Game Developer

JUNE 28, 2023

Microsoft has wanted to get its foot in the door for Japan and mobile games, and owning Square would've allowed for both.

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The Casual Gaming Insights Mobile Marketers Need to Know in 2024

Game Refinery

AUGUST 29, 2024

The post The Casual Gaming Insights Mobile Marketers Need to Know in 2024 appeared first on GameRefinery.

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Google Play Games aims to capture Android and iOS mobile game revenue on PC

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Google Play Games is a defense strategy against competing storefronts that host PC ports of mobile games, ensuring Google continues to capture revenue from users who abandon mobile to play on PC.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

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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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using In-Game Collaboration Events to Boost Player Retention

Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

If you’re looking for ways to improve player retention for your mobile game, hosting a collaboration event with a well-known franchise as part of your LiveOps might be the answer you’re looking for. As an example, collaboration events are used by more than 70% of the top 10% of highest-grossing games in the China iOS market.

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Take-Two struggling with mobile post-Zynga acquisition

Game Developer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Despite wanting to be a big player in the mobile games industry, acquiring Zynga to achieve those dreams may have come too late for Take-Two.

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Forza creator Turn 10 collaborating with Hutch Games on mystery mobile project

Game Developer

JUNE 15, 2023

The unnamed project will be a standalone mobile game focused on car customization.

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Top mobile marketing strategies for 2024

Game Developer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How do you create a mobile game marketing strategy to make your game stand out from the crowd? In this article, we explore several ways of achieving this.

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Best Practice and Strategies for Targeted IAP Offers in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

User acquisition has become increasingly challenging for mobile marketers ever since Apple introduced its App Tracking Transpency (ATT) policy in April 2021. With that in mind, mobile marketers should focus on identifying better ways to push monetization opportunities to their existing audiences.

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12 Ways to Take Battle Passes to the Next Level in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. 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.

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Supercell acquires UK mobile studio Space Ape Games

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The London-based developer is known for working on titles like Beatstar and Transformers: Earth Wars.

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Koei Tecmo sues mobile dev Youzoo for repeated copyright infringement

Game Developer

APRIL 11, 2024

Koei Tecmo claims, despite numerous cease and desists, that Youzoo kept using material from its games to advertise its own mobile titles.

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Mobile 3D Games vs. Console Games: What’s the Future of Mobile Gaming?

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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Sega has completed its acquisition of mobile developer Rovio

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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Zeekerss warns Lethal Company's mobile game is "likely a scam"

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Be advised against that phone version of Lethal Company going around on mobile app stores.

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Mobile dev Shipyard Games shuts down

Game Developer

AUGUST 7, 2024

The creator of Wizards & Kingdoms Go quietly shuttered after running out of money and losing financial backing from Supercell.

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Second Life is coming to mobile, nearly 20 years after launch

Game Developer

MARCH 14, 2023

Second Life , one of the earliest attempts at the metaverse, is branching out into the mobile game market.

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More Than Movements: Animation in Mobile Game Dev

Game Developer

JULY 29, 2024

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

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Square Enix will end Bravely Default mobile game in February 2023

Game Developer

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The brilliant light has faded.

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Mobile dev Talofa Games raises $6.3 million to make more fitness games

Game Developer

JANUARY 24, 2024

Talofa aims to use the newly gotten seed money to build upon its debut game, Run Legends, and create other "games for good." "

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Unity report shows sharp decline of in-app mobile spending during 2022's end

Game Developer

JUNE 13, 2023

Unity's new report on 2022's mobile game revenue shows in-game spending had a hard drop in revenue during the holiday season.

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Savage Game Studios CEO Michail Katkoff leaves PlayStation mobile dev

Game Developer

JULY 3, 2023

Almost a full year after being acquired by PlayStation, Savage Game Studios' co-founder Michail Katkoff is leaving to take some personal time off.

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How Cloud Gaming Will Change the Mobile Game Development Landscape?

Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

billion by 2030, valued at a CAGR of 45.5%, cloud gaming is not just reshaping mobile gaming; it’s a catalyst for innovation, redefining how games are played, shared, monetized, and evolved, ushering in a new era of gaming experiences. So, precisely what is the role of cloud gaming, and how does it work?

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Designing maps that complement game mechanics

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Good level design must support the actual game mechanics – this affects both level design, and ultimately, player enjoyment. This article shows how we do things with our popular multiplayer mobile shooter game War Robots.

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