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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Kwalee releases Arabic version of mobile game platform for MENA devs
Game Developer
AUGUST 16, 2024
Hitseeker's new Arabic-language version was launched to support MENA studios and position Kwalee as a 'reliable partner' for developers in the region.
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Anime platform Crunchyroll launches Game Vault to let subscribers play
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
The new initiative will grant select Crunchyroll subscribers access to an expanding collection of mobile games.
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Report: Sony planning mobile games platform
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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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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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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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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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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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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Samsung launches free mobile cloud gaming platform for Galaxy devices
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Samsung has launched a free mobile gaming platform across its Galaxy devices in North America. Read more
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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.
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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Study finds YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for game discovery
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 9, 2024
A new study has found that YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for discovering new games among players. PR and marketing agency Big Games Machine surveyed 1,000 US-based console and PC gamers about how they find new titles to purchase and play, of which 64% said they discover games via YouTube. Read more
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Kristian Segerstrale: Cross-platform, not new platforms, will drive growth
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 9, 2024
Kristian Segerstale believes industry growth will be driven by developers embracing a cross-platform strategy, rather than waiting for a single new platform to disrupt the market. In the opening keynote of Develop:Brighton today, the Super Evil Megacorp CEO was asked about the state of platform and the industry. Read more
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It's not just the price tag: premium games don't fit on mobile | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 19, 2024
The conventional wisdom about releasing premium games on mobile platforms is very simple these days. If that's your perspective on the mobile market, this week's report that Resident Evil 7 has earned less than $30,000 since its launch on iOS at the start of this month will do nothing to challenge your view. Read more
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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement
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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Does a game being 'mobile-first' limit the amount a developer can charge on console?
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 25, 2024
Some of the biggest titles of the past few years have demonstrated that mobile platforms do not need to be a lesser alternative to a title's home console editions. Other titles from major IP holders are now set to have simultaneous releases across both home consoles, PC, and mobile devices. Read more
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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events
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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Authentication for Mobile Games
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.
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Polish games industry employs over 15.000 people (same as France)
PreMortem.Games
JULY 7, 2023
Image: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – CD Projekt Red According to the latest report on the state of the games industry in Poland , the country ties with France at second place after the UK for biggest European games industries. 494 Game companies But Poland has plenty to be pleased with.
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Rewatch our webinar with TikTok on the modern mobile games market
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 30, 2024
Last week, GamesIndustry.biz presented a webinar with TikTok and the National Research Group on modern mobile gaming. It presented its three core pillars for success in mobile games, and then TikTok shared a lot of insight on how to increase engagement and discovery on it platform. Read more
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Series Entertainment acquires mobile game studio Pixelberry Studios
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 10, 2024
Series Entertainment has acquired story-driven, episodic mobile game studio Pixelberry. Read more
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The continuing quest to bring Age of Empires to mobile
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 25, 2024
Since then, the historical real-time strategy series has had multiple releases on platforms such as home consoles and mobile devices. With Age of Empires 4 pleasing fans on PC and Xbox, Microsoft is making another attempt to attract smartphone audiences with the upcoming Age of Empires Mobile. Read more
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How to Build Better Mechanics for Rewarded In-Game Ads
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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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming
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. These three factors have traditionally made mobile gaming venture capital (VC) friendly, which brings in the capital that keeps the flywheel going.
LinkedIn launches games on its platform
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 1, 2024
Business social media site LinkedIn has officially rolled out game offerings. As reported by The Verge , users whom visit the site on desktop or mobile can access the newly launched titles. LinkedIn's offerings include the word association title Pinpoint, the Sudoku-like Queens, and the trivia game Crossclimb. Read more
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Newzoo looks at different generations • Mobile most popular among all ages
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Top image by Freepik In their latest report , Newzoo looks at how different generations engage with gaming. It will come as no surprise that across all age groups people play games, but there are some significant differences between the older and newer generations. With each passing generation, gaming becomes more popular.
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The Mobile Games Industry In the Year 2023
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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Study: 47% of gamers play on multiple platforms
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 20, 2023
Of those polled, 79% of them were gaming enthusiasts, and 47% of that subset played on more than one platform (the poll considered PC, mobile, and console each to be a single platform). Mobile was the most popular platform, with 60% of online respondents playing on phones or tablets.
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How to market console and PC games in a mobile world
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 20, 2023
Traditionally, the console and PC gaming markets have operated very differently to mobile. But that’s changing as technological advancements are allowing mobile developers to bring their games to console, and vice versa.
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New social media app Dusk plans to "reimagine social multiplayer gaming for the mobile generation"
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 16, 2024
A new social media platform for building and playing multiplayer games has secured $8m in a new funding round. The app – which is currently available in beta form – already boasts 50 games of various genres, and its users have clocked up "over 50m minutes" of in-app voice chats so far. Read more
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Epic Games lowers royalty fee for games released simultaneously on Epic Games Store
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Epic Games will drop its royalty fees from 5% to 3.5% for developers that release eligible Unreal Engine games on Epic Games Stores at the same time as other mobile, console, or PC platforms. Read more
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Console revenues decline as PC soars; Mobile still dominates in $187 billion market
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
The global games market is navigating a period of slow but steady growth, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report 2024. Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. Console gaming, on the other hand, is anticipated to see a slight decline of 1.0%
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South Korea fines Google $32m for using games to damage competing mobile stores
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 11, 2023
million) by South Korea's antitrust regulator for blocking the release of mobile games on a competing platform. Between June 2016 and April 2018, Google offered in-app exposure for mobile games that were released exclusively on Google Play. billion won ($31.88 Read more
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Zenless Zone Zero, NTE and the new wave of Chinese games pushing the limits of free-to-play | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 6, 2024
Since MiHoYo released Genshin Impact in 2020, an irreversible shift in perception happened across the gaming industry and among many gamers: free-to-play mobile games can actually be good?! Arguably, Genshin Impact had all the ingredients of a fully-fledged AAA console/PC game.
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Successful Cross-Platform Development with Mobile Games
Starloop Studios
JULY 14, 2024
It has been long established that mobile gaming is becoming more popular and successful year over year, and now we’re seeing mobile games included in more cross-platform game development projects. Though mobile games are included [.] Though mobile games are included [.]
How Much Does It Cost To Develop a 2D Online Teen Patti Mobile Game App?
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. However, to minimize your costs, there is one solution to that.
What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners
Game Refinery
MAY 30, 2024
Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Tencent’s PUBG Mobile, and Riot’s League of Legends: Wild Rift) might just have the answers you’re looking for. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.
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Marketing manager Joana Keler: “Social media is your game’s best friend”
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 24, 2025
Some of the key goals for social media marketing are game discovery, sales lifecycle, community building and direct communications. Thats a really interesting corporate thing that not many people in video games utilize. You can set up a tone for your game or studio. Youve got development going but the game is not announced yet.
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Only a handful of studios in Slovakia generate the lion share of game revenues
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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GamesIndustry.biz heads to IGN Live to discuss the future of games platforms
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 5, 2024
GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring will lead a panel featuring former PlayStation exec, and current advisor to Tencent, Shawn Layden, veteran games analyst Michael Pachter and author, curator and historian Van Burnham. It takes place at 2pm local time in Los Angeles, with coverage on IGN and GamesIndustry.biz.
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Report: Console gaming more popular among Japanese youth than mobile
GamesIndustry.biz
AUGUST 21, 2023
A new report by Niko Partners has revealed that consoles are the most popular platform for young gamers in Japan. of the group, followed by mobile gaming at 63.5%. The market research firm's annual Japan Youth Gamers report surveyed more than 300 parents of gamers aged six to 18 and over 90 gamers between the ages of 16 and 18.
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AWS to showcase tools for breakthrough gaming experiences at GDC 2025
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. Unlock direct-to-player game streaming at 1080p resolution, 60 frames per second to any device globally with a web browser.
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Are games consoles facing extinction?
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 20, 2024
The games industry is in constant flux; what we think we know today as fact is gone often completely different the next day. Developers used to have to partner with publishers for their games to reach market; now they can use digital platforms and release their wares into the world without a middle man. Read more
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