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

Game Refinery

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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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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Playtika buys mobile game dev Innplay Labs

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

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

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Some titles, such as Umamusume: Pretty Derby, have taken things one step further by taking a multimedia approach, with mobile games, anime, and manga series all coexisting and building an ever-expanding universe. You see, many anime-based games attempt to retell the same story from the series they are based on.

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Playtika will temporarily suspend launching new mobile games

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

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The Mobile Games Moving Away From Gacha

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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.