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Mario Kart World | Critical Consensus

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Keza MacDonald, The Guardian "But when Im somewhat mindlessly roaming around its pleasant but fairly one-note map or puttering down the lengthy straightaways that often separate its Grand Prix tracks, World doesnt make a convincing case that going open-world was the boost Mario Kart needed."

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How 3D Modeling and Animation Transform Your Game’s Visuals?

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This combination creates emotional resonance, engages players deeper into the game, and keeps them engaged. With mobile gaming surging in popularity, the North American mobile games market’s revenue is expected to reach $49.82 billion by 2029 , growing at a CAGR of 6.33% (2025-2029).

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

Game Refinery

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. So what are the benefits?

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Zenless Zone Zero, NTE and the new wave of Chinese games pushing the limits of free-to-play | Opinion

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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?!

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Resident Evil Village on iOS makes cases both for and against cloud streaming | Opinion

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox We don't generally think of mobile games as being graphical powerhouses, but over the years there have been quite a few games which managed high-end visuals on mobile hardware – from early showcases like Infinity Blade through to the enormous open world of Genshin Impact, (..)

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Tower of Fantasy – Is the Game Really a Genshin Impact With a Social Twist?

Game Refinery

The anime art style is fairly similar to the one in Genshin Impact, but one of the biggest differences is that Tower of Fantasy players explore the open sci-fi world of the planet Aida, rather than the fantasy setting depicted in Genshin Impact. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B Games with IPs and/or high production values bucked the trend.