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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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With no 'imminent' acquisitions planned, Spencer hopes to find new partners in areas vital to growing Xbox's platform.

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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.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Commerce is arguing that the more app stores there are, the healthier the mobile app scene will be.

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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. According to the report , TikTok was the second most used platform at 36%, following by Instagram (35%), Facebook (34%) and word of mouth (32%). Read more

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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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Game Developer

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Meta Quest platform continued to lose momentum in 2023.

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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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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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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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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 30, 2024

Last week, GamesIndustry.biz presented a webinar with TikTok and the National Research Group on modern mobile gaming. Going under the title: Mastering Engagement and Loyalty In The New Mobile Gaming Era, the two groups shared insight and data around the rapid changes in the mobile landscape and the impact it can have on games businesses.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Dedicated game console Across every generation, mobile is the most used platform for playing games. Only 5% of them play on all 3 platforms. Gen Z has the highest number of multi-platformers with 18%. Spending is most common in mobile gaming, with 38% of Gen Alpha, Gen Z, and Millennial gamers saying they spend on mobile.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 10, 2024

Series Entertainment has acquired story-driven, episodic mobile game studio Pixelberry.

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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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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. PC gaming is set to outperform both mobile and console gaming in revenue growth, with a projected increase of 4.0% In contrast, mobile gaming, despite its significant market share, is expected to grow at a slower rate of 3.0% increase year-on-year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 16, 2024

A new social media platform for building and playing multiplayer games has secured $8m in a new funding round.

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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. Nevertheless, mobile gaming represents a whopping 61% of all games revenue , a number that would be even larger should we account for all the in-app-ad revenue.

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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. Plus, as recent major acquisitions show, console and PC-first publishers are eyeing up the mobile market.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2023

Vampire Survivors launched on Android and iOS last month, but Poncle developer Luca Galante had intended to bring the breakthrough hit to mobile platforms considerably earlier. Unfortunately, nobody I spoke with was on board with the monetization I had in mind for the platform: non-predatory.".

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2024

As reported by The Verge , users whom visit the site on desktop or mobile can access the newly launched titles. Business social media site LinkedIn has officially rolled out game offerings. LinkedIn's offerings include the word association title Pinpoint, the Sudoku-like Queens, and the trivia game Crossclimb. All the games are free to play.

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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 [.]

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Yet the hard truth is that these initiatives by the platforms have done little except prolonged development cycles and created jobs inside the platforms themselves. Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile. Exit mobile. Expect to see heavy pushes to off-platform payments this year.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

An unfairness that we in the mobile game industry have experienced a tightly controlled distribution landscape for our entire industry's lifetime. The implication of government actions will bear consequences on mobile games and apps that are being distributed in the future. So this would be something like app store distribution.

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Unity Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unity game developers can now make mobile games accessible to iOS and Android screen readers with the launch of Mobile Screen Reader support, available from Unity 2023.2 Tech Stream and above. This is the first of many runtime features slated to enhance gamer accessibility.

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Unity 6 has been released across mobile, PC, and console, as well as other platforms, including extended reality. Read more

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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. 2D Teen Patti Mobile Game Development Cost Factors Before developing a successful game, you need to figure out who your target audience is and which platform will best serve them.

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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?! I'm being a bit cynical here, as it is undeniable that quality free-to-play mobile games were produced before, but Genshin Impact pushed the envelope.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2024

During the 30-minute session, we will discuss the role of consoles, the trends on mobile and PC, and look to the potential impact of areas such as game streaming, Netflix and 'metaverse' titles such as Fortnite and Roblox. It takes place at 2pm local time in Los Angeles, with coverage on IGN and GamesIndustry.biz. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The platform killed the booming gaming business by handicapping the distribution channels used to grow our games. I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago. The Mobile Games Market has Matured The market returned to growth.

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Big Games

JANUARY 9, 2025

The gaming world is changing fast, and mobile phones are leading the charge. Mobile gaming becomes more impressive with every new smartphone release, making traditional gaming methods out of vogue. Nowadays, with the introduction of mobile 3D games in the market, many game enthusiasts will eventually surpass it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2024

How the transition to a unified.NET has impacted platform support, and re-adding the ability to port to mobile.

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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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PreMortem.Games

JULY 7, 2023

When developing games Polish studios declare PC as leading platform (68.4%), with mobile trailing behind in second place (12.8%). According to CD Projekt, less than 30% of Cyberpunk 2077 copies were sold in physical form, compared to a remarkable 68% for The Witcher 3, in its premiere year seven years earlier.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 1, 2024

for developers that release eligible Unreal Engine games on Epic Games Stores at the same time as other mobile, console, or PC platforms. Epic Games will drop its royalty fees from 5% to 3.5% Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 19, 2024

Sensor Tower has acquired mobile marketing firm Data.ai to strengthen its position in digital marketing and mobile, and to expand its customer base and products. for an undisclosed sum, which will involve an unknown number of layoffs from the latter's workforce. As reported by TechCrunch , Sensor Tower plans to utilise Data.ai

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