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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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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Are Driving Player Engagement With Race Events

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The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Race events are most commonly active for a few days at a time, during which several races can be initiated.

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

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With all that immense popularity, its perhaps unsurprising to note that anime has crept into the mobile market, too. 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.

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

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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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Epic Games launches mobile store, bringing Fortnite and Fall Guys to iOS and Android

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The Epic Games Store is launching on mobile today. The Fortnite firm announced it will be bringing its games marketplace to Android worldwide, and to iOS in the European Union thanks to this year's Digital Markets Act requiring Apple to enable third-party stores on its mobile ecosystem. Read more

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EA cutting "small number" of staff as it sunsets two mobile games

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Electronic Arts is set to lay off "a small number of staff" due to its decision to close two of its mobile titles: EA Sports MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing.

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How Pride Was Celebrated on Mobile in 2022

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In this blog post, we would like to highlight some examples of how Pride showed on mobile during this year’s Pride month. Last year, the company distributed an exclusive rainbow-colored car to players in CSR2 Racing to commemorate the event. The post How Pride Was Celebrated on Mobile in 2022 appeared first on GameRefinery.

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