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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

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Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. But for this game, they layered in choice – fight enemies to make your character stronger, and avoid ones that are too tough. So, technically Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t released in 2022. That’s our roundup from 2022. And your players will notice.

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The Three Game Industry Trends to Watch in 2024

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During the lockdown years companies grew in headcount to supply content against the massive surge of demand. Given how incredibly solid 2023 was for new game releases, the share of new game playtime rose only by 4% ( from 19% in 2022 to 23% in 2023). Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. Just consider last year.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

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If you look at the top 30 new downloaded games in 2022, what you’ll find out is that none of them was a hypercasual game. You only have existing games in the hypercasual space that have been successful in 2022. Eric Seufert explains the concept of content fortresses here. year-over-year). But is this really a scalable future?

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

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Level Infinite’s action RPG, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE , became one of the most popular titles on the mobile market when it launched in November 2022 and is still very popular in Japan. The narrative is a vital part of the drive toward in-game progression. Genshin Impact’s turn-based TCG minigame, Genius Invocation.

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

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2022 was yet another declining year for Supercell. Supercell’s total revenue (Liikevaihto) declined in 2022 but is considerably up compared to 2020. I would suggest that the mobile industry’s slowdown in growth and decline in 2022 is, in part, evidence that more innovative games are needed, including from us.” Both amazing.”

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

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A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. 2022 Predictions for 4X games We’ll see even more external IPs in the 4X genre. Unlike with Sniper games, you could move and you were actually fighting other players. The launch of Valorant Mobile in 2022 is likely to invigorate it considerably.

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Part 1: How Netflix could become the 'Netflix of Gaming'

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But when you think about the AAA catalogs offered by Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Now, this just seems like a nearly impossible battle to take on for a streaming media company with little game development experience, no matter how flush with cash they are. Plus they have a library of world-class content.