Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). What game genres we can expect from this team is pure speculation at this point. billion revenue and 1.1

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. 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. Missed a previous newsletter? year-over-year).

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. Hay Day has exceeded $2B.

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AWS Games

JUNE 8, 2023

Imagined as a sci-fi take on esports, the game was developed in only two years by a single developer, Kavosh Omidi, using Amazon GameLift dedicated server management on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The independently published title launched on Steam in July 2022, and has since attracted more than 50,000 players.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

AWS re:Invent was back in full force in 2022 with over 50,000 members of the global cloud community coming together in Las Vegas for the 11th edition of the conference. This blog details the service launches, customer sessions, and partner announcements most relevant to game developers. Watch the re:Invent breakout session.

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