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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. It’s awesome to see some good messaging baked into its core gameplay. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world. By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue.

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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement?

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ).

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Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!

Deconstructor of Fun

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). pcre2 10.40, CA certificates (2022-03-31). UWP: Fix exporting GDNative DLLs ( GH-61262 ).

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