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Tile Busters: Leaving The Reddest Ocean To Find A Blue Spot

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The co-founders of the company come from Peak, Zynga, and Riot, where some held co-founder or key team roles. Adding the fact that some of the co-founders worked at Peak (that developed two successful blast titles in Toy Blast & Toon Blast ), they went ahead with their own take on the Tile Match subgenre.

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How Mobile Games Can Buck the Recession

Deconstructor of Fun

Bucking the Economic Slowdown In Q3 2022, consumers spent more than $6.7 in Q3 2022. in Q3 2022. billion to the global gaming market in 2022 ? billion to the global gaming market in 2022 ? billion per month and downloaded nearly 5 billion new titles every month. UK and Germany on track to generate a combined $12.1

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

Game Refinery

Instant Showdown was first introduced in early 2022 Fishdom is another Playrix game with a 1v1 competitive event incorporated into its Live Event- framework. Players are put into random pairs and race to collect the required number of event points within a 30-minute time limit. Take the aptly titled Coinpetiton event as an example.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

Developed by Kitka Games and acquired by Scopely Games in September 2022, Stumble Guys is a knock-out party game with a similar visual style and gameplay mechanics to Fall Guys. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads.

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Why Rovio is Such a Juicy Catch

Deconstructor of Fun

The company disclosed that it had already submitted a bid on November 16, 2022, for €8.50 Playtika noted that Rovio’s IP, namely the Angry Birds franchise, plus the scale of its user base would combine well with its monetization and live ops expertise. in Q4 2022 despite overall Rovio revenue decline—and a stable core portfolio.

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