Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B Noticeably, Tencent’s PUBG Mobile and Garena’s Free Fire were both down 37%.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

If you’re looking for ways to improve player retention for your mobile game, hosting a collaboration event with a well-known franchise as part of your LiveOps might be the answer you’re looking for. To figure out what makes a brand collaboration successful, let’s look at some recent examples of in-game collaboration events in mobile games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. The Macro-Level View As we know, 2020 was a year of unprecedented growth for mobile games.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

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.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Well, one of the biggest trends in mid-core games is growing your business on mobile and beyond. In 2021 the Mid-core category continued to dominate on the revenue side, bringing 45% of all In-App Purchase (IAP) revenues in mobile markets (excluding China, Japan, and Korea).

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. As people were locked down and real-life casinos shut down, casino games on mobile made bank. Casino on Mobile Trends, Demographics, Audience, and IPs. The drop of downloads will most likely lead to declining revenue in 2022. Access all previous predictions here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Follow Nebo on everything mobile growth > @eniac W hen AppTrackingTransparency was introduced, many predicted the doom and gloom situation and the death of mobile gaming. It's no secret that Match 3 is the most competitive mobile gaming genre. moment for many folks in the mobile gaming industry, including Playrix.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

2023 turned out to be no less challenging for the mobile market than the year before. User spending went down by around 3.5%, following the decline trend of 2022. Idle Tycoon : a developing genre with good potential and risk/reward ratio that seemed rather promising in 2022. Top image: Merge Mansion.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Available on mobile, console and PC. Available on mobile devices, Apple watch and PC. Available on mobile devices only. Published in 2022. Available on mobile. Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. Available on mobile, console, PC and Switch. Let’s dig in. Reigns by Nerial.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. As our snapshot report into casual mobile games shows, players can’t get enough of renovation and construction elements. No wonder these same elements are so popular in mobile games!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We're talking about massive layoffs across the tech industry and gaming in particular, new mobile game studios from NetEase and Nintendo, Playtika's latest earnings report, the dramatic and sudden collapse of FTX and the ongoing creator royalty debate going on in the world of NFTs. ? Subscribe here! year-over-year, comprising 54.9%

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Put simply: the mobile game market is currently seeing a lot of hybridization. Social and LiveOps.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. Subscribe here!

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Game Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Preferences: The top five genres show how much mobile and casual games influence the market. They are currently puzzles (63%), arcade (52%), skill & chance (44%), shooters (42%) and action (41%). 64% use mobiles – 12% only play on smartphones. consumer spend on video games in 2022 came in at 56.6

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Clash Quest is Supercell’s most recent attempt at disrupting the puzzle category through titles like Smash Land , Spooky Pop, and Hay Day Pop , each of them trying to achieve success from different angles. Clash Quest 101 In terms of gameplay, Clash Quest can be categorized as a blast-based midcore Puzzle game with some RPG components.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company. Hay Day has exceeded $2B. Both amazing.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supercell CEO’s annual blog post is a personal, inspirational, and sincere communication method from the top brass of a major mobile games company. compared to 2022) while EBITDA reached to a hefty €580m (down 8.2% compared to 2022). As a result, Supercell has fallen from the top-10 mobile publishers’ list.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Its developers dropped the news to launch the sequel to MW2 (2022), Modern Warfare III , with updated detailing and editions like the ‘Open Combat Missions.’ Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V?

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Game Daily

JUNE 19, 2023

A separate game invites players to solve a logic puzzle. Dream Idols is initially available for various VR platforms, including Meta and Vive, with mobile releases planned for the future. In 2022, Meta scored a major coup by staging a concert with Foo Fighters. Every genre of games brings in a new audience along with it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies. Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The company disclosed that it had already submitted a bid on November 16, 2022, for €8.50 These efforts were hampered by what it identified as increased market competition, particularly in the puzzle genre. in Q4 2022 despite overall Rovio revenue decline—and a stable core portfolio. But this wasn’t Playtika’s first offer.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

If you liked this analysis, you’ll love: Why Rovio is Such a Juicy Catch #1 What is the rationale and Strategic interest behind Sega Sammy’s desire to acquire Rovio Entertainment Firstly, Rovio is an earnings-generating mobile gaming company with studios in Europe and Canada. 2022 net profits: Sega: 337.4M USD Rovio: 24.9M

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

Let’s find out what kind of interesting monetization features aimed specifically at new players can be found in top mobile games from East to West! For example, the Puzzle RPG Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle has a Single-Summon limited to new players who are just starting to compile their character roster.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This blog post presents data and findings from an annual survey of professional video game developers conducted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) during October and November, 2022, alongside details about new AWS for Games solutions and customer stories. The video game industry continued its rapid transformation in 2022. Highlights.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. It grew the market and became bigger than Hearthstone on mobile.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. So, does it live up to the promise? Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. appeared first on GameRefinery.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

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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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Expect more acquisitions, new game releases and revenue diversification efforts (also outside mobile games) from Playtika, as it prepares to bulk up before an imminent 2020 IPO. This can be seen in the image below, where Simulation, Merge Puzzle and MOBA titles from Big Fish and Plarium are currently in soft-launch.

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