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Console Gaming’s Triple Threat

Deconstructor of Fun

For the past decade, we’ve looked at mobile gaming as the driver of gaming growth, both in terms of new players and revenue generated. Yet this year it’s the console segment that is the biggest revenue growth driver, with an impressive +7.4% Console publishers rely on blockbuster franchises. year-on-year increase.

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Newzoo’s latest report: Almost 9 in 10 gamers spend money on in-game items

PreMortem.Games

These emerging players are at the forefront of consuming game-related content alongside their active involvement, emphasizing the growing trend of watching gaming-related media alongside playing. More than one platform Almost half of all gamers actively play on more than one platform.

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

Game Refinery

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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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile. And earlier this year, he finally released his mobile adaption – hitting a nice 4.6 If you’re looking to switch your game from console to mobile, then Dicey Dungeons is a prime example of doing this right. out of 10 in no time.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

The top 200 merge game titles (source: GameRefinery platform). Including narrative elements in the meta layer of the game certainly has a positive impact on the revenue. GameRefinery’s motivational data shows Gossip Harbor does things differently than most merge games. Source: GameRefinery platform ).

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Why aren’t movie tie-in games, especially those that are a story adaptation to the movie’s story they’re loosely based on, really a common thing anymore since the beginning of the last decade?

Ask a Game Dev

It’s mostly because mobile devices became the platform du jour to publish movie tie-in games and other similar shovelware-style titles. Development costs are lower, turnaround time is faster, expectations are lower, and audiences are larger on mobile, so it makes sense that licensors would go there.

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The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming

iXie gaming

The advent of handheld gaming consoles marked a significant era in the gaming industry. This bubble of time, between the early 2000s and mid-2010s, witnessed the rise of several iconic handheld consoles, including the Sony PSP, and various iterations of Nintendo’s DS line, such as the Nintendo DS, 3DS, and 2DS.

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