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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?

iXie gaming

With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. These games offer different gaming experiences, target different audiences, and have unique testing requirements for game QA. Games with expensive advertising campaigns.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

Just adding a unique theme or idea can make your title stand out from the ocean of games out there. Torchlight Infinite by XD Entertainment. Torchlight Inifinite is an ARPG (action roleplaying game), and the fourth title in the series made by XD Entertainment. Apex Legends Mobile by EA. Plan your attack.

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AWS for Games debuts Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers, and more at GDC 2024

AWS Games

AWS Session Highlights Harnessing generative AI to create unlimited content within game worlds : Saltwater Games details the generative AI architecture of “Resurgence,” an upcoming free-to-play, post-apocalyptic, open-world crafting and survival game. the #1 casual game launch of 2023 : Scopely’s Monopoly Go!

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Interview: KAP Games on Web3 distribution, development, and publishing

Game Daily

KAP Games is a distribution and publishing platform that can best be described as a kind of Steam for Web3 browser and mobile games. It is currently listing more than 50 games including a number of first party titles, such as Brawl of Fame. “People are used to owning items inside games. .”

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The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming

iXie gaming

Whereas games like Nintendogs, one of, if not the first ever virtual pet simulation game, became a cultural phenomenon, allowing players to care for and train virtual puppies. It became a staple device for family entertainment and gaming on the go.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

Deconstructor of Fun

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. The space is now awash with a variety of publishers, including the aforementioned SayGames, Kwalee and Homa, as well as Rollic (also acquired by Zynga), Popcore and Good Job Games.

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How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies

Deconstructor of Fun

In the mobile free to play area, additional capital also means the ability to fund long payback games at scale (e.g., Budgets for AAA console games could be more like $20M-$50M (notwithstanding Activision’s $200M+ budgets for Call of Duty although also including marketing and distribution). Are there any other exceptions?

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