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

Game Refinery

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

The decline of the whole genre in the Western markets was caused by a decline in two of the most significant sub-genres: Brawlers and Fighting Games. . #3 Action Games (revenue -18%, downloads +11%) This is a very broad genre with lots of different sub-genres from MOBAs to Runners. The Brawlers sub-genre is pretty much Brawl Stars.

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Tower Pop seeks to reinvent tower defense

Game Daily

But Omega Royale, which began development three years ago, will be a ten-player fight to the death, in which players individually take on waves of enemies, but must also send baddy boosts against human players. But innovating on basic TD mechanics proved to be a challenge.

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Sony’s State of Play 2022- Delving into the Exclusivity  

iXie gaming

It was a 20-minute-long video release that featured a few new trailers and some advertisements for some exclusive Sony content. Bandai Namco had previously teased the release of the new entry in the long running fighting series as we get our first impressions on Tekken 8. Like a Dragon Ishin. Pacific Drive.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

Deconstructor of Fun

It’s again taking a super simple addictive core game but actually pairing it with a simplified progression mechanic and some amount of live operations. And the progression mechanic result in in-app purchases. There’s also the question: where are the advertisers going to come from? But is this really a scalable future?

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How Coin Master Disrupted Social Casino and Pocketed $100M

Deconstructor of Fun

All of which results in a near slots experience that makes the most of addictive slots player psychology , while using casual versions of proven F2P mid-core mechanics to capitalise on feelings of Loss Aversion and Skinner Box driven habit forming. Coin Master’s Game Systems. Most definitely, “Spins” drive all core loop engagement.

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Clash Quest, the Unofficial Postmortem

Deconstructor of Fun

The usage of spells, tactics, and magic items : Mechanics reminiscent of classic puzzle game boosters, but with more limited uses. Puzzle RPGs where the real meat is on the RPG and hero collection mechanics. After a successful Boss fight, the player was shipped off to the next island. Why did these changes not work?

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