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How to Turn Your Smartphone into a Gaming Console: The Best Gaming Apps

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Our smartphones have become more than just communication devices- they are now powerful gaming consoles that fit right into our pockets. With an extensive array of games at our fingertips, turning your smartphone into a gaming console is easier than ever.

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development 

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Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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

Game Refinery

Merge Puzzle: Gossip Harbor One of the most common places to encounter storytelling elements on mobile is within the puzzle genre, and while this might sound unconventional, it’s all relatively seamless in practice. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE features high-quality anime cutscenes. Gossip Harbor (source: GameRefinery platform).

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

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UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. Is it well-defined?

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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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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

PreMortem.Games

Later, at Pixar, he worked on animated classics like Toy Story 3 and Brave that went on to win three Oscars. Now it’s an independent studio of 30 developers, animators, storytellers and artists. “We started referencing the India around us rather than the image of it in collective media and that re-training was quite a challenge.”

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Analysis • Sony moves away from customer electronics to become a media empire

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Sony currently maintains its dominant position in console gaming with a 2-to-1 ratio for installed devices compared to its main rival Microsoft. Crunchyroll, its anime-focused video service, has evolved into the world’s largest portfolio of anime content and now counts 10 million paying subscribers.