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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Chinese regulators approved 87 new video game licenses in February. South China Morning Post reported that Tencent and NetEase were among the companies that received a green light for titles. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Details have emerged about how the 14-year partnership between Blizzard and NetEase broke down earlier this year. Read more

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Code with Mike

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Activision Blizzard and NetEase have announced the end of their licensing agreement, which brings a 14-year relationship to a conclusion. The end of a fruitful partnership The termination of the agreement, which came after talks between two companies for the renewal of the deal broke down, means that gamers in […].

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team's implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team’s implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. What is your.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This week, we take a look at Phil Spencer’s announcements about Xbox Game Pass, and Eric breaks down some of the company’s claims. Game Pass as an overall part of our content and services revenue is probably 15 percent,” says Spencer. “I Companies typically reduce prices to capture the biggest audience possible.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Star Rating on iOS and was elected Game of the Year on both the App Store and Google Play. Even if the game wasn’t hitting the financial and franchise expectations, EA Mobile has no leeway to be picky. Apex was one of the largest games in the company’s steeply declining mobile portfolio. source: Data.ai ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 7, 2023

CSGO is a decade-old game at this point, with a stable playerbase and a vibrant market economy. As such, it serves as a great example of what a mature game marketplace looks like, a model example showcasing classic economic effects that apply as expected in games. You can catch more of him on the Game Economist Podcast ?️

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Veteran Technical Director James Marr Answers: What Makes A Great Game Engineer? More than ever, user acquisition teams must rely on machine learning and AI to find the right audiences for their games and apps. This week, we dive into how to adapt creatives to a changing privacy landscape. TWIG #213 THE SEASON FINALE! ? Subscribe here!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We follow up and expand upon the Playtika and social casino-discussion that took part in the latest “This week in games”-podcast by going through the latest earnings reports from Playtika (you can find the link to the podcast below) On the go? Kress’s Corner #2 How do gaming Venture Capitalist really work? Eager to play a new game? ?

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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. And that’s exactly the case with the chart toppers Stumble Guys and Eggy Party, two mobile clones of the 60-player knock-out party game, Fall Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2020

Tencent Games, the world’s largest video game company, is often misunderstood by outsiders, and even after working on Wild Rift for several years, I have to admit that my understanding of the politics at the leadership level is still cursory at best. (As As a bonus, mobile battle royale history will also be covered.)

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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. As an example, collaboration events are used by more than 70% of the top 10% of highest-grossing games in the China iOS market.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it will cease operation of its games in China beginning on January 23, 2023. The decision stems from the end of Blizzard’s ongoing business partnership with Chinese tech giant NetEase, which will not be renewed after the two parties could not come to an agreement this year. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

You might know Playrix as the company that entered market segments dominated by King (Candy Sagas) and Supercell (Hay Day) only to beat both at what they are great at. Instead, we’ll be talking about how Playrix outperformed most of the games industry in their ability to work from home efficiently and at scale. Source: Data.ai

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

2022 GAMES AWARDS: And the winner is… The Biggest News Item of 2022 Looking back, 2021 was truly booming in terms of game news. War, inflation, rising interest rates, recession struggle of performance marketing all influenced the games business that these days isn’t quite as recession-proof as it was back in 2008.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

This week, in the changing economic environment, we take a look at the recent consolidation of blockchain gaming to weather tough times ahead. ? Deconstructor of Fun has teamed up with MY.GAMES, AWS, Unity, Data.ai, and Google to supercharge the Game Drive accelerator program. They even had to fend off AppLovin to complete the deal !

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JANUARY 21, 2021

This analysis is written by my friend, Buğrahan Göker who focused on 4X games, and Yours Truly. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Strategy games also represent nearly a half of all Mid-Core revenues.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

Not even a year has passed since we did our predictions on Action games in 2019. 2019 continued this trend, with PUBG Mobile still being the #1 game on mobile. This sector is so unique versus action games, and one that has been growing quickly. you can find the previous predictions here. Let’s dive in. While some developers (ex.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

So without further ado… First, a quick overview of the RPG genre Role Playing Games (RPGs) have generated nearly $3Bn in in-app purchase revenues year-to-date in the Western markets. This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. mid-core 2019. mid-core 2019.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. The money you save on platform fees will go directly into further improving and growing your games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The company was originally funded by NetEase, but Snap is published by Nuverse (a subsidiary of ByteDance, of TikTok fame). Snap presents a very accessible CCG with short intense matches of ~4 minutes which involve a high degree of poker-like mind games and deception. Launch: Snap had an aggressive launch, achieving +8.5M

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This week, we get into one of the hottest topics, whether the App Store’s NFT guidelines will hurt or help blockchain games. TWIG #209 What is going on with games in China??? ? Tokenomics #20 - Why MystenLabs Raised $300m to Build a Better Layer1 for Web3 Gaming Lastly ? Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got ?

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