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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well.

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A race to the bottom on creator royalties?

Deconstructor of Fun

We look into the interesting world of creator royalties and whether games, especially those in the blockchain space, will join the race to the bottom. However, we are missing the forest for the trees when we try to stick to a couple of high-level concepts instead of seeing the larger picture. Missed a previous newsletter?

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What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners

Game Refinery

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. kuFor the Monopoly collab, players sprinted past GO on a map inspired by the classic board game. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

Game concepts: In this phase, some of the questions asked are - What will be the genre of the game? Will the game be 2D or 3D? Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look. This decides whether the game is worth pursuing or not. What is the time frame?

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Playing both sides: How senior marketing leaders can ensure they build winning gaming teams

Game Daily

Instead, I want to explore the role of a gaming CMO in setting teams up for success and the risk that some leaders may actually be incentivising a race to the bottom. Gaming UA teams are primarily, if not entirely, focused on optimization.

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Upcoming Panel at SXSW Online 2021

Game Design Aspect

Now she builds strategy for and sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

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. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads.

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