PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Given these incredible tailwinds, it’s not surprising that mobile game companies have delivered the vast majority of gaming venture returns in recent years. But now the era of startup mobile gaming growth is over, as you can read here. Games become more expensive to make. Of these, about 211 were studios.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Data Protection An important factor to consider when looking for a game development company is data protection. Is it well-defined?

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.”

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 19, 2024

The gaming industry has achieved significant milestones in recent years, and 2023 was no exception. Recent data has shown that 2023 has been among the best years in the gaming sector. It has the highest number of top-rated games in two decades, making it an exceptional year for the industry. But was it all rosy?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

These are the four defensibilities from NFX with examples from tech: Applied to the gaming industry, here is my own interpretation for the archetypal companies for each defensibility category: So how defensible are game companies based on these defensibilities? In some rare cases, mobile launch budgets can potentially exceed $50M.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Facebook used games for growth and discarded them quickly as it didn’t need them anymore. The platform killed the booming gaming business by handicapping the distribution channels used to grow our games. I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Secondly, look up profiles on independent data-driven websites. Finally, choose your top game art outsourcing firm and get in touch with it after doing a cost-benefit analysis. It specializes in game development. . It specializes in producing both 2D & 3D content and has up to 200 employees. One such site is clutch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Perhaps a revamp of the game they previously developed at Scuttlebutt , which was somewhat reminiscent of the classic Cannon Fodder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 1, 2020

Games services providers have evolved along with the games industry. Today, especially on the mobile gaming side, the market has matured over the past 10 years with many of the key vendor categories having well entrenched and well capitalized players. According to Sensor Tower, the game achieved 5.7M

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As we look out to our plans for 2023, we will continue to increase marketing investment in our growth franchises while being disciplined and data-driven in how we allocate marketing capital. billion in September quarter but lowers outlook NCSoft invests $15M in Mysten Labs for Web3 gaming infrastructure Square Enix' s H1 sales dip to $1.1

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 29, 2022

Many of you know how to develop a game and are experienced in running live operations. However, only a few truly know how to launch a modern mobile game. In the rapidly evolving games market, best practices on how to successfully launch your game can change just as fast. Does the game loop work?

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Game Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

NewZoo’s latest report on the game industry – released yesterday – forecasts 2.6% global growth for 2023, mainly driven by demand for the newest generation of consoles, which are now in ready supply. The report said that console sales will rise by 7.4%. In the PC market, boxed games now account for only 0.5%

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AWS Games

APRIL 4, 2023

Customer Sessions AWS for Games customers had had a big presence at GDC this year, including nominations across multiple Game Developer Choice Award categories and breakout sessions. Stay tuned for follow up content on these sessions! Learn more about how to build a fully serverless game backend. Learn more. Learn more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. Most of the publishing deals fall flat when the published game succeeds (assuming the game is F2P). These games could be a console, pc, or mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie and analysed by the author(s). For example, NetEase developed Knives Out with a japanese local developer, Garena Free Fire have optimized their game for lower tier devices and have years of experience growing games in south east asia.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Additionally, the Pass-related quests are great to foster horizontal content exploration , by directing players to engage with specific game modes or incentivizing them to acquire, play with and upgrade all the characters. These missions can be released progressively to provide a reason for players to come back regularly to the game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

And if our game’s USP is graphics, then raising the bar for ordinary assets and continuing to refine old content could be an important business decision. It’s no secret that lots of people who work in mobile game development play PC and console games in their free time.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

It’s gonna be the work, the creative work of millions of people who can each add their own elements to it through content creation and programing and design. And companies will be able to form to create content that builds out this world. The other critical element of the Metaverse is it’s not just built by one mega corporation, right?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Major franchises claimed three of the top downloaded title spots worldwide last month: Call of Duty Mobile, Mario Kart Tour, and PUBG Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. In this analysis, data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. One of the possible outcomes of this acquisition was growing Applovin's 4X title (West Game) by employing MZ’s data and core competencies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable, and relevant information along with tips, tools, and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s).

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Logic Simplified

MAY 5, 2022

According to a market research firm, a study of 1,500 console and PC gamers found that 56% of them are interested in earning non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through gaming. There is a paradigm shift and now in the gaming ecosystem, NFT adoption is boosting. Anyone can trust the data that the digital ledger provides.

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