Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

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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Game Development News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

Now that Mordhau has arrived on both PlayStation and Xbox , console players finally get the chance to hack & slash their way through medieval battlegrounds. The brutal and bloody combat game from Slovenian developer Triternion has already been very successful for the last 4 years on PC.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Written by Tiffany Keller , who is a Director of Product and investor with a decade of experience in mobile games across Scopely, Activision Blizzard, Miniclip, and Zynga. Can slow-rolling UGC pack the punch Mediatonic needs to defend the knockout genre on the console before mobile competitors eat their lunch?

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Younger generations are increasingly exploring various avenues of interaction with games, extending beyond traditional gameplay. These emerging players are at the forefront of consuming game-related content alongside their active involvement, emphasizing the growing trend of watching gaming-related media alongside playing.

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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.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

She recalls playing table tennis and tabletop games such as Ludo, Chess, Draft and Monopoly. The Commodore 64 console was her first gaming experience. Her favourite game then was 2D side-scrolling space shooter Gradius, which she enjoyed playing on the Nintendo. Access to the internet and video games has changed.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Mobile games are currently at the peak of their popularity. They continue to attract diverse audiences all over the globe, and game developers, for their part, continue offering unique and thrilling titles to suit any taste. . Game development companies catch the wave and try to please picky gamers with compelling mobile games.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. Tip #2: How to make an iOS Game?

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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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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

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. From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Is it well-defined?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

on Xbox Game Pass Profitability Last week Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer spoke at The Wall Street Journal ’s Tech Live conference saying that Xbox Game Pass is already profitable and accounts for around 15 percent of Xbox content and services revenue. billion on content for a subscription service that was not growing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? 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. Subscribe here!

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Emerging Best Free Game Development Software Now, let’s dive into the free tools the best Game App Development Companies use to make their games. Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 19, 2024

Growth in Cross-platform Gaming Cross-platform games have become more popular than ever. This implies that players switch between mobile, PC, and console. Well, this implies that developers have had to work more on cross-platform games, ensuring they deliver seamless cross-platform experiences. Approximately 6.92

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Macharia’s gaming journey started with handheld water ring toss games, progressed to brick games, and then evolved into classics like Super Mario and Duck Hunt on Terminator Ending Man’s console. Teaching game development In 2020, Macharia created a YouTube channel where he posts video game-related content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Capital First, as a hits driven business, companies like Activision have access to capital that allows them to invest in big game projects that other companies cannot. Further, the more capital a game company has the more they can spend on marketing to achieve “launch velocity” for marketing campaigns. Firebase), etc.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Game developers conceptualize, design, and build games for various platforms, including consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality systems. Quality assurance and testing ensure the game functions as intended, and ongoing updates may address bugs or introduce new content.

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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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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 11, 2023

It specializes in game development. . iXie initially focused solely on game QA and specialized QA but recently the studio broadened its area of expertise to include game localization, art production, and 3D services. . It specializes in producing both 2D & 3D content and has up to 200 employees. Bosi Art Studio.

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Game Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Life skills The survey found that parents with children aged 3-8 are 89% more likely to co-game in order to better understand the content of the games their kids are playing. Parents of teens are 46% more likely to play games with their kids. Mostly though, people play mobile games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We're talking about massive layoffs across the tech industry and gaming in particular, new mobile game studios from NetEase and Nintendo, Playtika's latest earnings report, the dramatic and sudden collapse of FTX and the ongoing creator royalty debate going on in the world of NFTs. ? million despite lowest quarter since 2020 ?

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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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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. Pros of Unity Game Engine Advanced cross-platform interoperability allows for games to be launched on all significant mobile, VR, desktop, console, and TV platforms, besides the Web.

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Game Errors

APRIL 26, 2023

However, based on the estimates of various gaming websites and reviewers, the main story of Far Cry 6 is expected to take around 20-25 hours to complete if you focus solely on the story missions and do not spend much time on side content. PlayStation : Far Cry 6 can be played on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Seasoned executives, developers, designers, and many more made the move to blockchain games. Although most of them come from the F2P mobile sector, the industry has observed professionals transitioning from the PC/console space to focus on developing AAA-quality blockchain games.

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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%. Total industry revenue will hit $187.7 billion this year.

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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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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Niantic’s AR-based mobile game took the world by storm and broke numerous world records , including the most revenue grossed by a mobile game in its first month ($206.5m). Our 2023 Midcore Gaming Apps report includes information on the latest trends and revenue-boosting opportunities across midcore mobile games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Publicity for a mobile game is out of the question, it's too expensive. You can get a publisher, but most mobile publishers are scammers. If they tell you they will gladly publish your game, don't believe them! Yes, they will launch your game and use it for their own benefit, not yours. Anything else does not work.

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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. So, setting their sites on a subscription-based offering on mobile does sound like a more approachable business that Netflix would consider.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2018, Fortnite and PUBG were tearing up the charts making all us mobile designers look bad. How was a cosmetic-only economy the #1 revenue generator on mobile? 2019 continued this trend, with PUBG Mobile still being the #1 game on mobile. How were they getting away with terrible control schemes?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Role-Playing Games on Mobile The RPG market is a high risk, high reward genre walled by a robust entry barrier. Breaking into the top of the genre requires often massive development investments, an unrivaled content pipeline, and superb live operations - and often an appealing IP. Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires.

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Game Dev Unchained

MARCH 4, 2022

thatgamecompany had its roots back in the early Playstation days and they were behind many big titles back when downloadable content for the consoles were a new idea. To be frank, like many, the announcement for Sky: The Children of Light for mobile devices was very surprising, to me.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

While these are not directly gaming-related news, both Meta and FTX were significant players in the gaming ecosystem. Meta’s venture into the metaverse coincided with Apple’s privacy changes and resulted in the loss of the platform as the number one ad channel for mobile games. They’ve divested from games.

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