AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

AWS Session Highlights Harnessing generative AI to create unlimited content within game worlds : Saltwater Games details the generative AI architecture of “Resurgence,” an upcoming free-to-play, post-apocalyptic, open-world crafting and survival game. Explore real-world use cases for a variety of generative AI services and solutions.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences. Most mobile game development companies use this tool to make their work effortless. It offers a robust feature set and intuitive tools for building 2D and 3D games for various platforms.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Mobile games are currently at the peak of their popularity. Game development companies catch the wave and try to please picky gamers with compelling mobile games. Among such important pillars as experience, smooth development processes, and a strong team, using an outstanding platform cannot also be underestimated.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Unity Test Tools Unity is one of the most used game engines globally, with about 70% of developers using it for mobile game development. This platform offers a set of robust testing tools to help you you’re your video games. It is an easy-to-use game-testing tool that supports graphics-based content, including video games.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

With the rise of smartphones and mobile gaming, hyper-casual games have exploded in popularity due to their accessibility and addictiveness. From the explosion of the mobile gaming market to the demand for instant gratification, we will examine the factors that have propelled hyper-casual games to the forefront of the gaming industry.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Web Shop, which launched earlier this month in 40 of the top 100 mobile games, offers the same granular control over sales and platform delivery, but for in-game items too.

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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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AWS Games

OCTOBER 26, 2023

You can also download the AWS Events mobile app for iOS or Android to plan and navigate your re:Invent experience. If you’re in need of session recommendations at re:Invent, the team has compiled an AWS for Games re:Invent Attendee Guide and provided key session highlights. If you haven’t already registered, there’s still time to do so.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

To understand if my suspicion has merit, I recently distributed a survey on the Deconstructor of Fun slack, the Mobile Dev Memo slack, and on LinkedIn (the complete survey with results can be found at the end of this post). In a cross-platform free-to-play future that becomes all the more important! Response: 7.9 Response: 90.8%

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2020

Last week Tencent and Pokemon unveiled Pokemon Unite , a jointly-developed cross-platform MOBA for smartphones and Nintendo Switch. As commentary, I wrote: “Yes, Tencent already owns the biggest MOBA franchises on PC (League of Legends) and mobile (Honor of Kings). As a bonus, mobile battle royale history will also be covered.)

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AWS Games

MARCH 14, 2023

Based on what we heard, a few themes that are top-of-mind include: cloud-based game development (aka Game Studio in the Cloud), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help support player community health, content moderation, and AI-driven game development.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in producing both 2D & 3D content and has up to 200 employees. Specialties: – 3D Modeling, Physically Based Rendering, 3D Animation, 3D Design, Architectural Visualization, 3D Presentations, 3D Art, 2D Art, 3D Printing, 3D Multiplication, Interactive Walkthroughs, 3D Content, 2D Animation, NFT, and Metaverse.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Also, you may need it to run on other platforms like mobile devices and gaming consoles. The ultimate goal of porting your game is to make it more accessible by extending its reach to multiple platforms and devices. Why is Game Porting Important? Also, with a broader audience comes multiple streams of revenue.

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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

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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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. What is Unity?

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Both of these titles with cross-platform play capacity. Platform preferences: Both Fortnite and Apex Legends are available on mobile, PC, and console. The PS is the most popular platform for this title, with around 40% of gamers. 0.46M views); these are the two most popular Twitch content. are very popular.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. With Xsolla you can easily launch your own cross-platform player account system Let your players stay connected and engaged no matter which platform they play on. The biggest sub-genre on mobile in terms of revenue is 4X Games, which also had a good year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

What's surprising is that the game is also accessible on PC, even though it was designed primarily for mobile. Each Season Pass has both free and paid content, and the free content is indicated with a "Free" tag in the corner of the pass. The majority of the downloads come from Android, which is typical for most mobile games.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape, the gaming industry is undergoing remarkable growth, driven by the soaring popularity of online and mobile gaming. Traditionally, game development necessitated the use of intricate and platform-specific software.

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Big Games

AUGUST 27, 2021

One of the main reasons for the increased growth in mobile game development is because of the concept of instant games. However, the mobile game development process needs an immense amount of efficiency and dedication, and is a very challenging sector. No players will like to play a mobile game with bugs and distorted gameplay.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The mobile game industry is the most demanding industry for the past few years. Though there are millions and millions of mobile game apps available on the Play/App Store, the game companies and developers are interested in building more and more games. There are several factors associated with the success of a mobile game app. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. While today's Game of War is little more than a profitable legacy title, the game was pivotal to growing the 4X sub-genre to what it is today - a $5B sub-genre on mobile in the Western markets. Then Yu-Gi-Oh came along.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Console gaming: challenges and opportunities Chris explored the dynamics of the console market, acknowledging its growth while highlighting challenges arising from diverse business models dominating PC and mobile platforms. Amid these uncertainties, Chris reflects on the unknowns looming over the console gaming landscape.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2021

If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Battle Pass content. Endgame progression.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Executive Summary What: MARVEL SNAP is a mobile CCG by Second Dinner, a new studio founded by veterans from Hearthstone. Key strength: Its biggest strength is the gameplay perfectly adapted for mobile. So when it comes to mobile, it’s another of these genres that do not work as well in the West. Source: Data.ai

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

x ), which provides us with more reliable cross-platform implementations than the ones we had so far. This should help fix some issues which could affect specific platforms, as well as improve overall reliability and performance. before focusing on rendering optimization for mobile Vulkan in the 4.0

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

While it’s proven that the MOBA core has not resonated in the Western markets on mobile , both League of Legends and DOTA2 are highly popular with the PC audience in the West. After initial Nintendo Switch launch, the game bursted onto mobile with 30M installs in the first week. So what happened to Pokemon Unite?

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Content Although the Deferred Rendering technique was officially proposed at GDC in 2004, nearly 20 years have passed, and there are still many people who don’t know the details, especially those who are new to 3D programming. GBuffer Content To complete lighting processing, some basic information is essential, such as.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun. Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio.

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Greenheart Games

AUGUST 30, 2018

Next, we realized how difficult it would be to be successful on mobile without a big marketing partner so, when Windows 8 (remember Windows 8?) With that in mind we opted to go for a versatile cross-platform technology instead of what we knew and decided to write our game in HTML5. was announced, we pivoted hard towards Windows.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. This post is sponsored by Xsolla.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Even the ones that exist on mobile cannot push for mass adoption, because there is no clarity as to how blockchain games are positioned. This will prevent Apple from making any changes in the App Store while getting their cut from those blockchain games for every primary sale done inside the mobile app.

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