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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

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Chess has also become something of an esports sensation, which started after grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura coached streamer xQc on chess over Twitch and eventually led to the creation of a dedicated group of prolific streamers setting up an amateur chess tournament called Pogchamps on Chess.com.

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Apex Legends vs. Fortnite: Assessing Popularity in 2023 – Who Takes the Lead?

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However, in Apex Legends, a gamer must be an expert and do more to move and fight. Here are some interesting stats and graphs about these events: The total number of tournaments: According to the Esports Charts, both Apex and Fortnite had many official and unofficial tournaments. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

Deconstructor of Fun

Eric Seufert explains the concept of content fortresses here. In terms of the share between ad revenue and IAPs, he states that Homa’s less-well performing hybridcasual titles generate 15% of their revenue from IAPs, while its top performers like Fight For America can bring in as much as 40%. But is this really a scalable future?

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Others: Multiple replay reasons Lost Ark has innovated on some interesting gameplay systems besides quests and battles that encourage replaying content. Though, all of these foibles could be found in other games as well.

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10 Years of Excellence - Deconstruction of Supercell

Deconstructor of Fun

Brawl Stars is an action-packed, esports-focused MOBA and thus it didn’t cannibalize existing games: in fact, Clash of Clans remained stable, Clash Royale continued its rate of decline, and Supercell’s total revenues in 2018 grew. Revenue per Install of Supercell games in their first 12 months after launch (source: Sensor Tower).

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