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How Milestone turbocharged the ‘Hot Wheels Unleashed’ franchise with Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

When game developer and publisher Milestone released a third-person racing game based on Mattel’s Hot Wheels toy line, “Hot Wheels Unleashed,” in September 2021, it quickly gained a dedicated following. The game sold more than one million copies in less than three months, making it Milestone’s fastest-selling title ever.

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EA’s Metalhead launches ‘Super Mega Baseball 4’ with cross-play for six platforms using Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

With Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its backend, the Metalhead team accelerate and optimized its development and deployment of “SMB 4,” ultimately launching the game simultaneously on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, with global support for cross-platform play.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

To keep the game exciting, the game is often updated by adding new modes, features, levels, etc Our Unreal Game Development Services & Solutions As a leading Unreal Game Development company , Logic Simplified is committed to creating high-quality, cross-platform games that are safe, ethical, and entertaining.

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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming

Deconstructor of Fun

The Idle Games have seen renewed growth with IP-driven games like The Office and RuPaul Drag Race, which are both keeping up their revenues despite the decline in downloads. We’ve also seen the launch of PC clients for cross-platform play as well as websites offering players to top up their purchases with better-valued deals.

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The Hunger Games for User Generated Content: Case Fall Guys

Deconstructor of Fun

Mediatonic’s “slow and steady” go-to-market (GTM) launch plan for Fall Guys Creative lets players construct rounds (playable obstacle race course levels) and share with friends in private lobbies via share codes. Why haven’t more mobile games added UGC since Fortnite showed what’s possible 5 years ago?

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Calling on Xbox Game Pass Profitability

Deconstructor of Fun

After all, there are very few truly cross-platform titles. Kress’ third point was that Microsoft’s mobile expansion in the current environment is unrealistic. Firstly, there’s no guarantee that the audience is there. Games that are essentially the same on both mobile and console, like Fortnite. raises $8.4M raises $8.4M

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

In terms of revenue, the genres that took the most damage were: #1 Racing (revenue -28%, downloads +8%) The genre was down early a third down due to a decline across all titles. And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well. while the net revenues declined by 11% to $38.2B.