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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

Game Refinery

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. on Android/iOS or $46.99/$48.99

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Best High Graphics Games for From Casual to Hardcore Gamers

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Players can join Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer as they embark on epic quests, solving intricate puzzles, facing dynamic combat challenges, and exploring breathtaking environments. It features stunning visuals, inventive weaponry, and gameplay advancements, making it one of the standout titles for the platform.

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Deconstructor of Fun

Our opinion on why is in line with Ilkka’s words above The lack of successful new game launches by Supercell stems mainly from the fact that all their games after Brawl Stars only offered incremental innovation over products that already existed in mobile , instead of a more disruptive proposal on the platform. Having a service mindset.

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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

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. So it makes total sense to explore going cross-platform and developing PC/console-exclusive games.

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Playtika goes from social casino to casual - and that’s not good

Deconstructor of Fun

How they invest, why they invest and most importantly how much money they make… We also explore how VCs navigate the booms and busts in the business cycle The Game of the Week Summoners War: Chronicles (Com2Us) Com2Us has globally released the next game in their most famous franchise: Summoners War Chronicles.

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American Mcgee is trying to get his new game greenlit. I know that his games are profitable and well received. However, it’s taking aver 4 years for a response, and I’m puzzled to why it is so. What exactly causes a company to consider greenleting a game? Does it require more than the creators reputation?

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Maybe it’s for a dialogue-driven narrative story, but your expertise is in competitive esports titles. The pitched game is for a platform you’re scaling back on (or not supporting altogether). If your company just isn’t supporting that platform anymore, you’re probably not going to green light a new game for it.

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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

Deconstructor of Fun

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. Riot’s card battler is very well executed cross-platform game. Legends of Runeterra.

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