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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together. So what are the benefits?

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Daniel Macharia’s bold leap from banking to video games

PreMortem.Games

He decided to leave his career in banking for video game development a month before his 25th birthday. Macharia is currently a lecturer at one of the highly esteemed institutions in Kenya the African Digital Media Institute (ADMI). Beyond his role at ADMI, he passionately nurtures ChezaCheza , his game development studio.

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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

Game Daily

. “You’ll be able to open the content creation tool, grab a monster, throw it in the crafting station which allows you to change the monster and alter its stats all within parameters either within the game. The game’s open beta test is set for this month. So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.”

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Upcoming Panel at SXSW Online 2021

Game Design Aspect

Now she builds strategy for and sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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2022 Predictions #1 The King is back, Merge overheats and Hypercasuals falter

Deconstructor of Fun

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. The Macro-Level View As we know, 2020 was a year of unprecedented growth for mobile games.

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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events

Game Refinery

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

The two graphs below show that competition for supremacy of Mid-Core in the Western audience is a tight race between Supercell and FunPlus. As the mobile market grew, Supercell grew faster and was able to ship one billion dollar game after another with tiny teams. This means that the teams behind these games are bigger.

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