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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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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

Aside from a little text explaining what you’re doing, you learn everything by exploring the game. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. What we especially love is Rovio decided to make this an affordable premium game, rather than F2P.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B Games with IPs and/or high production values bucked the trend.

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Resident Evil Village on iOS makes cases both for and against cloud streaming | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox We don't generally think of mobile games as being graphical powerhouses, but over the years there have been quite a few games which managed high-end visuals on mobile hardware – from early showcases like Infinity Blade through to the enormous open world of Genshin Impact, (..)

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How to Turn Your Smartphone into a Gaming Console: The Best Gaming Apps

Big Games

This battle royale sensation has taken the gaming world by storm, offering fast-paced action, engaging building mechanics, and a vibrant virtual world. With regular updates and a thriving community, Fortnite continues to be one of the best mobile gaming apps, delivering an adrenaline-packed experience on the go.

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How long is the scoping process for a game development typically in the industry, and does it vary greatly depending on what type of game, like from an open world PC game, to a mobile game, to a game based on a Hollywood IP?

Ask a Game Dev

Scoping is an ongoing process and not a particular phase of development that we finish. Even though we try to figure out what we can do early on, we still have to make scope adjustments as we follow the schedule.

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AWS for Games to spotlight generative AI at GDC 2024

AWS Games

AWS for Games GDC 2024 session highlights Wednesday, March 20 10:30-11:00am: Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!, the #1 casual game launch of 2023 Room 2024, West Hall Scopely’s Monopoly Go! launched in April 2023 and quickly grew to become the world’s #1 casual mobile game, surpassing $1B in revenue within six months.

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