AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For mobile games in particular, managing the authentication and authorization of your players can pose some unique challenges. Other challenges relate to securing the many backend systems a modern mobile game may interact with, such as game servers, social networks, and payment providers.

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Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The big fish in the game industry are swallowing up the smaller fish and the only reason why is because things are on sale, but may also be in trouble. Also, within the last two weeks Sony went out to purchase Bungie for $3.6 Whatever the case, there is a major shift in hierarchy and game developers have more leverage than ever.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

This episode is sponsored by [link] ⁠ 56% off subscription 20% for one-time purchases with my code GAMEDEV20 Introducing a special guest Max Fink, one of the developers behind the steam sensation, Battle Bit Remastered. This is basically where it started,” Fink said. It’s quite a simple formula, not gonna lie,” Fink said.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Gaming companies, both developers and publishers, have also aimed to capitalize on the vast amount of data and intellectual capital they have, in order to reinvent themselves and branch out into different ventures. Unreal Engine can be used by other game developers, as well as by film and television and other industries.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

projects in the crypto space, Thetan Arena is a fun game and a well-rounded, complete product. As many of our peers are considering shifting their games to P2E, the question everyone is asking is whether this new business model can create sustained success, or whether it’s just the latest hype-driven bubble set to burst.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Video games have come a long way since they were first conceptualized in the 1950s, with expansive open worlds that can fit right in your pocket, but you don’t need to go back 70 years to see what games looked like back then. So, what’s to blame?

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games industry is going big and bigger. What are the fresh trends in the gaming industry? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward. Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends.

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Game Dev Unchained

MARCH 7, 2022

One of the highlights of the conference was when director of Avengers: End Game, Joe Russo, took center stage and said ‘I don’t really know what the metaverse is.” Now this wasn’t a dig at Epic Games’s own metaverse, of whom he was talking to, but more of what Facebook is doing with Meta.

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Logic Simplified

MARCH 8, 2023

The word “metaverse” is creating a buzz on the internet when Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be renamed ‘Meta’ in late October 2022. This sent a strong signal to the world that it would enter mainstream consciousness very soon. In this article, we take a peek at how the future of metaverse can transform the workplace.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this guide, I’ll share with you the potential causes of Like a Dragon Gaiden Low FPS and provide valuable insights, solutions, and optimizations to elevate your gaming experience and get back into the action. Interesting fact Games rich in visuals and mechanics, like Like a Dragon Gaiden , demand substantial computing power.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Game analytics has a real-life impact on game players. Learn the basics of game analytics through this article by seeing how to make your games more popular by implementing these insights. What is Game Analytics? It is a technology that lets developers discover how many users are playing their games in real-time.

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OPM Jobs

MARCH 31, 2023

We all remember the times where the focus of most AAA game studios seemed to be to fulfil the fantasies of cis men. Today, games are still not as diverse as they should be in the modern world. The games industry can do better than this. Transgender people play games and transgender people work in the games industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2022

How to grow your games in diverse markets Many Western publishers focus their efforts on English-speaking countries because they are most familiar with these markets, which tend to command a higher average revenue per paying user. When we talk about the US and the UK in some of the more popular gaming categories, CPIs start to creep up.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Get ready for a real treat if you've ever been curious about the M&A in the gaming industry. We're about to explore what a typical work-week looks like for a Mergers & Acquisitions executive, navigate through the major obstacles that can obstruct deals, and stay at the forefront of the latest trends in the gaming industry M&A.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

While it’s fun and entertaining to follow Epic’s crusade on Apple, I think it’s equally important to discuss how these court battles impact tens of thousands of game developers around the World. We got you covered with a shortened transcript of few of the topics discussed. Consider it an appetizer to the content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. After all, Supercell is our beacon of hope. Hay Day has exceeded $2B. Both amazing.”

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. One of the defining features of 4X games with an Eternal China Syndrome is that the conflict primarily comes from external sources, from barbarians and rival nations.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A really good, polished game that tries something different? My family just finished playing the hit co-op game It Takes Two. I played it with my wife, and our teenager who was on hand to help us out when the game got too hard. It's a very fun game with very unusual writing, and it's extremely and deservedly popular.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

The current massive deceleration of the Web3 space is a good moment to re-evaluate and re-think the fundamentals of Web3 gaming. The goal for all parties involved was still to achieve a massive return on investment, often relegating the delivery of the actual game that served players to a secondary objective.

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Greenheart Games

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We are lucky that despite the culling of thousands of 5-star reviews, only a handful of people rated the game 3-stars or lower and so our average is still a respectable 4.92 We don’t incentivize reviews, we don’t buy reviews, we don’t review the game ourselves and we don’t even tell our friends to review it. Playing fair.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Despite being the lead developer of Godot, I have almost 20 years of experience developing and shipping games, and a decade of experience as technical consultant. I didn't become rich (yet :D) making games, but I learned a lot in the process. Many games were released, but a large amount were abandoned.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

It is tempting for mobile games marketing teams to think of 2021 as being dominated by Apple’s impending new privacy policy for iOS, App Tracking Transparency (ATT). These points are informed by my research into the topic and conversations I’ve had with platform operators and gaming and ad tech executives: When will ATT be made mandatory?

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iHobo

JUNE 8, 2022

If you want my review of Shenmue III it would be 'play this game if you have ever enjoyed a Shenmue game or are interested in unusual approaches to game narrative' It takes me quite a while to get around to playing games these days, which helps insulate me from jumping to kneejerk conclusions about what I've been playing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On December 12th, 2022, Brawl Stars removed its loot boxes, replacing it with a ‘direct purchase’ system for acquiring content. However, in the new system (without boxes), all upgrades are bought directly with grindable in-game soft currency. And new Brawlers not part of the Pass can be purchased outright or through in-game currency.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s hard to keep secrets in the gaming industry. Once players show interest in something you've created, many game developers worldwide quickly become "inspired" by your game. It's not necessarily due to the exceptional quality of existing games or the lack of potential for improvement within the genre.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

The onboarding period is the delicate phase where the player’s relationship to the monetization mechanics of the game is often decided – for better or worse. Let’s find out what kind of interesting monetization features aimed specifically at new players can be found in top mobile games from East to West!

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Game Biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The mobile gaming industry was no exception and experienced a significant drop in eCPM (effective cost per thousand impressions) due to these challenges. Their interest comes as no surprise, as eCPM is one factor developers looking to monetize their users with ads and purchases cannot control. Consistent factors influencing eCPM. •

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Chris boasts an impressive gaming career that spans iconic companies like Skydance, Survios, DreamWorks, and includes a substantial 13-year stint at Activision. Quoting Mishka, Chris is hailed as "a true game executive starting from the beginning of your career."

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Konstantin Mitrofanov , Chief Product Officer of Belka Games (a studio that has quietly racked up half a billion in revenues) shares practical steps on how they were able to create an organization that is both autonomous and highly successful. Or they review the assets they’ve created in a graphics editor rather than in the game itself.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And while those two titles dominate the top charts, Playrix road to the top started a long time ago with a non-assuming little game know as Township. The game was launched in 2011 as a freemium social game first as Google+ (!) Strong iPad monetization indicates that this is a game played at home by a more mature audience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2022

In the past, fans debated which would be the winner gaming platform among many warring ones, with every new generation bringing in new contenders (Sony, Microsoft…) and removing some (like Sega or Atari). In 2022, it’s undebatable that the main gaming platform chosen by most people in the world is their smartphone.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Snap presents a very accessible CCG with short intense matches of ~4 minutes which involve a high degree of poker-like mind games and deception. Additionally, about 46% of the total revenue of CCG-Battle games came from key Asian markets of China, Japan, and South Korea, which tend inaccessible by Western games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

Why does this game matter? Well, Supercell hasn't launched a new game since Brawl Stars in 2018, so Mini becoming a hit would have an impact on the trend of the whole company. Well, Supercell hasn't launched a new game since Brawl Stars in 2018, so Mini becoming a hit would have an impact on the trend of the whole company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

If you like it, you will love Naavik’s monthly Blockchain Games report! Executive Summary Sky Mavis’ mission is far more about spurring economic opportunity through play rather than about building an amazing game. The current game could continue to grow for a while, but its current economic policies are fundamentally unsustainable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Having said that, we would all agree that games like Coin Master aren’t “truly Casino” even though they are classified in the same category according to our taxonomy. No doubt this is a deeply discussed topic for a genre that still shows great returns. This article in our prediction series will cover the Casino category. Let’s dive in!

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eighth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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