AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For mobile games in particular, managing the authentication and authorization of your players can pose some unique challenges. Some of these challenges relate to the use of mobile devices themselves. Offline authentication : Mobile devices may not always have internet connectivity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During the first half of 2023, global mobile game consumer spending reached $41 billion, according to data.ai's latest report. The analyst firm highlights that May saw game revenue hit $94 million worldwide. The highest the month has seen since 2020.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Together, they explored what’s fueling the industry’s evolution—from ad spend optimization and AI-driven user acquisition to the rise of hybrid casual games and today’s game-changing creative strategies. Ryan from Kwalee sees this same trend taking off in gaming.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 30, 2024

Last week, GamesIndustry.biz presented a webinar with TikTok and the National Research Group on modern mobile gaming. It presented its three core pillars for success in mobile games, and then TikTok shared a lot of insight on how to increase engagement and discovery on it platform. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. These three factors have traditionally made mobile gaming venture capital (VC) friendly, which brings in the capital that keeps the flywheel going.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He started his journey as a trained Petroleum Engineer but discovered his true passion for Data Science during his final year at Covenant University. “I I worked with a lot of data then,” he recalls, “and I loved how the data told a story and gave insights on what should be done.” Games were a big part of Ikpeme’s childhood.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

An unfairness that we in the mobile game industry have experienced a tightly controlled distribution landscape for our entire industry's lifetime. The implication of government actions will bear consequences on mobile games and apps that are being distributed in the future. Apple “Heads I win, tails you lose!”

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Japan's total mobile game revenue is projected to hit $12.6 While the earnings figure would account for 70% of the projected $18 billion total for all in-app user spending this year, mobile gaming revenue for 2023 would dip 3% year-over-year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 25, 2024

The German games market grew by 6% to €10 billion in 2023, with revenue from mobile games having almost doubled to €2.9 That's according to new figures released by the German Games Industry Association (Game), based on data collected by Data.ai.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

No wonder it scores so well as mobile games. There’s a bunch of games inspired by it, and you can check out the most important ones in the dashboard below. views on TikTok, and it also has a ‘simulator’ following in the mobile games industry. DIY gives people a sense of community and achievement. views on TikTok.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

UK spending on video games dropped 1.6% The data firm says it is the first decline for the UK market since 2012. The games market received an artificial surge in sales caused by the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. to £5.38 billion in 2022, according to the latest report from Ampere Analysis.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exploring upcoming trends, the data firm indicated that the market recovered last year and will slowly grow in 2024 and beyond. The data firm added it was "optimistic' for the PC and console segments, while mobile gaming is "likely to recover" after difficult conditions for the past couple of years. Read more

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Game Biz

JANUARY 24, 2023

Mobile gaming is one of the most popular app categories in the world. billion active mobile gamers worldwide in 2021, and the number is expected to grow to close to 2.3 It’s easy to understand why mobile gaming has grown so rapidly. Games are fun and can be addictive. What are Mobile Ad Networks?

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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. How We Structured Our Study The data in this report is separated per ad format, platform, and country. We did not have enough data to analyze banner ads.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Methodology The report mainly focuses on the performance of the mobile games market in Tier-1 West countries, which include the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Germany. To operate with representative groups, we compared games across top-level subgenres. The rate was based on the comparison study of the titles’ data.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Modern mobile games have high-quality animations, sounds, and visuals. Manually testing these games can be time-consuming, delaying the time-to-market. However, releasing a game that has not been thoroughly tested can affect its success and performance, leading to a poor gaming experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 7, 2025

Core games that have focused audiences and high monetizations faced ongoing struggles, while casual games with wide audiences continued to rise in popularity. As consumers disposable income decreases, they prioritize essential utility services like Spotify, Tinder, and Netflix over gaming purchases. Which is a valid point.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. This timeframe allowed us to select the most accurate data using our proprietary deals database. Finally, we concentrated exclusively on the gaming industry.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. But what is immersion? Let’s find out.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. But what is immersion? Let’s find out.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. Let’s find out.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2023

The games market in China reached $45.5 billion in revenue in 2022 – that's including mobile, console and PC. Chinese games companies accounted for 47% of the mobile games revenue worldwide and 39% of the PC games revenue, a new report from Niko Partners showed.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We review the game of the week: Talking Tom Time Rush from Outfit7 ✉️ Received this email from a friend? These are the Mobile Games Defying Economic Headwinds — and Why In data.ai These are the Mobile Games Defying Economic Headwinds — and Why In data.ai Subscribe here!

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mobile gaming has come a long way and now it is one of the most profitable and popular gaming platforms. This has resulted in various transformation in the game’s monetization, therefore the mobile game developers have a range of options in monetization than ever before. .

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iXie gaming

APRIL 23, 2025

According to Udonis , 62% of users will uninstall a mobile game if they experience crashes, freezes, or errorshighlighting how critical performance stability is to player retention. Usage data reveals feature adoption rates, drop-off points, and monetization behavior.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

By 2026, Gen Z will be the largest spending audience in gaming, and theyre already setting trends. Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. More importantly, theyre ready to spend, surpassing Millennials and Gen X in gaming-related purchases.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Starting in 2017, Riot Games made the decision to decommission its physical data centers and move entirely to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Since then, 14 data centers have been closed, with data centers in Las Vegas and Chile shutting down in the past month. We wanted to be much more agile.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Much has changed in mobile gaming since then—and not all of them for the better—but one thing’s for sure: Scopely has more than delivered. Back in 2019, we explored how Scopely was carving out its own space in the industry with a unique approach to game development focused on building a strong product foundation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Market Growth Defies Stagnation While some predict a slowdown in mobile gaming, the numbers tell a different story. Contrary to these expectations, mobile gaming is still expanding, driven by a mix of fresh ideas and a steady influx of new players. Here’s a snapshot of the notable shifts in the industry right now.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Put simply: the mobile game market is currently seeing a lot of hybridization.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In 2023, Slovak developers released 237 games, 80 of those were own games and 137 were games created in cooperation with a third party. The majority of these games target the PC platform, accounting for 72.5% Mobile games follow, with 31%, while consoles like PlayStation and Xbox each represent 18.8%

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

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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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 24, 2025

Written by Marion Balinoff , an influencer marketing consultant with over a decade of experience, including six years in mobile gaming. She has worked with top gaming companies like Wooga, Supercell, Bytro and Huuuge Games, running performance-driven campaigns with budgets ranging from micro-influencers to MrBeast.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about using the Live Events Tracker to get the analysis you need to build the best live events framework for your mobile games, no matter what genres you operate in. It can open up new ways to interpret and integrate live event data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This two part series on how to build and grow products with data is written by, Oleg Yakubenkov , CEO @ GoPractice. Oleg has built his data driven product management expertise working on some of the biggest games as well as some of the biggest social platforms in the World.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ The implementation was a huge effort that required significant time and resources.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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