Managing editor of WeQ Studios, Sven Lubek, lays out what hyper-casual is, explores its long-term viability, and addresses the monetization concerns surrounding hyper-casual games.
Facebook's director of EMEA publisher solutions weighs in on what the research says about monetization trends for in-game purchases.
Zynga's free-to-play empire began with an innocuous farming sim. Since then, the mobile market has changed drastically, but after some rough periods, the mobile publisher has managed to stay afloat.
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Sarah LeBoeuf
Niantic's highly anticipated AR game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now live on iOS and Android. While the game is performing well in terms of revenue and downloads, its success lingers behind Pokémon Go due to AR's increasingly mainstream success.
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Ana Valens
Mobile games are primed for advertisements that yield as much, if not more, value as television ads did before the digital revolution.
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Staff
Bethesda's latest mobile game was originally released to invite-only early access in March 2019, with full beta release in April.
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Amanda Farough
Supercell recently introduced a 'battle pass' of sorts into Clash of Clans, according to Sensor Tower, which proves that season passes really are the new monetization hotness.
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Amanda Farough
Nearly one year after Fortnite: Battle Royale made its debut on mobile, Activision has announced a partnership with Tencent to launch Call of Duty: Mobile as a free-to-play iOS and Android title.
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Ana Valens
Abrakam COO and co-founder, Jean-Michel Vilain, talks about how their CCG Faeria finally went back to its premium roots.
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Amanda Farough
Gone are the days of developers depending on whales— big spenders — to contribute the majority of sales for free-to-play games as spending in games becomes more commonplace.
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Liz Lanier
