Why Mario Kart Tour Has Taken The Charts By Storm
People around the world have been launching red shells at AI drivers in Mario Kart Tour for some time now. It’s been nearly two months since the game launched, and…
Slicing & Dicing Top 100 Grossing Games’ Must Have Features
One of the hardest decisions in any game, whether in production or already Liveops, is to categorize and decide on what would be considered must-have features. For these purposes, many…
Mobile GameDev Playbook Episode 5: COVID-19’s Mobile Gaming Boom with GameAnalytics
Join us for Episode 5 of The Mobile GameDev Playbook as we focus the Coronavirus pandemic, how it has impacted developers and how they’ve adapted their games during the last…
Mobile GameDev Playbook Episode 3: The Lowdown with Ludia on Licensed IPs
In this episode of the Mobile GameDev Playbook, we take a look into the challenges faced by game developers when working with licensed IP. With a specific focus on design…
RAID: Shadow Legends – A Player Perspective
How is RAID: Shadow Legends mainly monetizing from a player’s perspective? To answer this question, we’ll take a look at what are the main things driving gameplay. In essence, what…
How to customize your game for the Chinese market – Case: Archero vs. Baozou Daxia
Everyone working with mobile games in the West already knows Archero. The successful shoot-em-up style ARPG-esque roguelike-ish action game, where players clear sequences of short levels of enemies with their…
Mobile GameDev Playbook Episode 6: Understanding Player Motivations and Archetypes with Rovio and Fundamentally Games
Episode 6 of The Mobile GameDev Playbook looks at player archetypes and motivations and how these essential insights are being factored into game development. The podcast explores how game designers…
Mobile GameDev Playbook Episode 4: How to Create Chart-Topping Casual Games with PeopleFun
Episode 4 of the Mobile GameDev Playbook takes on casual gaming. Joined by PeopleFun, we are taking a close look at the well-known free-to-play favourite, WordScapes. We delve into understanding…
We examined 7 Chinese and Japanese Mobile Gaming Stereotypes and Here’s What We Found!
Did you know that the majority of players in the world’s biggest game are female? Not everyone does, we are often filled with fixed, unalterable ideas of how things stand…
How player motivations & archetypes can help you with your key audiences
As we recently launched our Player Motivations and Archetypes framework, Erno and I wanted to give you a concrete example of how to utilize this new dataset to hit the…