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#Product Updates

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How TapNation makes hit games with DataSuite

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A setup for self-publishing post IDFA – Umami Games

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Hybrid-casual: the secret sauce to higher retention and better engagement

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Navigating Web3: What does it mean for Game Developers?

Mobile to VR
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Bring VR to your mobile game

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What is a Data Warehouse and Why do Hit Studios use them?

The other day, I had to venture into the tangled mess of my cable bag. No matter how organized I think I’m being – neatly wrapping cords around their plugs and keeping everything separate – whenever I leave the bag alone for five minutes, it all turns into a Gordian knot by the time I...
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Umami Games case study: how gaming studios can start self-publishing and scale post-IDFA

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Five mobile games that nailed shifting to VR

Cover image source: Minh Pham on Unsplash Virtual reality is no new concept. Have you ever heard of Sword of Damocles? It was invented by Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull, it was arguably the first VR / AR head-mounted display connected to a computer. That was in 1968. Today mobile games are at the start...
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Top 10 Hyper-casual Game Ad Networks in 2022 (Guest Post)

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Getting Mobile Multiplayer Right (part 2): Design, testing, and scaling

As we saw in part one of our multiplayer series, the mobile multiplayer opportunity is bigger than ever. And there are a lot of reasons you should make multiplayer part of your next mobile release. But how do you get started with actually implementing multiplayer into your mobile game? There’s a lot to consider. And...
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How to Keep Players Engaged and Coming Back to Your Idle Game

Idle games don’t involve much in the way of thinking from the player. And they don’t have an end goal – you just continue to play them, earning more in-game currency and upgrading as you go. They’re usually free to play, relying on in-app purchases and currency passes to make money. But how can you...
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Sub-Genre Snapshot: Tower Defense Games

We break down the top KPIs that Tower Defense developers should be aiming for, and reveal a few of the rising superstars that entered the market in 2020.
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The Metrics That Make for a Great Match 3 Game – And How to Reach Them

The match 3 genre has given us some of the most successful, long-running games of all time. With Benchmarks+ we can see what metrics make the best match 3 games successful. We recently updated our Benchmarks+ tool to include 25 sub-genres – one of which is ‘match 3 puzzle’. So now that we can see...
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14 Best Hyper-casual Gameplay Mechanics

As Voodoo has put it, the key to a successful hyper-casual game is making sure it’s short, simple and satisfying. When working towards this, there are a lot of different mechanics you can use and combine for your gameplay, so we thought we’d explore which ones do the best, and why. These mechanics are the...

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