The State of the FPS Market
Today we analyse the PC FPS market and look back at the big events of the week.... Read more.
Mobile Game Genres: Winners & Losers
2023 was a flat year for mobile games, with overall downloads at 59.1B (-1.8% YoY) and revenue at $56.9B (-0.8% YoY). However, that’s the big picture. We thou... Read more.
Fortnite’s Next Era
Today we dive into Fortnite’s evolution, kickstarted with its Big Bang event. We stay on the Epic topic with our regular roundtable too. Finally, scroll down ... Read more.
How Honkai: Star Rail Reveals Cracks in the HoYoverse
There are only a few gaming studios in the world that are capable of releasing back-to-back global blockbuster hits. Supercell used to be the Western poster chi... Read more.
Mastering the Player’s Journey
In this issue, we unpack how games team can better master the player’s journey, and we dissect our game of the week: Armored Core VI.... Read more.
How Strategy & Card Games are Surviving Post-IDFA
This mobile F2P genre report is the first of many in Naavik’s Open Gaming Research Initiative. Every alternate month, we will perform a qualitative and quanti... Read more.
Game Studios Get Behind the Camera
In this issue, we’re looking a closer look at what catalyzed the current moment for TV and film adaptations of gaming IP and what it means for the industry’... Read more.
The New Fortnite Creative Millionaires
We examine the state of Fortnite’s UGC economy following the announcement of UEFN and Fortnite Creative 2.0.... Read more.
Could Gift Cards Be A Gold Mine For Games?
Roblox’s gift card program is an interesting case study for the rest of the games industry — it circumvents the App Store tax, brings in new & repeat spend,... Read more.
How Games Can Leverage TikTok
In this issue, we share our analysis on the mobile Match subgenre. We also take a look at how PlaySide Studios is using TikTok to cost-effectively turbocharge d... Read more.
