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Royal Match: Dream Games’ Regal Performance
This deconstruction explores how Royal Match was able to successfully wedge itself into the competitive match-3 market, rapidly steal market share, and quickly create best-in-class monetization. We discuss the evolving match-3 market, Dream Games’ philosophy, Royal Match’s core mechanics, the live-ops strategies, and how the game can improve into the future.
Yuga Labs and the Future of the Yugaverse
This deep dive was written by Abhimanyu Kumar. Special thanks to Aaron Bush and Fawzi Itani for the valuable feedback and edits. We are now at an interesting point of time where NFTs actually have a narratable history. Some of the first NFTs ever made were a series of PFPs (Profile Picture Projects), which were…
Power Tools: Monetizing Competitive Advantage in PvP Games
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series covering the selling of power in PvP mobile F2P games. In Part 1 we explored some of the more aggressive and blunt tools available for monetizing competitive advantage, and here we cover the ways in which it can be done particularly sustainably, as well as discussing the associated potential player and business upsides.
May 12, 2022: Market Updates
This week we cover how Voodoo reached 6 billion downloads, Newzoo’s gaming market forecasts, and the mobile launches of Warcraft Arclight Rumble and New Dawn. We also round up all the key market updates.
PlayStudios: A Quest for Growth in a Stagnant Slots Market
In this essay we dig into PlayStudios’ evolving strategy. As the broader slots market stagnates, PlayStudios not only has launched a new app but is looking to further leverage key features and pursue other genres. We explore where the opportunities and risks lie.
Everdale: A Time-less F2P Game
This deconstruction explores Everdale, Supercell’s causal farming simulator game that’s currently in soft launch. We discuss what makes the game a fresh take in its genre, its core metrics, its unique relationship with time, and where we see the game going from here.
What Matters for Sports NFT Games
Source: Zephyrnet.com This research essay was originally posted on Naavik Pro – the #1 research portal for blockchain and F2P games! We serve both investors and developers with our premium research. Make us your remote games research department today! We’re seeing a Cambrian explosion of blockchain-based sports NFT games come to market. A few standout…
Loot: The Epitome of Composability
Source: LootProject.com This game deconstruction was originally posted on Naavik Pro – the #1 research portal for blockchain and F2P games! We serve both investors and developers with our premium research. Make us your remote games research department today! The Loot project is a seminal experiment in composable, bottom-up, community-driven blockchain applications, standing in stark…
Cookie Run: Kingdom’s Bountiful Appeal
Last September, something started rumbling and tumbling in South Korea. Devsisters’ YouTube channel had been teasing it for weeks. Cookie Run: Kingdom — the first auto-battler featuring the well-known casual game IP — had its most important update as of yet to be released soon! None of it was a lie. The game more than…
April 28, 2022: Market Updates
This week we dig into Homa Games’ new strategic hire, anime-themed games, and the mobile soft launches of Frostpunk, Project Arrival and Just Cause. We also round up all the key market updates.
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