In today’s issue, we dive deep into the “fair” gacha Asian action RPGs to explore the performance of their unique monetization strategy and to see if prioritizing player fairness can lead to significant gains. We also bring you this week’s top news items as well as the latest content worth consuming.
In today’s issue, we discuss the present and future of cross-platform gaming, talk with General Intuition’s founder Pim de Witte about world models and using games to train them, and bring you this week’s key news highlights, plus fresh content we think you’ll find valuable.
Today, we talk about Ananta, NetEase’s upcoming F2P open-world RPG, rumoured to feature no gacha mechanics, and what this move could mean for the company and the future of the genre. In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the “TikTok of Games” and dive into the possible future of on-chain creator earnings. Lastly, we bring you this week’s top news items as well as a fresh batch of content worth consuming.
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This design deep dive is a collaboration between Tom Hammond, CEO at UserWise which is company providing live-ops tools, Eva Grillova, Senior Game Designer at Socialpoint and my long time deconstruction partner, and me (Manyu). Also big thank yous to MTM’s very own Owen Soh and Aaron for their support throughout the writing process. Every…
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