Mobile Gaming Sector—February 2023
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In this article, I have compiled the top 5 mobile games that were most popular in February, as well as some major news in the gaming industry. Here are the most popular mobile games of the month:
🌵Sands of Salzaar — an open-world strategy RPG set in a desert, offering players a world to rebuild their forces from scratch and command them, with strategic battles, well-thought-out characters, and a rich story.
🏀NBA All-World — a game that resembles Pokemon Go with its 1-on-1 battles, where players seek out and customize real-world famous basketball players, among other things. It’s a game that I think all basketball fans and AR enthusiasts should definitely try.
🏠Valiant Hearts: Coming Home — an adventure and puzzle game that I think gamers who likes to play the combination of both will enjoy it, sponsored by Netflix games. I would like to remind you that the previous game, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, won a BAFTA award.
🕴️Various Daylife Mobile — a turn-based, strategic, and RPG game that offers players a gameplay experience where they will enjoy exploring undiscovered territories.
💨Avatar Generations — an official game of the beloved animated series, a turn-based manga adventure RPG game that features recognizable characters from the series that you can add to your team and play with.
Electronic Arts Shutting Down Apex Legends Mobile Game Due to Failure to Meet Expectations
Electronic Arts, one of the most important companies in the gaming industry, first released their Battle Royale game, Apex Legends, in February 2019. The game has reached a wide player base in the past 4 years and is still one of the most played Battle Royale games.
In order to take the game’s popularity to the mobile world, Electronic Arts released a mobile version called Apex Legends Mobile in May of last year. However, the company did not achieve the success it expected with the mobile version, and announced that the mobile version of the game would be discontinued.
According to information shared by Electronic Arts, Apex Legends Mobile will be completely shut down on May 1, 2023.
Unity’s Supersonic division assesses the marketability of mobile game prototypes
As a game developer, you can never be sure how marketable a game prototype will be. However, Unity’s Supersonic division now has an update that allows developers to evaluate how marketable their game prototypes are for mobile game publishing tools.
When Unity acquired IronSource for $4.4 billion last year, they took on Supersonic as a division. Supersonic now has an update that will prevent game developers from wasting time on uncompromising game prototypes. The tools provided by Supersonic can evaluate whether a game prototype is marketable or not.
Developers may need to create a complete prototype that can be launched in the market, perhaps even a ten-level game. Then, Supersonic’s tools can be used to evaluate the marketability of the prototype. Nadav Ashkenazy, in an interview with GamesBeat, said that developers can test multiple prototypes simultaneously to see which one gets the best results.
Supercell CEO Reveals 5 Hit Mobile Games, 30 Fallen Ventures
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen recently announced that the Finnish mobile game company has successfully developed five hit games, but has also had to discontinue 30 games over the years. Despite this, the success of their five hit games has made Supercell one of the most lucrative and prosperous game companies in history.
Supercell’s popular game Clash of Clans alone has generated more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue, while Hay Day has exceeded $2 billion. In 2022, Supercell reported a revenue of $1.89 billion (€1.77 billion), which was a 6% decrease compared to the previous year. The earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) were $674 million (€632 million), which was a 14% decrease compared to the previous year. The company also paid $140 million (€132 million) in corporate taxes.
Forbes Europe’s “30 under 30” list includes two Turkish game developers this year
27-year-old Gökhan Kınay and 26-year-old Fidan Rustamlı have been included in Forbes Europe’s “30 under 30” list this year. Forbes Europe, which identified names in 20 different categories, selected Kınay and Rustamlı in the Sports and Games category.
Turkish entrepreneur Gökhan Kınay founded Trifles Games in 2014. The company, which develops mobile video games, has raised $1 million in capital since its establishment and has developed more than 200 games in the last three years.
Trifles Games, which employs 14 people in Istanbul, also won the “Successful Innovative Mobile Game Studio of the Year” award at the 2022 Achievement and Career Awards.
Azerbaijani entrepreneur Fidan Rustamlı, who was also included in the same category on Forbes Europe’s list, develops virtual reality games as the business development manager at PolyDream Studio.
Rustamlı is also one of the founders of the game development center Gamepons in Baku two years ago, and one of the regional organizers of the Global Game Jam, which is held worldwide at the same time.
Mobile gaming industry is growing and expanding even further in February 2023. New mobile devices and technological advancements not only contribute to the industry’s growth by providing new opportunities but also offer a wide range of games for gaming enthusiasts. Therefore, the rapid growth and development in the mobile gaming industry is sparking curiosity about what innovative games will emerge in the future. In conclusion, the mobile gaming industry continues to progress in an exciting way.
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