Mighty DOOMed: How DOOM's Mobile Spinoff Misstepped
Tuesday, 25th of July 2023, 20:21 +02:00
Alpha Dog Games, a Nova Scotia-based game studio and subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, is the developer behind Mighty Doom, the only mobile-first rendition leveraging the famous DOOM IP, which turns 30 years old later this year. The title is Alpha Dog's first game within the Bethesda and ZeniMax family — and therefore also within Microsoft, which acquired ZeniMax in 2020 at a time when $7.5 billion was still an "eye-watering" amount of money. The History of Doom Let's start off this short history lesson of Doom on mobile with a fun fact. Believe it or not, the first mobile iteration of Doom (as discovered a year ago) was an RPG built for cell phones that "might be old enough to vote if i...
Nikke's attempt at World Domination
Thursday, 27th of April 2023, 14:00 +02:00
Looking at last year's data, Team Battlers are the second largest subgenre (after MMOs) in the RPG category. More than 20% of downloads and 35% of revenue is made by games that require players to create and manage their favorite teams of fighters and send them off to battle. But even within the subgenre there is lots of nuance and variation. As the "Team Battler" categorization groups games with a specific metagame, their core games can be wildly different. Additionally, choice of theme in this category generally shows strong variation as well. This article focuses on a game that has broken records over the last six months with its unique combination of core gameplay and choice of theme...
Brawl Stars, A History Lesson
Thursday, 23rd of February 2023, 17:24 +01:00
In the free-to-play mobile development space, Brawl Stars - Supercell's successful and revolutionary real-time hero battle where players compete against one another, solo, or in a team - was the cat's meow when it was announced in June 2017. Several deconstructions dropped immediately after release and in the months after analyzing what Brawl Stars did right, why it was different, and why it might prove to be a major hit. But then discussion of the game went relatively quiet. For many mobile developers not directly working in the competitive PvP space, Brawl Stars might have disappeared off their radar over the last few years, but this doesn't mean the game has grown stagnant. In fact,...
Project Makeover's Fall From Grace
Thursday, 24th of November 2022, 17:24 +01:00
Project Makeover is the second match-3 game of Beijing-based studio Magic Tavern. As most games in this genre, it combines the well-known puzzle levels with a decoration meta, but this time that meta is much more unique than usual. It was released exactly two years ago at what seemed to be perfect timing - Candy Crush Saga's revenue had been slowly declining, and all bets seemed to be off. And, throughout the months that followed, Project Makeover actually seemed to be on schedule to potentially surpass the big three match-3 leaders: Gardenscapes, Homescapes, and Candy Crush Saga. Weekly(!) revenue of the biggest match-3 games during the last two years. | Source: data.a...
June's Claim to Fame
Thursday, 27th of October 2022, 19:29 +02:00
Recently, the number "5" has been involved in some important milestones for Wooga, the creators of June's Journey. The world's most successful hidden object game on mobile is celebrating its 5-year anniversary this month while having grossed $500M in revenue. The game is by far the company's biggest hit, and it has successfully surpassed all of its direct competitors. It's time for a long overdue look at this beautifully crafted murder mystery. Find all listed objects. That's how easy life can be! | Source: June's Journey on the Play Store First, let's take a look at June's Journey's performance and the hidden object subgenre as a whole. As Naavik wrote a month ...
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