AppMagic has released a report on the state of hypercasual mobile games in the third quarter of 2022. Analysts broke down the latest market trends and highlighted the top 10 titles in this category.

Hyper-casual games remain one of the most installed mobile titles globally. In 2021, they accounted for 36% of the top 100 titles by downloads, according to the latest report by Newzoo.

Hyper-casual publisher Voodoo has revealed that its games have been downloaded more than 6 billion times. The company’s portfolio contains over 200 games.

French publisher Voodoo has announced a new competition for game prototypes, open to all studios worldwide. From October 10th to December 10th, studios can enter an unlimited number of prototypes for the chance to win $1 million or more.

MY.GAMES has announced the acquisition of Minsk, Belarus-based Mamboo Games, which publishes hyper-casual and hybrid-casual titles and develops its own games. In total, the Mamboo Games portfolio includes over 30 titles.

Corentin Selz, Publishing Manager at Voodoo, discusses how the publisher is transforming its existing portfolio of hits into hybrid-casual titles in order to meet the increased demand from users for more in-depth gameplay.

China is one of the biggest markets for mobile games. However, it is still hard for Western companies to enter this territory. That’s why JoyPac decided to help top hyper-casual publishers reach local players and expand their businesses.

Sophie Vo, Studio & Game Lead at Voodoo, shares her key lessons from building up Voodoo’s new studio in Berlin

We caught up with Marcin Olejarz, BoomBit CEO, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the hyper-casual market that 2020 brought about.

Hyper-casual giant Voodoo has won a court case against Istanbul-based publisher Rollic Games, which is owned by Zynga, and developer Hero Games. According to Voodoo’s claims, Hero Games copied key elements of Voodoo’s hit Woodturning.

Mobile game development is a high risk business. The Belarusian-British publisher Gismart has announced a new model of collaboration with third-party development teams, which, according to the company, “will increase the opportunity to release successful games in a shorter timeframe.”

Chinese giant Tencent is considering acquiring a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher.

Today, on June 3, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), tune in on the WN Hub for a roundtable discussion on What to expect from hyper-casual and idle games.

Mail.Ru Group’s video games division announced its plans to publish hyper-casual titles. Under the new publishing initiative, My.Games will invest $10 million in development and marketing until the end of 2020.

Hyper-casual titles represent an increasingly larger share of new game from year to year. This is according to the latest findings by Sensor Tower.

Crazy Labs announced an impressive milestone. The installs of its hyper-casual titles have exceeded 3 billion.

Are you a hyper-casual games developer? Then you know how difficult it is to find an idea for you next game or prototype. But it doesn’t have to be super hard if you know where to look for inspiration.