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Industry News February 27

ZiMAD: Subscriptions now account for more than 70% of Magic Jigsaw Puzzles’ revenue

How can a mobile game remain successful for over a decade? ZiMAD CEO Dmitry Bobrov, who has been running the company for more than 10 years, has tried to answer this question in the 10th episode of Games and Names, an industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group.

Industry News January 30

Running LiveOps in 2024 and Zynga’s data-driven approach to it: new episode of Games and Names podcast

Games and Names, an industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, is back. The first episode of 2024 is all about LiveOps and the main challenges that mobile developers may face in this area.

Industry News December 26, 2023

2023 recap with Games and Names and MY.GAMES: market correction, mass layoffs, key trends, and decline in investment

This year’s last episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, wraps up 2023 for the mobile games market and the industry in general. Here is a recap of the main trends and the biggest challenges that developers and publishers have faced over the past 12 months.

Legal November 28, 2023

How devs can protect their games, problems with patent trolls, and other legal issues in games industry

The seventh episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, is here. It is dedicated to a really complex yet important topic — the legal side of the games industry and how developers can protect the results of their creative work.

Industry News October 31, 2023

How AI can be used in game marketing and ASO: new episode of Games and Names podcast featuring App Radar’s Thomas Kriebernegg

The new episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, is dedicated to the use of AI tools in game development and what the main limitations that come with it.

Industry News September 26, 2023

Supercell and Tripledot discuss challenges of making new mobile hits on Games and Names podcast

Do big companies struggle with making new hits and why can having successful games in their portfolio affect creativity? These are the main topics of the new episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group.

Market Analysis July 25, 2023

How Voodoo makes $100 million hybrid-casual games: 15% D7 retention, killing fast, and scaling titles for years

What are hybrid-casual games and how are their monetization loos different from hyper-casual? Voodoo head of publishing Thibault de Vésinne-Larüe has opened up about the company’s approach and what metrics it looks at when launching new titles.

Market Analysis June 27, 2023

New episode of AppMagic’s Games and Names podcast explores clone wars in mobile gaming

New month, new episode of Games and Names — a podcast about the games industry from AppMagic (launched in partnership with WN Media Group). It features Product Madness senior game designer Jesse Kroon discussing the issue of game clones, as well as the fine line between drawing ideas to create new experiences and dishonestly copying other titles.

Market Analysis May 30, 2023

AppMagic and Niko Partners’ Daniel Ahmad explore most promising mobile genres in new Games and Names podcast

Games and Names is a new podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group. The first episode, featuring Niko Partners’ Daniel Ahmad, is focused on mobile genres that managed to beat the overall market decline in 2022.