Mobile Gaming Today: 29

?? 1-7 Oct Data Digest

Hey Fam ??

October is full of mobile gaming events - not my fav month, tbh ??

Just got back from PGC Helsinki, was awesome!

Stay tuned for the “Mobile Gaming World: Finland” article incoming next Wed :))

Heading to Berlin this Thursday for Adjust Ignite, then Mobidictum Istanbul next week!

Hilarious meme by Anton! Gotta love those fun little truths ??

Meme of the Week

Mobile Marketing

??? Black: Data Dump Friday

?? Remiar: Review Radar #6

?? Slashcev: Q3 was tough for hypercasual

?? Games spent $29B on UA in 2023, 40% to U.S

?? Braberg: Ad Trends in Ultracasual and Hypercasual

?? Getting Started with Mobile Advertising Revenue #1

?? Lancaric: Reelshort Review: Netflix should take notes

?? Kopelovich: Chest Opening Animation in Royal Match

?? Legend of Mushroom’s Community Building on Discord

?? Storr: D1 Retention from 1% to 45% in 6 Weeks

?? Pereira: Games on The Rise #5

?? Apple Search Ads is coming to Türkiye & Beyond

Industry Highlights

?? Lancaric: Slingshot Hook: Iteration of a New Trend

?? Slashcev: 25 Unusual Tips for Game Designers

?? Meta vs. Progression in Games: The Difference?

?? Winding down process if the company is to fail

?? How to Find the Perfect Game Idea

?? Achren: Recap of H1 2024

??? Machina: Level Exploration

?? Anosov: Gaming Regulations in China

?? Mondal: Gaming 2024: Emerging Trends

?? üzmez: Untold Truth About Game Live Ops

?? Kananen: Business Modeling Your F2P Mobile Game

??? Why Tech Giants Integrate Games on Their Platforms

?? Hermon: Is Ubisoft Going Private?

?? Jobs of The Week

News Corner

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2024 revealed!

Hybridcasual hitmaker Habby launches Archero 2

More? ? PocketGamer

AI World

?? OpenAI: $6.6 bn Funding: Microsoft & Nvidia are in

?? Meta’s Movie Gen: New standard for immersive AI content

?? OpenAI Is Growing Fast and Burning Through Piles of Money

?? Nvidia’s new AI model is open, massive, and ready to rival GPT-4

? Pika 1.5 launches with physics-defying AI special effects

??? OpenAI launches ChatGPT Canvas

More? ? VentureBeat

Gaming Investments

?? Moonray Studio unveils Web3 mobile Autobattler for next year

?? Future Trash raises $5M to build its IP within Fortnite’s platform

?? Rockhead Studios receives R$1 million from Google

?? RIVRS raises €4m to industrialize UGC

More? ? InvestGame