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As soon as once more it is that point of 12 months the place all of us begin feeling reflective and look again on the 12 months simply gone.
So to that finish, we thought we might ask our Cell Experts – a set of video games business specialists – a couple of questions concerning the 12 months passed by.
Right here we ask:
What was your favorite cellular recreation of the 12 months?
Remember you’ll be able to take a look at the winners of the Cell Video games Awards – voted for by members of the video games business – and the Pocket Gamer Awards – voted for by customers – to see the opposite prime cellular video games of the 12 months.
Teemu Haila
Co-founder and CPO
at Metaplay
Positively Squad Busters by Supercell!
It’s actually spectacular on a number of fronts in a means that only a few video games can pull off. The gameplay is instantly participating and simply plenty of enjoyable with pals. The technical execution (animations, loading instances, networking) is incredible and simple to admire.
The varied Supercell IPs are introduced collectively in a enjoyable and recent means. This will get simple parallels with Nintendo’s evergreen IP mashups and I’m at awe on simply how effectively it’s all put collectively.
The jury continues to be out on what sort of a enterprise finally ends up forming across the recreation, as they face all of the basic challenges of constructing a recreation be casually approachable and really extremely retaining and monetising on the similar time. No silver bullets right here!
Roman Gurskiy
Managing Director
at Gem Capital
I’ve two favorites for this 12 months, one for every monetisation mannequin – premium and free-to-play. For premium, my selection is Balatro. This recreation made an enormous splash in 2024 and acquired well-deserved acclaim. It’s the form of recreation that retains gamers up late into the evening, as fast classes usually flip into hours of addictive gameplay.
Totally free-to-play, I’d decide Hexa Kind. As a participant, I discovered it deeply satisfying, combining aesthetic pleasure with ASMR-like components throughout degree completion. From enterprise perspective, I used to be significantly impressed by Lion Studios’ modern strategy to advert monetisation, which has set a brand new customary for high quality within the business.
Katerina Dudinskaya
Chief Advertising and marketing Officer
at GoodVille
Whereas Black Fantasy: Wukong captivated me with its gorgeous visuals and groundbreaking mechanics, my favorite cellular expertise was the most recent Monument Valley.
Kian Hozouri
COO & Co-founder
at ByteBrew
2024 has been one other excellent 12 months for gaming, with numerous unbelievable titles making their debut.
For me, the sport that had me hooked this 12 months was My Superstore Simulator by the proficient Sport District workforce. It’s an excellent instance of mixing strategic decision-making with participating gameplay mechanics that made it unimaginable for me to place down.
Bitcoin Miner! It’s a incredible, enjoyable recreation enabling avid gamers to earn actual cash rewards!
To be sincere, I don’t have that a lot time to play cellular video games, so after I do play it’s often one in all our companion video games. I nonetheless like Bitcoin Miner essentially the most, although that’s been round for a couple of years now – it’s an excellent recreation and the real-money rewards factor simply suits with the idea so effectively. If I’m selecting a brand new recreation, it will be Homegrown by MetaBit.
Danny Moy
Chief Technique Officer
at SciPlay
Monopoly Go was this 12 months’s actual spotlight. Not solely was it a enjoyable twist on a well-recognized recreation, but it surely demonstrated how a recreation can succeed when it blends components of social on line casino and social video games to supply each skill-based challenges and luck-based rewards.
I anticipate extra titles will incorporate chance-based mechanics, progressive rewards, and social options within the coming 12 months to create participating and compelling experiences.
Builders might want to strike a fragile stability between enjoyable and accountable gaming, making certain that these components improve gameplay with out compromising person expertise or regulatory compliance.
Álvaro Pinto
COO and Co-Founder
at Aptoide
Pokémon TCG – It’s superb how the sport makes it easy for anybody to grasp the mechanics and logic of Pokémon playing cards and the way Pokémon continues to be a driver for innovation and development within the cellular video games area as we speak.
