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As soon as once more it is that point of yr the place all of us begin feeling reflective and look again on the yr simply gone.
So to that finish, we thought we would ask our Cellular Experts – a group of video games trade specialists – a number of questions concerning the yr passed by.
Right here we ask:
What was your favorite cellular recreation of the yr?
Do not forget you’ll be able to take a look at the winners of the Cellular Video games Awards – voted for by members of the video games trade – and the Pocket Gamer Awards – voted for by shoppers – to see the opposite prime cellular video games of the yr.
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 partaking and simply loads of enjoyable with mates. The technical execution (animations, loading instances, networking) is implausible and straightforward to admire.
The varied Supercell IPs are introduced collectively in a enjoyable and contemporary 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 creating 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 yr, 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 obtained well-deserved acclaim. It’s the form of recreation that retains gamers up late into the evening, as fast classes typically flip into hours of addictive gameplay.
Without cost-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’ revolutionary method to advert monetisation, which has set a brand new customary for high quality within the trade.
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 newest Monument Valley.
Kian Hozouri
COO & Co-founder
at ByteBrew
2024 has been one other excellent yr for gaming, with numerous unbelievable titles making their debut.
For me, the sport that had me hooked this yr was My Superstore Simulator by the proficient Recreation District crew. It’s a superb instance of mixing strategic decision-making with partaking gameplay mechanics that made it unattainable for me to place down.
Bitcoin Miner! It’s a implausible, enjoyable recreation enabling avid gamers to earn actual cash rewards!
To be trustworthy, I don’t have that a lot time to play cellular video games, so after I do play it’s often one among our accomplice video games. I nonetheless like Bitcoin Miner essentially the most, although that’s been round for a number of years now – it’s an excellent recreation and the real-money rewards component simply suits with the idea so effectively. If I’m choosing a brand new recreation, it could be Homegrown by MetaBit.
Danny Moy
Chief Technique Officer
at SciPlay
Monopoly Go was this yr’s actual spotlight. Not solely was it a enjoyable twist on a well-recognized recreation, however it 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 yr to create partaking and compelling experiences.
Builders might want to strike a fragile steadiness between enjoyable and accountable gaming, guaranteeing 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 wonderful how the sport makes it easy for anybody to know the mechanics and logic of Pokémon playing cards and the way Pokémon continues to be a driver for innovation and progress within the cellular video games house at the moment.
