Ep 1. Rising Stars: Most Promising Mobile Genres - with Daniel Ahmad Games and Names

Hey there! Welcome to Games & Names podcast, a place where we casually chat about gaming industry with a hint of magic. For the first episode, we've teamed up with Niko Partners to explore mobile game genres set to beat the industry decline – both on Western and Eastern markets. What are they? How to track them? And how to use them to your advantage? Tune in to know more!
Episode's crew: ⁠Stan Minasov⁠, ⁠Daniel Ahmad⁠, ⁠Kirill Vaganov⁠
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In this episode, we talk about:
- which mobile genres have been growing (doubling even!) despite the overall industry decline;
- what are the main trends both for Western and Eastern game markets – and what it means for developers;
- who is the next possible 'match-3' leviathan genre contender;
- how Habby created a whole niche of its own and what is so different about Survivor.io! clones;
- who is the main competitor of Hypercasual genre (surprising spoiler – it's an app, not a game!);
- why you crucially need a strong IP to enter Core games market nowadays;
- the perfect storm that has happened to mobile shooters;
We also share a bunch of game recommendations that we loved recently and discuss a bit about why old-school Resident Evil is so different from modern games! Stay tuned for the next episodes. Good luck and have fun :)
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