How to turn a hyper-casual trend into a marketable concept
What is hypercasual trend? Uri Ron, Market Research Expert at Supersonic Studios, dives into the top hypercasual games from VOODOO, CrazyLabs, Homa Games, Zynga,...
CrazyLabs Hits 5 billion Downloads
The mobile games publisher CrazyLabs announced the new milestone and shared info about future plans and new games on the horizon. CrazyLabs Hits 5 billion Downloads!...
Google Play will have a tab with discounts
Google has announced the addition of an “Offers” tab to Google Play. This section will provide users with discounts on apps and games. For developers, it...
How Giant Wanted achieves top #1 on Android
Wei Zhang, Founder of Megatouch, talked about the experience of collaborating with Supersonic and overcoming the challenges of making Giant Wanted a chart-topper....
Take-Two buys Zynga for $12.7 billion
Take-Two Interactive, the US publisher, developer, distributor of computer games that owns Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, Ghost Story Games, and Socialpoint,...
The Top 100 hyper-casual games of 2021
In 2021, RisingHigh Academy deconstructed and tested over 140 games within their Academy, focusing on game design, level design, user interface, and user experience....
Sonic creator releases his first hyper-casual game
Yuji Naka, one of the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, has unveiled his first hyper-casual game. The developer made it single-handedly on Unity after the failure...
Voodoo will add 5 hyper-casual games to Facebook Gaming
Voodoo has announced it is working with Facebook Gaming to release 5 hyper-casual games on the platform. The partnership aims to increase Voodoo’s audience...
Fragbite has acquired Lucky Kat Studios
Swedish company Fragbite Group has acquired Dutch hyper-casual games studio Lucky Kat for $7.8 million. Lucky Kat has a portfolio of more...
Android games on PC with Google Play Games
During The Game Awards, Google confirmed that it is bringing its Google Play Games service to the PC in 2022. Moving one of the most significant gaming ecosystems...
FreePlay studio amasses more than 0.5+ billion downloads in two years
Games from Minsk studio FreePlay have reached over 500 million downloads, according to dev.by. The company achieved it in only two years since its founding (the...
What are hyper-casual simulators?
Many people grew up playing the best simulation games like The Sims or RollerCoaster Tycoon, so it’s not hard to guess why hyper-casual developers have...
Electric Manta partners with Sunday
British free-to-play mobile developer Electric Manta has partnered with Sunday to develop hyper-casual games. Electric Manta, founded by former PopCap Studios...
Ducky Games acquired by Homa Games
One of the world’s leading platforms for creating and publishing mobile games, Homa Games has acquired French studio Ducky Games. About a month ago, Homa...
How Move People topped the charts
Move People is the game of Paul Raubich, solo developer and founder of Pau Rau Studio. He previously self-published the successful Sausage Toss with over 100,000...
