Mobile Gaming Digest – March 2023
🪄WGAMES Updates
This past month, WGAMES has been on a roll with releasing tons of new exciting games and promos for our players.
These updates include:
A magical Album, Fairy Tales Album, filled with treasured Cards for players to collect
Teaser Tuesday, which is a promo that unlocks new games for a limited time before the official launch
An exciting game, Frog Wild 2, and its accompanying challenge
A game featuring fancy furballs, Fabulous Felines, and its accompanying challenge
The new Journey promo, Journey to Big Wins, grants players the chance to get their first Big Win in the current Journey matched
An all-new Journey to kick off the winter season, Road Trip: World Tour, where players can complete new Missions and win incredible prizes
📌 Featured Article
WGAMES Winter Recap
For the past wintry months, we at WGAMES have been keeping ourselves warm and busy, tackling all the challenges that this year has brought us so far. Although it’s been some time since we last shared our seasonal updates, with spring just around the corner and Toronto coming back to life, we’re excited to look back into the numerous new games and features we launched this past winter.
Are you ready to take a trip down memory lane? Let’s begin!
🚀 Industry News
Mobile Games Industry Trends for 2023: Publishing Predictions: Part Two
Launching a game is an enormous achievement in and of itself, but it’s just the beginning of marketing and monetizing your hard work and creativity. Intellectual property-based (IP) video games and entertainment tie-ins are accelerating in the industry, and this is just one of the trends that should be on your radar this year. As well as the use of IP, social integration is just as hot, as is streaming for spectators and creating esports-ready games. And so it's more vital than ever to be aware of, and understand these changes in how we approach game publishing.
Is Mobile Gaming the Future?
Mobile gaming is not only the future, but it is the right now too. Mobile gaming makes up about 50% of the global gaming revenue. We know that people use their mobile phones almost all day, and most of their time is spent on entertainment and social media.
74% Of Women Play Mobile Games Daily
A new study commissioned by GameHouse has found that 74% of women of all age groups play mobile games daily. 33% do so only once or twice a day, while 41% play games several times a day.
🌎 Around the Web
Hughes' Behemoth Satellite Promises You Broadband in the Boonies
Broadband remains a challenge in rural areas where internet service providers don't lay fiber and cable. But a hulking SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is about to hurtle a bus-sized satellite from aerospace firm Hughes into orbit to bring 100 megabit per second speeds to people who can't connect to more ordinary networks.
Google Maps' Immersive View Is Finally Rolling Out to Some Users
If you cross your fingers, bow your head, and pray to the great Google gods above, you could be one of the first few to access Google Maps’ long-awaited “immersive view.” The 3D cities flyover feature has been quietly rolling out to users over the past week, though only some are reporting that they have access to it so far.
The Future of Immersive Work in the Metaverse
When it comes to the world of work, our offices are becoming increasingly digital. The pandemic accelerated our journey towards a remote world of Zoom and Slack. Media narratives often proclaim that remote working is only going to increase and the metaverse will be the middleman between the workplace and the worker, with our offices living entirely in the cloud. This isn’t necessarily the case.