The analytical company GameRefinery has published a report on the main news and changes that have occurred in major mobile projects in October. The data relate to the markets of the USA, China and Japan.US Market
Brawl Stars has a map editor that allows users to make their own levels.
- Map Editor in Brawl Stars
Cooking Diary made a collaboration with the series “Very strange Things” (Strangers Things), in which a new restaurant with special tasks on the theme of the show became available to players.
- Cooking Diary and Strangers Things Collaboration
Candy Crush hosted a new event in which players need to save the city from the Saltnado disaster and return it to its usual appearance.
- Hearthstone developers have added a new “Duel” mode to the game.
- Duel Mode in Hearthstone
Call of Duty Mobile hosted an event in honor of the anniversary of the project with a special map, missions and mini-games.
- In Homescapes, there is an opportunity to help another player by completing a level for him.
- Homescapes
GameRefinery notes that this year there was a record number of Halloween events in mobile games.
Also, one of the main moments of October, the company calls Genshin Impact getting into the list of the highest-grossing mobile projects in the United States (now the game is ranked 20th).
China MarketZhenMoQu and Battle of Balls games have made collaborations with new Chinese films.
- The projects have special skins dedicated to the events.Collaboration
Battle of Balls and the animated series Calabash BrothersIn Ninja Must Die 3 for Halloween there are discounts, gachi and a special game mode in which users have to run away from a giant pumpkin.
- Halloween event in Ninja Must Die 3
In October, several new games also appeared in China at once, which in the future may displace Honor of Kings from the first place in terms of revenue.
- Among them are Moonlight Blade from Tencent and Genshin Impact from miHoYo.Japan Market
Video ads appeared in Call Me Emperor.
- GameRefinery notes that this is a rarity for the Japanese market.Knives Out developers have added a construction mode to the game.
- October in Japan was traditionally rich in collaborations with popular brands in the country.
- According to GameRefinery, Halloween events were held in almost all popular mobile games.The developers collaborated with the authors of various manga and anime, and the authors of THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98UM OL made a collaboration with Guity Gear.
- Collaboration of the game BladeX Lord and the anime Seven Deadly Sins
Genshin Impact managed to become a leader in revenue in Japan as well.
Since its release, the game has not left the top 5 highest-grossing mobile projects. Marvel Strike Force also made it into the top 100 games by revenue for the first time.
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