As Zynga buys Istanbul-based Rollic Games for $168M, a look at the rapid growth of hyper-casual mobile games, where publishers may launch a new title every week
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Discussion
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@vijayshekhar
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
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Hyper-casual games are gaming industry's hottest new trend. https://www.ft.com/... On top is French company https://voodoo.io/ with Helix Jump, Crowd City and Paper etc. Total 3.7bn downloads by more more than 1 Bn users !
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@janinegibson
Janine Gibson
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Featuring hit games Flappy Dunk, a mash up of Flappy Bird and basketball, and Helix Jump in which a bouncing ball must fall as far as possible. How ‘hyper-casual’ games are winning the mobile market https://www.ft.com/...
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@paulbz
Paul Murphy
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This quote might impact my hyper casual gaming dealflow... “in hyper-casual there is a lot of crap, and a lot of clones, and a lot of clones of crap” https://twitter.com/...
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@baytok_cem
Cem Baytok
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Another exit from Turkey in B2C mobile games. Can this be caused by cross cultural exposure of Turkey, mixed with young technical talent focused on success? Turkish entrepreneurs deserve a lot more than the VC capital they receive. https://venturebeat.com/...