Episode 61: Looking Forward - What we expect to dominate mobile gaming in 2025

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The episode forecasts the mobile gaming landscape of 2025 with insights from GameRefinery's experts.

This episode of the Mobile Games Playbook peers into the crystal ball to forecast the mobile gaming landscape of 2025 with GameRefinery’s experts, Kalle Heikkinen, Senior Chief Market Analyst, and Wilhelm Voutilainen, Chief Game Analyst. We'll delve into how we expect monetization models such as DTC and subscriptions to evolve, the continued growth of LiveOps, and the upcoming genres/games we expect to be taking over the charts in 2025. Join us as we discuss the trends poised to shape the fut...

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Guests: Kalle Heikkinen, Wilhelm Voutilainen

Topics covered

• mobile gaming
• monetization models
• LiveOps
• gaming trends

Keywords

• DTC
• subscriptions
• game genres
• market analysis

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Books & works: Looking Forward

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