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No developer wants their game to be distributed unfettered from the day of launch. Sadly, this has happened more frequently since video game emulation is widely used. Game emulation is unfortunately being turned into a significant means for pirates to undermine developers’ businesses. What should developers do to deal with it and protect their precious titles? Download our free e-book to learn more!
Mobile game hacking is continually adapting its approach to pirate titles and distribute them both to suspecting and unsuspecting gamers. Just to give you an idea of the size of the problem: our analysis of the Google Play Store’s top 50 games showed that there were hacks available for 86% of them! No wonder then that more and more devs are turning to anti-tamper technology to protect both their game experience and income. Yet there are still some misconceptions circulating in the mobile game dev community, related to how this technology works. In today’s article we’re addressing the 4 most popular of them.
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Today’s game industry presents developers with a variety of challenges right after they release a mobile game. These challenges, if not addressed, will put the success of your mobile game and your well-deserved income at stake!
Do you know what these challenges are, their impacts on your titles and how to face them? Download our e-book to learn more!
A great gaming experience is hard to achieve without adequate gaming protection – this statement is often stressed by developers. Yet, when your next title is live, you may realize just how quickly the game turns into a breeding ground for cheaters and pirates. Indeed, there are many protective solutions in the market – but are all of them equally effective? To get the answer, we have asked 200 mobile game developers from around the world about their top challenges, concerns, solutions and everything in between. Based on their answers, we’ve compiled a list of 4 things you should consider. Read to know more!
Every day, more than 90% of gamers worldwide play video games on their mobile devices. That is almost 2.8 billion players we are talking about! But as a game developer, you know that mitigating security issues in mobile games isn’t a quick fix, right? To clarify just how widespread this knowledge is, we conducted two surveys – one in January, with 70 and another in October, with 200 mobile game developers. Read to know the results!
Every developer eagerly awaits the release of their mobile game in the hope of reaping the fruits of their hard labor, only to bitterly discover that they now face a new set of challenges. In our latest report “Mobile games development in 2022: trends, challenges and solutions”, we specifically asked devs about their post-launch challenges. What did we learn?
Mobile has become the go-to option for almost every entertainment need and is one of the fastest-growing platforms. But this does not discount the fact that security vulnerabilities persist and threats continue to crowd mobile games. This article jots down the blueprint you need to build a secure mobile gaming app and tells you how to get started.
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Did you know that a staggering 79% of developers consider cheating to be a major or moderate concern, up from 70% when surveyed at the end of 2021? And with reference to tampering, 76% of developers are similarly concerned, up from 56% in 2021? We bet you didn’t as these figures come from our latest global survey, conducted in collaboration with Omdia on a group of 200 mobile game developers. Read the report!
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If you are launching a game, there is a big chance you will face cheaters and pirates. They will make your premium features or content available for free and use ad blockers, as well as fake GPS signals to cheat in your location-based games. Did you know that there are ways of preventing that from happening?
Everyone wants to win a game, but not all the wins are legitimate. More and more cheats are being created to help players succeed in mobile games. If you think your mobile game is safe from cheating, the results from our analysis will make you reconsider it… Keep on reading!