Many builders targeted on in-game collaboration occasions in an try to spice up retention, and February noticed a number of notable crossovers, in keeping with a brand new report by GameRefinery.
Goddess of Victory: Nikke shot by means of the charts to turn out to be the twenty fifth highest grossing sport of the month within the US, because of a crossover with anime Chainsaw Man. Cellular Legends: Bang Bang additionally noticed a notable growth, reaching its highest ever grossing rank within the US because of a crossover with anime Jujutsu Kaisen, which launched a task-based Jujutsu Coaching occasion and limited-time gacha options.
In Japan, Puzzle and Dragons noticed nice success with its newest collaboration with the Gundam franchise, which added new mechanics to the sport within the type of characters with extra elemental attributes.
Shock smash hit Umamusume Fairly Derby raced to the primary spot of the obtain charts in Japan because of its second anniversary replace, which included occasions, particular campaigns, and a brand new coaching state of affairs.
Marvel Snap continued its sturdy efficiency with the introduction of PVP mechanics by means of the brand new Battle Spherical, which lets gamers face their associates in no-stakes multi-round battles. Though the sport solely gives a Pleasant Battle choice at current, GameRefinery notes that it expects “severe enlargement of this new mode sooner or later.”
The sport additionally kicked off a brand new season, Into the Quantum Realm, in collaboration with the theatrical launch of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The discharge sparked a wave of curiosity within the related battle move, with every day income rising by virtually 600%.
A brand new method to minigames?
X-Hero took a brand new method to minigames inside the principle sport, introducing a brand new consumer acquisition expertise known as Chess Needed to interchange the Save Doge mode in onboarding. Whereas Save Doge nonetheless exists as a part of X-Hero, newly onboarded gamers have been required to play Chess Needed as a part of the preliminary tutorial, with Save Doge being accessible later. The sport modified the minigame once more at the beginning of March, changing Chess Needed with a brand new mode entitled StopThem.
February additionally noticed GardenScapes maintain the Secret Ingredient occasion, first introduced in December. This mode includes merge mechanics, which Playrix have been actively pushing all through its portfolio, with Township set to implement a mirrored merge occasion in March. Homescapes additionally beforehand applied an identical occasion.
Undawn Vitality was singled out as a robust performer in China,getting into the highest ten in each the grossing and obtain charts. GameRefinery notes that “there’s a sure degree of resemblance to NetEase’s hit sport, LifeAfter”, which may point out that Tencent is hoping to ape that success with its personal tackle the survival style.
We listed NetEase and Tencent as two of the highest 50 cellular sport makers of 2022.
