There has never been a better time to be involved in the gaming industry. Whether coming up with and producing gaming content, developing the next new-age device or console, or simply as a user of these products, there are more options than ever available, and on a range of devices. The latest craze in the gaming industry centers around mobile gaming, with more players and users migrating onto this avenue of gaming due to the practicality and high quality of games on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
What started off with Snake on early Nokia devices in the late 1990’s evolved quickly due to rapid advancements in technology and software capabilities. Touchscreen technology introduced by Apple was a massive game changer in mobile gaming and brought an added interactive dimension to gameplay, while also allowing for quicker and more accurate responses. Popular titles such as Angry Birds and Candy Crush started to quickly hypnotize gamers all over the world, but since then, the mobile gaming industry has evolved further to bring more popular console and desktop titles to the everyday portable device, as well as old classics.
Game developers have also branched out to other industries to reinvent their gaming activity to complement the now incredibly diverse world of mobile gaming. Here are a couple of the more recent trends.
Online Casino
An industry steeped in gaming tradition is casino. For centuries, casino enthusiasts have frequented their local casino or visited a similar establishment on their travels to revel in the delight of popular casino games such as blackjack, poker, slots, and roulette. However, the traditional format of casino play as many know is being slowly replaced by online casinos, which offer all the exciting casino entertainment, but in formats accessible on your computer at home, and on mobile devices.
Although mobile casinos have been around since the early 2000’s, the aspects associated with high quality mobile casinos such as graphics, sounds and the variety of games and gameplay on offer are only maturing now. While mobile technology has also developed to the extent that mobile phone browsers like Safari can handle the processing power involved in mobile casino play, casino providers and the developers they partner with are also introducing more online casinos in a dedicated app form.
Overall, you can explore plenty of options for these here on your mobile device, with an increasing number of people each year contributing to the $76.7 billion mobile gaming industry due to the increased capabilities in mobile gaming.
Board games brought to life on your mobile
Another traditional arm of gaming is playing board games with friends or family. Mobile board games have experienced a similar growth to online casinos, in that past software capabilities were not able to produce an interactive, entertaining experience on mobile devices. However, app developers are now armed with a heavy artillery of programming tools to bring popular board games such as Monopoly or Ticket to Ride to life.
The ability to include eye-catching animations to represent the gameplay has brought these games to life and offer a more traditional option to mobile gaming, away from more conventional gaming titles such as FIFA or Call of Duty. It might seem a bit of a throwback, but these traditional games have been reinvented and been given a more modern look on mobile devices.