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GameRefinery: How developers have changed mobile games in the pandemic

Mobile game developers have increased free gifts, added more playable content, launched charitable campaigns, and adapted location-based titles during the pandemic, according to a new report from GameRefinery.

The mobile game insight and analytics firm said that game developers and publishers have refined their live operations during the pandemic to offer additional experiences to mobile gamers during their most difficult months.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.