Delivered at Casual Connect USA 2018. With the release Guns of Boom, Game Insight used a mobile-first mindset to solve a tricky conundrum: how to make a first-person shooter for touchscreens? Their next challenge was equally tricky: bringing esports to smartphones. CEO Anatoly Ropotov will share insights into how to build a successful mobile esports game that works for pro players, esports enthusiasts and casual gamers alike.

1. Anatoly Ropotov
CEO, Game Insight

2. State of the competitive mobile games

5. Genuine PC shooter on mobile
4x4 5min-long battles

7. PCU CUMULATIVE USERS
Coming soon:
It’s all about live-ops!
(also >1M DAU!) (>30MM players!)

14. Huge on YouTube Gaming,
but not (yet?) on Twitch

16. We’ve crafted this mobile eSports mode for
Guns of Boom with fair play and balance in mind,
capping the max stats of all weapons, along with
normalizing armor & health for all player levels.
Guns of Boom provides fair-style experience built
for both clan training and tournaments.
PRO Play mode provides eSports level clan vs
clan matches via easy creation of groups, and
upcoming integration with major eSports leagues.
We are introducing PRO Play Mode to meet the demand of millions
of players for real competition - rolling out in January 2018.
PRO Play mode

18. Challenging the perception of mobile games

20. …you have to take small steps

21. to get to that stage…

23. As the mobile games industry, we have to “validate” our games in front of the bigger PC audience
by bringing in the largest and most sound names from the bigger eSports scene. The feedback
and collaboration with these teams leads to the non-stop improvements of PRO Play Mode.
The collaboration includes tournaments with the participation of professional players, along with
the creation of Guns of Boom teams under world-famous eSports brands.
2018 Team Partnerships
Natus VincereVirtus.pro SK
Gaming

25. THANK YOU!
anatoly@game-insight.com
Anatoly Ropotov
CEO, Game Insight