The video game industry and Hollywood’s leading movie/TV studios have had a long and occasionally tempestuous relationship. In fact, there have been at least 24 video game properties that have been adapted into wide release movies since 2000, a sharp increase from the 1990s, and yet the proliferation of free-to-play games that require players to “grind” to advance further into the game is at odds with Hollywood’s classic three-act dramatic structure.

Here are some additional key learnings you will gain after downloading the report: 

• Media-to-game adaptations score around twice as high on Metacritic as their game-to-movie counterparts.
• Recent releases, animated films and city-building games were well-represented among top smartphone/tablet apps.
• The studio/publisher partnership has led to higher quality games, which generates strong mobile engagement. 

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