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The arrival of 2025 marks the beginning of a new chapter in many aspects, including the mobile gaming industry. What exciting new products can players expect this year? Will it be fresh optimizations of classic games, or entirely new ones? For strategy game enthusiasts like me, are there any new titles we should keep an eye on? Among classic games, Evony: The King's Return remains highly regarded within the community, thanks to its unique gameplay, addictive strategy, vast battlefields, and indispensable alliance comrades.
Released in 2016, this mobile game recently celebrated its 8th anniversary. The team behind it continues to surprise players with high efficiency, new feature iterations, and cross-genre IP collaborations, ensuring that this classic remains impossible to put down.
CEO David Guo and VP Benjamin Gifford is dedicated to crafting engaging games with high-quality experiences, using data-driven strategies across the team's tasks. He advocates a mindset of design, deconstruction, and reconstruction.
Benjamin Meets David: A Shared Passion for the Unifying Power of Games
Fifteen years ago, Benjamin Gifford met David Guo for the first time, and their shared passion for the unifying power of games has fueled their partnership ever since. Benjamin is driven by his interest in the intersection of technology and storytelling, which led him to roles in game development and design. "I've viewed this as a journey of continuous learning, where I share my experiences to help others avoid my mistakes and leverage my successes to mentor and elevate the industry. My path to a leadership role at Top Games reflects a deep-seated commitment to enhancing the games industry and the gaming experience for all," Benjamin says.
Curiosity & A Passion for Problem-Solving
Benjamin notes that his entrepreneurial spirit comes from his innate curiosity, determination, and passion for solving problems, all of which have been nurtured by his love of playing and analyzing games.
"My drive to start in the gaming industry comes from the desire to create impactful and engaging experiences for players worldwide. For aspiring entrepreneurs, game developers, and studios, I recommend cultivating passion for your own concepts, deeply understanding your field, and seeing the inevitable challenges as opportunities for growth," he says.
For David Guo, his passion for games started early. After working on several software projects following graduation, he transitioned into the gaming industry, predicting that mobile games would become mainstream. Under his leadership, Top Games developed distinctive, unique mobile games, and this foresight played a key role in the creation of the hit game Evony: The King's Return. Like a visionary captain, he recruited like-minded crew members with shared values and goals, all steering toward the bright future of "Neverland."
The arrival of 2025 promises many surprises. Naturally, some studios will be forced to exit the competitive market, but in the ebb and flow of the industry, players will continue to enjoy the known outcome: developers will keep creating exceptional games.
