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David Guo: Why Players Swoon Over Evony

Evony has accumulated over 200 million downloads in over 150 countries around the world

By David Guo ViewsPublished 3 days ago 3 min read
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A video game developer and publisher with an international customer base, Top Games Inc. has generated hundreds of millions of dollars with a broad spectrum of downloadable, online, and mobile games. The company's flagship game is the extremely popular and successful Evony: The King's Return.

Established in 2016 and led by CEO David Guo

David Guo (Yaoqi Guo) is the co-founder and CEO of Top Games Inc., basically in charge of all essential Top Games departments, brings over 25 years of software and game development, network security, UX, game theory, and API design.

Top Games Inc. is driven by the simple but admirable mission to bring "high-quality and fun games to players all over the world." These loyal players routinely gather on the company's various social media sites and interact on the game-specific forums on the company's official website.

Thus far, It has accumulated over 200 million downloads in over 150 countries around the world have played games made by Mr. Guo and the Top Games team. To fuel this incredible expansion, the company has translated its games into more than 25 languages and fostered longstanding relationships with multichannel online platform giants that include Google and Facebook.

According to the independent market analysis authority App Annie, Top Games Inc. is the highest-grossing digital app and game in more than 20 countries. Furthermore, six different Top Games apps maintain ratings of four stars or greater on leading app download platforms such as Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Evony: The King's Return - A Flagship Game Unlike Any Other

Billed by Top Games Inc. as "the hottest real-time strategy MMO (massively multiplayer online game) of 2022," Evony: The King's Return has an extensive and storied history. Realizing the vast potential of digital games driven by mobile app technology, David Guo and the Top Game development team engaged in years of research and preparation to identify the very best way to break into this largely untapped consumer technology market.

An epic military strategy game in a mythical and fanciful setting, Evony: The King's Return became Top Games' first major mobile game release when it launched across multiple global regions in 2016. It became a favorite among gamers, accumulating roughly 7 million downloads and generating more than $100 million in US dollars.

In 2017, Top Games aired a commercial advertisement for Evony: The King's Return during the televised broadcast of Super Bowl LI. Featuring international superstars in a compelling performance, this ad rapidly expanded the game's outreach, causing it to become one of the "Top 5 Most Downloaded Games in the US" and one of the "Top 10 Highest-Grossing Games" across more than 50 countries. With 743,207 total reviews, the game currently holds a rating of 4.4 out of 5 on Google Play. At the Apple App Store, it holds a rating of 4.1 out of 5 with 43,100 players reviewing.

Historical Figures, War Modes, Alliance

Players of Evony: The King's Return build entire cities, train legions of troops, and solve challenging puzzles as they expand their empires. To further their governmental, diplomatic, and military efforts, players can draw upon the expertise of historical leaders who range from Alexander the Great, Saladin, Oda Nobunaga, Yi Sun-sin, Qin Shi Huang.

Multiple modes of war, such as the PvP, SvS. PvP gameplay in Evony includes battlefields, Server War (SvS), Kill Enemies (KE), Destructive Attack (DA), and any other situation where you kill others' troops or attack others' castles. PvP brings different fun to players than PvE, and players can also get wonderful rewards and glories through PvP.

The alliance mechanism enhances the online social experience, allowing players to make friends worldwide and connect and share on a deeper level. Evony’s player alliance system features an intuitive and user-friendly interface, enabling players to share resources, exchange gifts, and enjoy unique features like attack reminders and honor notifications. The Evony Team prioritizes simplicity and friendliness in these interactions, making alliance building and resource sharing easy for all players. Players in Evony have multiple ways to connect, whether on the Alliance page, with players from other alliances on the World channel, or even with players from different servers. During Server Wars (SvS), a dedicated chat channel allows for strategy discussions and friendly banter. These various chat channels enrich the social dynamics among players in Evony.

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