GameMakers
By Joseph Kim
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The GameMakers podcast publishes current, entertaining, and in-depth discussions on F2P game development. Topics that we cover include the business of games, F2P monetization, liveops, game design, game development processes, team structure, and more.
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Own Your Players, Don't Rent Them — D2C, Creator Codes & the Shadow Server Economy | Liam Wiltshire, GM of Tebex
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The Last 20% Is Worth $100 Million
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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ThiGaming Trends for 2026 — And the One Nobody Wants to Talk AboutRT
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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AppLovin Bull vs. Bear Case: What Operators Know That Investors Don't
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Your validation passed. Your players hated it. Here’s why. | MAG #10
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Your Analytics Stack Is Killing Your Studio (The New Meta: PostHog FTW)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Why Game Studio Failures Are Structure Problems, Not Talent Problems | Chris Casanova (Microsoft, Mojang, Relic, Hypixel)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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The Battlefield 6 Redemption, What UCLA Football Teaches About Leadership, & Structuring Teams to Win | MAG #7
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Inside the $55B EA-Saudi Deal: Why It's Not a Typical LBO (with Chris Petrovic & Matthew Kanterman)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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The Ad Monetization Playbook: Fixing Leaky Revenue, Boosting CPMs, and Scaling Your Team with Kelly Kang
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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MAG: Inside EA’s $55B LBO, Lessons from Grow A Garden, and the Intent→Action Gap ("Alien's Eye View")
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Unlock 82% of the Global Gaming Market: The Ultimate Localization Guide
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Can Delta Force Beat PUBG? Is the Take-Two Mafia a Myth & How to Fix Recruiting? | MAG #5
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Arena Breakout: Infinite Breaks Out to PC!, Destiny: End of Western IP + China Dev, Secrets and Stupid Ideas | MAG #4
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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MAG Monday #3: India's RMG Ban, Failure of GenAI, Amazon x Netflix Gaming+Streaming Bundle
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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3-2-1 MAG #2: Dreamhaven Layoffs, Silksong Success, GamePass Worth Jack**** | Magic Tiles 3 - Piano Game, Rise of AA | On Decision Making
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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3. 2. 1. Retro #1: Netease Bails on Western Studios, IGN Restructuring, Ubisoft and King Showcase AI
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Finding Alpha: How to Find Your Company's Secret Advantage!
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Call of Duty vs. Battlefield, Dreamhaven Struggles, AI - Tencent & Unity | Game Dev Review #1
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Navigating the Game Industry Reset: Layoffs, AI Hiring & Career Strategy with Keith Caswell (ex-EA, Microsoft)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Why Data Is The New Superpower In Gaming!
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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From Concept to Character: AI Animation Revolution in Gaming
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Hidden Cost of Building Games: Sacrifice, Success, and What Really Matters ft. Mishka Katkoff, Deconstructor of Fun
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Web Shops: From 10% to 50% Revenue – The Playbook Top Games Don't Want You to Know
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Game PM Evolution: Insights on AI, Strategy & Survival
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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HTML5 Gaming is Back—But This Time It's Different" | Playgama CEO Reveals Why
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Why Most New Games Still Face-Plant — and How Player Insight Can Flip the Script
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May 15, 2025 |
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The BILLION User Goldmine: Gaming with AI + Telegram (DEEP DIVE)
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May 14, 2025 |
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From Halo to Fortnite: Alex Seropian's Unfiltered Take on UEFN's Future
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Applovin vs Unity: How Applovin Destroyed the Competition!
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Future of AI in Game Development: Revolution or Evolution?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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GDC 2025: What Happened?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Biggest Fire
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Understanding Battle Pass Game Design from Overwatch 2
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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How to Build Better Games - Game Production
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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The FUTURE of 4X Games: FirstFun's Surprising Billion-Dollar Strategy
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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LiveOps Playbook: Critical Secrets from Gaming's Top Experts
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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MMPs and Attribution: What Game Studios Need to Know to Grow
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Why UGC Cosmetics Could be the Future of Gaming
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Pixels & Profits | Gaming Industry 2024-2025 - Crisis, Transformation, and Opportunity
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Economics & Advantages of Mobile Web Stores ft. Gil Tov-ly from AppCharge
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Game Industry Hot Takes: Ubisoft's Struggles, Unity's Revival, and Microsoft's Game Pass Gambit
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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EXPOSING Mobile Performance Marketing Secrets! UA in 2024 and Beyond with Warren Woodward
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Chinese Gaming Giants: Tencent vs. Netease | Pixels & Profits
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Mastering F2P Cosmetics Monetization in Games
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Brawl Stars Godzilla Event Product Roundtable Discussion | Liquid & Grit x Gamemakers
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Rise and Fall of Embracer Group | Implications for the Future of Games M&A
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May 31, 2024 |
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The Frontier of AI NPCs with Convai's CEO | Purnendu Mukherjee
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May 11, 2024 |
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Embracer vs. Ubisoft: A Deep Dive into Two Struggling Gaming Giants (Pixels & Profits)
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2024 Recap: Themes, GDC Talks, Takeaways, and Rumors
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Atomic Scaling with Ludovic Bodin | Lessons From the Games Industry to the World!
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Liveops Lessons from Temple Run & Bejeweled Blitz ft. Eve Chang
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Nvidia - On the way to becoming the world's most valuable company | Pixels & Profits #9
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Measurement Crisis (in mobile UA) | #1 of 5 in State of Measurement Series
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Philosophy: Escaping the doom loop
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Philosophy: Doing the hard thing
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Gaming x AI: How Atlas makes models for 3D worlds 200X faster! (ft. CEO Ben James)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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How Brawl Stars 6X'ed daily revenue ft. 2.5 Gamers + Ken Landen
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Job losses everywhere except AI - Don't fight it, embrace AI!
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Palworld's Takuro Mizobe on Lesson's Learned (from Pocket Pair Blog)
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Stream Hatchet's Livestreaming & Esports report - Key trends!
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ubisoft exec views future of games is subscription not ownership
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The latest in the Epic vs. Apple wars
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Key findings from GDC State of the Industry Report 2024
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Supercell's Brawl Stars goes Nuclear - After years revenue goes over 4X from Dec 5, '23 to Jan 6, '24
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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More layoffs - Pixelberry, Google AI threat, Behavior Interactive, YouTube Games
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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GameOver #7: '24 Layoffs!, "Too many games," New Halo, Epic #1 on Console, State of UGC, AI, China, Steam Breaks Records
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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How Profitable is Monopoly Go? (Is #1 really #1?)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Roblox (RBLX): Business Overview and Future (What you need to know!)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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AI NPCs in Gaming with Inworld AI ft. Travis Boatman, Carbonated
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Savvy Games $30B?, iPhone gaming in trouble, Game Industry Job Hunting, Netflix, Predictions | GO #6
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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8 Ball Pool. Sony MIcrosoft Riposte mobile M&A in '24?, Owen Mahoney, Top 5 FPS Games, Starfield "Mostly Negative", Top Steam and Nintendo Games of '23, Layoffs in '23 | GO #5
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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China regulations tank Netease and Tencent, Take-Two's $12B Zynga bet tumbles, Valorant Mobile, Insomniac Games leak, More layoffs, Winter sale and gaming deals | GO #4
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Netflix game strategy, Fortnite breaks records, Tiktok breaks $10B, Epic vs. Google, and more! | Go #3
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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"Unity, I'm done," Stormgate RTS Kickstarter, Sega's $800M Super Game, GTA 6, Game Awards | GO #2
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Gardens: Building a Startup Games Studio for success (makers of Journey, Spider-Man, Skyrim)
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Unity Software (U): Huge Problems, Negative Outlook, Big Changes Required
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Why legendary developers are jumping onto Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN)!
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Mobile UA Landscape Impact on Gaming Companies (Pixels & Profits #7) ft. Matej Lancaric
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Take-Two Interactive Financial Deep Dive (Pixels & Profits #6) ft. Eric Kress
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Rise of the White Tiger | Life, Entrepreneurship, and Rise of India & Opportunity ft. Mukul Deora
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Game Startups & Life | 3x3 ft. Mishka Katkoff at Deconstructor of Fun
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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How Hit Games Use Persona Analysis! | Experience from Eve Online and Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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What If? Nintendo Smartphone? Who can make a great gaming smartphone? | Pixels & Profits #4 (Part 2 of 3)
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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What If? Microsoft Carved Out Xbox Business | Pixels & Profits #4 (Part 1 of 3)
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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GameDev Story: Brewed Games builds a Souls-like Action RPG game Winds of Arcana for PC
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Feedback & Performance Evaluation | ft. Ben Carcich & Aaron Smith from Building Better Games
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Serkan Toto on Top Japanese and Korean Video Game Companies | Pixels & Profits #3
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Lessons Learned: Gaming Startups & New Global Risks
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Top 5 Mobile Game Launches: Honkai Star Rail, Monopoly Go, Survivor!.io, Marvel Snap, Frozen City
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Console Wars: Microsoft is All-in on Game Pass, Is this Game Over? | Pixels & Profits #2 (Part 2 of 2)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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What Drove Success in the PlayStation vs. Xbox vs. Nintendo Console Wars?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Console Wars: Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo | Pixels & Profits #2 (Part 1 of 2)
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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No IDFA, No Excuses - Why The Narrative Behind IDFA Deprecation Destroying Mobile Growth is Wrong!
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Where is the games industry today? Less risk, higher cost of capital, bifurcation of winners & losers
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Rise of China: Dominant western game developers may fall to Asian competitors like HoYoverse
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May 31, 2023 |
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Why Nvidia (NVDA) stock jumped and the impact of AI to gaming | AI X Gaming!
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May 30, 2023 |
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Where is the Game Industry Today? - M&A and Public Game Companies | Pixels & Profits #1
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May 29, 2023 |
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Mobile Growth: IDFA Deprecation Scapegoat or Reality?
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May 23, 2023 |
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Diversity in a Changing World | Sarah Thomson Shares Her Experience
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May 15, 2023 |
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JK Vlog #7: Adversity, Focus on Can Do!
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Hypernova: Facing Adversity and Building the GTA for India!
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Sequoia Capital India on Investing in Indian Gaming Market
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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F2P Game Startups: Keep Going or Tap Out? ft. Michael Martinez (CEO of FunCraft)
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Debate: Is Blizzard Stack Ranking Evil?
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Mobile Shooters: What's Next After Battle Royale? ft. Jordan Phang/Naavik (FREE REPORT!)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Breaking the Meta in The Game of Life! with Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Grateful for Opportunity | JK Vlog #6
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Future of eSports ft. Ilaria Caputo (EA), Hugo Tristao (Newzoo), & Matt Kanterman (Ball Metaverse)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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How to Install Company Values & Culture | Philosophy Friday #21
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Stellaris Venture Partners on Game Investing in India | ft. Rahul Chowdhri
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Predicting Game Success + Corporate Nonsense (Philosophy Friday #19)
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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The F2P Game Designer | ft. John Kelly Creative Director at PlaySimple
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Building a F2P Liveops Playbook | ft. The Games Consultant Matt Emery
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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How to Argue Constructively (Philosophy Friday #20)
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Living With Purpose | JK Vlog #5
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Will Dislyte Be Lilith's Next Big Mobile Gaming Hit?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Adversity is a Gift | JK Vlog #4
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Discipline, Drive, and Details X Mental Strength | JK Vlog #3
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Bombay Play and Hyper Social Games ft. Mr. Oliver Jones
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Health is Critical to Grind | JK Vlog #2
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Bayesian Thinking for Startups with @SebPark
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Starting vs. The Grind | JK Vlog #1
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Garena Free Fire: Secrets to Success and Analyzing The Fall
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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UA Apocalypse, Product Validation, Impact Global Recession, Employee Compensation (Philosophy #17)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Culture Communication Isn't Enough + Employee Incentive Systems (Philosophy #18)
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Will Harbin on Lessons from Kixeye and Making a Comeback
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Sebastian Park on why User Generated Content is the Future of Games
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Entertainment IP in Games - The Complete Guide by 3 World-class Experts
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Product Manager to Founder | Akash Senapaty (From Zynga to Vah Vah)
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May 01, 2022 |
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Web3 Opportunities for Game Devs
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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We Raised a $10M Series A | Game Studio Funding Mistakes! 💰
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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The Rise of the Indian Gaming Market
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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How Companies Can Retain Employees (Philosophy Friday #16)
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Russia Ukraine War Impact on Video Games Industry ft. Boris Kalmykov CEO Hypemasters
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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How to Create a Hit Games Studio From India? | LILA Games CTO Avinash Pandey
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Marketing Analysis: Garena Free Fire Max and PUBG New State! Ft. Matej Lancaric & Nebo Radovic
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Philosophy Friday #14: Most Critical Product Manager Skills vs. Personality
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Game Industry M&A in 2022 and Beyond! Miniclip, Drake Star Partners, & FunPlus Weigh In
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Structured Mobile Marketing | The Ad Concept Model (Zynga + Consumer Acquisition)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Philosophy #12: On Employee Motivation
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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GameMakers 2021 Drunk Game Awards Show: Best and Worst of 2021
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Philosophy #11: 2021 Review | Key Trends & Lessons Learned
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Philosophy #10: Recruiting Like A Pro | Games Industry
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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Philosophy #9: Bill Walsh | Don't Make Enemies
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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What Makes A Great Tech Lead or CTO ft. Niklas Herriger, Tommy Krul, and Avinash Pandey
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Philosophy #6: The Future of Work: Remote vs. Office | The Debate!
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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How To Be A Great Games Company CEO! ft Gigi Levy-Weiss, Brian Peganoff, & Kristian Segerstale
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Philosophy #8: How to Make Difficult Decisions!
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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How To Fix Axie Infinity | Sustainability & Future of Sky Mavis
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Games Industry in "Crisis": Biggest Risk & Opportunity in 2022 and Beyond!
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Philosophy #7: PM Planning & Prioritization in the Games Industry
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The Future of Apple App Store Economics
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Philosophy #5: Employee Feedback and Performance Reviews May Be Your Biggest Challenge at Work
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Philosophy #4: Get Offa Me With Your Work Life Balance, Work Life Integration FTW!
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Future of Mobile Ad Revenue | 2022+ and 2021 Retro
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Philosophy #3: Zero to One vs. 1 to N Product Managers
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Philosophy #2: Data Ethics in Gaming ft. Lars Doucet
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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The Future of Blockchain Gaming (Chong Ahn, Brian Peganoff, Mitch Zamara)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Philosophy #1: How to Be a Great Product Manager
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Moonton's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Secrets to Success! With Chief Designer Skyhook
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Key Challenges for Blockchain Gaming ft. Lars Doucet
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Key Technology Challenges in Mobile F2P Games | Epic Tech Evangelist Arvind Neelakantan
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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IndiaF2P: What Global Strategics Are Looking for From Indian Game Companies
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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IndiaF2P: How To Build A Successful Career in F2P Games
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Doing the Work For a Top Grossing Game | Game Design by Paul Leydon
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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IndiaF2P: How India Becomes A World Leader in Games
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Is the future of games Instant? (Lars Doucet, Emily Greer)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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IDFA Loss: Real Data & Real Talk
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Social Casino Outlook with SciPlay's Joe Byrne
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Tech Infrastructure for Competitive PVP Games
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Team vs. Family DEBATE: We Are "Not a Family" 🖕
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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GameBiz #3 Game Company Growth Strategies ft Chris Petrovic and Eric Kress
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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GameBiz #2: Talking Strategy & Synergy with STILLFRONT! ft. Alexis Bonte, Nadir Khan, Tobias Kringe
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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GameBiz #1: Game Industry M&A (March 2021) ft. Chris Petrovic & Eric Kress
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Integrating Crypto and Metaverse in Games | Michael Wagner CEO of Star Atlas
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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4 Game Company Growth Paradigms: Zynga, Applovin, Skillz, and Jam City
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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MetaHuman Creator | Epic's Road to the Metaverse ft. Arvind Neelakanan (Epic Tech Evangelist)
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Data Infrastructure for Live Games ft. Andre Cohen (Tilting Point), Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed VP), and Oliver Loffler (Fmr KOLIBRI)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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The Warning | Game Companies Face Structural Transition in 2021
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Game Development Best Practices | Chris Cobb (Pragma Platform), Noemi Rouleau (Square Enix), Xiang Shen (Century Games)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Self Actualization Through Video Games | Shahar Sorek CMO of Overwolf
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May 28, 2021 |
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Tom Kalinske | The King of Brands (From Flintstone Vitamins, Barbie, Hotwheels, He-man, and SEGA)
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Riz Virk | US-China App Wars, Life is a Video Game, Game Start-up Lessons
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead to 2021 (SensorTower's Randy Nelson Interviews JK)
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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LILA #2: Why Did We Start LILA Games?
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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LILA #1: JK Gets Fired! What's Next?
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Intro to the GameMakers Podcast
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Nov 24, 2020 |