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TWIG #383: Turkey Dominates Puzzle Games, Royal Kingdom’s Struggles, and Playtika’s Big Shift

From Mobile Games to Apps: Play Ventures $500M Fund

TWIG #382: Merge Mansion Falls, Xbox Fires the Wrong People, and the Math That Killed Gaming VC

TWIG #381: Xbox Loses the Plot, Ubisoft on Life Support & Western Gaming's Darkest Take

Puzzle Monthly #2: Match-3 Is Broken, Pixel Flow Clones, and Royal Kingdom’s Rise

TWIG #380: Game Pass Gets Cheaper, China's Mobile Dominance & Division Resurgence Reviewed

TWIG JR: Gen Alpha's Honest Take on Roblox, Brain Rot & Growing Up as a Gamer

UA Monthly #3: Freecash Ban, Unity Kills ironSource & Vector’s Rise

Left VC to Become a Founder Again. Here's What They Don't Tell You About Running a Fund

TWIG #379: Roblox's Age Problem, Xbox Game Pass & Pokemon's 30th Takeover

What Newzoo's 2026 PC & Console Report Actually Says

TWIG #378: Mario Smashes the Box Office, Take-Two Cuts AI, and Monopoly Go Goes Social

Shooter Monthly #6: RADICAL Marathon Solutions, Deadlock’s Secret Design, & Fortnite Extraction Mode!?

Can You Build a Real Business on Roblox?

TWIG #377: Epic for Sale, Unity Cuts Deep, and Merge Keeps Printing

TWIG #376: Epic Layoffs, Roblox Tax & Google’s New Strategy

UA Monthly #2: AppLovin's Social Network, Google Fee Cuts & Unity D28

The Epic Settlement: Google's "Level Up" Program & The Future of DTC

TWiG #375: GDC 2026 Post-Mortem, Epic’s Surrender & Google Play’s Legal Rebirth

TWIG #374 GDC 2025: The Honest Debrief

Shooter Monthly #5: The Marathon Revelation, Overwatch Reborn & The Death of Highguard

State of Gaming 2026: What’s Really Winning Now

Puzzle Monthly #1: Pixel Flow, UA, and the Future of Sort Puzzles

TWiG #373: Turkey Funds Game Dev, WB Games Uncertainty & Discord Drama

Meta Is Back in the Game. Here's What That Actually Means.

TWiG #372: Death at an Xbox Funeral & Balling Out Ball’s State of Gaming

400,000 Wishlists in a Month: Dead as Disco's Steam(ing) Playbook

UA Monthly #1: Meta’s New Playbook, Reddit Ads, & the State of UA

TWIG #371: Clash Royale's Death Spiral, Blizzard's Comeback, and Why AI Hype is Killing Games

322. Female-First as a Moat: Dorian's Business of Fandom UGC with founder Julia Palatovska

TWiG #370: Supercell’s Annual Letter, Reading Between the KPIs

321. Art Directing in the AI Era with SciPlay's Peter Franco

TWiG #369: Genie 3 Explodes, Game Stores Die, & High Guard Stumbles

Shooter Monthly #4: The World's Biggest Shooter May Surprise & The Thing Highguard Needs to Learn

320. State of Mobile 2026: The 9 Trends That Matter

TWiG #368: Ubisoft Cuts, TikTok Slips, and Gaming’s Next Distribution Crisis

319. Building Games That Don't Die: The Zynga Model

TWiG #367: A Certain IPO, 2026's 1st Cozy Launch & When CEOs Get Sued

TWIG #366 Fortnite Monetizes Harder, Meta Cuts Deeper, and AI Enters the Arena

318. 8 Reasons Most UA Strategies Fail as they Scale

TWIG #365 Golden Twig Awards: The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Moves in Games This Year

TWIG #364 Off-Air Relationships and Personal Reflections

317. Inside the Hiring Playbook of Top-Performing Startups

TWIG Jr: Awards, Predictions, and Gen Alpha's Take on Gaming

Shooter Monthly #3 Marathon vs the Market, Valorant Goes Massive, Marvel Rivals Misreads Progression

12 x TWIG Predictions: The Numbers Don't Lie!

316. Slipknot's Clown: Building Games Like You Build a Band

TWIG #362 The Golden TWIGs 2025 Show

315. From Space Ape to Duolingo via Supercell with Simon Hade

TWIG #361 WB Games’ Fate, CoD’s Apology Tour & the UA Financing Trap

314. Hard Truths About Co-Founders, Capital, and Competition with Appcharge's Founders Roei and Maor

TWIG #360 The Story of Two Steam Games, Where Winds Meet & The 4X Shake-Up

313. The Complete Guide to Gaming's Fastest-Growing UA Channel

Shooter Monthly #2: Call of Duty Flops, Battlefield Hops, and Arc Raiders Pops

TWIG #359 Unity x Epic, Roblox Controversy, Saudi Money and Why The Game Awards Make No Sense

312. How Three Engineers No One Wanted to Fund Built a $XXXM Company

TWIG #358 Steam Machine, the Future of PC Gaming?

311. How to Build an AI-First Culture with 1,300 People. Real Story.

Game Analytics 04 - Retaining

Game Analytics 03 - Monetizing

Game Analytics 02 - Marketing

Game Analytics 01 - Building

TWIG #357 Royal Match $200M Splurge, Arc Raiders AI Controversy and AI Duolingo's Broken Streak

Shooter Monthly #1: Battlefield Revolution, Arc Raiders Evolution, and the ABI Mystery

TWIG #356 Epic vs Google, Roblox’s Rough Quarter, Supercell Pulls the Plug

Cyprus 7: Where Are All The Greek Gaming Studios on Cyprus?

Cyprus 6: The Secret Behind White Nights Conferences with Julia Lebedeva

Cyprus 5: How a Metal Band Inspired a Wild Game Idea

Cyprus 4: GDCy and the Story of the Largest Developer Festival in Cyprus

Cyprus 3: We Relocated our Studio from Ukraine to Cyprus and This Happened...

Cyprus 2: Cyprus Investment Secrets You Didn’t Know!

Cyprus 1: What If Cyprus Becomes The NEXT BIG Tech Powerhouse? Aleksandr Bogdanov, CEO of Studio 42

Masters of Publishing 5: Scaling is a Grind

Masters of Publishing 4: Secrets to Winning Big with Game Monetization!

310. Pim De Witte on Turning Down $500 Million from OpenAI... Then Raising $134M.

TWIG #355 Apple’s $2B Problem, Halo’s PlayStation Leap, and EA’s Reality Check

Masters of Publishing 3: What Makes Game Go Viral in 2026?

Masters of Publishing 2: 3 Signs Your Game Will Be a Smash!

Masters of Publishing 1: Secrets to Getting Signed by a Publisher

309. Ex-Take-Two CEO on the Future of Games and the Intersection of AI and Creativity

TWIG #354 Google's New Payment-Link Era and Rovio's End of an Era

308. The 8 Trends That Will Redefine Gaming in Asia (and Beyond)

TWIG #353 Netflix Goes Couch Co-op, PlayStation 6’s AI Ambitions, Supercell’s Open Letter

TWIG #352 EU Regulations, Epic Shops, and the AI Slop Machine Is this goof?

307. How Balatro Became a 7-Million-Copy Indie Hit | Harvey Elliott, CEO of Playstack

TWIG #351 EA Acquisition Analysis That Will Shock You

TWIG #350 Supercell Leaks! Staff Reveal What’s Really Happening

306. Are We at Peak Gaming? Seven Questions Shaping the Future of Games with Newzoo's Emmanuel Rosier

TWIG #349 The Conspiracy Behind Apple's New Gaming App and a Plea to Supercell

305. Why Adding Brands to Games Is So Hard with Bastian Bergmann

TWIG #348 Roblox’s Big Bet, Blizzard's Mobile Chaos & Destiny Rising’s Flop

Inside RDC 2025: How Roblox Is Courting Pro Developer

304. The Founder’s Dilemma: Equity vs. User Acquisition Financing

TWIG #347 Call of Duty Movie, De-Monetization of Real-Money Gaming and Google's New Court Case

303. Why Scandinavia Makes You So Happy? And Why We Chose To Leave.

TWIG #346: EU Wants to Ban Free-to-Play, Supercell Introduces a New Boss

302. Call of Duty vs Battlefield: Ex-DICE, Bungie & Activision Experts Unpack It All

301. Duolingo, Tinder, DraftKings: How Top Apps Have Been Gamified

TWIG #345 Clash Royale’s BIG Comeback and LEGO’s Digital Gamble

300. First-Ever Interview with Head of LEGO Digital Play – Aaron Loeb

TWIG #344 Battlefield’s Big Comeback, AppLovin’s Record Quarter and Moon Active’s New Games

299. The Hiring Shift No One’s Talking About with an Executive Headhunter, Miklos Blasko

TWIG #343: Match Villains' Monster Raise, the Sydney Sweeny Effect, and the Lost A of AAA

298. Segmentation Is Dead. Long Live Personalization!

TWIG #342 Scopely Meltdown, Crazy Anime Story and One SHOCKING Game Recipe

297. Mobile Marketing in 2025: What Still Works (and What’s Dead)

TWIG #341 Ubisoft Tries “Succession” while Battlefield Attempts a Comeback

296. From Crying Alone in Bangalore to Panic Attacks at Gamescom with Joseph Kim, CEO of LILA Games

TWIG #340 Scopely Goes to War, Roblox Gambles on IP and Turkey Rises

CLIP: Secrets Behind Monopoly Go’s Record-Breaking Launch with Ben Webley, CMO of Scopely

295. Pakistan’s Unexpected Rise in Gaming with Saad Hameed, CEO of Game District

TWIG #339 Merge Games, Gen Z Spending Patterns, and the Shift inside Studio Cultures

294. Product Managing Game Studio Culture with Seth Sivak (ex-World of Warcraft Boston Studio Head)

TWIG #338 Apple’s Cat-and-Mouse Game, Xbox's Doom Loop, and Splitgate 2’s $100M Misfire

293. Walking Away from Venture Capital with Sophie Vo

TWIG #337 Supercell's AI Ruse and Microsoft’s Muddled Xbox Strategy

292. Where Do Geogames Go After Niantic’s $3.5B Exit with Lauren Steidl, CEO of Integrated Reality Labs

TWIG #336 Candy Crush Veterans Return as Marathon Runs Out of Steam

291. AI in Games: Innovation or Ethical Time Bomb? With George Ng, CTO of GGWP

TWiG #335: Embrace CEO Exits, Pokémon meets Genshin and Nintendo’s Mysterious On Switch

290. 10 x Co-Development Trends: Why the Best Studios Are Scaling Without Hiring

TWIG #334 The $200,000,000 Greenlight Failures and Activision’s Tone-Deaf In-Game Ads

289. Mobile Gaming in 2025: 10 Trends That Matter

288. Why Most Games Deserve to Die — And How Voodoo Finds the Ones That Don’t

TWIG #333: Apple's Stand Up Comedy, Fortnite Mobile's Tea Leaves, and a Mystery Success

287. Fat Cats, Steaming Decks, all GaaS and no Subscriptions with Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics

TWIG #332 Finland’s Game Industry Woes, Supercell's Transmedia Moves and Roblox's Commercialization

286. Bots in Gaming: The Good, The Bad, and The Future with GGWP's George Ng

285. What Gaming Taught Them—And Why App Companies Are Hiring Them Fast with Mission One's Gerard Miles

TWIG #331 Supercell’s Second Shot, Triple Dot’s Power Move, Microsoft's Strategic Shift

284. Why Everyone Wants to be the Next Mistplay with Aaron Thandi, CCO of Mistplay

283. How I Went From a 3D Artist to GM of a Billion-Dollar Game - Justin McFarlane

TWIG #330 The App Store Endgame, Roblox’s Growth Playbook and GTA 6 Trailer Dissected

282. UNCUT: Co-CEO Javier Ferreira and The Scopely Playbook Behind $5B Monopoly GO!

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Capitalize on The Epic vs. Apple Ruling

TWIG #329: Royal Match Goes All-In, Discord Shifts Gears, Call of Duty Meets Its Match

282. Do It Better: Creative Production with AI

281. How UGC Is Extending the Lifespan of Games with Uri Marchand, CEO of Overwolf

TWIG #328 The Hidden Cost of Celebrity Ads and the How Hollywood Doesn’t Get Games

280. The Harsh Truths Behind Venture Capital No One Tells Founders with Lightspeed's Mortiz Baier-Lentz

TWIG #327 The East-West LiveOps Clash and the New Era of Extraction Shooters

279. From Experiment to Essential: How UGC Gaming Became a Marketing Powerhouse

TWIG #326 Supercell Goes VC while Minecraft Kills at the Box Office

278. Unlocking Gen Z: Strategies for Game Publishers and Developers

TWIG #325 Ubisoft Bails Out, AppLovin Fights Back, Roblox Becomes an Ad Network

277. Leadership, AI, and Mobile Growth – Insights from AppsFlyer’s CEO and co-Founder, Oren Kaniel

276. Growing in a Mature Market with Josh Wilson, CEO of SciPlay

TWIG #324: Netflix Games Build Back Better Plan, Launch of DC Dark Legion and Death of Fragpunk

TWIG #323 LIVE at GDC!!!

281. Do It Better: Creative Production with AI

275. Beyond User Acquisition: How to Win with Influencer Marketing

TWIG #322 Farmville, Pokemon Go, and Female Gamers

274. Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise on the $75M Accelerator and the Future of Skill-Based Gaming

273. How Türkiye Became the New Capital of Mobile Gaming – And Where It’s Headed Next

TWIG #321 AppLovin’s SHOCK Acquirer, Supercell's New Boat, and Guitar Hero’s $1B CORPSE

272. From Prototypes to Hits: Inside Rollic’s Playbook with CEO Burak Vardal

TWIG #320 Unity’s Fate, Fake Ads, Loot Boxes & GTA’s UGC Revolution

271. Gaming in the Middle East: Inside Abu Dhabi’s Big Bet on Games

TWIG #319 Scopely 💰 Niantic, Marvel Rivals Drama, and Xbox in Downfall?

270. Why This CEO Moved His Gaming Studio from London to Abu Dhabi

TWIG #318 Supercell’s Records, Unity’s Chaos & AppLovin’s Fire Sale

269. The Ultra Positive Gaming Market Report: Sensor Tower's State of Mobile 2025

268. Wilfrid Obeng on How to Scale a $100M Startup and Choosing Abu Dhabi over Silicon Valley

TWIG #317: Big Dream, Bigger Battlefield, and the Biggest Roblox M&A deal EVER

267. Helldivers 2, Warframe, First Descendant, and Once Human - How to Operate a PvE Shooter?

TWIG #316 Metaverse Myths, Ubisoft’s Struggles and the Stance for Marketing

266. Money, Markets & Disruptive Trends – Xsolla’s Chris Hewish

265. How do Playtika and Wooga nail their Live Ops strategies?

TWIG #315 TikTok Ban and Matthew Ball's State of the Market Report

264. Breaking Barriers: The Journey of a Next-Gen Game Developer Alexandra Takei

TWIG #314 Market Predictions, Nintendo Leaks and an Award Ceremony

263. From Failures to Funding: Strategic Moves Founders Should Know with Joe Wadakethalakal, CEO of PvX Partners

🏆 The 2024 Golden TWIG Awards: an Unfiltered Gaming Industry Award Show

262. The Secret Sauce of 🇫🇷 French Game Publishers with Vincent Février, CMO of TapNation

261. Climbing to the C-Suite: Insights from Mission One's Gerard Miles

TWiG Bonus Episode: Holiday Special (UEFN, Royal Kingdom, and the Steam race)

260. David Nelson: The Maverick’s Guide for Thriving in BIG Organizations

TWIG #313 Netflix Games Gets Jacked while the Game Awards Jacks Up Numbers

259. From Segmentation to Personalization: The SciPlay Approach to Success

TWIG #312 THE GREATEST WEEK IN F2P. EVER? EVER!

258. Unlocking Attribution with TikTok and AppsFlyer

257. Up Down Up with Kim Nordström

TWIG #311 Musk Enters the Game, Archero 2 Aims for the Bullseye, PlayStation Goes Portable

256. Running a Successful Live Service Game with Sergei Vasiuk

255. From Casual to Complex: Trends that Shaped Gaming in 2024

TWIG #310 Can Royal Kingdom Reach the Peak? Who Wins the War of the You Giants?

254. Inside Timi Studio: How Call of Duty Mobile Set the Stage for Delta Force

TWIG #309: EA’s AI problems, Monopoly GO’s decline, and Pokémon Pocket’s success

253. TikTok's LiveOps Enchantment

252. Value Optimization, Hybridcasual, and the Impact of AI

TWIG #308 Plarium Gets Raided / Take-Two Divests / EA CEO Flirts With Disney

251. LIVE from San Francisco with Special Guest Stars

TWIG #307 Pokemon Game Rises, Supercell's IPO Dreams and VC Misdeeds

250. Winning with Creators: How Gaming’s Marketing Strategy is Evolving

TWIG #306 Is Apple’s Big Move a Trick or a Treat?

249. Shooting for Success: Navigating the Ultra Competitive Shooter Genre

TWIG #305 Music Stops at Netflix Games as Hell's Bells Ring for AA Games

248. Peter Levin on Transmedia Trends, the Future of Global Gaming and Finland’s Gaming Legacy

TWIG #304 Supercell's Marketing Shakes Up while Web3 Shoots Back!

#247 Scopely Co-CEO, Javier Ferreira, on the Gaming Industry's Future and Strategies for Success

TWIG #303 Toxic Positivity, Squad Busters Speculation and Roblox 🔥

#246 Savvy Moves: Saudi Arabia’s Gaming Vision

TWIG #302 Epic Legal Showdowns, Ubisoft Woes, and MMO Thrills

245. Breaking In & Leveling Up: Meet the Game Industry’s Next Generation

TWIG #301 $1B Company Emerges From the Shadows

Indie Publishing and Growth Strategies with Sebastian Forsström, Head of Paradox ARC

TWIG #300 🎉🎉🎉 SPECIAL EPISODE 🎉🎉🎉

TWIG #299 Product Strategy, Market Insights & Marketing Challenges

Top 3 Mistakes Gaming Startups Make - According to the VCs

TWIG #298 Spectre Divide, Supercell IPO and the Crypto Czar's Farewell

Gameloft's Cross Platform Live Services: Past, Present, and Future with Dima Dimov, VP of Live Operations

TWIG #297 Gamescom Confidential, Why Steam ain't Blocked by China and the TRUTH about Tim Hortons

5 x Tactics for the Volatile PC/Console Gaming Market with Newzoo's Devan Brennan

TWiG #296: THE RETURN OF LONG LOST HOST + Black Myth Wukong Goes Ape Shit and Stormgate Flops

TWIG #295 GTA UGC Future, the Borderlands Movie, and VR Headset Wars

Building (and Selling) Four Companies – Dennis Fong’s Journey

TWIG #294 Bungie Fires, Supercell Hires and Roblox Grows

Crafting Winning Games: The Critical Role of Consumer Insights

TWiG #293: Twitch Loses $1B while Apple Admits the Truth about VR

DMA for Dummies with Archie Stonehill, Head of Product of Stash

TWIG #292 Matthew Ball’s Metaverse 2.0 / Top Game License IPs Unveiled

UEFN Magic and Frustrations with Industry Legends

TWiG #291 Valve Salaries, Leaked MiHoYo Strategy, and Failing Disney IPs!

Behind the Wheel of IP Licensing with Hutch's co-CEO, Peter Hansen-Chambers

TWIG #290 Nintendo's anti-AI Stance, 4-day Work Weeks and Netflix Games' Clap Back

AI Integration, Psychological Insights & Market Trends with Founders of Solsten

TWIG #289 King's AI, Amazon's games strategy, Netflix's problems solved

What’s so special about 
k-ID, the company that raised $51M in 
just 9 months!?!

TWIG #288 Fortnite in Trouble, Anime Girl Horse Racing, and Switch’s New Life

The State of Gaming 2024 with Sensor Tower's Lexi Sydow

TWIG #287 Trouble in Paradise: Squad Busters and Netflix Games

FOMO Capital: Klang Games & The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising

TWIG #286 Voodoo splurges $500M, Summer Game Fest goes adapocalypse

Mastering Executive Headhunting with Gerard Miles, co-CEO of Mission One

TWIG #285 Squad Busters Busted? Destiny 2, Too?

Voodoo’s Secret Sauce with Gabriel Rivaud, VP Gaming

TWIG #284 Squad Busters launch talk / Stumble Guys vs. Fall Guys

Supercell's Squad Busters - The Definitive Deconstruction

TWIG #283 Anime correction, Applovin speculations, Ad creative trends and Ubisoft’s xDefiant

Solopreneur Success: Balancing Work, Life, and Passion with Matej Lancaric

TWIG #282 Is Netflix Games in trouble? Xbox PR stumble 🤕

The Shifting Landscape of the Gaming Industry in 2024 with Newzoo's Ben Porter

TWIG #281 Switch 2, Moon Active 💗 Spyke Games, Helldivers vs. PSN

Product Deep Dive #3: Legend of Mushroom, the fungal phenomenon

Mastering Cozy Game Design with Spry Fox' CCO Daniel Cook

TWIG #280 Game Industry Reports Galore

Secrets to Sustainable Success on Roblox with Andrew Rose, CPO at Voldex

TWIG #279 Supercell's Squad Busters vs. Dream's Royal Kingdom

Township Deconstructed: The Secrets to Its Multi-Billion Strategy

The Power of Gaming Branding: Real Insights from a Creative Agency

TWIG #278 The AAA Studio Model is Dead???

Inside Istanbul’s Newest Venture Fund, Laton Ventures

Privacy vs. Ad Monetization with Google and Kwalee

TWIG #277 Supercell goes Baby Shark and Kress goes missing

Kress's Corner #6 Matt Wyble, COO of Second Dinner, the creators of Marvel Snap

TWIG #276 Embracer makes their last divestment while Discord goes into adds

An Executive Guide for The Backend Jungle

TWIG #275 Hit or Miss: Call of Duty Warzone & Travel Town

Building a Cross-Platform Franchise with Sola Saulenko, CMO of Pixonic

What's Right and Wrong About Game Economies with Machinations CEO Mihai Gheza

TWIG #274 THE GDC SPECIAL

The Intricacies of Venture Capital Investments with Joakim Achren, F4 Fund

TWIG #273 Istanbul Recap, Embracer sells Saber, Epic's on iOS in EU

Industry Turmoil and Opportunities Ahead with Goldman Sachs and Lightspeed Venture Partners

Crucial Remote Work Strategies with Andy Duthie, Executive Producer at My.Games

TWIG #272 Is Apple Arcade Rotten? Unity's new transparency

Insights from Building (& Exiting) Three Companies with Paul Gouge, Founder of Fourth Star

TWIG #271 F*wad ads, Xbox nothing news, Eggcellent puns for Eggy Party

How GGP & GDC support under-estimated groups and throws the best GDC parties

The Inner Works of a Game Publisher with John Wright, Kwalee’s Publishing Head

TWIG #270 The BIG Supercell Talk

Product Deep Dive: Whiteout Survival's $400M Loot

TWIG #269 The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming

The Four Things a Founder Should Never Do, by Anton Krasnyy, former founder and CEO of Murka

TWIG #268 Apple is "Hot Garbage" and Blizzard has a brand new boss...

PC and Console Gaming Predictions with Newzoo's Tom Wijman

TWIG #267 Apple vs. Epic / Palworld vs. Pokemon

6 x Operative Changes That Kept SciPlay Growing Despite the Market Headwinds

TWIG #266 The State of Mobile and Monopoly Go’s anti-Profitability Claims

Elena Grigorian, CEO of MyGames - My First 100 Days as a CEO

TWIG #265 Unity continues to lay off while Netflix drops $1,000M on games

Marketing Predictions 2024 with Eric Seufert

TWIG #264 New China Regulations, Market Predictions and Sony Leaks

TWIG #263 The DoF Game Industry Awards

AD APOCALYPSE 2024 with Felix Braberg, Ad Monetization Consultant

The State of Play from Real-Time Payments to Web Shops

TWIG #262 GOOGLE V. EPIC WON'T SAVE US 🧑‍⚖️ 📵

Mobile Gaming Market in 2024 with Lexi Sydow of Data.ai

"Zero" Cost Acquisition Tactics

TWIG #261 Reacting to GTA VI 🚗 🔫

TWIG #260 Get the F out of here! State of Mobile

#200 Product Marketing Management in Games with Jesse Lempiäinen, Founder/CEO of Geeklab

TWIG #259 Monopoly Go's Winning Formula

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WEB3 GAMING DREAM???

TWIG #258 Grouchy Kress Alert 🚨

7 x GAME INDUSTRY TRUTHS with CHRIS HEWISH, PRESIDENT of XSOLLA

TWIG #257 Undercover at Blizzcon 🦹

Chris Petrovic Teaches Acquiring Great Gaming Companies

TWIG #256 "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH VIDEO GAMES?"

DIARY OF A (retired) CEO

How to Get Press, Tips from Mobilegamer.biz

TWIG 255: "F You Unity, We're not Paying!"

How to Deal With Negative Feedback a conversation with Sophie Vo of Rise and Play

Untapped India Mobile Opportunity

TWIG #254 Unity and Activision CEO Fantasy Draft

AR Gaming revived by the Meta Quest 3?

TWIG #253 John Riccitiello's Legacy / EA post FIFA in Numbers

The Art of Hiring and Getting Hired with Jordan Mazer, Head of Talent at a16z Games

TWIG #252 Unity's CEO Finally Speak Out while Epic Lays Off 900

REPRESENTATION IN GAMES and Game Award shows

TWIG #251 If we were running Unity, we'd...

SPEEDRUN with a16z's Josh Lu and Andrew Lee

TWIG #250 XBOX SAID WHAT???

AI GAMING REVOLUTION: Shaping the Future of Play with Pieter Kooyman

TWiG #249 Epic Unity Talk

NAVIGATING GAMING MARKET: TRENDS, TRIUMPHS & TROUBLES with Tom Wijman, Newzoo'a Lead Analyst

In Conversation: Minecraft Creator Program Exec Producer Kayla Kinnunen

TWIG #248 Nintendo - Past, Present, and Future!

MASTERING 
COMPANY GROWTH with JOE SCHAEPPI, CEO & Co-Founder of Solsten

TWIG #247 From Gamescom with a LOT of ❤️❤️❤️

ISTANBUL CONFIDENTlAL with RINA ONUR , CEO @ Spyke Games / co-Founder of Peak Games

TWiG 246: Getting cozy with Palia! Merge games trends revealed!

Grit Talk with Brett Nowak, CEO of Liquid & Grit

TWIG #245 Kress Returns to Question Netflix, Blizzard, Subscriptions and Venture Capitalists

TWIG #244 Has Netflix lost it? Does Nintendo even care about mobile?

Co-Development: an Inside Look with Tim Bennison, COO @ Hot Head Games

TWiG 243: Tim Sweeney's Diabolical Plan, Pikmin 4 Picks Up Another Record, and Match3’s Newest Puzzle

Star Trek Timelines Team on Maximizing Your LiveOps with Web Shops

TWiG #242 Dinosaurs Crash an Eggy Party & Battle Pass Galore

In Conversation: Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley on Leading the Rebellion

Mastering Remote Work Culture: A Conversation with Playrix

TWiG 241: Web3 Like a Phoenix, FIFA’s Rebrand Scores a Goal, and Tiktok’s Truth

No Bull with Joseph Kim, Founder of LILA Games & Game Makers

TWiG 240: A BIG Return, A BIG VC Check, and A BIG Brand That Can’t Seem to Win

In Conversation: CliffyB on Gears of War, Epic and Control Freak

TWiG 239: A Ken't Miss Collaboration, Niantic’s Final Folly and the Real Cost of AAA Development

How Heroic Labs Helps You Grow Retention and Focus on the Fun

TWiG 238: Honkai Star Rail! Monopoly Go! Diablo Immortal! Nikke! 2023 1H Review

In Conversation: Inside UGC Game Development with Gamefam CEO Joe Ferencz

TWiG 237: LiveOps Deconstruction - How do Candy Crush & Royal Match Keep it Fresh? LiveOps Marketing with Celebrities - is there ROI?

In Conversation: Bringing UA Measurement to PC & Console

TWiG 236: Summer Games Fest Gets Hot and Under The Hood of Chrome Valley

TWiG 235: Apple Vision Pro! Diablo IV! Privacy Manifests come for device fingerprinting!

In Conversation: The Secret Science of Games

TWiG 234 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood

TWiG 233 Overwatch 2 Scraps High Profile PvE Mode / PUBG Returns to India

In Conversation: Life is Bigger than Your Career with Ethan & Sophie

TWiG 232: Did EA send Lord of the Rings Mobile out to die? Will Peridot be Niantic's next hit?

In Conversation: How Pedro Pascal Become the Face of Merge Mansion

TWiG #231 - Xbox Admits Defeat in the Console Wars / Riot & Activision Settle Their Gender Discrimination Lawsuits

Appsflyer's State of Mobile Game Marketing in 2023

TWIG #230 Why AI is in every single pitch / How Subway Surfer IP should be used / Nintendo's upcoming announcement

This Week in Games 229 - Toon Blast + Tony Hawk = Sybo's Next Hit?

In Conversation: Riot SVP & League Studio Head Andrei van Roon

TWiG 228 - Sega Buys Rovio! Monopoly Go feels the Love! CoD Warzone Goes P2W!

In Conversation: Alex Seropian on the Birth of Bungie and Life After Exit

TWiG #227 - Saudi Arabia's Gaming Ambitions / Super Mario's Blockbuster Movie / Kress Compliments New Zoo

TWiG Hot Take - Savvy Games Group acquires Scopely for $4.9 billion

TWiG #226 - An Eric says goodbye, but which one? Also, E3 is dead again!

In Conversation: Chris Heatherly on the Death of Games-As-Apps and the Ascent of Games-As-Content

TWiG #225 - GDC Recap / Unreal Engine for Fortnite / Counterstrike 2

TWiG #224 - Istanbul Recap / Silicon Valley Banking Meltdown / Do You Believe In Believer

Kress' Corner 5: Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners)

TWiG #223 - Apex Legends Mobile Shutdown Root Causes / Knockout City & The Problem with Cosmetics / Niantic Needs a New Thesis

TWiG #222 - App Store Exposé! Hogwarts’ Sales Success!

Kress's Corner #4 - How to grow a Startup from 5 to 100 people?

TWiG #221 - Supercell's Strategic Shifts / Blizzard's Return to Office

TWIG 220 The problem with Kotaku and why Xbox Game Pass is the doom

TWIG #219 TakeTwo Zynga Acquisition - perhaps most ill-advised acquisitions in gaming of all time

TWiG 218 - Everdale's Metacore Move / Death of E3 / EA Abandons Mobile Shooters

Phoenix Labs CEO Jesse Houston on Building a Forever Company

TWiG #217 - Playtika makes a move for Rovio / Why have gaming SPACs performed so poorly on the stock market?

TWIG #216 Ubisoft Staff Threatens to Strike over 4-Day Work Week / Laying out the Bull case for Mobile

5 Secrets Behind Mr. Autofire's $40M Success with co-Founder Miikka Ahonen

TWIG #215 THE 2023 PREDICTIONS 🎉🥳🥁🏆

How to Find a Unified, Single Source of Truth for your Marketing Team with Yevgeny Peres, EVP of Product Strategy @ Appsflyer

TWIG #214 (The Unofficial) Deconstructor of Fun 2022 Gaming Awards

In a Privacy-Centric World, Creative is More Important Than Ever

TWIG #213 THE SEASON FINALE!

Veteran Technical Director James Marr Answers: What Makes A Great Game Engineer?

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy

Kress's Corner #3 - How to discover and manage Licensing?

Tokenomics #21 - Former Covet Fashion GM Sarah Fuchs on Muus Collective and Bringing Fashion Gamers to Web3

TWiG #211 - ATT's Effects on the Industry / Loot Box Legislation / Boom Beach Frontlines Shuts Down

Guest Host Trio Debates Marvel Snap

TWiG #210 - Blizzard & NetEase Break Up / 10 Years of Candy Crush

Esports Superstar 100 Thieves Started A Game Studio! COO John Robinson and Chief Game Maker Pete Hawley Tell Us Why.

TWIG #209 What is going on with games in China???

Tokenomics #20 - Why MystenLabs Raised $300m to Build a Better Layer1 for Web3 Gaming

TWiG #208 - Layoffs, Earnings Reports, FTX Collapse & NFT Royalties Explained

Kress’s Corner #2 How do gaming Venture Capitalist really work?

TWIG #207 Is the Microsoft Xbox really Pass profitable?

Kress’s Corner #1 Is influencer marketing hype or reality?

TWIG #206 Xbox Store for Mobile / Marvel Snap's BIG launch / Apple's SKAdNetwork 4.0

Tokenomics #19 - Sebastien Borget Gives Us a Tour of The Sandbox

TWiG #205 - Meta's Haphazard Horizion / Playdot's Closure / Overwatch 2's Battlepass

Diablo Boss Rod Fergusson On What Makes a World Class Videogame Producer

TWiG #204 - "The Metaverse" Book Club

Tokenomics #18 - Aqua CEO Sean Ryan on Building a Better Web3 NFT Marketplace

TWiG #203 Google Stadia shutdown and the new world order of user acquisition in mobile

Practical Advice for Growing Games in Diverse Markets with Nancy Huang (Head of UA @ East Side Games) and Ludovic Thevelin (Growth Consultant @ Google)

IGN Publisher John Davison on Justin Roiland's High On Life and How Games Get Covered in 2022

TWiG #202 - The Battle for Twitch's Soul / Gabe Leydon's Limit Break Explained

Tokenomics #17 - Mighty Bear's $10m Pivot from Butter Royale to Blockchain Games

TWiG #201 GTA Leaks, Nintendo Brings the Heat and Kim MacAskill vs Rocksteady

Tokenomics #16 - Top Gaming VCs On Investing During Crypto Winter

The Unofficial Clash Quest Postmortem

TWiG #200 Joseph Kim is BACK as the team talks Microsoft vs. Sony and Netflix + Ubisoft

TWIG #199 How Apple can build a $30 billion ad business, the BIG wave of gaming layoffs and Tencent's grab of Ubisoft

Tokenomics #15 Kongregate's Web3 ambitions, their $40M fund and the Immutable partnership

TWiG #198 Bittersweet Goodbyes / Embracer's Lord of the Rings play / reflections on Zynga 10 years later

Eric Kress on being misrepresented, pissing off sponsors, and why he can't be canceled

TWiG #197 Can 4-day work weeks actually work? What is Embracer going to do with Lord of the Rings?

Tokenomics #14: How a Design Legend Found Web3 Success

TWiG #196 Debate: What’s the right role of market research in early game development?

Finding Success with a Sex-Positive Game Hook Up

TWIG #195 AppLovin's game of musical chairs I JamCity's infamous layoffs I Roblox misses estimates

Art Directors Reveal the Secrets to Successful Art Outsourcing

TWiG #194 The implications of Google's new ad policies / the 3-steps to make a successful free-to-play game

Tokenomics #13: How Hollywood star’s love of WoW led to creation of Armored Kingdom

How a Games Industry Pro Leads Product at Peloton Interactive

TWiG #193 Lets talk about the Crypto Winter!

TWIG #192 Tesla enters gaming / Netflix latest gaming veteran hires / E3 returns on-site

Tokenomics #12 How UnCaged Studios combines Web3 and esports while building its custom platform

TWiG 191 Is remote work killing your studio's efficiency? / HOT take on Unity x ironSource

TWIG #190 What has happened to all the video games?

#150 What the heck is going on? Discussing the gaming megatrends with Hemal Thaker (Goldman Sachs) and Kartik Prabhakara (Aream)

TWiG #189 Is Blizzard back on track? Why did Miniclip acquire Sybo? Why standards for open metaverse is risky?

TWiG #188 Surviving the mobile marketing winter / Netflix mobile titles seen only 13m downloads / return of the Crypto Corner

Going Beyond User Acquisition - the Curious Case of Dice Dreams

Tokenomics #11 Inside Illuvium’s $72m Land Sale with Economy Designer Khalid Alroumi

TWIG #187 Spending $100k in Diablo Immortal / Saudi Arabia's grab of Embracer

Building Supercell Under the Sun with Massimo Caporale, CPO at Bandai Namco Mobile

TWIG #186 Inside the decline of mobile games market / The impact of updates to Apple's SKAd Network

Tokenomics #10 Writing a Kickass Whitepaper with Void Runners’ spacedog

Battle Passes - Everything You Ought to Know and Then Some

TWIG #185 Analysis of Sony's investor day / The $222 billion gaming market vs. global rececession

In-Game Ads for Console and PC Games - Opportunity or Threat?

TWIG #184 Why EA is not for sale / TikTok’s push into gaming / Snap’s lower guidance

Tokenomics #9 Understanding the WAX blockchain with gaming veteran Michael Rubinelli

Deep Dive into A16Z's GAMES FUND ONE

TWIG #183 Ubisoft's bet on mobile / AppLovin's masterful earnings report / the problem with braintrusts

Tokenomics #9 The Collapse of the Terra Ecosystem Explained

How to Get Bang for Your Buck with Influencers featuring Chief Pat

TWIG #182 Crypto crash and blockchain gaming / Explaining FIFA's breakup with EA

Tokenomics #8 Premium Utility NFTs and How to Build a Tokenized Community

TWIG #181 Embracers shopping spree continues / Blizzard launches Warcraft Clash

Blockchain Gaming with the Web3 Pioneer, Shahaf Bar Geffen

TWIG #180 Why private equities are eying Ubisoft / Epic Games CEO's take on the metaverse, crypto, and antitrust

How a gaming executive Chris Heatherly red-pilled on crypto and joined Recur

TWIG #179 Xbox games get ads, Huuuge Games gets a co-CEO and World of Warcraft receives a new expansion

TWIG #178 Why mobile games spending dropped in Q1/22

Inside Overwolf with Uri Marchand, co-founder and CEO of Overwolf and Lee McNeil founder and CEO of Tebex

TWIG #177 E3 is canclled / Why Netflix should sell ads / the latest from the EA's Glu merger

Tokenomics #7 Axie Infinity’s $625m Hack Explained

How Wooga's Switchcraft Aced the Soft Launch!

Tokenomics #6 The Bored Apes $450M Pitch Deck for an MMO

TWIG #175 Bored Ape Yacht Club raises $450M for an MMO / Are fully remote studios just a fad?

The Secret Sauce of Scaling Successfully with Joshua Wilson, CEO of SciPlay

TWIG #174 Daddy's Back!

Playtest to Success with Christian Ress, CEO of PlaytestCloud

Tokenomics #5 Line Goes Up - What Is The Problem With NFTs Anyways?

TWIG #173 Why gaming companies are really leaving Russia / Court rules that loot boxes are not a game of chance

TWIG #172 How the War in Ukraine impacts Games Industry / Gabe Newell on the Metaverse / Playtika is for Sale

Thetan Arena - the game that combines F2P and P2E

Tokenomics #4 What the DAO?!?

TWIG #171 The next Call of Duty gets delayed while the mobile version dominates / GameStops crypto debacle

Everything You Ought to Know about Raising Capital in 2022 with Joakim Achren

TWIG #170 Discussing Supercell CEO's blog post / The Crypto Czar speaks!

Avatar Platform for Cross-App Metaverse with Timmu Tõke, CEO of Ready Player Me

TWIG #169 Google Stadia's big pivot and the rise of games that spy on you!

How to Kill a Game and Pivot Successfully

TWIG #168 Everything you haven't likely heard about Sony's $3.6B Bungie acquisition

Tokenomics #3 How to Build a Blockchain Gaming Studio from Scratch

TWIG #167 Metaverse rave looks boring and dead / App Store has 'too big to fail' problem / Respawns 3 new Star Wars games

Advanced Audience Understanding with Joe Schaeppi, CEO of Solsten

TWIG #166 Why Microsoft Bought Activision and What Will Sony do Next?

Clash Mini - Contender or Pretender?

TWIG #165 Did Take-Two overpay for Zynga?

Tokenomics #2 Crypto Raiders Explained

TWIG #164 The Year 2021 in Numbers

In-Game Audio Ads - the New Frontier of Ad Monetization

TWIG #163 End of the Year SPECIAL!

Tokenomics #1 Making a Perfect Blockchain Game Pitch

TWIG #162 Ubisoft's NFT announcement bombs / The Rock joins Fortnite / Spiderman comes to PUBG Mobile

How to Level Up as Leader with Niklas Herriger

TWIG #161 Ubisoft goes NFT / Apple's plans to take commission outside App Store / How to be a great games CEO

Former Apple App Store Head of Games BD, joins the podcast...

TWIG #160 Facebook loses crypto executive / Supercell sponsors Mr. Beast / Star Citizen has raised $400M

True Talk: Women in Games

TWIG #159 Candy Crush' new CMO comes from a footwear company / Moon Active's $5 billion valuation / the Esports bubble debate

Why Pokemon Unite Hasn’t Reached the Top (yet?)

TWIG #158 Axie Infinity troubles / Activision history of misconduct / Roblox analyst day recap

Blockchain Gaming for Dummies

TWIG #157 Zynga hires VP of blockchain gaming as NFT hype hits a crescendo

How to Brand a New Studio with Joe Nicholls, President & co-Founder of Timbre Games

TWIG #156 Let's talk AppLovin / Activision tumbles / Silver bullets in gaming

TWIG #155 Our take on Amazon's New World / Snap's 23% IDFA fumble / Reasons to get bullish on blockchain gaming

Everything You Didn’t Know About Playrix with Maxim Kirilenko, CBDO at Playrix

TWIG #154 Epic allows NFTs / Stillfront sued over earnout dispute / AppLovin whistleblower story

How to Ship Successful Word Games with Michael Martinez, CEO of FunCraft

TWIG #153 All Crypto Everything & how to be a great Product Manager in games

Growth Triggers #10 Audio ads in the post IDFA landscape with a guest star, Amit Monheit from ODEOO

Crypto Gaming 101 with Aleksander Leonard Larsen (COO, Sky Mavis) and Anton Backman (Play Ventures)

Lets Talk: Netflix Games - Past, Present and Predictions

Instant Games 2.0 with Justin Waldron, President of Playco

TWIG #152 When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anyway / UK Cracks Down On In-Game Microtransactions

How to Scale a Merge Game with Antti Hattara, CEO of Starberry Games

TWIG #151 Dapper Labs raises another $250 million, deep games for masses, and FIFA's updated loot pack strategy

Here's How You Can Capitalize From the Apple vs. Epic Court Ruling

TWIG #150 The App Store is the Games Store and Apple should recognize this / Can Supercell Boost Beatstar Into a Major Hit

We just raised $100M - here's what's next with Ian Proulx, CEO of 1047 Games

Creative optimization and Iteration in the Context of iOS 14 with Miri Growth

TWIG #149 Supercell's Everdale / Nifty Games raises $38M / Axie Infinity’s $1.2 Billion Annualized Revenue

Secrets to Successful Cross Promotion with Playtika's Yuval Yosefi

TWIG #148 Apple concedes amid antitrust pressure / Facebook undercounts installs on iOS14 / Miska's internet evaporates

How to Hire the Perfect Art Director for Games

TWIG #147 Hot takes on new game releases / Liftoff ❤️ Vungle / LILA Games value deck / Riot Games on mobile

TWIG #146 The Problem with VR / Mobile Games to Surpass $120B in 2021 / App Store Regulations

Metaverse, NFTs and Creator Economies with Jon Radoff, CEO of Beamable

TWIG #145 Why did Zynga plummet despite record earnings, Golf Rivals vs. Golf Clash and how FIFA Ultimate Team boosted its sales

TWIG #144 Tencent tanks as regulatory concerns mount, Blizzard president gets booted and Riot generates $100M on mobile

TWIG #143 Tilting Point Raises $235M, Blizzard Sued over Frat Boy Culture, Facebook Talks Metaverse

TWIG #142: No IDFA? No Problem! Netflix Hires Facebook Gaming Exec and Peloton Makes a Game

Call of Duty Mobile - Past, Present & Future with Chris Plummer (Head of Mobile) and Matthew Lewis (GM, CoDM)

TWIG #141: Google expands ad targeting in mobile games, WoW update dissapoints, NoPixel and Grand Theft Auto

How to Navigate Through a Soft Launch with a Mid-Core Game in 2021

TWIG #140 Secret for growing Brawl Stars, Game deals surpassed $60B, next Assassin’s Creed will be a live service game

No Rules Rules - the merits and pitfalls of a ruthless culture

TWIG #139: EA spends big on Playdemic, self-publishing equals VC money, Duolingo's S1

How MTG is Building a Family One Acquisition at a Time

TWIG #138: Disney's resurgence into games & E3 Review

How to Make a Hyper Successful Idle Game

TWIG #137: Deep Dive into NFT and Netflix Games + Special Guest Star!

Making the Business Case for VR Games with Chris Pruett (Oculus)

TWIG #136: Apple's WWDC, Valorant goes Mobile, Space Ape snags Boom Beach from Supercell

TWIG #135: EA Mobile breakdown, Apple's battle against Microsoft and Epic

TWIG #134: Netflix Goes Games, Garena Free Fire Financials and Jam City SPAC

Life Post Acquisition with Lou Fasulo, CEO of Starform (previosly Z2)

TWIG #133: Scopely's Game Acquisition Approach, Our Analysis of Zynga, Ubisoft goes F2P, Xbox Partners with Timi

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

TWIG #132: Zynga Acquires Chartboost, Metacore's $150M Credit Line and Division Aims at Mobile

Newzoo’s 2021 Trends to Watch in Games

TWIG #121: APEX Mobile, Fortnite Made $9B, Call of Duty Gets a New General Manager

Facebook's Games Marketing Insights for 2021

Growth Triggers #9 iOS 14, the Creative Paralysis and the Android Safe Havens

TWIG 130: EA's New Battlefield Game, Epic vs. Apple, New Leadership for Overwatch

TWIG 129: Applovin Falls 19%, Playstation IP to Mobile, Square Enix M&A Rumors, JK Retiring!

Games That Last a Decade with Ken Go, CEO & Founder of DECA Games

Blockchain Basics In Gaming Explained | Upland's Dirk Lueth

TWIG 128: Epic Will Lose $300M on Epic Games Store, Epic Raises $1B for Metaverse, Could Apple/Google Kill F2P?

How War Robots Grossed $500M with Vladimir Krasilnikov, CPO at Pixonic

The Dos and Don'ts of Cross-Platform Development with Maxwell Zierath

TWIG 127: Clash of Clans 3 New Games, Tencent Timi $10B in 2020, Manticore Raises $100M

Growth Triggers #8 Latest ATT Drama, Digital Turbine's Shopping Spree, Working with Celebrities and the Most Expensive Ad

TWIG #126: Rocket League Mobile, League of Legends Wild Rift, & Tencent Regulatory Compliance

Game Publishing on Roblox | Gamefam CEO Joe Ferencz

Scaling So Far with Savage Game Studios

TWIG #125: Mr. Beast VC Fund, IronSource SPAC, 2K Tiger Woods, Discord $10B+, NYT Games Biz ft. Dean Takahashi from GamesBeat

Danger of Integrated Studios + Ad Networks: Applovin and Zynga

Growth Triggers #7 China's Tech Giants' Attempt to Circumvent IDFA, Our take on AppLovin's S1, Is Clubhouse a Fad?

TWIG #124: Star Wars to Marvel -> Licensed IP, Applovin S1, Roblox: Dawn of the Metaverse

Building Games For A Female Audience | Ft. Renata Caldani, Joana Marques, and Maryna Iaremenko

Game Biz #1: Future of Game Industry M&A Ft. Chris Petrovic, Eric Kress, J Kim

TWIG 123: Fortnite Acquires Fall Guys Dev Mediatonic, Ubisoft NFT Game, and Dream Games Secures $50M

How to Turnaround a Company with Offer Yehudai, President of Fyber

Growth Triggers #6 The Right Way to Build Your Game Marketing Team

TWIG #122: PUBG New State, Genshin Impact Dev Costs, Google Stadia Problem?, & Spotify Remote Work

How to Market Mobile Games in 2021 with Kieran O’Leary, VP Marketing at Rovio

TWIG #121: BlizzCon, Zynga accelerates, Rovio's financials and VALHEIM!

Growth Triggers #5 Why AppLovin and Zynga are Building Content Fortresses

Embracer Group: Strategy, Outlook, and Focus on the Long-term | Kenshi Arasaki (ATA), Ken Go (DECA), and Randy Pitchford (Gearbox), Lars Wingefors (Embracer),

TWIG #120: Supercell on 2nd Decade, Zynga Ad Network, Bad Robot Entering Games, Microsoft on Future of Games

Learnings from Building My Dream Team with Sophie Vo, Studio Lead at Voodoo

Future of PC Games | David Brevik (OG!), Sean Haran (Gearbox), Tim Morten (Frost Giant)

TWIG #119: EA Buys Glu, AppLovin Buys Adjust, Embracer Buys Gearbox, and Predictions (Shooters, Marketing)

Seriosly Unconventional Growth with Philp Hickey, EVP of Brand & Marketing

Hit Roblox Developers Share Their Secrets!

TWIG #118: Epic Games Store Review, Google Stadia Shuts down Internal Studios, & Gambling Apps on Google Play

Going Public with Anton Gauffin, CEO of Huuuge Games

Playtika IPO | Growth???, Risks, and Future!

*FULL UPDATED* How to Effectively Deploy Consumer Insights

TWIG #117: New PUBG Mobile Game, Tencent Gonna Buy EA or Take-Two?, Vicarious -> Blizzard, Strategy and Sports Predictions!

Ad Revenue & Monetization Trends in 2021 | Post-IDFA Impact

TWIG #116: Playtika's $11B IPO, Star Wars' IP given out like candy, Hypercasual and RPG predictions

The Secrets of Lily's Garden - Lessons from Perhaps the Most Underrated CMO in the Industry

TWIG #115: Roblox $29.5B, Cyberpunk WTF?, Diablo Immortals, Puzzle Game Genre Predictions!

Growth Triggers #4 Mobile Games Marketing in 2021

TWIG #114: Happy New Years! | Best of 2020

What do Successful Game Projects Have in Common?

2020 in Review Mirror - Trend Analysis and Forecasts with Sensor Tower & AppsFlyer

Growth Triggers #3 IDFA Depreciation for the Product Leads

Game Industry M&A: Chris Petrovic (ex-Zynga SVP) on Keys to Success! Who's Next?

TWIG #113: MTG Acquires Hutch, Wild Rift Expanding to Europe, Zynga's Rollic Acquires Onnect

Helsinki the Capital of Mobile Games

Growth Triggers #2 Fake Ads Post IDFA and When to Build a Brand for Your Game

TWIG #112: Genshin Impact = $400M in 2 Months on Mobile, EG7 Acquires Daybreak, Roblox Future in China!!!

Why Israel's Gaming Ecosystem is One the Best in the World with Gigi Levy-Weiss

Growth Triggers #1 How Apple Played Epic, Platform Wars and the Marketability Loop

TWIG #111: Lilith's Farlight 84 Battle Royale Shooter, Fortnite Subscriptions, and Supercell Shuts Down Hay Day Pop!

TWIG #110: Embracer Group Acquires 13 Studios, Apple 15% Fee Cut, Roblox IPO

Marketability Will Make or Break Your Game

TWIG #109: Argument for Simpler Games, Apple M1 Impact to Games, Virtual Influencers - Rehash ATVI to Mobile

East vs. West - How to Rival Chinese Game Publishers

Riot's Valorant - The Origin Story

TWIG #108: Zynga, Glu, and EA Quarterly Financial Results

Recruiting During a Pandemic

Scaling a Games Company | How to Win Day 1? Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, Kristian Segerstrale

TWIG #107: WSJ: China May Be Spying On You, Scopely Raises $340M, Game Pass and Indies, and Activision Blizzard More Franchises to Mobile

Love Bros: How to Stop Wasting Time! Improve Meetings, OKRs, and More!

Art Director for Video Games | Ron Ashtiani

TWIG #106: Problem With Tech Monopolies, Stadia Creative Director OOPS!, and Facebook's Cloud Gaming

Product Implications of IDFA Deprecation | Andre Cohen + Niklas Herriger

TWIG #105: Unity Publishing... WTF?, Playtika Files for IPO, Among Us Blowing Up!, How Discord Won!

How to Plan Content for Live Ops | Barak David, COO Murka; Drew Levin, Lead PM Zynga; Jeff Witt, Co-founder Storm8 and Funzio

TWIG #104: Amazon Can't Win at Games, Genshin's Massive Impact, and WOW Expansion Delayed (Yawn!)

Getting Hypercasual with Gamejam's CEO, Christian Calderon

TWIG #103: Roblox To Go Public, Among Us Drives Discord Usage, Cyberpunk Crunch

How to Grow and Prosper like the King

TWIG #102: Epic vs. Apple UPDATE!. Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime Starts Dreamhaven, Playco $1B Valuation, and Amazon's Luna Cloud Gaming Service

TWIG #101: New Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Micro$oft Acquires Bethesda, Stillfront Acquires Nanobit, and Sony vs. Microsoft Nextgen Wars

Unity's IPO | Growth, Risks, and Valuation!

Genre & Great Games with Facebook Gaming and Game Refinery

TWIG #100: Lessons, Biggest News, and The Future!

Writing for Games Done Right! | With Susan O'Connor (Tomb Raider, Bioshock, Far Cry 2)

Launching and Scaling a Mid-Core Game in 2020

TWIG #99: Epic's Plans for World Domination, India bans PUBG Mobile, New Switch Coming 2021, and Ubisoft: PS5 Not Backwards Compatible with PS3 and Lower

Making a Hit Mobile Match-3 Game | GenJoy's David vs. Goliath Story

Epic Lawsuit vs Apple & Google | Expert Legal Opinion

TWIG #98: Facebook Abandoned IDFA, Unity IPO, COD Cold War $70, Risks of Market Research

Rant-cast: Eric Kress Unchained | IDFA Apocalypse, Why Tech Companies Fail at Games, Geopolitical Shenanigans

IDFA - What You Need to do Yesterday

TWIG 97: Amazon Sucks at Games, Take-Two Acquires Playdots, Tencent Stake in Voodoo, Game Creators Burned Out

Starting a New Game Studio | 3 CEOs Who Raised Millions Talk Funding!

TWIG #96: Next-Gen State of Industry, Apple/Epic Can't Lose!, and Wildlife Scores $120M

How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies!

TWIG #95: Apple Blocks xCloud and Stadia, Zynga Acquires Rollic for $168M, and Why Indies Struggle on Switch eShop!

UA Coffee Talk: Mobile Marketing for Card Games

TWIG #94: Halo Infinite, EA Best June Quarter in History, and Blizzard Shows off Diablo Immortal

Genre-Defining Gaming Studios - with Michail ‘Mishka’ Katkoff

TWIG #93: Ragnarok of M&A (from IDFA Deprecation), RPG Personas Debate!, Over 1/2 of Kids Playing Roblox, Microsoft Showcase

The Economy of the Metaverse | Tim Sweeney CEO of Epic Games!

Game Industry M&A Outlook | Who's Buying, Who Will Be Acquired Next?

TWIG #92: Microsoft xCloud Launch, China Removes Supercell's HayDay + 2.5K other games, Glu Reloads for Acquisitions

IDFA - Everything You Ought to Know with Eric Seufert & Yevgeny Peres

TWIG #91: Sony Invests $250M in Epic Games, Why Tencent is Buying Leyou (aka Le-YOWWW!), Mobile Games Broke Records in Q2, Ubisoft Event!

Sharing the Secrets: How Ludia Successfully Re-targets and Re-engages its Players

TWIG #90: PUBG Mobile Doubles LT Rev to $3B, Apple Arcade Strategy Shift, and Amazon and Google Bad at Games!

Online Services for Multiplayer PVP Games | Pragma.gg

TWIG #89 metoo and Abuse in the Industry, IDFA Apocalypse, AAA Unsustainable, Nintendo Chills?, Pokemon Unite! And More!

UA Coffee Talk: Death of Performance Marketing- The Debate!

TWIG #88: Microsoft Shutting Down Mixer -> Facebook Gaming, EA Game Slate, Apple Platform Fees, & Epic Offering $750M at $17B Valuation

UA Coffee Talk: The Changing UA Marketing Role!

TWIG #87: Activision and Selena Gomez Trademark/IP Claims in Games, Valorant Performance, Amazon of Gaming Companies

Data Science in Game Studios | Ft. Tilting Point's Andre Cohen

TWIG #86: More Zynga Acquires Peak, Glu Prices Public Offering, and UA Deep-Dive

Ad Creatives Framework: Optimization Deep Dive (Matej Lancaric)

TWIG #84: Zynga acquires Peak and the team cuts through PR nonsense

UA Coffee Talk: Mobile Marketing Under Crisis!

Creative Trends for the Mobile Gaming Industry with Steven Chard, CEO of Luna Labs

TWIG #83: Amazon's Attempt at LOL Shooter, Ubisoft Sues Apple/Google over Siege Clone, Future of Game Conferences

Manticore: The Next Big Creator Platform? Founders Frederic Descamps and Jordan Maynard

TWIG #82: Supercell vs. AppLovin: Clash of Cultures! Lessons vs. Legacy

TWIG #81: Supercell | 10 Years of Excellence

Your Analytics Are Not Even Scratching the Surface

TWIG #80: XBOX Game Pass 10M Subs, Super Evil Announces Catalyst Black, XBOX Series X - Games Could Be Delayed!

Social Casino 2020 | Genre Outlook

TWIG #79: Supercell Battle Pass Talk, Three Questions to Level Up Battle Pass, Travis Scott Fortnite, and Epic Gives In to Google!

Survive and Thrive: Demiurge Studios and Marvel Puzzle Quest (> $100M Revenue)

TWIG #78: Facebook Takes on Twitch, Valve Success?, PS5 Limited Release, Is Fortnite the next Metaverse?

Biggest Lessons from Gaming with Jori Pearsall (ex Scopely, GREE, Google)

After Crisis: Games & Life In a Post COVID-19 World

Improve Marketability, Save Millions

Markets #2: Latin America | With Jam City and Lockwood Publishing

Impact of Coronavirus on Mobile with App Annie

TWIG #77: Riot's Teamfight Tactics Surpasses 4.5M on Mobile, Amazon Enters Gaming, XBOX Series X, The Kick-Ass Founding Team

Secrets to ROBLOX's Success! | Matt Curtis VP Developer Relations

TWIG #76: Epic Games Publishing!, CPI Decline Benefits Mobile Game Companies, and Forte x Blockchain

Managing Marketing Spend Through a Recession (and Depression) with Eric Seufert and Brian Murphy

Might & Magic Chess Royale | Lead Game Designer Damien Yvray (Ubisoft Paris Mobile)

TWIG #75: Supercell's Hay Day Pop, Scopely Raises Another $200M, Tencent $$$

TWIG #74: Coronavirus Impact on Gaming!, China Game Approvals, Exclusives Ending?, and COD Warzone going Nutz!

Elite Game Developers vs. Deconstructor of Fun

TWIG #73: Riot's Valorant Monetization, iOS Games in China Require License, and MZ's Crystalborne

Stillfront Acquires Storm8 For $300M | Talk with COO Alexis Bonte

TWIG #72: Why GDC Canceled, Word! Games, EPIC Calls Out SuperData Fortnite Figures, and Roblox Raises $150M

TWIG #71: Fortnite Chapter 2, Facebook VTA, Bethesda Pulls Out of GeForce Now, and Call of Duty Battle Royale

TWIG #70: Supercell CEO "My Take On 2019", Unity IPO, Tim Sweeney, and Rovio Tumbles

3 HUGE Changes Coming to Unity | Implications for PMs and Execs

Roblox Approach to Kids Safety with Laura Higgens Head of Digital Civility

Markets #1: Japan | With Dr. Serkan Toto

TWIG 69: Elodie Games Raises $5M, Microsoft Delusional on Cloud, Call of Duty Players Spend More After Season Pass and Loot Boxes Removed

TWIG 68: Bytedance Takes on Tencent, Nintendo Mobile Hit $1B, EA $1B on MTX, Garena Acquires Dauntless, Ubi Acquires Kolibri

State of Mobile 2020 with AppAnnie - Mobile Gaming Health, Trends, and Top Games from 2019

TWIG 67: M&A Mania! FoxNext, Storm8, and Funcom Oh My!!!

UA Coffee Talk: All About LTV

TWIG 66: Game Over for GameStop, Might & Magic Chess Royale, Epic Games Store Disappointment and a Ton of Updates

TWIG 65: The Steam Shit Sandwich, Miniclip Acquires Ilyon, XBOX Series X No Exclusives, and New Playstation Exec!

TWIG 64: New Switch, Vince Zampella Leads EA DICE LA, Google Buys Typhoon Studio for Stadia, and Top Soft Launch Games!

TWIG #63: 2019 Year in Review - The Biggest Games, Winners, Losers, and Trends!

TWIG #62: Kongregate's Acquisition Strategy, Roblox's Biggest Games of All Time, and Riot's New Publishing Label

UAC #1: Ad Creatives Optimization | User Acquisition Coffee Talk

TWIG #61: Why D7 ROAS May Be Bad, What's Next After Facebook VO, and Updates on New XBOX!

TWIG #60: Bunch Video Chat for Mobile (We Talk with CEO and Head of BD) and Wildlife Valued at $1.3B!

Kolibri's Approach to New Game Development | Secrets to the Success of Idle Miner Tycoon

TWIG #59: Top 1% of Publishers Drive 80% of Downloads (or not?) and Why NPS Sucks!

TWIG #58: $40M Raise for N3twork - Should We Be Worried? and Tencent's Timi Studio Expanding West - Not A Level Playing Field!

TWIG #57: Ninja/Shroud No Impact on Twitch, Epic Games Launcher, & Stadia Flop City

TWIG #56: DECA Games Buys 4 Games from GREE and Super Evil Megacorp Hands Vainglory to Rogue Games

TWIG #55: Scopely Raises $200M and Zynga Has Record Blow-out Quarter!

Apple Arcade: Service Analysis and Future Prospects

TWIG #54: Ghost Recon Breakpoint's Spectacular Bomb and Google Stadia Update!

TWIG #53: Challenging Riot's Paul Bellezza on Riot's Massive New Game Slate Announcement!

How to Transform Company Culture | Riot 1 Year Later with Angela Roseboro, Chief Diversity Officer @ Riot

TWIG #52: Deconstructing Blizzard President's Interview

TWIG #51: Future of Mobile Growth Teams, UA Mobile Bust, and Call of Duty Mobile!

TWIG #50: PUBG Mobile, Mario Kart Tour, and Call of Duty Oh My!

TWIG #49: Subscriptions The New Weapon in Game Monetization and NBCUniversal Shuts Down Game Publishing

#15 How to Prepare for Your Next Job | Protecting Yourself as an Employee

TWIG #48: The Glory Days of Social Casino Are Over!

TWIG #47: League of Legends Mobile Game and Telltale's Controversial Revival

TWIG #46: Supercell Soft Launches New Game Rush Wars (and more Archero!)

#14 How Archero Shot to the Top ft. Joe Kim, Abhimanyu Kumar, Florian Ziegler, and Eva Grillova

TWIG #45: Respawn CEO apologizes for devs & Sony Acquires Insomniac

#13 Super Scale With No Strings Attached with Ivan Trancik

TWIG #44: Tencent doubling down on Season Pass, Ninja Jumps to Mixer!

#12 Former Publishing CEO Spills the Beans with Klaas Kersting

#11 Behind Tilting Point's $132M War Chest with President Samir El Agili

#10 Scopely's path to $1B with Co-CEO Javier Ferreira

TWIG #43: EA, Ubisoft, Zynga, and Glu Earnings Recap and Outlook!

TWIG #42: Disney Should Buy This Games Company...

TWIG #41: Exploitative Game Publishing Deals and Tinder Bypasses Play Store!

TWIG #40: Subscriptions Are The Future of App Monetisation

TWIG #39: Google Stadia, Game Over???

TWIG #38: "EA Needs Mobile Gaming Help"

TWIG #37: Inside The Esports Bubble

TWIG #36: The E3 Recap & Rumours

TWIG #35 Why the King's CEO is Stepping Down

#9 "I lost my job. What next?" with Joseph Kim

TWIG #34: Mario Kart and League of Legends Rush Into Mobile

TWIG #33 Epic continues to absorb PC gaming exclusives

TWIG #32 Zynga, EA, Activision, Glu - how is it REALLY going in Q2

TWIG #31 The Truth About Hypercasual Games

#8 Why AB Tests Fail and How to Improve Them

TWIG #30 20 Mobile Games that have made more than $1 Billion

TWIG #29 Apple’s Giant Bet on the Future of Mobile Gaming

TWIG #28 Lets Talk About Snapchat's Investment into Mobile Gaming

TWIG #27 Apple Arcade and Google Stadia Face Backlash

TWIG #26 User Acquisition and Systematic Growth with Eric Seufert

TWIG #25 Nintendo Wants to Tone Down Microtransactions on Mobile

TWIG #24 Why APEX Legends Is Obviously Not The Next 'Fortnite'

TWIG #23 Supercell CEO's Blog Post - Something You May Have Missed...

TWIG #22 Zynga proclaims ‘turnaround is now complete’

TWIG #21 The Big Breakup and the New Suitor

TWIG #20 Why Activision and EA have dropped over 40 percent

TWIG #19 Reviewing the Top Predictions for 2019

#7 How to Turbo Charge your Ad Monetization

TWIG #18 Will the Epic Games Store Crush Steam?

TWIG #17 Who Will Become the Netflix of Games?

TWIG16: Jam City + Disney = ?

TWIG #15 Diablo on Mobile - a Sure Hit or a Giant Miss?

TWIG #14 Deconstructing Glu Mobile's New Strategy

TWIG #13 Should Ubisoft Acquire Zynga?

TWIG #12 Who Will Buy Zynga

TWIG #11 Nintendo vs. Zynga

TWIG #10 Deconstructing the Fall of Telltale Games

TWIG #9 The Present and the Future of Esports

TWIG #9 The Present and the Future of Esports

TWIG #8: Fortnite’s Day in the Sun May Be Over

TWIG #7: Supercell's Brawl Stars Releases Globally After All?

#6 Deconstructing Sexism in Games Industry

TWIG #6 - Will Esports Save Clash Royale?

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