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How the Mini Metro developer “beat the odds” to build a premium mobile games studio Interview Jun 1st, 2023

How the Mini Metro developer “beat the odds” to build a premium mobile games studio

Dinosaur Polo Club co-founders Robert and Peter Curry defied industry trends and built a hit franchise

Radical Forge creative director on the three-year road to the launch of Bright Paw Interview Oct 15th, 2020

Radical Forge creative director on the three-year road to the launch of Bright Paw

"We knew from the start that it was not going to work unless we committed to premium."

Opinion: One year on, Apple Arcade is still great but it's lost momentum Interview Sep 2nd, 2020

Opinion: One year on, Apple Arcade is still great but it's lost momentum

Set to celebrate one-year anniversary on September 19th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Matt Purchase on developing Interloper only one day a week Interview Aug 19th, 2020

Indie Spotlight: Matt Purchase on developing Interloper only one day a week

"I've always wanted to make games, but I guess you could say I got started via the scenic route"

Sports and Financial founder Alex Deacon on commiting to premium with Boxing Manager Interview Aug 17th, 2020

Sports and Financial founder Alex Deacon on commiting to premium with Boxing Manager

"I feel like there is a real problem with the inflexibility of pricing options within the App Store"

GameClub's new COO on the death of premium games and why subscriptions are the future Interview Jul 3rd, 2019

GameClub's new COO on the death of premium games and why subscriptions are the future

"I’d argue premium games died on mobile some time ago. We can’t ignore the changes to the mobile economy that have occurred over these last five to seven years"

"Freemium fatigue is a real thing": GameClub on turning back the clock on premium and the importance of game preservation Interview May 9th, 2019

"Freemium fatigue is a real thing": GameClub on turning back the clock on premium and the importance of game preservation

VP of business development Eli Hodapp discusses how GameClub will work and the importance of game preservation

The life and death of Square Enix Montreal's Go franchise Interview Jun 11th, 2018

The life and death of Square Enix Montreal's Go franchise

Studio head Patrick Naud takes up from Hitman Go's inception all the way to why the IP is no more

Why Piloteer developer Fixpoint swapped premium for free-to-play in Remedy Rush Interview Jan 5th, 2017

Why Piloteer developer Fixpoint swapped premium for free-to-play in Remedy Rush

Whitaker Trebella on going it alone in the F2P space

Square Enix Montreal’s approach to fixing the long-term challenge of premium on mobile Interview Dec 8th, 2016

Square Enix Montreal’s approach to fixing the long-term challenge of premium on mobile

How the Canadian developer thinks about monetisation design in the GO series

as "If someone doesn't get the feature we had, I don't think they'd be able to sell more than 100 units" Interview Dec 6th, 2016

"If someone doesn't get the feature we had, I don't think they'd be able to sell more than 100 units"

Catching up with Creative Head Ankush Madad at NGDC 2016

Now playing: Tommy Palm on Kingdom Rush Frontiers Interview Nov 25th, 2016

Now playing: Tommy Palm on Kingdom Rush Frontiers

What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?

Three people, 30,000 sales in the first month, and played by PewDiePie: the making of 60 Seconds! Interview Oct 12th, 2016

Three people, 30,000 sales in the first month, and played by PewDiePie: the making of 60 Seconds!

Robot Gentleman reflect on the post-apocalyptic indie hit

Why Bebopbee shifted from F2P to premium for Jurassic GO - Dinosaur Snap Adventure Interview Aug 5th, 2016

Why Bebopbee shifted from F2P to premium for Jurassic GO - Dinosaur Snap Adventure

CEO Rajeev Nagpal explains all

Mediocre on new game DIRAC and playtesting the social way Interview Feb 3rd, 2016

Mediocre on new game DIRAC and playtesting the social way

Swedish indie looks forward to a big 2016

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