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About
About
Jordan Blackman is a lead designer and producer with over ten years of experience designing, producing, and managing hit content for companies like Zynga, Ubisoft, NovaLogic, & Disney.
Over 80 million people have played games that Jordan worked on as either a producer or designer.
Jordan’s credits include Lead Designer on FrontierVille & CastleVille, Senior Producer and Original Concept on CSI: Crime City (Facebook), Producer on Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, and Writer on Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising.
Articles featuring Jordan Blackman
Articles featuring Jordan Blackman
MONETIZER MAVENS
May 9th, 2019
Could all F2P mobile games benefit from a Battle Pass like Clash of Clans has?
CROWNED
Apr 13th, 2016
Monetizer Mavens on the simple, sophisticated, genius, and extremely aggressive gacha monetisation (and retention) of Clash Royale
LONG-TERM PLAYERS
Dec 1st, 2015
Is a 200 basis point increase for Dawn of Titans' 30-day retention significant?
CART AND HORSE
Nov 11th, 2015
What's the correct order of Acquisition, Retention and Monetization for F2P games?
DIFFERENT STROKES
Oct 8th, 2015
Discussing Kabam's use of dynamic IAP pricing in Star Wars: Uprising
CATCH 'EM ALL RANDOMLY
Sep 4th, 2015
Should western F2P designers be using more Gacha, Fusion and Collection mechanics?
SWOT
Mar 25th, 2015
The challenges and opportunities for Nintendo as it makes the great leap to mobile
MONETIZER MAVENS
Dec 29th, 2014
2014 in Review: Monetizer Mavens on Hearthstone, chart stasis, and waiting for the next big change
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Top Stories
News
Jun 9th, 2024
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Week in Mobile Games E15 - Star Wars: Hunters finally launches, the West's MOBA problem, and Xbox handheld rumours
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters…
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Week in Views - The hunt for the new Star Wars game, Xbox goes handheld, and cats versus monsters…
News
Jun 7th, 2024
Metacore's Teppo Soininen: “Anybody who has put a game into soft launch knows there’s still plenty of space for f*ck ups.”
Events
Tribeca Games Festival 2024 | North America | Jun 5th |
Steam Next Fest: June 2024 Edition | Jun 10th | |
GamesForum Hamburg 2024 | Europe | Jun 11th |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
ESI London 2024 | Europe | Jun 13th |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |
Game Con Canada (GCC) 2024 | North America | Jun 14th |
Indie Dev Play 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |