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Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game MASTERCLASS Feb 23rd, 2021

Carry1st's Nick Murray on why game economy design is essential for the success of your game

"Make a game too generous and the challenge disappears. A game that isn't generous enough leads to frustration. Each option leads to player churn."

Zynga on the post-IDFA value of hypercasual mobile games BIG BETTER Aug 26th, 2020

Zynga on the post-IDFA value of hypercasual mobile games

President of publishing Bernard Kim on market dynamics

Making Of: Revolution co-founder Charles Cecil details why a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky took 26 years to get made ABOVE AND BEYOND Aug 20th, 2020

Making Of: Revolution co-founder Charles Cecil details why a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky took 26 years to get made

"The game has kept the most extraordinary level of enthusiasm and became a cult adventure game"

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Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time" MAKING OF May 26th, 2022

Square Valley dev Ryan Becijos: "It definitely was challenging to stay motivated working on a project part-time"

Rycekube founder Ryan Becijos shares the tabletop inspirations for his first title and former PocketGamer.biz Game of the Week, Square Valley

as Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene INDEPENDENT THOUGHT May 25th, 2022

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

Michiharu Mori discusses how Shueisha’s new games division is looking at the indie model, and why there is so little movement in mobile gaming’s most popular titles

1 Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation" ISLAND GO May 24th, 2022

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

The father of TCGs discusses his first blockchain games venture with WAX Studios' Blockchain Brawlers

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer JOIN THE COVEN May 19th, 2022

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

Code Coven and Niantic’s Karla Reyes details how she found her place in the games industry, and her extensive efforts to make sure the door didn’t shut behind her

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail THE OREGON TRAIL May 17th, 2022

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

Gameloft Brisbane's Sam Lewis discusses bringing the 1971 classic to a modern mobile audience, and why Apple Arcade was the right platform

Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves" PROGRESSIVE PLAY May 11th, 2022

Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves"

Anarch Entertainment's Ken Tang details how creating an open and accepting space led to the creation of an all-LGBTQ dev team

Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies DOLLA DOLLA BILLS May 11th, 2022

Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies

Space Ape Games' Simon Hade and Charmie Kim discuss the importance of ad monetisation and Beatstar's take on the battle pass

Hurley Games discuss offering something new to the word-based game genre INDIE VIEW May 10th, 2022

Hurley Games discuss offering something new to the word-based game genre

We talk to Hurley Games' Jack Hurley about The Big Indie Pitch

$15 billion is spent on UA, only for 90% of players to fall off by day 30, says Snapyr's Manu Gambhir SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 9th, 2022

$15 billion is spent on UA, only for 90% of players to fall off by day 30, says Snapyr's Manu Gambhir

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle right now

Play-to-earn is key, but security issues must be dealt with now, says Edgegap's Jeff Tremblay SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 6th, 2022

Play-to-earn is key, but security issues must be dealt with now, says Edgegap's Jeff Tremblay

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

With the crumbling of the walled gardens, now is the time to market directly to players, says Xsolla SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 6th, 2022

With the crumbling of the walled gardens, now is the time to market directly to players, says Xsolla

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

Ownership of assets provides more freedom – something every gamer wants, states Mythical Games' Daniel Frank SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 5th, 2022

Ownership of assets provides more freedom – something every gamer wants, states Mythical Games' Daniel Frank

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

Speaker Spotlight: CEO of Kooapps CK Wang on the joys of mobile gaming as a great opportunity to design for all ages and all cultures SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 5th, 2022

Speaker Spotlight: CEO of Kooapps CK Wang on the joys of mobile gaming as a great opportunity to design for all ages and all cultures

Meet the superstar experts that will be leading the conversation at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

NFTs in games is completely different to public perception, says WAX Studios' David Kim SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT May 5th, 2022

NFTs in games is completely different to public perception, says WAX Studios' David Kim

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM May 4th, 2022

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

Space Ape Games' Charmie Kim and Simon Hade detail the journey from strategy specialists to music genre success via Ed Sheeran and Stan Bush

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