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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the fine line between drawing inspiration and cloning Feb 6th, 2012

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the fine line between drawing inspiration and cloning

Legislate and be damned

Adam Telfer Consultant MobileFreeToPlay

Adam has been in the mobile game industry since 2007, creating games independently. He's since grown into a full 50+ person studio manager.

Recently he's taken a position at Wooga in Berlin to sharpen his design skills and work with the world's best to create amazing, well-crafted products onto the mobile marketplace.

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Charles Chapman Director / Owner First Touch Games
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Jas Purewal Lawyer & Partner Purewal & Partners
Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Volker Hirsch Co-Founder / Board Member Blue Beck

Alongside multiple industry roles, Volker is the co-founder Oystercrowd, Blue Beck, and Digital M. Former posts at BlackBerry and Scoreloop add to an enviable CV, which also includes the co-founding of Connect2Me

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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens get excited about hitting the big screen with the rise of smart TVs Jan 23rd, 2012

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens get excited about hitting the big screen with the rise of smart TVs

Boxing clever

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David MacQueen Executive Director Strategy Analytics
Jared Steffes Co-founder Muxy
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Michael Schade CEO / Co-Founder Rockfish Games
Sandy Duncan CEO YoYo Games

Under Sandy’s leadership, YoYo Games has built an active GameMaker community 250,000-members strong while building partnerships with Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, and Valve that have helped it achieve 200 percent YOY growth in 2012.

Sandy’s previous experience includes a 17-year stint at Microsoft.

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Tracy Alan Developer Relations
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on whether Intel matters in mobile Jan 17th, 2012

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on whether Intel matters in mobile

We're guessing not

Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David Helgason Founder/CEO Unity Technologies
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on their New Year's Resolutions Jan 1st, 2012

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on their New Year's Resolutions

No XVGA jokes, we promise

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Florian Stronk CEO BRAVOCOMPANY
Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Wen Chen COO Coconut Island Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on OnLive's ability to disrupt the mobile games industry Dec 19th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on OnLive's ability to disrupt the mobile games industry

Pushing the right buttons?

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David Helgason Founder/CEO Unity Technologies
David MacQueen Executive Director Strategy Analytics
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Rovio should do next? Dec 13th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Rovio should do next?

Angry Birds' rebooted

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David MacQueen Executive Director Strategy Analytics
James Scalpello Sales Director App Studio

A highly experienced Mobile/Digital content executive with an excellent track record and over 17 years progressive experience working across entertainment software specifically for the console, mobile and digital app/content space.

Primarily working within digital/mobile content publishing with extensive International mobile / digital publishing experience covering marketing, sales, new product development, licensing and P&L ownership.

A skilled astute business professional with an excellent understanding of what it takes to develop, create and monetise content within a modern mobile/digital business and a key asset for any company wishing to create, develop and exploit digital content across mass marketing consumer platforms such as Apple, Android, web and consoles.

Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Neil Holroyd Games Business Development Manager Samsung
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on how to make the most of the Holiday download frenzy Dec 5th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on how to make the most of the Holiday download frenzy

The Elf-ephant in the room or a Sanity Claus?

Adam Telfer Consultant MobileFreeToPlay

Adam has been in the mobile game industry since 2007, creating games independently. He's since grown into a full 50+ person studio manager.

Recently he's taken a position at Wooga in Berlin to sharpen his design skills and work with the world's best to create amazing, well-crafted products onto the mobile marketplace.

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens talk Android Market's contentious app returns policy Nov 28th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens talk Android Market's contentious app returns policy

Just another 48 hours...

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Sandy Duncan CEO YoYo Games

Under Sandy’s leadership, YoYo Games has built an active GameMaker community 250,000-members strong while building partnerships with Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, and Valve that have helped it achieve 200 percent YOY growth in 2012.

Sandy’s previous experience includes a 17-year stint at Microsoft.

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss Kindle Fire's chances of lighting up Nov 21st, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss Kindle Fire's chances of lighting up

Just another Android tablet?

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
James Scalpello Sales Director App Studio

A highly experienced Mobile/Digital content executive with an excellent track record and over 17 years progressive experience working across entertainment software specifically for the console, mobile and digital app/content space.

Primarily working within digital/mobile content publishing with extensive International mobile / digital publishing experience covering marketing, sales, new product development, licensing and P&L ownership.

A skilled astute business professional with an excellent understanding of what it takes to develop, create and monetise content within a modern mobile/digital business and a key asset for any company wishing to create, develop and exploit digital content across mass marketing consumer platforms such as Apple, Android, web and consoles.

Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Matt Meads Development Manager HeroCraft
Tim Harrison Vice President, Global Communications & PR Sony Mobile Communications
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the good and bad of piracy Nov 7th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the good and bad of piracy

And the culpability of the press

Adam Telfer Consultant MobileFreeToPlay

Adam has been in the mobile game industry since 2007, creating games independently. He's since grown into a full 50+ person studio manager.

Recently he's taken a position at Wooga in Berlin to sharpen his design skills and work with the world's best to create amazing, well-crafted products onto the mobile marketplace.

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Charles Cecil Co-founder Revolution Software
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Jared Steffes Co-founder Muxy
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Paul Chen Sr. Developer Relations Director PapayaMobile
Rowan Corben Head of Marketing / Business Development Director Bravo Game Studios
Sandy Duncan CEO YoYo Games

Under Sandy’s leadership, YoYo Games has built an active GameMaker community 250,000-members strong while building partnerships with Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, and Valve that have helped it achieve 200 percent YOY growth in 2012.

Sandy’s previous experience includes a 17-year stint at Microsoft.

Vincent Dondaine Founder Bulkypix
Wen Chen COO Coconut Island Studio
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the prospects for Nokia-fuelled Windows Phones Nov 1st, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the prospects for Nokia-fuelled Windows Phones

Lumia - a new dawn?

Alex Bubb Head of Partner Management and Marketing Microsoft Mobile

An innovative and passionate senior marketing leader with a track record over 16 years driving propositions and brand development client-side for leading companies including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Electronic Arts, T-Mobile, Sony, and Canon.

Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David Helgason Founder/CEO Unity Technologies
David MacQueen Executive Director Strategy Analytics
Eros Resmini Head of Marketing The Mini Fund
Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Neil Holroyd Games Business Development Manager Samsung
Paul Farley CEO / Founder Firestoke Games

Since founding Tag Games in 2006 Paul has built the studio from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected and successful mobile and handheld developers in Europe.

He began a long, and some might say, distinguished, games industry career at legendary developer DMA Design, playing a key role in the development of the GTA series

Rob Simister VP, Business Development EMEA Kabam
Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether monetisation and metrics are killing mobile games? Oct 25th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether monetisation and metrics are killing mobile games?

Price of everything, value of nothing?

Adam Telfer Consultant MobileFreeToPlay

Adam has been in the mobile game industry since 2007, creating games independently. He's since grown into a full 50+ person studio manager.

Recently he's taken a position at Wooga in Berlin to sharpen his design skills and work with the world's best to create amazing, well-crafted products onto the mobile marketplace.

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Eros Resmini Head of Marketing The Mini Fund
Graeme Devine CEO / Co-Founder GRL Games
Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Kyu Lee President (Gamevil USA) Gamevil

Kyu has been at GAMEVIL since the beginning in 2000 and has constantly played a key role in the evolution of Korean mobile gaming, continuously introducing innovation to the world.

Kyu graduated from Seoul National University with a BS in Physics and is currently on the board of advisory at GDC Mobile.

Matt 'Mills' Miller Co-Founder / CEO Ustwo games

Mills co-founded ustwo, a digital products and services studio back in 2004.

In 2013, after successfully launching Whale Trail, he set up ustwo games to focus on creating beautiful gaming experiences. Recent titles include Blip Blupand the forthcoming Monument Valley.

Neil Holroyd Games Business Development Manager Samsung
Paul Farley CEO / Founder Firestoke Games

Since founding Tag Games in 2006 Paul has built the studio from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected and successful mobile and handheld developers in Europe.

He began a long, and some might say, distinguished, games industry career at legendary developer DMA Design, playing a key role in the development of the GTA series

Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Volker Hirsch Co-Founder / Board Member Blue Beck

Alongside multiple industry roles, Volker is the co-founder Oystercrowd, Blue Beck, and Digital M. Former posts at BlackBerry and Scoreloop add to an enviable CV, which also includes the co-founding of Connect2Me

Wen Chen COO Coconut Island Studio
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Flash 11, HTML5 and WebGL mean for native apps Oct 10th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Flash 11, HTML5 and WebGL mean for native apps

More the merrier

Andreas Vahsen CEO / CCO / Game Economist MachineWorks Northwest
Christopher Kassulke CEO HandyGames
Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
David Helgason Founder/CEO Unity Technologies
Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Vincent Dondaine Founder Bulkypix
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what's going to be the most exciting Apple news of the week Oct 3rd, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what's going to be the most exciting Apple news of the week

Plus a bonus gold versus APPL shares question

David Helgason Founder/CEO Unity Technologies
James Scalpello Sales Director App Studio

A highly experienced Mobile/Digital content executive with an excellent track record and over 17 years progressive experience working across entertainment software specifically for the console, mobile and digital app/content space.

Primarily working within digital/mobile content publishing with extensive International mobile / digital publishing experience covering marketing, sales, new product development, licensing and P&L ownership.

A skilled astute business professional with an excellent understanding of what it takes to develop, create and monetise content within a modern mobile/digital business and a key asset for any company wishing to create, develop and exploit digital content across mass marketing consumer platforms such as Apple, Android, web and consoles.

Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Michael Schade CEO / Co-Founder Rockfish Games
Paul Farley CEO / Founder Firestoke Games

Since founding Tag Games in 2006 Paul has built the studio from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected and successful mobile and handheld developers in Europe.

He began a long, and some might say, distinguished, games industry career at legendary developer DMA Design, playing a key role in the development of the GTA series

Rowan Corben Head of Marketing / Business Development Director Bravo Game Studios
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss Sony's future in mobile and portable gaming Sep 26th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss Sony's future in mobile and portable gaming

Great brand, but where's the strategy?

Dave Castelnuovo Owner Bolt Creative
Jani Kahrama Founder Secret Exit
Jared Steffes Co-founder Muxy
John Golden Senior Director of Marketing PlayPhone
Kevin Dent CEO Tiswaz Entertainment
Thomas Nielsen Osao Games
Will Luton Founder/CPO Village Studio Games Village Studio
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the value of age ratings for mobile games Sep 16th, 2011

The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the value of age ratings for mobile games

Age old question

Jon Hare Owner Tower Studios
Joony Koo Head of Business Development Block Crafters
Matt Meads Development Manager HeroCraft
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