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Articles featuring William D. Volk

Articles featuring William D. Volk

Burberry, Lamborghini, Hairdressers... It's the $10,000 Apple Watch question

SENDING A MESSAGE Mar 11th, 2015

Burberry, Lamborghini, Hairdressers... It's the $10,000 Apple Watch question

How bling our the Mobile Mavens?

Does the quality of a game trump the quantity of games?

MORE OR FEWER Feb 25th, 2015

Does the quality of a game trump the quantity of games?

Our Mavens get feisty over the way ahead

What advice would you give a F2P developer without $500,000 for UA?

THE ROAD AHEAD Feb 9th, 2015

What advice would you give a F2P developer without $500,000 for UA?

Our Mavens debate broken app stores, crippling UA costs and a misguided bar for success

[Updated] Mobile Mavens on their hopes and fears for 2015

MOBILE MAVENS Jan 21st, 2015

[Updated] Mobile Mavens on their hopes and fears for 2015

From smartwatches and YouTubers to UA, clones and HTML5

2014 in Review: The Mavens choose their Game of the Year

MOBILE MAVENS Dec 24th, 2014

2014 in Review: The Mavens choose their Game of the Year

From Hearthstone to Monument Valley, Flappy Bird and Kim K...

2014 in Review: Mavens on Flappy Bird, fetishisation of the underdog, regulation, end of the gold rush, and moving beyond mobile

MOBILE MAVENS Dec 22nd, 2014

2014 in Review: Mavens on Flappy Bird, fetishisation of the underdog, regulation, end of the gold rush, and moving beyond mobile

Future trends from the remembrance of things past

How rethinking a 5 year-old game in the context of a clone led to Impossible Hex

OPINION Dec 1st, 2014

How rethinking a 5 year-old game in the context of a clone led to Impossible Hex

William Volk on the interaction of influence for new inspiration

Can promotional events like Red and Black Friday drive monetisation?

MOBILE MAVENS Dec 1st, 2014

Can promotional events like Red and Black Friday drive monetisation?

Our Mavens debate charity, sales and engagement

Was it okay for ustwo to charge for Monument Valley: Forgotten Shores?

MOBILE MAVENS Nov 19th, 2014

Was it okay for ustwo to charge for Monument Valley: Forgotten Shores?

Or should it have been a free release?

Why mobile games have no future on your TV screen

MOBILE GAMING MAVENS Nov 11th, 2014

Why mobile games have no future on your TV screen

Industry luminaries talk Apple, Google and Amazon's assault on your TV

It's not about ethics, it's about hate: The games industry closes the door on GamerGate

MOBILE MAVENS Nov 3rd, 2014

It's not about ethics, it's about hate: The games industry closes the door on GamerGate

Our Mavens sum up the last few months

What Unity did next: Industry reacts to Riccitiello appointment

MOBILE MAVENS Oct 27th, 2014

What Unity did next: Industry reacts to Riccitiello appointment

Is Unity looking to sell, float or..?

Apple's iPad reveal: What the industry wanted and what we got

MOBILE MAVENS Oct 20th, 2014

Apple's iPad reveal: What the industry wanted and what we got

Did reality match up to the hype?

Rovio's risk: Are layoffs evidence of lean times ahead at the house that Angry Birds built?

MOBILE MAVENS Oct 13th, 2014

Rovio's risk: Are layoffs evidence of lean times ahead at the house that Angry Birds built?

Our Mavens give their view

Advantage App Store? The industry reacts to App Bundles on iOS 8

MOBILE MAVENS Sep 29th, 2014

Advantage App Store? The industry reacts to App Bundles on iOS 8

Can Apple shake up app discovery?

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