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as IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation JOBS IN GAMES Dec 12th, 2019

IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation

"Whenever I recruit someone today, the first thing I do is give them a long list of top games to play"

A career as long as the games industry: Team 17's Max Everingham JOBS IN GAMES Nov 26th, 2019

A career as long as the games industry: Team 17's Max Everingham

All about the people

Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King JOBS IN GAMES Nov 13th, 2019

Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King

Dealing with the sweet and the sour

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HeyStephenHey’s Stephen Hey on his dream pitch THE DREAM PITCH Aug 11th, 2020

HeyStephenHey’s Stephen Hey on his dream pitch

“To me the innovation is not in the game content but in how the industry is reinventing ways to market.”

Glu Mobile’s senior vice president Chris Akhavan on why your publisher pitch is not working on investors SWITCH UP YOUR PITCH Aug 7th, 2020

Glu Mobile’s senior vice president Chris Akhavan on why your publisher pitch is not working on investors

“I think over the next year we'll see the games industry work hard to offer people more meaningful ways to connect with each other through games since our “normal” ways of connecting have been greatly disrupted.”

Game Drive’s founder and CEO Chrstopher Green on creating cultures that reinforce positivity POWER OF EXPRESSION Aug 6th, 2020

Game Drive’s founder and CEO Chrstopher Green on creating cultures that reinforce positivity

“While the gaming community gets more diverse and more inclusion, the last 12 months have pushed to show that gaming is not a waste of time.”

Carry1st’s chief of staff & partnerships lead Sean Gotkin on the African games market THE AFRICAN GAMES MARKET Jul 27th, 2020

Carry1st’s chief of staff & partnerships lead Sean Gotkin on the African games market

“I think in 2020, one of the biggest changes is how conferences have been online (and how successful it has been).”

Brazil Games’ executive manager Eliana Russi on the potential of the Brazilian games industry BRAZILIAN POTENTIAL Jul 24th, 2020

Brazil Games’ executive manager Eliana Russi on the potential of the Brazilian games industry

“In Brazil it has changed drastically - consumer and industry development growth due to less technology barriers and also to a much larger audience due to mobile access.”

ICO Partners’ CEO Thomas Bidaux on commercial models in PC and console EXPLORE DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL MODELS Jul 23rd, 2020

ICO Partners’ CEO Thomas Bidaux on commercial models in PC and console

“There is no doubt that the new generation of consoles will lead a lot of the discussions and the strategic development of many companies.”

Take This executive director Eve Crevoshay on mental health in the games industry MENTAL HEALTH Jul 22nd, 2020

Take This executive director Eve Crevoshay on mental health in the games industry

“We will continue to have to find creative ways to respond to COVID, especially as it relates to work from home and remote work options.”

Black Block’s CEO and Co-founder Robin Squire on building the future of connected open worlds CONNECTING WORLDS Jul 21st, 2020

Black Block’s CEO and Co-founder Robin Squire on building the future of connected open worlds

“We've seen so many new game studios founded and backed, with founding teams having worked at many of the big industry success stories over the past five to ten years and working on incredibly ambitious new projects for new audiences.”

Blockchain Founders Fund’s Managing Partner Aly Madhavji on the exponential growth in blockchain gaming THE GROWING BLOCKCHAIN GAMES INDUSTRY Jul 20th, 2020

Blockchain Founders Fund’s Managing Partner Aly Madhavji on the exponential growth in blockchain gaming

“Growing gaming bases at substantially higher rates than the industry as a whole and more gamers being exposed to the benefits of uniqueness and collectability.”

Nitro Games’ CEO Jussi Tähtinen on the importance of knowing your target customer in mobile F2P games KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR CUSTOMER Jul 17th, 2020

Nitro Games’ CEO Jussi Tähtinen on the importance of knowing your target customer in mobile F2P games

“I believe we're going to continue to see mobile gaming grow by expanding to new categories.”

One 3 Creative’s Chief Storyteller and Co-founder Houston Howard on how to use transmedia to best leverage your game TRANSMEDIA LEVERAGE Jul 16th, 2020

One 3 Creative’s Chief Storyteller and Co-founder Houston Howard on how to use transmedia to best leverage your game

“Think about the broader IP beyond the game and make sure it has a GREAT storyworld. Great storyworlds create more story potential!”

ProjectMQ’s CEO Marcus Howard on how blockchain can take esports to the next level BLOCKCHAIN DRIVING ESPORTS Jul 15th, 2020

ProjectMQ’s CEO Marcus Howard on how blockchain can take esports to the next level

“Blockchain brands will continue offering grants/funding to indie developers and the platforms that support indie developers”

PIXELMATIC’S Chief Creative Jason Lee on designing games around blockchain BLOCKCHAIN DESIGN Jul 14th, 2020

PIXELMATIC’S Chief Creative Jason Lee on designing games around blockchain

“I feel the industry as a whole is experiencing the same issue as the movie industry with all the superhero movies dominating the top charts.”

Jagex’s Head of HR Emma Russell on the role of HR in some of the exciting things happening at Jagex HR AT JAGEX Jul 13th, 2020

Jagex’s Head of HR Emma Russell on the role of HR in some of the exciting things happening at Jagex

“HR here is not about checking through policies, procedures and process; we have so much more to offer, and this is something I’m able to achieve with the best-in-class team at Jagex”

2 Xbox Game Studios' director of live operations Crystin Cox on the major trends to come in the next 12 months ARE WE LIVE? Jun 22nd, 2020

Xbox Game Studios' director of live operations Crystin Cox on the major trends to come in the next 12 months

"I think we will see community and social features take on a much greater importance in game design, especially for mobile games"

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