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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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Speaker Spotlight: writer Paul Cornell shares his experience of character creation with Pocket Gamer Connects CHARACTER BUILDING Sep 13th, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: writer Paul Cornell shares his experience of character creation with Pocket Gamer Connects

What will game creators learn from the award-winning novelist, Doctor Who screenwriter and Marvel comic creator?

Unity senior director of marketing Mark Robinson on how the games industry has changed over the past 12 months GROWING UNITY Sep 12th, 2020

Unity senior director of marketing Mark Robinson on how the games industry has changed over the past 12 months

"The industry is thriving and data/analytics has played an important role in the growth"

Agora developer evangelist Joel Thomas gives his advice on getting into the games industry SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Sep 11th, 2020

Agora developer evangelist Joel Thomas gives his advice on getting into the games industry

PGC Helsinki Digital kicks off on September 14th

Speaker Spotlight: App Radar CEO weighs in on the K-Factor at PGC Helsinki SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Sep 11th, 2020

Speaker Spotlight: App Radar CEO weighs in on the K-Factor at PGC Helsinki

PGC Helsinki Digital kicks off on September 14th

Tenjin platform director Matthaus Krzykowski on the big changes to come to the industry in 2021 TENJIN'S AT THE READY Sep 10th, 2020

Tenjin platform director Matthaus Krzykowski on the big changes to come to the industry in 2021

"I don’t see a bigger trend than changes because of iOS 14"

Fnatic Edward Gregory on how to make successful partnerships in esports PGC HELSINKI DIGITAL Aug 31st, 2020

Fnatic Edward Gregory on how to make successful partnerships in esports

"Esports is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and yet is still in its infancy."

Esports Insider and Benzinga writer Crystal Mills discusses new channels for influencers PGC HELSINKI DIGITAL Aug 28th, 2020

Esports Insider and Benzinga writer Crystal Mills discusses new channels for influencers

"It's constantly changing and evolving"

Real Media Now head of business development Dan Anahory on the major trends of the next 12 months REAL SPEAKER NOW Aug 27th, 2020

Real Media Now head of business development Dan Anahory on the major trends of the next 12 months

"With Epic's recent lawsuit against Apple and Google over the app stores, I can see this having a big effect on the mobile gaming industry"

Pixel Noire Game’s lead game designer Javier Barnes on how you can go indie after the current COVID-19 situation GOING INDIE Aug 21st, 2020

Pixel Noire Game’s lead game designer Javier Barnes on how you can go indie after the current COVID-19 situation

“In mobile, I believe that it will become increasingly harder to stick great products on top grossing positions, and smaller companies will be absorbed by bigger ones, until there's few fishes in the pool.”

Firescore Interactive’s co-founder Karan Khairajani on the journey of Firescore Interactive and how it went from a prototype to a hyper casual gaming lab PROTOTYPE TO HYPER CASUAL Aug 21st, 2020

Firescore Interactive’s co-founder Karan Khairajani on the journey of Firescore Interactive and how it went from a prototype to a hyper casual gaming lab

“There is strong potential for innovation with the integration of video chat and games. I also feel a very strong player could emerge in the ‘metaverse’ space.”

BlockchainPROseed’s COO Yu Ayato on how directors of Japanese blockchain game companies will be helpful for developers HELPFUL DIRECTORS Aug 20th, 2020

BlockchainPROseed’s COO Yu Ayato on how directors of Japanese blockchain game companies will be helpful for developers

“The blockchain games industry has started developing a new idea of token economy. defi x NFT, ETH L2 is becoming a hot topic.”

Transcend Fund’s principal Graham Gockley on what the next big acquisitions are and what is driving them BIG UPCOMING M&A Aug 20th, 2020

Transcend Fund’s principal Graham Gockley on what the next big acquisitions are and what is driving them

“The growth of mobile has been steady and relentless, signaling that the market will continue to expand as more people have access to great games and more practices born from mobile (like free to play) will permeate other platforms over time.”

CrazyLabs’ head of publishing Moria Goldstein on how you can turn your casual production team into a hypercasual commando unit FROM CASUAL TO HYPERCASUAL Aug 19th, 2020

CrazyLabs’ head of publishing Moria Goldstein on how you can turn your casual production team into a hypercasual commando unit

“Today, due to the fierce competition between publishers, indie game developers have more and more options to publish their game and more importantly, make hypercasual their business model.”

Helsinki Games Capital’s director Gabriele Aimone on the future of Finland’s games industry THE FUTURE OF FINLAND’S INDUSTRY Aug 19th, 2020

Helsinki Games Capital’s director Gabriele Aimone on the future of Finland’s games industry

“This past year saw a rise in new studios made up of very experienced individuals also thanks to new exciting VC coming into the scene.”

AudioMob’s CEO Christian Facey on innovative approaches to monetisation and making ads less intrusive for players MONETISE NOT BASTARDISE Aug 18th, 2020

AudioMob’s CEO Christian Facey on innovative approaches to monetisation and making ads less intrusive for players

“The key change is gaming was shunned as an advertising medium, and now it’s the largest untapped opportunity”

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