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“We went from feeling like we were finished to making nearly $100m last year!” Interview Feb 15th, 2024

“We went from feeling like we were finished to making nearly $100m last year!”

Space Ape Games co-founder Simon Hade reflects on the studio's eleven year journey and what the team are working on next

Space Ape's Simon Hade: “Country Star benefits from several years of live ops R&D right out of the gate” Interview Aug 2nd, 2023

Space Ape's Simon Hade: “Country Star benefits from several years of live ops R&D right out of the gate”

Space Ape Games co-founder discusses the tactics and tech behind BeatStar's new spin-off game Country Star

Space Ape Games Charmie Kim and Simon Hade on the successes of Beatstar Interview Jun 6th, 2023

Space Ape Games Charmie Kim and Simon Hade on the successes of Beatstar

Charmie Kim will be giving a ‘Beatstar’s Lessons in Hybrid-Casual’ talk at Develop Brighton this year

Charmie Kim talks on joining the game industry and the creation of Beatstar Interview Apr 5th, 2023

Charmie Kim talks on joining the game industry and the creation of Beatstar

Rhythm game Beatstar has gone on to be Space Ape’s biggest hit so far being played by over 50 million people

What is Space Ape doing with all that Supercell money? Interview Jul 27th, 2022

What is Space Ape doing with all that Supercell money?

Following Supercell’s $37 million investment, Space Ape Games founder Simon Hade outlines the developer’s scaling plans, including expanding its publishing division with three Beatstar-equivalent titles

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

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years Interview 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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