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In Conversation: Riot SVP & League Studio Head Andrei van Roon
12 years ago, Andrei van Roon was working in transportation modeling and analysis in New Zealand. But ever since seeing a job posting on the Riot Gam…
2 years, 10 months ago
TWiG 228 - Sega Buys Rovio! Monopoly Go feels the Love! CoD Warzone Goes P2W!
Sega buying Rovio for $775mm is just the tip of the iceberg in a jam packed episode. Phil explains how CoD's latest kerfluffle breaks the social cont…
2 years, 10 months ago
In Conversation: Alex Seropian on the Birth of Bungie and Life After Exit
This week Ethan is gushing with fanboy love for a hometown hero of his, Alex Seropian, founder of Bungie. Few people can claim the same amazing entre…
2 years, 10 months ago
TWiG #227 - Saudi Arabia's Gaming Ambitions / Super Mario's Blockbuster Movie / Kress Compliments New Zoo
Greetings, Twiggies! The crew is back to discuss all the latest and greatest in games industry news. Hot on the heels of the big Scopely acquisition,…
2 years, 10 months ago
TWiG Hot Take - Savvy Games Group acquires Scopely for $4.9 billion
Kress gives his quick take on Savvy's $4.9B acquisition of Scopely. He reviews the pros and cons on this first major acquisition by the Kingdom of S…
2 years, 10 months ago
TWiG #226 - An Eric says goodbye, but which one? Also, E3 is dead again!
This week, one of the Erics says goodbye to TWiG, but which one? In the news, Kress mourns the end of E3 and regales us with a story of when PS4 was …
2 years, 11 months ago
In Conversation: Chris Heatherly on the Death of Games-As-Apps and the Ascent of Games-As-Content
Joining Ethan in conversation this week is long time games industry executive Chris Heatherly to discuss Chris's recent essay on LinkedIn about the d…
2 years, 11 months ago
TWiG #225 - GDC Recap / Unreal Engine for Fortnite / Counterstrike 2
Eric, Ethan, Laura and Phil are back from GDC and are eager to share all that they learned during the week long celebration of all things game develo…
2 years, 11 months ago
TWiG #224 - Istanbul Recap / Silicon Valley Banking Meltdown / Do You Believe In Believer
The crew is back from Istanbul and what an event! Eric and Laura give Ethan and Phil major fomo about all the amazing people and sessions they missed…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kress' Corner 5: Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Kress sits down with Moritz Baier-Lentz to talk about if fundamentals matter in VC investing and whether we will return to the speculative investment…
2 years, 11 months ago