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TWiG #222 - App Store Exposé! Hogwarts’ Sales Success!
The crew discusses Neil Long's App Store exposé in The Guardian, Rovio pulling the classic Angry Birds from distribution, Playtika suspending new gam…
3 years, 2 months ago
Kress's Corner #4 - How to grow a Startup from 5 to 100 people?
Mr. Kress sits down with an executive coach and an investor Niklas Herriger to chat about what it takes for Founders, CEOs, and CTOs to grow their co…
3 years, 3 months ago
TWiG #221 - Supercell's Strategic Shifts / Blizzard's Return to Office
The crew assembles to cover all the latest and greatest games industry news, including the latest annual letter from Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, Bl…
3 years, 3 months ago
TWIG 220 The problem with Kotaku and why Xbox Game Pass is the doom
We got a spicy episode for you. Someone is either getting fired or assassinated as a result of this week's episode.
3 years, 3 months ago
TWIG #219 TakeTwo Zynga Acquisition - perhaps most ill-advised acquisitions in gaming of all time
Season 2
This week, Eric Kress updates us on the latest on Microsoft’s acquisition and Playtika’s bear hug of Rovio as well as a summary of earnings. Eric Seu…
3 years, 3 months ago
TWiG 218 - Everdale's Metacore Move / Death of E3 / EA Abandons Mobile Shooters
It's a newspacked and unfortunately negative news cycle this week for the games industry. This week opens (as always) with a non apology apology from…
3 years, 3 months ago
Phoenix Labs CEO Jesse Houston on Building a Forever Company
Before he took the entrepreneurial leap to found Phoenix Labs, CEO Jesse Houston had an enviable collection of gamedev experiences across Ubisoft (Sp…
3 years, 4 months ago
TWiG #217 - Playtika makes a move for Rovio / Why have gaming SPACs performed so poorly on the stock market?
In a week chock full of games industry news, we've got a full house as Ethan returns from paternity leave and new face Phillip Black makes his second…
3 years, 4 months ago
TWIG #216 Ubisoft Staff Threatens to Strike over 4-Day Work Week / Laying out the Bull case for Mobile
Season 2
TWIG has a special guest: Phillip Black! Phillip joins the usual mötley crew of Eric Kress, Eric Seufert, and Laura Taranto, to cover: Marvel Snap’s …
3 years, 4 months ago
5 Secrets Behind Mr. Autofire's $40M Success with co-Founder Miikka Ahonen
If you've triggered a rewarded video ad anytime in the past few years, you have most likely seen a captivating, easy to understand advertisement for …
3 years, 4 months ago