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TWIG #96: Next-Gen State of Industry, Apple/Epic Can't Lose!, and Wildlife Scores $120M
Season 5
Welcome to TWIG #96!
This week we cover:
#1. Next-Gen Gaming: State of the Industry, Unreal Engine Blog site
#2. Opinion: The Apple/Epic battle has f…
5 years, 6 months ago
How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies!
Season 5
Game companies (with some exceptions like Nintendo) don't last! They are not long-term defensible. In tech, the FAANG companies are massively defensi…
5 years, 6 months ago
TWIG #95: Apple Blocks xCloud and Stadia, Zynga Acquires Rollic for $168M, and Why Indies Struggle on Switch eShop!
Season 5
Welcome to TWIG #95!
This week we cover:
#1. Apple blocking Project xCloud and Stadia because it can't review every game (gamesindustry.biz)
#2. Zyng…
5 years, 6 months ago
UA Coffee Talk: Mobile Marketing for Card Games
Season 5
Indie mobile game developer WildCard Games has been developing mobile card games for the past 7 years launching games like Ultimate Cribbage, Cribbag…
5 years, 6 months ago
TWIG #94: Halo Infinite, EA Best June Quarter in History, and Blizzard Shows off Diablo Immortal
Season 5
Welcome to TWIG #94!
This week we cover:
#1. Could Halo: Infinite be the last ever Halo title, as 343 calls it a “platform for the future”
#2. EA Jus…
5 years, 6 months ago
Genre-Defining Gaming Studios - with Michail ‘Mishka’ Katkoff
Season 5
In today’s episode, we ask a very important question - how to build a studio that can make genre-defining hit games. Even though game mechanics are p…
5 years, 7 months ago
TWIG #93: Ragnarok of M&A (from IDFA Deprecation), RPG Personas Debate!, Over 1/2 of Kids Playing Roblox, Microsoft Showcase
Season 5
Welcome to TWIG #93!
This week we cover:
#1. The 7 RPG player personas
#2. Over half of US kids are playing Roblox, and it’s about to host Fortnite-e…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Economy of the Metaverse | Tim Sweeney CEO of Epic Games!
Season 5
If the Metaverse is the next frontier? How should the economy be designed to help support a healthy and vibrant ecosystem for all players?
Today we a…
5 years, 7 months ago
Game Industry M&A Outlook | Who's Buying, Who Will Be Acquired Next?
Season 5
We’re here today to talk about the current state of M&A aka mergers & acquisitions in the games industry. There’s been a lot of recent activity and t…
5 years, 7 months ago
TWIG #92: Microsoft xCloud Launch, China Removes Supercell's HayDay + 2.5K other games, Glu Reloads for Acquisitions
Season 5
Welcome to TWIG #92!
This week we cover:
#1. Microsoft to launch xCloud streaming free with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in September (The Verge)
#2. Chin…
5 years, 7 months ago