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Sustainable Growth: Building Studios Without External Funding
For the first time in Naavik’s history, we’re excited to bring a live audience show experience to air! At GDC, host, Alexandra Takei, Director at Ruc…
1 year, 6 months ago
Personalization in Gaming: The Holy Grail of User Experience (and Monetization)
In this episode, host Niko Vuori interviews Justin Stolzenberg, co-founder of Metica, a startup aiming to revolutionize gaming analytics through AI-d…
1 year, 6 months ago
Com2Us’s Evolution: Gaming Innovation and Global Expansion
In this episode, our host, Alexandra Takei, Director at Ruckus Games, sits down with Kyu Lee, Chief Business Development Officer at Com2Us, Partner a…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why Web3 Gaming Is Just Getting Started: Insights from the Ronin Ecosystem
In this episode, host Niko Vuori speaks with Jeff Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis and the play-to-earn OG, Axie Infinity, about the significant devel…
1 year, 6 months ago
Building a #1 Earning VR Game
Over the years, Spatial has undergone a wide-ranging evolution. It evolved from an AR collaboration platform to a Roblox competitor (with 2M+ creator…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Future of AI Unscripted Entertainment
In this episode, host, Alexandra Takei, Director at Ruckus Games, is joined by Jacob Rapoport (CEO and Co-Founder) and Nico Vereecke from Evil Plan t…
1 year, 7 months ago
Cloud Creations: Scaling up Game Development
Cloud technology is transforming the way games are developed, hosted, and maintained. In this episode, host Devin Becker is joined by Chris Melissino…
1 year, 7 months ago
The State of Video Game Financing in 2025
In this episode, host Alexanda Takei, Director at Ruckus Games, sits down with Spike Laurie, Partner at Hiro Capital, to dissect gaming finance's gri…
1 year, 7 months ago
Can Play-to-Earn Ever Be Sustainable?
In this episode of the Naavik Gaming podcast, host Niko Vuori welcomes back Luke Barwikowski, founder and CEO of Pixels.xyz, to discuss whether Play-…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Story of Crunchyroll, GGWP, and Forge
The intersection of anime, games, and technology takes center stage in this episode. Host Aaron Bush is joined by Kun Gao, a serial entrepreneur know…
1 year, 7 months ago