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The Tabletop Renaissance
Jane Chung Hoffaker is an Emmy winning executive producer for League of Legends’ Arcane Series that’s now embarking on a new adventure: building a bo…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sega Acquires Rovio for $776M / Niantic’s New Games / New AI Upgrades - Roundtable
Sega swoops in to acquire Rovio, but are they the right buyer? Niantic announced more licensed games, but will these reach Pokemon Go levels? We dig …
2 years, 11 months ago
The State of Esports, UGC, and Venture Capital
Today’s episode is an interview with Sebastian Park, an ex-esports executive who is now co-founder of Infinite Canvas (creating and acquiring UGC gam…
2 years, 11 months ago
Mario Movie / Dream Games / Scopely Acquisition / Sony’s Cloud / AI - Roundtable
What does the Mario movie mean for games? What is Dream Games follow-up to Royal Match? Where does Phillip La go after Sky Mavis? Was the Scopely acq…
2 years, 11 months ago
Growing a YouTube Channel (Gotta Catch ‘em All)
What does it take to grow a YouTube gaming channel? In this week’s episode, your host, Alexandra, sits down with Aaron Zheng, a professional VGC Poke…
2 years, 11 months ago
eSports Winter / E3 Cancelled / Mobile Markets / Ronin Games - Roundtable
Is eSports winter a flywheel-breaking cycle? What’s next for E3? Is the mobile gaming market truly stabilising? We dive into the latest games busines…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sky Mavis, Delegated Proof of Stake and Building on Ronin
Sky Mavis, the developers behind the OG web3 game Axie Infinity, with $1.3B in lifetime revenue, have been busy beefing up the security of their Roni…
2 years, 11 months ago
Game Analytics: Tactics, Advice, and Lessons Learned
Game analytics may sound easy in theory, but it can be extremely complex in practice. Every game and genre is different, and every team works with di…
2 years, 11 months ago
GDC Shakeups - Roundtable
We finally got progress on Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard/King acquisition. Unity joined the mandatory AI bandwagon at GDC. There’s yet another web3…
2 years, 11 months ago
Build or Buy: Gaming Backends
Choosing a backend is one of the most important choices a developer can make in their product lifecycle and has long lasting implications on live se…
3 years ago