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February 03, 2022 TWIG #168 Everything you haven't likely heard about Sony's $3.6B Bungie acquisition
News:
Sony bought Bungie for $3.6 billion
Newzoo: NFT companies will transform into luxury and lifestyle brands
EA Says It's 'Not Driving Hard' in the Direction of NFTs
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1 hr 12 min
January 30, 2022Tokenomics #3 How to Build a Blockchain Gaming Studio from Scratch
Tokenomics is a segment focusing on all aspects of blockchain gaming. In this episode we discuss how to make a pitch for your blockchain game, cover the latest blockchain headlines and answer fan questions.
Topics:
Twitter launches NFT Profile Pic Verification

Illuvium announces PvE closed beta

Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Petherium.io blockchain metaverse

How to Build a Blockchain Gaming Studio from Scratch
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1 hr 18 min
January 27, 2022 TWIG #167 Metaverse rave looks boring and dead / App Store has 'too big to fail' problem / Respawns 3 new Star Wars games
NFT Pro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead
Respawn making 3 new Star Wars games for EA
The App Store has a ‘Too Big To Fail’ problem
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Microsoft to Acquire Activision
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1 hr 9 min
January 26, 2022 Advanced Audience Understanding with Joe Schaeppi, CEO of Solsten
Joe Schaeppi, CEO of Solsten (ex-12Traits) is back on the podcast discussing how the top game companies in the industry use advanced audience understanding to acquire and engage their players.
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1 hr 16 min
January 20, 2022 TWIG #166 Why Microsoft Bought Activision and What Will Sony do Next?
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Microsoft to Acquire Activision
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1 hr 17 min
January 18, 2022 Clash Mini - Contender or Pretender?
Supercell seeks third brand extensions for its Clash franchise after the massive success of Clans and Royale. Clash Mini ventures into perhaps the most unattractive genre on mobile known as Autochess. The genre is plagued by low installs, poor monetization, and a graveyard of games from top publishers. Can Supercell breakthrough or was this just another good try? All above discussed by the powerful Hadrian Semroud and Javier Barnes
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1 hr 30 min
January 13, 2022 TWIG #165 Did Take-Two overpay for Zynga?
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Take-Two Interactive to acquire social game developer Zynga in $12.7 billion deal
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1 hr 10 min
January 12, 2022 Tokenomics #2 Crypto Raiders Explained
Tokenomics is a segment focusing on all aspects of blockchain gaming. In this episode we discuss how to make a pitch for your blockchain game, cover the latest blockchain headlines and answer fan questions.
Topics:
Crypto Raiders Explained, Splinterlands $SPS Roadmap
Crypto Hit Aurory Has Already Raised $100m.
Polygon is paying out a $2.2m bug bounty
Polygon Under Accidental Attack
Most People Won't Know Web3 Exists
Square Enix promises ‘decentralized games’ in 2022
Why Gaming NFTs Are Not Oblivion Horse Armor 2.0
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1 hr 23 min
January 06, 2022 TWIG #164 The Year 2021 in Numbers
In this episode also: mobile publishers open up blockchain divisions, new SPAC from ex-Sony exec, Madden passes away and both Erics catch the COVID.
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1 hr 11 min
January 04, 2022 In-Game Audio Ads - the New Frontier of Ad Monetization
Audio ads. It's not a new thing. In fact, audio ads is the oldest way to deliver an ad from one human to another. So in this podcast we discuss the thesis behind audio ads on mobile in the post IDFA era, go into the weeds on how audio ads work and of course discuss the monetization potential they offer.
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Christian Facey
Wilfrid Obeng
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48 min

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