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May 07, 2021 Newzoo’s 2021 Trends to Watch in Games
Newzoo is the world's most trusted source for games and esports analytics and market research. They have a fantastic team of experts providing insights and expertise that helps developers, publishers, and platforms around the World.
In this episode, we discuss Newzoo's services and dive deep into their latest cloud gaming and mobile gaming reports.
Kudos to Candice Mudrick and Tom Wijman for joining the podcast.
👉Newzoo's latest trend reports
1 hr 3 min
May 06, 2021 TWIG #121: APEX Mobile, Fortnite Made $9B, Call of Duty Gets a New General Manager
Welcome everybody to This Week In Games!
News for today:
#1. Respawn reveals details on Apex Legends Mobile
#2. Fortnite made more than $9 billion in revenue in its first two years
#3. Johanna Faries named new Call of Duty general manager
LINKS:
Level Up Academy
Modern Mobile Marketing at Scale

53 min
May 02, 2021Facebook's Games Marketing Insights for 2021
2020 was a monumental year for mobile gaming. Facebook's Games Marketing Insights for 2021 report provides several new and unique insights that will help you plan for the year ahead. The report dives into changing player behavior, demographics, motivations, preferences, and spending habits.
To save you time, we recorded a podcast episode with Stephen Gray, Ph.D., Consumer Research Manager at Facebook, and went through the report in detail. Some of the fascinating takeaways from the podcast:
Core gamers adopted mobile. The major new audience getting into mobile games are core gamers who flocked especially into shooter games.

Familiarity is becoming vital. Three out of four games downloaded in the Western markets were familiar to the player in advance. In South Korea, a more mature mobile gaming market, 9 out of 10 games downloaded were familiar to the players in advance.

The top is evolving. 42 new games entered the top 100 grossing charts. This is nearly double that in 2019. This changes the perception that the top is never changing but it also speaks of the diminished staying power of top-grossing games.
Download the report.
26 min
April 29, 2021 Growth Triggers #9 iOS 14, the Creative Paralysis and the Android Safe Havens
In this episode, we discuss iOS 14, whether Android can provide safe havens, and the future of creatives post-ATT.
Check out the latest growth strategy course: ios14strategy.com code: DT50
Your hosts:
Michail Katkoff (twitter) and Eric Seufert (twitter)
50 min
April 27, 2021 TWIG 130: EA's New Battlefield Game, Epic vs. Apple, New Leadership for Overwatch
Welcome everybody to This Week In Games!
News for today:
#1. EA announced its new Battlefield game
#2. Fortnite’s Mastermind Goes to Battle With Apple
#3. New Leadership for Overwatch
LINKS:
- LILA Games Job Opportunities: https://www.lilagames.com/jobs/
- JK's New Investment Podcast: SUPER STONK BROS: APPLOVIN IPO BREAKDOWN
- Get Notified of GameMakers Events!
57 min
April 20, 2021 TWIG 129: Applovin Falls 19%, Playstation IP to Mobile, Square Enix M&A Rumors, JK Retiring!
Welcome everybody to This Week In Games!
News for today:
#1. AppLovin Shares Fall 19% in Market Debut
#2. Sony wants to bring its top PlayStation franchises to mobile
#3. Multiple potential buyers interested in Square Enix reporting

JK's NEW INVESTMENT PODCAST:
- SUPER STONK BROS: APPLOVIN IPO BREAKDOWN

SPONSOR:
- Betahat: Reading the pulse of the consumer is at the heart of everything we do. With each engagement, we combine industry expertise with the research and analytical methodologies targeted to your specific needs. From research surveys to ethnographies, market segmentations to predictive modeling, we offer a full suite of services.

Your hosts:
- Miska Katkoff (@m_katkoff)
- Joe Kim (@jokim1)
- Eric Kress (@ekress)
- Adam Telfer (@adamwtelfer)
As always, pls feel free to send us feedback!
58 min
April 19, 2021 Games That Last a Decade with Ken Go, CEO & Founder of DECA Games
Which one is more important - to ship a good game or to grow a good game?
DECA Games founded by Ken Go is a truly unique gaming company. They became highly successful by reversing the steps to success. Instead of developing new games, the company started off by first growing live games. Only after proving successful in operating decade-old titles have they taken a step towards developing and one-day shipping games of their own.
I encourage all to listen to this episode whether you're interest in live services, company building, or both.
57 min
April 17, 2021Blockchain Basics In Gaming Explained | Upland's Dirk Lueth
Dirk Lueth Co-founder of Upland Explains Blockchain Basics and How It's Used in Games
SPONSOR:
- XSOLLA: Xsolla Funding Club is a complimentary matching service that puts video games like yours in front of multiple publishers and investors.
Join Xsolla Funding Club today at Xsolla.com/funding.
Your host:
- Joe Kim (@jokim1)
Speaker:
- Dirk Lueth, Co-founder Uplandme
UPLAND:
Upland Website
33 min
April 15, 2021 TWIG 128: Epic Will Lose $300M on Epic Games Store, Epic Raises $1B for Metaverse, Could Apple/Google Kill F2P?
Welcome everybody to This Week In Games!
News for today:
#1. Epic will lose over $300M on Epic Games Store exclusives, is fine with that
#2. EPIC Games raises $1B for long-term metaverse plans, with $200M from Sony
#3. Could Apple and Google pull the plug on mobile game monetisation?
#4. Wild Rift is League of Legends predictions
SPONSOR:
- XSOLLA: Xsolla Funding Club is a complimentary matching service that puts video games like yours in front of multiple publishers and investors.
Join Xsolla Funding Club today at Xsolla.com/funding.
Your hosts:
- Miska Katkoff (@m_katkoff)
- Joe Kim (@jokim1)
- Eric Kress (@ekress)
- Adam Telfer (@adamwtelfer)
As always, pls feel free to send us feedback!
1 hr 9 min
April 12, 2021 How War Robots Grossed $500M with Vladimir Krasilnikov, CPO at Pixonic
War Robots is the largest tactical shooter on mobile having grossed $500M since launch.
Despite the massive success, the beginning of the game's journey was very rough. The game launched as a barebone version boasting KPIs that were unimpressive at best. Yet with hard work, smart decisions, determination, and having their back against the wall the team at Pixonic was able to not only turn the game around but turn it into a massive success.
Guest: Vladimir Krasilnikov
Host: Mishka Katkoff
1 hr 8 min

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