GameMakers

By Joseph KimLeisure Video Games

GameMakers episodes

February 06, 2024 How Brawl Stars 6X'ed daily revenue ft. 2.5 Gamers + Ken Landen
Supercell's Brawl Stars recently had a huge surge in downloads and daily revenue. How did they do it?

We discuss with Matej Lancaric and Jakub Reimar from 2.5 Gamers and Ken Landen (former Kongregate, Scopely, Blizzard, and Hit Factor PM).
1 hr 7 min
January 29, 2024 Job losses everywhere except AI - Don't fight it, embrace AI!
We explore AI's significant impact in tech, especially game development. Let's discuss adapting to AI as a major technological shift, a technological change potentially as big as the impact of the Internet.
5 min
January 28, 2024 Palworld's Takuro Mizobe on Lesson's Learned (from Pocket Pair Blog)
3 days before launching Palworld, Takuro Mizobe from Pocket Pair, published a blog post with the riveting story behind Palworld.

Mistakes, lessons learned, and much more.

Check it out: https://note.com/pocketpair/n/n54f674cccc40#2251bc9e-24bc-4539-8c0c-df500654bf43
10 min
January 22, 2024 Stream Hatchet's Livestreaming & Esports report - Key trends!
Livestreaming trends:
1. Which genres are the best?
2. Nostalgia for Baldur's Gate and Fortnite "OG"
3. Indies benefit
4. Multi-platform simulcasting e.g., Ninja
Esports:
1. Esports rising again in 2023
2. 5 most watched titles: League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Valorant
Get the report here: Gaming, Esports, & Social Trends Report | 2024: https://insights.streamhatchet.com/2024-gaming-esports-social-trends-report
5 min
January 22, 2024 Ubisoft exec views future of games is subscription not ownership
Will games become more like movies and music with focus on subscription rather than ownership? An Ubisoft director thinks so.
4 min
January 22, 2024The latest in the Epic vs. Apple wars
Epic vs. Apple articles:
The house always wins
Apple to collect fees from Epic Games

Supreme Court denied both sides' appeals of Epic v. Apple antitrust case. iOS will not have competing stores or payments. Apple releases new policy making 27% from external payments regardless.

JK + Tim Sweeney Interview: https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw?si=21bGX3Qv2LAgDc5U
5 min
January 22, 2024Key findings from GDC State of the Industry Report 2024
Pocketgamer reported on GDC's State of the Industry report held every year before GDC. 3,000 game devs input about various topics.

We cover:
Concerns about AI

Where AI is being used

Game engine usage
4 min
January 22, 2024 Supercell's Brawl Stars goes Nuclear - After years revenue goes over 4X from Dec 5, '23 to Jan 6, '24
What happened? Brawlstars after years of doing well, grew massively from December to January!
2 min
January 22, 2024More layoffs - Pixelberry, Google AI threat, Behavior Interactive, YouTube Games
More Layoffs:
Layoffs confirmed at Choices: Stories You Play maker, Pixelberry Studios

Google lays off 1,000+ employees in stealth as AI takes on the workload

Report: Behaviour Interactive lays off 45 employees

Youtube Chief Gaming Guy Laid Off
11 min
January 15, 2024GameOver #7: '24 Layoffs!, "Too many games," New Halo, Epic #1 on Console, State of UGC, AI, China, Steam Breaks Records
Arthur Trusov and Joseph Kim discuss the latest gaming news from the past week.

Layoffs:
Unity to lay off 1,800 staff as it continues company reset
Twitch is cutting one-third of its staff
Playtika to cut 300 - 400 more jobs in latest rounds of layoffs
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
11 Days Into 2024 And 2700+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"
UE5-Powered New Halo Reportedly in Development at 343 Industries – Rumor
Epic finally claims top spot for publisher MAU share on console
The State of UGC Games (2024)
SAG underfire for supporting AI game voice actors
AI took stage of CES and was a mess!
China easing fears of another video game crackdown
Cheating accessory — GameShark — is back.
Steam broke its concurrent user record over the weekend
1 hr 4 min

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The GameMakers podcast publishes current, entertaining, and in-depth discussions on F2P game development. Topics that we cover include the business of games, F2P monetization, liveops, game design,…