India’s Blue Gaming Ocean
India’s gaming market is well known for its betting and gambling companies, including unicorns like Dream11 and Mobile Premier League, but what does the next decade... Read more.
Unity Backpedals / Playtika Acquires / Next-Gen Console Leaks
In this week's Roundtable, the squad shares some personal updates, including a recap of Korea Blockchain Week, streetball with Fat Joe, and two new Naavik deep dives.... Read more.
Driving ROI with Data Analysis – Part 1
Together with Dive, one of Naavik's Open Gaming Research Initiative partners, we’re exploring the topic of data and games through a limited podcast... Read more.
Overwolf: Building the All-In-One UGC Ecosystem
User generated content is a multi-decade wave that continues to grow and transform the games industry. One company pioneering this future is Overwolf, which... Read more.
Unity Sparks an Uproar / YouTube Instant Play / Roblox Developers Conference
In this week's Roundtable, the squad discusses a wide range of fun topics. We start by digging into the potential sales of Jagex and Gearbox, YouTube’s new Playables... Read more.
Surveying the Web3 Gaming Landscape
In 2011, Sean Ryan was hired to build out Facebook’s nascent gaming business just as Zynga and other social gaming start-ups were gaining traction on the platform.... Read more.
AI and Player Psychology
“Show me how you play, and then I’ll tell you who you are”, says Joe Schaeppi, CEO and Co-Founder of AI powered studio Solsten. Today, Joe, Alex, and Kishen... Read more.
Starfield Launches / Actors Strike May Hit Games / Humble Bundle’s Expansion
In this week's Roundtable, the squad highlights data.ai’s new 2023 Gaming Spotlight Report (link below) and adds more details around PlayStation’s decision to... Read more.
The Player’s Journey: A Call To Adventure
Games that can inspire players to aim for something great and to keep chipping away at that target will keep them engaged for longer than games that do not. This... Read more.
AI x Games: What’s the Path Forward?
AI is all the rage right now, but unless you’re in the thick of it, it can be hard to make perfect sense of what’s possible today and where we’re headed. Will... Read more.
