Naavik’s 2025 Recap
In today’s issue, we bring you our 2025 recap, talk about using AI in QA, and round up this week’s top news items and content worth consuming.
Krafton’s Global M&A Strategy
Today, we discuss Krafton’s global M&A strategy, and our new podcast episode gives you a game industry market update. We also round up this week’s top news items and bring you a fresh list of content worth consuming.
Can InZOI Challenge The Sims?
In today’s issue, we look at how InZOI could challenge The Sims’ leadership in the life sim market. In our latest podcast episode, we talk about UGC games, plus there’s this week’s top news items and Content Worth Consuming.
How Chinese Studios Make Western IP Work on Mobile
In today’s issue, we look at why so many Western game IPs are being made by Chinese mobile studios. In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the growing impact of transmedia and modding, and we also round-up this past week’s top news items.
Unpacking Krafton’s Strategy: PUBG, New IPs, Investments & More!
Krafton is one of the world’s premier video game publishers. After experiencing the explosive success of PUBG in the late 2010s, Krafton rebranded in 2018, went public in 2021, and has since been working to not just extend the PUBG brand to new games, platforms, and regions but also kickstart new IPs with innovative playstyles…
Krafton Targets India / Ramifications of Hogwarts Legacy’s Success / Unity Earnings
Why is Krafton hyper-targeting India’s mobile market? What does Hogwarts Legacy’s massive success tell us about the future of the industry? Why is Playtika stopping new game development? We dive into the latest games business news with Aaron Bush, Anil Das-Gupta, Jonathan Anastas, and your host Maria Gillies.
Krafton’s Long-Term Strategy
While Krafton has a solid earnings report overall, they have a lot of initiatives brewing — from studios to special projects in the metaverse — on the come. We also tease our latest game deconstruction on MARVEL Contest of Champions.
Netflix, Gaming, and The Attention Economy
The Weekly Meta #72
