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Can Chinese AAA Games Capture Western Hearts?

ByMatt Dion July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

In today’s issue, we look at the potential impact of AAA Chinese games, talk AdTech strategies in our latest podcast, and bring you the best Content Worth Consuming from the past week.

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Rovio x Sega
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Revisiting Sega’s Acquisition of Rovio

ByMatt Dion June 9, 2024June 9, 2024

In today’s issue, we look at Sega’s acquisition of Rovio and envision a future strategy for the company. We also discuss what’s next for modding in our latest podcast, and round up the week’s top news items.

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Palworld
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A New Era of Self-Publishing

ByNiek Tuerlings June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

In today’s issue, our latest deep dive explores the success of Palworld and what it means for self-publishing and the industry as a whole. We also discuss the New York Times’ gaming output in our podcast, and there’s a fresh batch of Content Worth Consuming.

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A New Era of Self-Publishing
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A New Era of Self-Publishing

ByNiek Tuerlings June 5, 2024June 6, 2024

Earlier this year, Palworld took the world by storm. It became the biggest third-party game launch ever on Xbox Game Pass, dominated the Steam charts, and spawned a craze for monster taming not seen since Pokémon Go.  What makes this story even more special is that Palworld’s developer Pocketpair is an independent studio without a…

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Square Enix Tries Another Reboot
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Square Enix Tries Another Reboot

ByMatt Dion June 2, 2024May 31, 2024

Today, we explore what lies ahead for Square Enix in the face of fluctuating financial performance, discuss the history and AI-led future of QA in our podcast, and bring you a curated list of this week’s top industry news.

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EA
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EA’s Year of Austerity

ByMatt Dion May 15, 2024May 17, 2024

In today’s issue we dive deep into what lies ahead for EA, talk web3 games with Immutable and handpick the best articles and podcasts of the week in Content Worth Consuming.

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Not so Tiny Problems at tinyBuild
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Not so Tiny Problems at tinyBuild

ByNaavik May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

Today, we dive deep into tinyBuild, the publisher/developer behind many indie hit games, explore its past and present, and look into the prospects for its future. We’ve also prepared another podcast episode focusing on player acquisition and engagement, as well as a selection of worthy reads and listens in our Content Worth Consuming section.

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Embark: A Technology-First Studio
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Embark: A Technology-First Studio

ByNaavik March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

In today’s issue, we go deep on Embark, the studio behind competitive FPS The Finals, find out how to succeed in MENA in our latest podcast, and have a look at hit poker roguelike Balatro.

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The State of the FPS Market
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The State of the FPS Market

ByJordan Phang February 4, 2024February 4, 2024

Today we analyse the PC FPS market and look back at the big events of the week.

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Gaming Marketplace Case Studies
Deep Dives

Gaming Marketplace Case Studies

ByTom Kinniburgh September 8, 2023October 12, 2023

Esport Revenue Growth

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