IP x Mods

A New Frontier: Where Transmedia Meets UGC

Host Aaron Bush welcomes Shahar Sorek, CMO of Overwolf, and Nick Tuosto, co-founder of Griffin Gaming Partners and GoodGame Advisors, to discuss the growing – and increasingly interconnected – impact of transmedia and modding on the gaming industry.  As beloved entertainment IPs partner with more types of game creators, we examine how these transmedia efforts are reshaping consumer behaviors…

Creator Generated Content

How Content Creators Are Shaping Gaming

As the world of gaming matures, the influence of content creators and influencers on game development and marketing is increasingly important. In this episode host Devin Becker sits down with Justin Sacks, CEO of Nexus, and Bryan Herren, Director of Partnerships for Off Brand, to delve into the pivotal role of content creators in shaping the gaming ecosystem. The conversation kicks…

The Next Era of Modding – with Overwolf, Studio Wildcard, and Look North World

The Next Era of Modding – with Overwolf, Studio Wildcard, and Look North World

Modding has long been a force of innovation and creativity in the games industry, but the emergence of cross-platform, premium mods is set to take modding to another level. Thanks to platforms like Overwolf’s CurseForge, studios and publishers can now enable all sorts of creators — even other professional studios — to build on top…

Century Games: How a Top 20 Mobile Publisher Found Success on Roblox

Century Games: How a Top 20 Mobile Publisher Found Success on Roblox

Finding success on Roblox can be very challenging. There are over 20 million experiences created every year, and the play patterns are quite different from their more traditional mobile and console counterparts. That’s why UGC games analyst, David Taylor, sat down with Xiang Shen, the CTO of Century Games, a top 20 mobile publisher and the creators…

Lessons in Entrepreneurship, Kid-Tech, and UGC

Lessons in Entrepreneurship, Kid-Tech, and UGC

Serial entrepreneurs that always win are a rare breed worth learning from, and we’re hosting one of those special people today as our guest. Dylan Collins is currently an investor but was the founder and CEO of DemonWare, Jolt, and SuperAwesome, which sold to Activision Blizzard, GameStop, and Epic Games, respectively. In this conversation, we explore a…