💼 Lethal Company: Key Takeaways🔫 You've been living under a rock if you haven't heard about Lethal Company, the fresh co-op horror game where players scavenge abandoned moons in the service of a dystopian corporation. The game's success is well known, but its unique journey

🎙 As a New Year treat, and due to popular demand, we've got Owen Mahoney back in the house! Many things have changed since our last conversation with Owen, not least that he'll be stepping down as CEO after a decade of success at Nexon.

🔮2024 Predictions🎮 What do Naavik staff, friends, and partners forecast for the year ahead? We collected a rich set of predictions covering evolving business models, game design innovations, and the market as a whole. Read on for our takes on UGC, web3, AI and more! 🧵 1/x

Our CEO Owen Mahoney joined the Naavik Gaming podcast to discuss his legacy at Nexon, insights into leadership, and AI's effect on game development. youtu.be/8O8uDBrV5dU?si…

Please enjoy our conversation with Robbie Ferguson | Immutable, co-founder & CEO of Immutable. Immutable is a leader in web3 gaming, continues to pioneer new technologies & partnerships, and the team has ambitious plans for the future. This episode breaks it all down. Thanks for joining, Robbie!

🕹️2024 for Japanese Companies🇯🇵 In our recent 2024 predictions, we shared our belief that Japanese game publishers are poised to have a strong calendar year ahead. Specifically, we believe that will manifest in robust revenue growth relative to non-Japanese peers. Japan is home

Guardians, we've made it to Naavik's The 5 Most Anticipated Web3 Games of 2024 list. 🎉🥳 naavik.co/digest/top5-we… Read on to find out the waves we are creating here in the web3 gaming industry, and what you can expect from Guild of Guardians!

🐭🏰Disney’s “Epic” Games Investment🎮 Last week, Disney announced it had bought a $1.5B stake in Epic Games Store, and that the two companies will develop a Disney universe within Fortnite. CEO Bob Iger says it’s Disney’s “biggest entry ever into the world of games.” Considering

🎙 The Transcend Fund has been a top decile performer since the firm was founded in 2020. Naturally, getting insights from Shanti Bergel, General Partner at Transcend Fund will be well worth your time!

🎮Helldivers, Xbox, and the New Exclusivity With the simultaneous revelations that Microsoft will bring some Xbox titles to PlayStation , and Sony's surprise hit Helldivers II, it appears the previous rules of console exclusivity have been shattered. Though this trend had

🎮Unlicensed IP Faces a Reckoning The breakout success of Palworld and its striking resemblance to Pokémon sparked a great deal of debate about what constitutes IP infringement. According to its creator, Palworld had been passed over by every publisher that had seen it,

🎙Live Services are table stakes for mobile games but have become an increasingly important element for PC/Console over recent years. Helldivers 2's Galactic War and its game master, Joel, is a prominent recent example. In this podcast, Devin Becker interviews Stewart Chisam,

🎙 We all know that 📷data is invaluable. In-game analytics, user behavior, and performance marketing—we live and die by these numbers. There are tried-and-tested platforms and tools for measuring all that, but what about Esports? Our guest on this podcast, Moritz Maurer, is

📈The Rise of the Everything Game 🎮 Traditional game development wisdom instructs us to create singular, focused experiences built around a tight core loop. But many game makers have that one dream game that is ridiculously over-scoped and perhaps incoherent in its identity —

🎙Epic Games paid $320 million to UGC creators in the last 12 months, and UGC content makes up 35% of total Fortnite engagement. Why and how did the biggest video game franchise of our time decide to go all in on UGC? Join your host, David Taylor, as he sits down with Zak

Thanks Naavik for another great conversation covering DDU, the move of HV/LoTM to Faraway the continued partnership with Yuga Labs and more youtube.com/watch?v=bMoSfF…

In our latest episode, we chat with @mstirso, the leader behind Voodoo's biggest game, Mob Control. We discuss: 🔹Voodoo’s unique culture 🔹Decisions that led to the game’s $200M+ success 🔹What’s next for Mob Control 🔹The next rising star, Block Jam Enjoy!

Weekend listening: Writers like Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS) Jonathan Haidt Scott Galloway have (rightly) pointed at the kids-and-internet dumpster fire. But things are changing: Kieran Donovan from k-ID (fresh off a $45m Series A round) and I sat with Aaron Bush in Naavik to discuss

Excited to be featured on the Naavik podcast! Our CEO Kieran Donovan discusses the evolution of online safety for kids in gaming. Tune in: bit.ly/4cR1p54

🎙 An ecosystem of digital car ownership powered by Web3. That's what Animoca Brands is building with the Motorverse. Your host, nikothefinn speaks with @MrWillGriffiths, GM of the Motorverse at Animoca Brands, to learn more about its vision for the future of digital cars.