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The first 60 seconds in a game are the most critical experience for a player. Capturing their attention within this time is the difference between a good and bad game
You Weren't Watching Microdrama. The Audience Deciding Your Steam Launch Was.
The Industry Spent Summer Fest Wishlisting Dads. An Australian Studio with 18mn YouTube subscriber is Building for the Ten-Year-Olds Whose Taste Is Hardening Right Now.
The China Multiplier, and the studios already winning while Western publishers monitor the market
Live service spent four years turning its own label into a warning. Cozy is on the same arc, four years behind.
421 million views on a pilot. $1.7 million on a Kickstarter (fourth biggest in comics history). Netflix and Amazon distribution in 240 countries. Disney’s most acclaimed showrunner of the last decade
Dead as Disco’s zero-budget playbook, the Next Fest studios that took it further, and the three questions every indie founder needs to answer before launch day.
Earnings for CD Projekt, Roblox, and Nazara tell us about where to look next
The pro-AI crowd coined it as an insult. The games industry is about to find out why that backfired.
Ramadan, gaming, and why the industry keeps is slowly catching up to the biggest synchronized audience on earth
The post-Phil era points to Xbox's optimization, followed by a gradual sell-off
Why I work in emerging markets, and why I’m never going to stop
The first days of 2026 signal much of what's to come
Despite having criticized The Game Awards in the past, I really enjoyed the 2025 edition.
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