Naavik Digest: Why Platform-Led Gaming in China Is Falling Short
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 2nd. In this week’s issue, we discuss the decline of platform-l...
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Fractional Talent’s Growing Role in Game Development
As studios contend with layoffs, hiring freezes, longer development cycles, and a growing supply of experienced talent outside traditional r...
Naavik Digest: How Online Fandom Is Rewriting the IP Playbook
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, July 26th. In this week’s issue, we examine how a new generation of cr...
Inside Subway Surfers, Mobile Gaming's Most Enduring Hit
Fourteen years after launch, Subway Surfers is still one of the biggest games in the world. In this episode, Kalie Moore sits down with Math...
Naavik Digest: The Memo That Undid 10 Years of XBOX Strategy
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, July 19th. In this week’s issue, we shine a light on the memo that und...
What Game Studios Still Get Wrong About DTC
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) is moving from an experimental monetization channel toward a more established part of game publishing, but adoption...
Naavik Digest: How the AI Boom Is Rewiring the Console Business
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, July 12th. In today’s issue, we evaluate the memory boom’s effect on t...
Can Performance Marketing Finally Work On Steam?
Mobile has spent the last decade perfecting paid acquisition, and often, paid UA comprises 99% of a mobile game’s marketing budget. PC and c...
Naavik Digest: The Next Wave of Creator-Led Growth
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, July 5th. In today’s issue, we discuss the underrated, emerging inters...
Inside Cannes Lions: What Makes Award-Winning Gaming Campaigns?
In this special episode of the Naavik Gaming Podcast, recorded live from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, host Kalie M...
Naavik Digest: Two Underrated Mobile Development Regions
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, June 28th. In today’s issue, we uncover two underrated mobile developm...
What Game Studios Can Learn from the AI Microdrama Boom
In this episode, host Kalie Moore sits down with Angela Yu, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of StoReel, to explore one of the fastest-growing entertai...
Naavik Digest: 30 Years of Gaming at LEGO
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, June 21st. In today’s issue, we dive deep into LEGO’s 30-year history,...
Naavik Digest: The Microdrama Volume vs. Value Paradox
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, June 14th. In today’s issue, we discuss the current state of microdram...
Lessons from Real M&A Transactions: Getting Studios Bought
Gaming M&A is no longer just a story about strategics buying obvious hits. In this episode, Alexandra Takei , VP of Platform Revenue at Meda...
Naavik Digest: Embracer Splits Again
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, June 7th. In today’s issue, we shine a light on Embracer after the com...
How to Reduce Churn and Keep Players Playing
Keeping players playing is getting harder as player attention fragments and expectations rise, so understanding churn has become a core live...
Naavik Digest: Dissecting Scopely's Mobile Empire
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, May 31st. In today’s issue, we dive deep into Scopely and the three ti...
True Crime, Now Playable: Inside Scriptic's Cross-Platform Bet
In this episode, host Kalie Moore sits down with James Nicholls, Studio Director at Scriptic, to explore one of the most fascinating interse...
Naavik Digest: Where will Asha Sharma take Xbox?
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, May 24th. This week, we take a closer look at Asha Sharma's progress a...