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Naavik Digest: The Future of Kids Games
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 30th. In this week’s issue, we explore the present and future o...
The Game Server Hosting Company Private Equity Couldn't Buy
Game server hosting is the layer nobody thinks about until it breaks. In this episode, Kalie Moore sits down with Max Podkidkin, Co-Founder...
Naavik Digest: The Great Mobile Convergence
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 23rd. In this week’s issue, we share our latest podcast episode...
Can Portugal Become Europe’s Next Gaming Powerhouse?
Between 2018 and 2024, the turnover of Portuguese games companies went from around 5 million to nearly 100 million. In this episode, Kalie M...
Naavik Digest: Roblox's Expensive Year of Good Intentions
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 16th. In this week’s issue, we examine Roblox, which lost nearl...
Naavik Digest: How Friendslop Is Disrupting the Live-ops Status Quo
This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 9th. In this week’s issue, we discuss the rising “friendslop" p...
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...
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,...