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Eric Kress www.linkedin.com/in/erickress/
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Supercell seeks third brand extensions for its Clash franchise after the massive success of Clans and Royale. Clash Mini ventures into perhaps the most unattractive genre on mobile known as Autochess. The genre is plagued by low installs, poor monetization, and a graveyard of games from top publishers. Can Supercell breakthrough or was this just another good try? All above discussed by the powerful Hadrian Semroud and Javier Barnes
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Take-Two Interactive to acquire social game developer Zynga in $12.7 billion deal
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Tokenomics is a segment focusing on all aspects of blockchain gaming. In this episode we discuss how to make a pitch for your blockchain game, cover the latest blockchain headlines and answer fan questions.
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Crypto Raiders Explained, Splinterlands $SPS Roadmap
Crypto Hit Aurory Has Already Raised $100m.
Polygon is paying out a $2.2m bug bounty
Polygon Under Accidental Attack
Most People Won't Know Web3 Exists
Square Enix promises ‘decentralized games’ in 2022
Why Gaming NFTs Are Not Oblivion Horse Armor 2.0
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In this episode also: mobile publishers open up blockchain divisions, new SPAC from ex-Sony exec, Madden passes away and both Erics catch the COVID.
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Audio ads. It's not a new thing. In fact, audio ads is the oldest way to deliver an ad from one human to another. So in this podcast we discuss the thesis behind audio ads on mobile in the post IDFA era, go into the weeds on how audio ads work and of course discuss the monetization potential they offer.
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In the final episode of the year the crew discusses most impactful news of the past year, biggest winners and losers as well as who made the most skeptical moves. Happy holidays y'all!
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Tokenomics is a segment focusing on all aspects of blockchain gaming. In this episode we discuss how to make a pitch for your blockchain game, cover the latest blockchain headlines and answer fan questions.
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Ubisoft's NFT Announcement Has Been Intensely Disliked
Fortnite kicks off Chapter 3: Season 1 with Dwayne Johnson and Spider-Man
Tencent brings Spider-Man to PUBG Mobile
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None of us is a born leader. And while some of us become good leaders over time, it tends, in my experience, to happen after lots of trials and tribulation. But what if you had someone coaching you? Doubling your XP and making you level up twice as fast.
In this episode, Niklas Herriger, who founded Gondola (acquired by Tilting Point), coaches startup CEOs, CTOs, co-founders, tech leads, executives, and investors both in the US and Europe.
We discuss how a great leader can multiply their team. How to track progress as a leader. The fallacy of reverting to micromanagement. And the best way of leading games organizations as well as skills required to do so.
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