The Art of LiveOps

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LiveOps Designer: Daniel McLaren Jan 30, 2020

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This week we talk with Daniel McLaren, a LiveOps Designer with decades of industry experience. Tune in and hear about his experiences and how LiveOps has evolved through the years.

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343 Industries: Jerry Hook Jan 23, 2020

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Join us as we chat with Jerry Hook, Head of Design for Halo Infinite at 343 Industries on the latest episode of The Art of LiveOps!

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Minecraft Earth: Torfi Olafsson Jan 16, 2020

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Today we are joined by Torfi Olafsson, the game director for Minecraft Earth. Listen as he shares and talks about his experiences working on online and MMO games since 1999.

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Turn 10: Jennifer Lane Jan 09, 2020

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Join James and Crystin as they talk with Jennifer Lane, a design director at Turn 10. Hear about her experiences working on the console focused franchise, Forza, and how she helped the team make the transition from traditional boxed products to live games.

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ArenaNet: Linsey Murdock Dec 19, 2019

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Linsey Murdock joins us today from ArenaNet where she is the Lead Game Designer for Living World working on the Guild Wars franchise. As a LiveOps veteran Linsey brings a unique perspective and discusses how game narratives meet live games.

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IO Interactive: Hitman Dec 12, 2019

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In today's episode we talk with a group of folks working on the game franchise, Hitman at IO Interactive. IO Interactive is on a similar journey, taking a hit franchise with a traditional box distribution model and moving to a live model, that many game studios are on today. Listen in for some key takeaways about how to make this transition as smooth as possible.

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Spry Fox: David Edery Dec 05, 2019

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Today on The Art of LiveOps podcast, we are joined by David Edery co-founder and CEO of Spry Fox. Listen as he talks about the mindset shift to LiveOps in #gamedevelopment and how the nature of marketing has changed and what this means for games.

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Rovio Entertainment: Michail Katkoff Nov 21, 2019

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In today's episode we are joined by Michail Katkoff, the Head of Studio for Rovio Entertainment, a company best known for its Angry Birds franchise. Michail has a lot of experience looking deeply at games and game design through the modern lens and will share his views of some industry trends and patterns across different games.

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Double Loop Games: Emily Greer Nov 14, 2019

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Today we are joined by Emily Greer. She is the founder and CEO of Double Loop Games, a new mobile studio currently in stealth mode, and also the former CEO of Kongregate. She will share some insights into how to build a successful LiveOps strategy and talk about the evolution games and studios must go through to be successful with LiveOps.

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Veteran MMO Creator: Scott Hartsman Nov 07, 2019

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In today’s episode we hear from Scott Hartsman, an industry veteran at launching online games and platforms. He has worked on nothing but live games for his whole career and has a wealth of knowledge to share on those experiences.

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