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This is Episode 26 of Game Consultant. It is amazing to see how many people are listening by now. The gaming podcast is growing every week in terms of listeners, but also people visit the website more and more. Sometimes I dont have a clear overview (yet), cause people are listening via spotify, apple podcasts, … Episode 27; Our Games Podcast In The Top 40 Gaming Podcasts Of Feedspot, Esports And Legal With Justin Jacobson, Items of Joakim and Cris, Indie Games Spotlight And Nordic Game Online Update Read More »

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As businesses fight “tooth and nail” to survive these turbulent Covid-19 times, it seems gaming companies are finding themselves on the right side of history right now. And EVOS Esports happens to be one of them. I have a talk with Ivan Yeo, co-founder and CEO of Evos Esports. He’s recently been chosen as Forbes … Episode 26; Esports In Southeast Asia Is Booming And This Esports Organization Is Leading By Example; EVOS Esports has A Clear Roadmap To Become The Dominant Player In Southeast Asia Read More »

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Deconstruction of Supercell — Five Items That Stood Out Joakim is telling about Supercell and his opinion why the company is still standing out. Deconstructor of Fun released an essay on Supercell this week. It’s an insightful article written by Miska Katkoff. Joakim wanted to take a closer look and share his five important thoughts … Episode 25; Joakim About Supercell And Five Items That Stood Out​, Doki From Utomik Explains How Indie Game Developers Can Showcase Their Games, Nordic Game Update About Game Music Read More »

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Main guest interview of today is with Dmitry Burkovskiy of Xsolla. Their slogan is “Xsolla is the video game business engine!Our set of solutions helps you improve operations and sell more.” Dmitry is explaining more indepth. Als Xsolla is organizing an event called “Game Developers Carnival”, which is a completely virtual gaming industry event where … Episode 24; Horizon 2020 Is Offering Free Funding, Grants And Loans For Gaming Companies In Europe, Xsolla Is The Video Games Business Engine And Nordic Game Event 2020, NG20, Update Read More »

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In episode 23 I am talking to Kate Edwards. Our talk is about people in gaming. Cause this is what makes Kate ‘tick’. She cares about the people that make the games industry (complete). Various Topics do pass in our fun conversation about gaming and the industry; · IGDA; how local communities can take over … Episode 23; Kate Edwards About Her Passion For The Global Game Jam And Endorsing GameWorkers Unite But Concerns Like The Negative Cultural Force In Gaming like Bad habits, Poor Management And Leaders Read More »

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I am having a fun and insightful talk with Yvette Wohn. Her Biography is here and that explains a lot about her background.   Some questions she answered were “what she thinks about the virtual concerts in Fortnite, and why Epic Games is organizing these events? What does she think that the games industry could learn … Episode 22; Yvette Wohn studies the role of algorithms and social interactions in livestreaming, esports, gaming, and social media Read More »

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In episode 21 I am talking about branding. Not only for your game studio, but also for your games and in your games, like how is the story telling matching the visuals and therefore how you communicate with your gamer community. Jussi Solja of Superbeast is an exciting talker when it comes to all of … Episode 21; How to organize the branding for your games and game studio with Jussi Solja and the Report from Akmal Soliev about gaming in SEA region Read More »

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This week is Gaming & Finance. Last episode 19 I was talking to Sergei of Mail.ru Games Ventures. Today I am talking to Richard Williamson of the Edison Group. He got a report out that is called; European video games: A safe haven in troubled times, click here to read it. We talk about insights … Episode 20; Interview about ‘European Video Games’ report with Richard Williamson of the Edison Group and Fast Forward Games, a Covid-19 initiative Read More »

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In this episode I have Sergei Evdokimov, an investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures. We talk about Gaming acquisitions and investments Q1 2020. Interesting to hear that Investors and funds pumped more than $700 million game startups in the first quarter. The volume of game merger and acquisition deals was $1.6 billion in the first … Episode 19; Gaming acquisitions Q1 2020, Reed Thinks about esports, highlights in gaming and more Read More »

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In this episode esport item of Chris Reed, of The Level Up Experience, with “Reed Thinks”, Joakim Achren, of Elite Game Developers, with his highlights of gaming industry and two companies to watch. Niklas send me a deck of GameBuddy and Kim of Aftermath. And I found this via Borja; HYPE Virtual Accelerator Focused on … Episode 18 with Cris Reed, Joakim Achren, companies GameBuddy and AfterMath and the latest game news Read More »